Collaboration system and data structure thereof

• US 20030110219A1
• Filed: 02/06/2002
• Published: 06/12/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: Hsu, Chih-Hao, Chen, Mei-Chun
• Application Number:
  US10/068,222
• Publication Number:
  US 20030110219A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2246 Trees, e.g. B+trees
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A method of storing data for a collaboration system. In the collaboration system, a first and second data are respectively used for implementation of a plurality of child processes and a parent process comprising the child processes. The method comprises the steps of storing the first and second data, storing a link in the first data, and linking the first and second data by the link.

Claims

1. A method of storing data for a collaboration system wherein first and second data are respectively used for implementation of a plurality of child processes and a parent process comprising the child processes, the method comprising the steps of:

storing the first and second data;

storing a link in the first data; and

linking the first and second data by the link.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the second data comprises identification of the child processes.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first and second data comprise identification of participants in the child and parent processes.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 further comprising the steps of:

storing a second link in the first data; and

linking the identification of the participants in the child and parent processes by the second link.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the first and second data comprise messages generated in the child and parent processes.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 further comprising the steps of:

storing a third link in the first data; and

linking the messages generated in the child and parent processes by the third link.

7. A collaboration system comprising:

a collaboration center obtaining first data for implementation of a parent process comprising a plurality of child processes;

a member obtaining second data for implementation of the child processes; and

a storage device storing the first and second data, and storing a link in the second data to link the first and second data.

8. The collaboration system as claimed in claim 7 wherein the first data comprises identification of the child processes.

9. The collaboration system as claimed in claim 7 wherein the first and second data comprise identification of participants in the parent and child processes.

10. The collaboration system as claimed in claim 9 wherein the storage device further stores a second link in the second data to link the identification of the participants in the parent and child processes.

11. The collaboration system as claimed in claim 7 wherein the first and second data comprise messages generated in the parent and child processes.

12. The collaboration system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the storage device further stores a third link in the second data to link the messages generated in the parent and child processes.