WAP/IRC based instant collaboration tool

• US 20020078154A1
• Filed: 12/19/2000
• Published: 06/20/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens Corporate Research Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Corporate Research Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Goose, Stuart, Djennane, Safia
• Application Number:
  US09/740,112
• Publication Number:
  US 20020078154A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/15 Synchronised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method for synchronous wireless application protocol messaging is provided according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method provides each of two or more clients to a wireless application protocol chat server with an identification, creates a wireless markup language document including a client profile and a client posted message, and synchronizes each clients view of the wireless markup language document that the moderator is navigating.

Claims

1. A method for synchronous wireless application protocol messaging comprising the steps of:

providing each of two or more clients to a wireless application protocol chat server an identification;

creating a wireless markup language document including a client profile and a client posted message; and

synchronizing each client'"'"'s view of the wireless markup language document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the document includes a hyperlink for allowing the client to navigate profiles and messages.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a first client creates a collaboration space.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the server provides a collaboration space for clients.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the collaboration space includes a client moderator.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of defining a privilege for client, wherein the privilege defines access to document content.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of refreshing a clients view of the document after a defined period of time.

8. A system for synchronous mobile collaboration comprising:

a wireless application protocol client connected to a wireless application protocol gateway;

a world wide web server hosting a wireless application protocol Chat service for managing collaborators on a session-per-user basis, the world wide web server connected to the wireless application protocol gateway; and

an internet relay chat server specified by the wireless application protocol client at the start of the session.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the world wide web server manages wireless application protocol client chat sessions, which in turn, can interact with multiple internet relay chat servers.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the world wide web server generates a wireless markup language interface for the wireless application protocol clients.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the world wide web server comprises a wireless application protocol Chat agent based on Active Server Page technology.

13. The method steps of claim 12, wherein the web page includes a hyperlink for allowing the client to navigate profiles and messages.

14. The method steps of claim 12, wherein a first client creates a collaboration space.

15. The method steps of claim 12, wherein the server provides a collaboration space for clients.

16. The method steps of claim 15, wherein the collaboration space includes a client moderator.

17. The method steps of claim 12, further comprising computer readable program code for defining a privilege for client, wherein the privilege defines access to web page content.

18. The method steps of claim 12, further comprising computer readable program code for refreshing a clients view of the web page after a defined passage of time.

12. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for synchronous wireless application protocol based messaging, the method steps comprising:

providing each of two or more clients to a wireless application protocol chat server an identification;

creating a wireless markup language web page including a client profile and a client posted message; and

synchronizing each client'"'"'s view of the wireless markup language web page.