Group communication and collaboration method
First Claim
36. A storage medium including program instructions which, when executed by at least one automatic computing device, facilitate group collaboration, said storage medium comprising:
- first instructions for sending a resource locator to plural members of a group;
second instructions for receiving contributions from members of said group;
third instructions for dynamically changing content at least in part in response to said received contributions from said group members; and
fourth instructions for enabling access by said plural group members to said dynamically changed content based at least in part on use of said resource locator by said group members, wherein said access-enabling includes automatically customizing presentation of said content to accommodate capabilities available to said group members.
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Abstract
A system for communicating information among participants in a distributed application having peripheral communications devices comprises a central agent having two-way links to the peripheral devices, a notice generator triggered by an information input from one participant directed to at least one other participant, the notice generator generating a notice for the other participant(s) and pushing the notice to the peripheral device of the other participant(s) only if the information input was directed to the other participant(s), a central storage medium storing the information input, and an access channel by which the other participant(s) may receive the information input only if the other participant(s) responds to the notice. The links may form a computer network, cable network, telecommunications network, wireless network, or other network, or a combination. Additional information inputs may be associated with the first information input or may modify or delete it.
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81 Claims
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36. A storage medium including program instructions which, when executed by at least one automatic computing device, facilitate group collaboration, said storage medium comprising:
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first instructions for sending a resource locator to plural members of a group;
second instructions for receiving contributions from members of said group;
third instructions for dynamically changing content at least in part in response to said received contributions from said group members; and
fourth instructions for enabling access by said plural group members to said dynamically changed content based at least in part on use of said resource locator by said group members, wherein said access-enabling includes automatically customizing presentation of said content to accommodate capabilities available to said group members.
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37. A computer-assisted system for facilitating group collaboration comprising:
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A notifier that sends a resource locator to plural members of a group;
A storage that receives contributions from members of said group and dynamically changes said content at least in part in response to said received contributions from said group members; and
A server that enables access by said plural group members to said dynamically changed content within said storage based at least in part on use of said resource locator by said group members, wherein said server automatically customizes presentation of said content to accommodate capabilities available to said group members. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 78, 79, 81)
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73. A computer-assisted system for facilitating group collaboration comprising:
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A notifier that distributes resource locators to plural members of a group;
A storage that maintains contributions from members of said group and dynamically changes said contributions at least in part in response to information received from said group members; and
An agent that enables access by said plural group members to said dynamically changed contributions said storage maintains, wherein said agent permits resource locators to access contributions changed after said resource locators were distributed.
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74-1. The method of claim 75 wherein said agent includes a database that correlates previously distributed resource locators with dynamically changed contributions within said store.
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75. A method of facilitating group collaboration comprising:
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distributing resource locators to plural members of a group;
maintaining, in a store, contributions from members of said group;
dynamically changing said maintained contributions at least in part in response to information received from said group members; and
enabling access by group members to maintained contributions changed after said resource locators were distributed. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 74, 76, 77, 80)
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