Method and system for providing information regarding recently accessed documents of a remote user through an awareness client program
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1. A method of providing remote user activity information regarding recently accessed documents of remote users to a local user, comprising:
- obtaining, by an awareness client application process executing on a local computer system, from an associated awareness server application process executing on a server computer system, an online status of said remote computer system user;
presenting, by said awareness client application process, an awareness object associated with said remote computer system user, wherein said awareness object includes an indication of said remote computer system user, wherein said awareness object further includes an indication of said online status of said remote computer system user;
obtaining, by said awareness client application process on said local computer system, responsive to said presenting said awareness object associated with said remote computer system user, document access activity information regarding said remote computer system user, wherein said document access activity information includes the identity of at least one document accessed by said remote computer system user;
detecting a selection of said awareness object associated with said remote computer user by said local computer system user; and
presenting, by said awareness client application process, said document access activity information regarding said remote computer system user in a display for said local computer system.
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Abstract
A system for providing a local awareness client program user with document access information describing accesses to documents by remote users. The system provides document access information describing the documents accessed by one or more remote users, the applications used to access those documents, the times the documents were accessed, and/or other information describing the documents or the access to such documents made by the remote users.
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1. A method of providing remote user activity information regarding recently accessed documents of remote users to a local user, comprising:
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obtaining, by an awareness client application process executing on a local computer system, from an associated awareness server application process executing on a server computer system, an online status of said remote computer system user;
presenting, by said awareness client application process, an awareness object associated with said remote computer system user, wherein said awareness object includes an indication of said remote computer system user, wherein said awareness object further includes an indication of said online status of said remote computer system user;
obtaining, by said awareness client application process on said local computer system, responsive to said presenting said awareness object associated with said remote computer system user, document access activity information regarding said remote computer system user, wherein said document access activity information includes the identity of at least one document accessed by said remote computer system user;
detecting a selection of said awareness object associated with said remote computer user by said local computer system user; and
presenting, by said awareness client application process, said document access activity information regarding said remote computer system user in a display for said local computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system of providing remote user activity information regarding recently accessed documents of remote users to a local user, comprising:
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means for obtaining, by an awareness client application process executing on a local computer system, from an associated awareness server application process executing on a server computer system, an online status of said remote computer system user;
means for presenting, by said awareness client application process, an awareness object associated with said remote computer system user, wherein said awareness object includes an indication of said remote computer system user, wherein said awareness object further includes an indication of said online status of said remote computer system user;
means for obtaining, by said awareness client application process on said local computer system, responsive to said presenting said awareness object associated with said remote computer system user, document access activity information regarding said remote computer system user, wherein said document access activity information includes the identity of at least one document accessed by said remote computer system user;
means for detecting a selection of said awareness object associated with said remote computer user by said local computer system user; and
means for presenting, by said awareness client application process, said document access activity information regarding said remote computer system user in a display for said local computer system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product, wherein said computer program product includes a computer readable medium, said computer readable medium having a computer program for providing remote user activity information regarding recently accessed documents of remote users to a local user stored thereon, said computer program comprising:
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program code for obtaining, by an awareness client application process executing on a local computer system, from an associated awareness server application process executing on a server computer system, an online status of said remote computer system user;
program code for presenting, by said awareness client application process, an awareness object associated with said remote computer system user, wherein said awareness object includes an indication of said remote computer system user, wherein said awareness object further includes an indication of said online status of said remote computer system user;
program code for obtaining, by said awareness client application process on said local computer system, responsive to said presenting said awareness object associated with said remote computer system user, document access activity information regarding said remote computer system user, wherein said document access activity information includes the identity of at least one document accessed by said remote computer system user;
program code for detecting a selection of said awareness object associated with said remote computer user by said local computer system user; and
program code for presenting, by said awareness client application process, said document access activity information regarding said remote computer system user in a display for said local computer system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system of providing remote user activity information regarding recently accessed documents of remote users to a local user, comprising:
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program code, stored in a computer readable memory communicably coupled to at least one processor in a local computer system, operable to obtain, by an awareness client application process executing in said local computer system, from an associated awareness server application process executing on a server computer system, an online status of said remote computer system user;
program code, stored in said computer readable memory in said local computer system, operable to present, by said awareness client application process, an awareness object associated with said remote computer system user, wherein said awareness object includes an indication of said remote computer system user, wherein said awareness object further includes an indication of said online status of said remote computer system user;
program code, stored in said computer readable memory in said local computer system, operable to obtain, by said awareness client application process on said local computer system, responsive to said presenting said awareness object associated with said remote computer system user, document access activity information regarding said remote computer system user, wherein said document access activity information includes the identity of at least one document accessed by said remote computer system user;
program code, stored in said computer readable memory in said local computer system, operable to detect a selection of said awareness object associated with said remote computer user by said local computer system user; and
program code, stored in said computer readable memory in said local computer system, operable to present, by said awareness client application process, said document access activity information regarding said remote computer system user in a display for said local computer system.
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29. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave, said computer data signal including at least one computer program for providing remote user activity information regarding recently accessed documents of remote users to a local user, said computer program comprising:
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program code for obtaining, by an awareness client application process executing on a local computer system, from an associated awareness server application process executing on a server computer system, an online status of said remote computer system user;
program code for presenting, by said awareness client application process, an awareness object associated with said remote computer system user, wherein said awareness object includes an indication of said remote computer system user, wherein said awareness object further includes an indication of said online status of said remote computer system user;
program code for obtaining, by said awareness client application process on said local computer system, responsive to said presenting said awareness object associated with said remote computer system user, document access activity information regarding said remote computer system user, wherein said document access activity information includes the identity of at least one document accessed by said remote computer system user;
program code for detecting a selection of said awareness object associated with said remote computer user by said local computer system user; and
program code for presenting, by said awareness client application process, said document access activity information regarding said remote computer system user in a display for said local computer system.
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