Virtual collaboration systems and methods
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a document server configured to (i) receive a first request signal based on an input received at a web browser of a first user device, and (ii) generate a first authentication signal based on the first request signal, wherein the first request signal requests access to view a first document at the first user device or download the first user document to the first user device, and wherein the document server provides a cloud-based service for the first user device to access the first document;
a first domain controller configured to, based on the first authentication signal, determine a profile or authorization level of a first user of the first user device,wherein the document server is configured to, based on the profile or the authorization level, transmit a second authentication signal to the first user device;
a policy server comprising memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a digital rights management policy for the first user;
a mail server configured to;
send a first email notification to a second user device requesting access to the first document for the first user,receive a first response signal from the second user device indicating whether the first user is permitted access to the first document,based on the first response signal, send a second email notification to a third user device requesting access to the first document for the first user,receive a second response signal indicating whether the first user is permitted access to the first document, andsending a third email notification to the first user device indicating whether the first user is permitted access to the first document; and
a collaboration server configured to (i) based on the second authentication signal and the third email notification, receive a digital rights management signal from the first user device, and (ii) based on the digital rights management policy of the first user, permit a controller of the first user device to access the first document, wherein the collaboration server is separate from the document server, and the first domain controller; and
wherein the system is a virtual collaboration center (VCC) system configured to share the first document and other documents between network devices, wherein the network devices include the first user device; and
the document server is configured to execute a configurator application to create a plurality of VCC instances,wherein each of the plurality of VCC instances includes one or more of the network devices and is assigned ownership of one or more of the first document and the other documents, and wherein the first user and the first user device are associated with one of the plurality of VCC instances.
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Abstract
A system including a domain controller and a document, policy, and collaboration servers. The document server receives a request signal based on an input received at a web browser of a user device and generates an authentication signal. The request signal requests access to a document. The document server provides a cloud-based service for access to the document. The domain controller, based on the authentication signal, determines a profile or authorization level of a user. The document server, based on the profile or the authorization level, transmits a second authentication signal to the user device. The policy server stores a digital rights management policy for the user. The collaboration server: based on the second authentication signal, receives a digital rights management signal from the user device; and based on the digital rights management policy of the user, permits a controller of the user device to access the document.
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26 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a document server configured to (i) receive a first request signal based on an input received at a web browser of a first user device, and (ii) generate a first authentication signal based on the first request signal, wherein the first request signal requests access to view a first document at the first user device or download the first user document to the first user device, and wherein the document server provides a cloud-based service for the first user device to access the first document; a first domain controller configured to, based on the first authentication signal, determine a profile or authorization level of a first user of the first user device, wherein the document server is configured to, based on the profile or the authorization level, transmit a second authentication signal to the first user device; a policy server comprising memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a digital rights management policy for the first user; a mail server configured to; send a first email notification to a second user device requesting access to the first document for the first user, receive a first response signal from the second user device indicating whether the first user is permitted access to the first document, based on the first response signal, send a second email notification to a third user device requesting access to the first document for the first user, receive a second response signal indicating whether the first user is permitted access to the first document, and sending a third email notification to the first user device indicating whether the first user is permitted access to the first document; and a collaboration server configured to (i) based on the second authentication signal and the third email notification, receive a digital rights management signal from the first user device, and (ii) based on the digital rights management policy of the first user, permit a controller of the first user device to access the first document, wherein the collaboration server is separate from the document server, and the first domain controller; and wherein the system is a virtual collaboration center (VCC) system configured to share the first document and other documents between network devices, wherein the network devices include the first user device; and the document server is configured to execute a configurator application to create a plurality of VCC instances, wherein each of the plurality of VCC instances includes one or more of the network devices and is assigned ownership of one or more of the first document and the other documents, and wherein the first user and the first user device are associated with one of the plurality of VCC instances. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving a first request signal at a document server based on an input received at a web browser of a first user device; generating a first authentication signal based on the first request signal, wherein the first request signal requests access to view a first document at the first user device or download the first document to the first user device, and wherein the document server provides a cloud-based service for the first user device to access the first document; based on the first authentication signal, determining a profile or authorization level of a first user of the first user device, wherein the document server is configured to, based on the profile or the authorization level, transmit a second authentication signal to the first user device; storing a digital rights management policy for the first user in a memory of a policy server; sending from a mail server a first email notification to a second user device requesting access to the first document for the first user; receiving at the mail server a first response signal from the second user device indicating whether the first user is permitted access to the first document; based on the first response signal, send a second email notification from the mail server to a third user device requesting access to the first document for the first user; receive at the mail server a second response signal indicating whether the first user is permitted access to the first document; sending a third email notification from the mail server to the first user device indicating whether the first user is permitted access to the first document; based on the second authentication signal and the third email notification, receiving at a collaboration server a digital rights management signal from the first user device; based on the digital rights management policy of the first user, permitting a controller of the first user device to access the first document, wherein the collaboration server is separate from the document server; wherein the method is implemented via a virtual collaboration center (VCC) system that is configured to share the first document and other documents between network devices, and wherein the network devices include the first user device; and executing a configurator application at the document server to create a plurality of VCC instances, wherein each of the plurality of VCC instances includes one or more of the network devices and is assigned ownership of one or more of the first document and the other documents, and wherein the first user and the first user device are associated with one of the plurality of VCC instances. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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26. A system comprising:
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a document server configured to (i) receive a first request signal based on an input received at a web browser of a first user device, and (ii) generate a first authentication signal based on the first request signal, wherein the first request signal requests access to a first document, and wherein the document server provides a cloud-based service for the first user device to access the first document; a first domain controller configured to, based on the first authentication signal, determine a profile or authorization level of a first user of the first user device, wherein the document server is configured to, based on the profile or the authorization level, transmit a second authentication signal to the first user device; a policy server comprising memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a digital rights management policy for the first user; and a collaboration server configured to (i) based on the second authentication signal, receive a digital rights management signal from the first user device, and (ii) based on the digital rights management policy of the first user, permit a controller of the first user device to access the first document, wherein the collaboration server is separate from the document server and the first domain controller, wherein the system is a virtual collaboration center (VCC) system configured to share the first document and other documents between network devices, the network devices include the first user device, the document server is configured to execute a configurator application to create a plurality of VCC instances, each of the plurality of VCC instances includes one or more of the network devices and is assigned ownership of one or more of the first document and the other documents, the first user and the first user device are associated with one of the plurality of VCC instances, and when the first request signal requests access to delete the first document, the document server deletes the first document, generates a certificate of deletion and sends instructions for an electronic mail (email) notification to be sent to the first user device comprising a link to the certificate of deletion.
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