Multi-User and Multi-Device Collaboration
First Claim
1. A method for providing a collaborative work session, comprising:
- associating a plurality of work session participants with a collaborative work session;
displaying on a computer-generated display information for identifying each of the plurality of work session participants;
reporting information for each of the plurality of work session participants on the computer-generated display for review by each other of the plurality of work session participants;
reporting information relevant to the collaborative work session on the computer-generated display for review by one or more of the plurality of work session participants; and
receiving one or more content items from one or more of the one or more work session participants, and displaying the received one or more content items on the computer-generated display.
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Abstract
Multi-user, multi-computing device collaborative work experience is provided. One or more computing devices, including wired and wireless personal computers, laptop computers, servers, handheld mobile computing devices, for example, mobile telephones, tablet type computers, slate type computers and the like, may be linked together to allow users of such devices to engage in a collaborative work session. Information for each user engaged in the collaborative work session may be displayed on the one or more devices along with any content such as agenda items, documents, data, images, and the like. User participation may be tracked, and information on user participation, work session communications and content may be stored for subsequent use.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a collaborative work session, comprising:
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associating a plurality of work session participants with a collaborative work session; displaying on a computer-generated display information for identifying each of the plurality of work session participants; reporting information for each of the plurality of work session participants on the computer-generated display for review by each other of the plurality of work session participants; reporting information relevant to the collaborative work session on the computer-generated display for review by one or more of the plurality of work session participants; and receiving one or more content items from one or more of the one or more work session participants, and displaying the received one or more content items on the computer-generated display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computer perform a method for providing a collaborative work session, comprising:
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associating a plurality of work session participants with a collaborative work session; displaying on a computer-generated display information for identifying each of the plurality of work session participants; displaying on the computer-generated display presence status information for each of the plurality of work session participants; tracking participation by each of the plurality of work session participants during the work session; reporting information for each of the plurality of work session participants on the computer-generated display for review by each other of the plurality of work session participants; and receiving one or more content items from one or more of the one or more work session participants, and displaying the received one or more content items on the computer-generated display.
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20. A system for providing a collaborative work session, comprising:
a collaborative work session application operative to; associate a plurality of work session participants with a collaborative work session; display on a computer-generated display information for identifying each of the plurality of work session participants; track participation by each of the plurality of work session participants during the work session; determine which of any of the plurality of work session participants is speaking at any given time during the work session, and to display on the computer-generated display an indication of which of any of the plurality of work session participants is speaking at any given time during the work session; and display one or more content items received from one or more of the plurality of work session participants on the computer-generated display, the one or more content items including one or more of messages or one or more types of data.
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