PERSISTENT COLLABORATIVE ON-LINE MEETING SPACE
First Claim
1. A system for establishing a persistent collaborative on-line meeting space for a plurality of participants, the system comprising:
- an invitation module to send an invitation across a communications network to each of the plurality of participants, the plurality of participants being located at a plurality of different locations;
a logon module for establishing the identity of potential attendees and only allowing authorized participants to enter the meeting space;
a workspace module for creating a virtual workspace on a workspace computer system wherein each of the plurality of participants from the plurality of locations can create, add, organize, reorganize and delete meeting content using a participant computing device that communicates with the workspace computer system;
meeting tools to capture and organize the meeting content contributed by the plurality of participants; and
a history module for recording status, movement and modification of the meeting content and recording the activities of each of the plurality of participants during the meeting;
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Abstract
A system and method for establishing persistent collaborative on-line meeting spaces for a plurality of participants located at a plurality of different locations using computing devices across a communication network. The system includes sending invitations to the plurality of participants, and establishing the identity of potential attendees and only allowing authorized participants to enter the meeting space. The system also includes creating a virtual workspace on a workspace computer wherein the participants can interact. The interaction can include creating, adding, organizing, and deleting meeting content. The system also records status, movement and modification of the meeting content and participant activities during the meeting for later playback. The system can use user contributed objects and content, virtual sticky notes, organizer tools and other items, and can support multiple security levels.
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1. A system for establishing a persistent collaborative on-line meeting space for a plurality of participants, the system comprising:
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an invitation module to send an invitation across a communications network to each of the plurality of participants, the plurality of participants being located at a plurality of different locations; a logon module for establishing the identity of potential attendees and only allowing authorized participants to enter the meeting space; a workspace module for creating a virtual workspace on a workspace computer system wherein each of the plurality of participants from the plurality of locations can create, add, organize, reorganize and delete meeting content using a participant computing device that communicates with the workspace computer system; meeting tools to capture and organize the meeting content contributed by the plurality of participants; and a history module for recording status, movement and modification of the meeting content and recording the activities of each of the plurality of participants during the meeting; - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for establishing a persistent collaborative on-line meeting space for a plurality of participants, the method comprising:
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sending an invitation across a communications network to each of the plurality of participants, the plurality of participants being located at a plurality of different locations; establishing the identity of potential attendees and only allowing authorized participants to enter the meeting space; creating a virtual workspace on a workspace computer system wherein each of the plurality of participants from the plurality of locations can interact; enabling the plurality of participants to create, add, organize, reorganize and delete meeting content using a participant computing device that communicates with the workspace computer system; recording status, movement and modification of the meeting content and recording the activities of each of the plurality of participants during the meeting; - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for establishing a plurality of persistent collaborative on-line meeting spaces for a plurality of participants, the method comprising:
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sending an invitation for a particular meeting of the plurality of meetings across a communications network to each of the plurality of participants, the plurality of participants being located at a plurality of different locations; establishing the identity of potential attendees and only allowing authorized participants to enter the meeting spaces for which the potential attendee is authorized; creating a virtual workspace on one or more workspace computer systems for each of the plurality of meetings, each of the plurality of participants for a particular meeting being enabled to interact in the virtual workspace for the particular meeting; enabling the plurality of participants to create, add, organize, reorganize and delete meeting content using a participant computing device that communicates with the workspace computer system for the particular meeting; recording status, movement and modification of the meeting content and recording the activities of each of the plurality of participants during the particular meeting; - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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