US 11,689,479 B2
Generating a user unavailability alert in a collaborative environment
Gerard Cunningham, Sandymount (IE); Elaine Hanley, Lucan (IE); Ronan M. O'Suilleabhain, Raheny (IE); and Fred Raguillat, Dunboyne (IE)
Assigned to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/809,817.
Application 15/809,817 is a continuation of application No. 14/053,260, filed on Oct. 14, 2013, granted, now 11,588,758.
Application 14/053,260 is a continuation of application No. 13/657,048, filed on Oct. 22, 2012, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2018/0097750 A1, Apr. 5, 2018
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 51/02 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/02 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer hardware system configured to generate a user unavailability alert in a collaborative environment, comprising:
a hardware processor configured to initiate the following executable operations:
receiving, by the computer hardware system and from a graphical user interface of a collaboration media client associated with a user, a user input indicating an unavailability of the user;
automatically retrieving, responsive to the user input, collaboration media associated with the user;
processing, by a collaboration information collector of the computer hardware system, the collaboration media to generate statistical data;
automatically identifying, by the computer hardware system and based upon the processing of the collaboration media:
a collaborative session within the collaborative environment and in which the user participated,
a pending action to be performed by the user within the identified collaborative session, and
a second participant of the identified collaborative session;
automatically determining, by the computer hardware system, a completion time for the identified pending action; and
electronically sending, based upon the user input indicating the unavailability of the user and the completion time, a first message to the second participant, wherein the completion time identifies a time at which the identified pending action is to be completed by the second participant,
the graphical user interface includes a control presented to the user and configured to receive the user input, and
the collaborative environment is an electronic environment in which a plurality of users communicate via one or more electronic communication networks.