Online collaboration method and system
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1. A method of activating collaboration tools for members of a community, comprising the steps of:
- creating a list of members of said community in which each of said members is assigned one or more roles;
providing a plurality of collaboration tools for each said role;
receiving a logon request and a role selection from one of said members, and in response thereto presenting a menu of said collaboration tools to said one of said members; and
in response to a plurality of selections from said menu by said one of said members, activating the selected tools for said one of said members by transferring said logon request and said role selection to a directory of each said selected tool.
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Abstract
Members of a community work collaboratively on a task using a plurality of collaboration tools. A list of members and assigned roles is created. A central application provides the tools for each role. When a logon request and role selection is received from a member, the central application presents a menu of tools based on the list and roles selected. The member selects tools from the menu which are then automatically activated for the member'"'"'s use by transferring the logon request and role section to each selected tool.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of activating collaboration tools for members of a community, comprising the steps of:
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creating a list of members of said community in which each of said members is assigned one or more roles;
providing a plurality of collaboration tools for each said role;
receiving a logon request and a role selection from one of said members, and in response thereto presenting a menu of said collaboration tools to said one of said members; and
in response to a plurality of selections from said menu by said one of said members, activating the selected tools for said one of said members by transferring said logon request and said role selection to a directory of each said selected tool. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of activating collaboration tools for members of a plurality of communities, comprising the steps of:
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creating a list of members of each of said plurality of communities in which each of said members is assigned one or more roles;
providing a plurality of collaboration tools for each said role;
receiving a logon request and a role selection from one of said members, and in response thereto presenting a menu of said collaboration tools to said one of said members; and
in response to a plurality of selections from said menu by said one of said members, activating the selected tools for said one of said members by transferring said logon request and said role selection to a directory of each said selected tool. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A system for activating collaboration tools for members of a community, comprising:
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a list of members of said community in which each of said members is assigned one or more roles;
a plurality of collaboration tools for each said role;
means for receiving a logon request and a role selection from one of said members, and in response thereto presenting a menu of said collaboration tools to said one of said members; and
means for accepting a plurality of selections from said menu by said one of said members, activating the selected tools for said one of said members by transferring said logon request and said role selection to a directory of each said selected tool. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for activating collaboration tools for members of a plurality of communities, comprising:
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a list of members of each of said plurality of communities in which each of said members is assigned one or more roles;
a plurality of collaboration tools for each said role;
means for receiving a logon request and a role selection from one of said members, and in response thereto presenting a menu of said collaboration tools to said one of said members; and
means for accepting a plurality of selections from said menu by said one of said members, and activating the selected tools for said one of said members by transferring said logon request and said role selection to a directory of each said selected tool. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A computer system for activating collaboration tools for members of a community, said computer system comprising:
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a processor;
a list of members, on said processor, of said community in which each of said members is assigned one or more roles;
a plurality of collaboration tools for each said role, implemented on said processor;
means for receiving a logon request and a role selection from one of said members, and in response thereto presenting a menu of said collaboration tools to said one of said members; and
means for accepting a plurality of selections from said menu by said one of said members, activating the selected tools for said one of said members by transferring said logon request and said role selection to a directory of each said selected tool.
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20. A computer program product for instructing a processor to activate collaboration tools for members of a community, said computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable medium;
first program instruction means for creating a list of members of said community in which each of said members is assigned one or more roles;
second program instruction means for providing a plurality of collaboration tools for each said role;
third program instruction means for receiving a logon request and a role selection from one of said members, and in response thereto presenting a menu of said collaboration tools to said one of said members; and
fourth program instruction means for receiving a plurality of selections from said menu by said one of said members, and in response thereto means for activating the selected tools for said one of said members by transferring said logon request and said role selection to a directory of each said selected tool; and
whereinall said program instruction means are recorded on said medium.
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