Passive telephone monitor to control collaborative systems
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1. In a collaborative system comprising one or more computers connected together in a network and a voice telephone system, wherein at least one of the computers is connected to a voice telephone system, a method of managing shared workspaces, comprising the steps of:
- recognizing when a voice call is made from a calling party to a called party through the voice telephone system;
communicating identification information for the voice call from the voice telephone system to the computer connected to the voice telephone system, wherein the identification information identifies the calling and called parties of the voice call; and
establishing a shared workspace on the network separate from but in parallel with the voice call between the calling party'"'"'s computer and the called party'"'"'s computer.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for using a passive telephone monitor to control collaborative systems comprising one or more local computers connected to one or more remote computers, wherein an image displayed on the local computer is substantially simultaneously displayed on the remote computer.
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1. In a collaborative system comprising one or more computers connected together in a network and a voice telephone system, wherein at least one of the computers is connected to a voice telephone system, a method of managing shared workspaces, comprising the steps of:
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recognizing when a voice call is made from a calling party to a called party through the voice telephone system; communicating identification information for the voice call from the voice telephone system to the computer connected to the voice telephone system, wherein the identification information identifies the calling and called parties of the voice call; and establishing a shared workspace on the network separate from but in parallel with the voice call between the calling party'"'"'s computer and the called party'"'"'s computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A collaborative system for managing shared workspaces, comprising:
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(a) a plurality of computers connected together in a network, wherein at least one of the computers is connected to a voice telephone system; (b) means, performed by the computer connected to the voice telephone system, for recognizing when a voice call is made from a calling party identified by a calling number to a called party identified by a called number through the voice telephone system; (c) means, performed by the computer connected to the voice telephone system, for communicating identification information for the voice call from the voice telephone system to the computer connected to the voice telephone system, wherein the identification information identifies the calling and called numbers of the voice call; and (d) means, performed by the computer connected to the voice telephone system, for establishing a shared workspace on the network separate from but in parallel with the voice call between the calling party'"'"'s computer and the called party'"'"'s computer. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A program storage device readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps for managing shared workspaces, the method comprising the steps of:
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recognizing when a voice call is made from a calling party to a called party through a voice telephone system; communicating identification information for the voice call from the voice telephone system to a computer connected to a voice telephone system, wherein the identification information identifies the calling and called parties of the voice call; and establishing a shared workspace on a network separate from but in parallel with the voice call between the calling party'"'"'s computer and the called party'"'"'s computer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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