Community co-presence system
First Claim
1. A data retrieval system comprising:
- a data server for retrieving at least one of a plurality of data objects from a data repository;
a co-presence server; and
at least two co-presence data-retrieval clients for communicating at least with said data server and with said co-presence server;
said co-presence server comprising;
community means for at least maintaining a list of co-presence data retrieval clients associated with a community; and
at least one virtual place having a list of co-presence data-retrieval clients from said community at said virtual place at least for enabling communication among said co-presence data-retrieval clients associated therewith,each of said co-presence data retrieval clients comprising;
object association means for associating a data object received from said data server with one of said at least one virtual places in said co-presence server; and
co-presence means, associated with said one virtual place, for associating said client with said community and for enabling communication among said co-presence data-retrieval clients associated with said one virtual place.
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Abstract
A data retrieval system includes a data server a co-presence server and at least two co-presence data retrieval clients. The data server retrieves at least one of a plurality of data objects from a data repository. The co-presence data-retrieval clients communicate at least with the data server and with the co-presence server. The co-presence server includes community means for at least maintaining a list of users associated with a community and at least one virtual place having a list of users from the community at the virtual place. Each of the co-presence data retrieval clients includes object association means and co-presence means. The object association means associate a data object received from the data server with one of the at least one virtual places in the co-presence server. The co-presence means is associated with the one virtual place and associates the client with the community and enables communication at least with other co-presence means also associated with the one virtual place.
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4 Claims
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1. A data retrieval system comprising:
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a data server for retrieving at least one of a plurality of data objects from a data repository; a co-presence server; and at least two co-presence data-retrieval clients for communicating at least with said data server and with said co-presence server; said co-presence server comprising; community means for at least maintaining a list of co-presence data retrieval clients associated with a community; and at least one virtual place having a list of co-presence data-retrieval clients from said community at said virtual place at least for enabling communication among said co-presence data-retrieval clients associated therewith, each of said co-presence data retrieval clients comprising; object association means for associating a data object received from said data server with one of said at least one virtual places in said co-presence server; and co-presence means, associated with said one virtual place, for associating said client with said community and for enabling communication among said co-presence data-retrieval clients associated with said one virtual place. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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