System for determining presence of and authorizing a quorum to transact business over a network
View Patent ↗A system for determining presence of and authorizing a quorum to transact business over a network includes a first set of machine-readable instructions resident on a digital medium accessible to a computing machine, the instructions causing the machine to monitor a network for active presence of individual ones of communications devices associated with members of an authorized team of individuals from which the quorum may be determined, a second set of machine-readable instructions resident on the medium for causing the computing machine to make a confirmation of the quorum against a set of rules, and to authorize one or more of the individual communications devices making up the quorum to perform one or more tasks based on quorum consensus, and a user configuration, scheduling, and notification application resident on the digital medium for enabling a user to configure, schedule, and notify team members of a pending quorum event.
1. A computerized method running on a host computing machine for determining quorum presence on a network and authorizing a business transaction according to quorum consensus, the method comprising:
transmitting, by a processor, a notification to a plurality of communication devices of a quorum event;
monitoring, by the processor, a connection status of the communication devices to determine a number of the communication devices that are engaged with the quorum event;
comparing, by the processor, the number of the communication devices that are engaged with the quorum event against a required minimum number of connected devices for determining whether a quorum is present; and
authorizing, by the processor, one of the communication devices to transact business in response to determining that the quorum is present.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quorum event comprises a pre-defined task requiring the quorum is present to authorize performance thereof.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein monitoring the connection status of the communication devices comprises determining whether the communication devices are connected to a cellular network.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein monitoring the connection status of the communication devices comprises determining whether the communication devices are in a specific geo-location.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication devices that are engaged with the quorum event are connected to a quorum management server.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the communication devices comprises a mobile telephone.
7. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising not authorizing, by the processor, any of the communication devices to transact business based on the quorum not being present.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein authorizing the communication device to transact business in response to determining that the quorum is present further comprises granting, by the processor, access for the communication device to an electronically stored document.
9. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising receiving, by the processor, a set of rules for operating the quorum event comprising the required minimum number of connected devices to determine whether the quorum is present.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein authorizing the communication device to transact business based on the quorum being present further comprises granting, by the processor, access for the communication device to protected information.
11. A method for determining a quorum presence, the method comprising:
transmitting, by a processor, a notification to a plurality of communication devices of a quorum event;
monitoring, by the processor, a connection status of the communication devices to determine a number of the communication devices that are engaged with the quorum event;
comparing, by the processor, the number of the communication devices that are engaged with the quorum event against a threshold number of connected devices for determining whether a quorum is present; and
transmitting, by the processor, an authorization notification in response to determining that the quorum is present.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the authorization notification comprises authorizing, by the processor, a communication device to transact business in response to determining that the quorum is present.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein authorizing the communication device to transact business in response to determining that the quorum is present further comprises granting, by the processor, access for the communication devices to an electronically stored document.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein authorizing the communication device to transact business in response to determining that the quorum is present further comprises granting, by the processor, access for the communication device to protected information.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the quorum event comprises a pre-defined task requiring the quorum being present to authorize performance thereof.
16. The method of claim 11 , wherein monitoring the connection status of the communication devices comprises determining whether the communication devices are connected to a cellular network.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein monitoring the connection status of the communication devices comprises determining whether the communication devices are in a specific geo-location.
18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the communication devices that are engaged with the quorum event are connected to a quorum management server.
19. The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the communication devices comprises a mobile telephone.
20. The method of claim 11 , the method further comprising not transmitting, by the processor, the authorization notification based on the quorum not being present.