Frank S Mcaninch

US Patent:

8527312, Sep 3, 2013

Filed:

May 29, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/482325

Inventors:

Ron Taix - Laguna Niguel CA, US
Frank McAninch - Huntington Beach CA, US

Assignee:

Orbidyne, Inc. - Laguna Niguel CA

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 711, 705 713, 705 714, 705 715, 705 716, 705 721, 705 726

Abstract:

A system and methods for managing dynamic teams and workflows is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system and methods include processes for dynamically creating and modifying a team-based workflow. In one instance, the system and methods may include processes for defining a plurality of generic roles, assigning participants to the team, defining focus items, associating the focus items with the plurality of generic roles, and assigning each of the participants at least one of the plurality of generic roles. Additionally, the system and methods may include processes that manage workflows by providing interactive prompts that provide information to direct participants to perform certain actions and providing mechanisms to communicate responses to the interactive responses to other participants based on their assigned generic roles.

US Patent:

8195488, Jun 5, 2012

Filed:

Oct 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/875639

Inventors:

Ronald J. Taix - Laguna Niguel CA, US
Frank McAninch - Huntington Beach CA, US

Assignee:

Orbidyne, Inc. - Laguna Niguel CA

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 711, 705 713, 705 714, 705 715, 705 716, 705 721, 705 726

Abstract:

A system and methods for managing dynamic teams, and in particular, for dynamically creating and modifying a team-based workflow is provided. The methods include defining a plurality of generic roles; assigning participants to the team; defining focus items; associating the focus items with the plurality of generic roles; and assigning each of the participants at least one of the plurality of generic roles.