Communicating using collaboration spaces
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1. A method of communicating comprising:
- receiving a user selection of a collaboration space from a party, wherein at least one selection condition is true at a time of the selection, said selection condition including a condition selected from a group consisting of a condition where a set of communicators occupying the collaboration space is unknowable to the party, a condition where the set of communicators is hidden from the party, a condition where the set of communicators is only known the party because that set is presented to the communicator within a graphical user interface from which the user selection is made;
dynamically determining the set of communicators occupying the collaboration space; and
automatically exchanging a communication between the party and at least one communicator of the determined set.
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Abstract
A collaboration interface including a collaboration space and a collaboration space list. The collaboration space can be associated with at least one key attribute. The collaboration space list can include an identifier for each communicator occupying the collaboration space. The communicators occupying the collaboration space can be automatically and dynamically determined. The interface can include a graphical user interface section for composing a message. Further, the interface can include a user selectable mechanism for conveying a composed message. The mechanism can convey the message to user selected ones of the communicators occupying the collaboration space.
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1. A method of communicating comprising:
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receiving a user selection of a collaboration space from a party, wherein at least one selection condition is true at a time of the selection, said selection condition including a condition selected from a group consisting of a condition where a set of communicators occupying the collaboration space is unknowable to the party, a condition where the set of communicators is hidden from the party, a condition where the set of communicators is only known the party because that set is presented to the communicator within a graphical user interface from which the user selection is made;
dynamically determining the set of communicators occupying the collaboration space; and
automatically exchanging a communication between the party and at least one communicator of the determined set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communication method comprising:
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receiving a user selection of a collaboration space from a party, wherein the collaboration space is associated with a geographic region;
dynamically detecting a plurality of location beacons within the geographic region, wherein each location-beacon is associated with a communicator;
automatically determining a set of communicators occupying the collaboration space, wherein each communicator in the set is associated with a location beacon detected within the geographic region; and
exchanging a communication between the party and at least one communicator of the communication set responsive to a selection by the party to communicate with the at least one communicator. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A collaboration interface comprising:
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at least one collaboration space associated with at least one key attribute;
a collaboration space list comprising an identifier for each communicator occupying the collaboration space, wherein the communicators occupying the collaboration space are automatically and dynamically determined;
a graphical user interface section for composing a message; and
a user selectable mechanism for conveying a composed message to a user selected ones of the communicators occupying the collaboration space. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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