On-line project collaboration system
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a computer network;
a computer system coupled to the network and comprising an on-line project area corresponding to a project and accessible to participants in the project through the network, the on-line project area including respective private areas for entities participating in the project, wherein each private area is accessible and controllable only by participants from an entity associated with that private area, the project area further including a shared area accessible to all participants; and
user interfaces coupled to the network to allow each participant associated with a private area independently to control sharing of objects owned by that participant from the participant'"'"'s private area to the shared area.
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Abstract
A system provides an on-line project area. The project area includes respective private areas for entities participating in the project. Each private area is accessible and controllable only by participants from an entity associated with that private area. The project area includes a shared area that is accessible to all participants. A determination regarding whether and to whom information from a particular private area is to be shared is based on permissions established according to a distributed system in which each participant independently can control sharing of objects owned by that participant from the participant'"'"'s private area to the shared area.
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27 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a computer network;
a computer system coupled to the network and comprising an on-line project area corresponding to a project and accessible to participants in the project through the network, the on-line project area including respective private areas for entities participating in the project, wherein each private area is accessible and controllable only by participants from an entity associated with that private area, the project area further including a shared area accessible to all participants; and
user interfaces coupled to the network to allow each participant associated with a private area independently to control sharing of objects owned by that participant from the participant'"'"'s private area to the shared area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a content database;
a computer coupled to the database, the computer including a computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, in response to user input, cause the computer to establish an on-line project area in the content database corresponding to a project, the project area comprising respective private areas for entities participating in the project and comprising a shared area for the project, wherein activities and information in the project area are inaccessible to entities not participating in the project and, unless designated to be shared, activities and information in a particular entity'"'"'s private area are inaccessible to entities not associated with that private area, and wherein each participant associated with a private area independently can control sharing of objects owned by that participant from the participant'"'"'s private area to the shared area. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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providing an on-line project area corresponding to a project, the project area comprising respective private areas for entities participating in the project, wherein each private area is accessible and controllable only by participants from an entity associated with that private area, and the project area further including a shared area for the project, wherein the shared area is accessible to all participants; and
determining whether and with whom information from a private area is to be shared in the shared area based on permissions established according to a distributed system in which each participant independently can control sharing of objects owned by that participant from the participant'"'"'s private area to the shared area. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. An article comprising a machine-readable medium storing machine-readable instructions that, when applied to the machine, cause the machine to:
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provide an on-line project area corresponding to a project, the project area comprising respective private areas for entities participating in the project , wherein each private area is accessible and controllable only by participants from an entity associated with that private area, the project area further including a shared area for the project, wherein the shared area is accessible to all participants; and
determine whether and to whom information from a particular private area is to be shared in the shared area based on permissions established according to a distributed system in which each participant independently can control sharing of objects owned by that participant from the participant'"'"'s private area to the shared area. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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