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Isolated working chamber associated with a secure inter-company collaboration environment

  • US 20040093397A1
  • Filed: 10/28/2003
  • Published: 05/13/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • an inter-company collaboration system comprising;

    a first set of one or more utility servers maintained by a first company, a first data storage mechanism associated with the first set of utility servers, a first set of resources residing on the first set of utility servers, a secure network connection between the first set of utility servers and a second company, and a first access control mechanism configured to control access, by the first company and the second company, to the first set of resources and to the secure network connection, wherein access to the first set of resources is limited to specific authorized individuals that are associated with the first company and specific authorized individuals that are associated with the second company; and

    an isolated system that is communicatively coupled to the collaboration system, comprising;

    a second set of one or more utility servers maintained by the first company;

    a second data storage mechanism associated with the second set of utility servers, the second data storage mechanism including a first storage portion that contains data that is shared with the collaboration system, and a second storage portion that contains data that is private to the isolated system; and

    a second access control mechanism configured to control access to the second set of utility servers, wherein access to the second set of utility servers is limited to specific authorized individuals that are associated only with the first company.

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