Cooperative work supporting method and system therefor
First Claim
1. A cooperative work supporting method for use in a system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, wherein the computer terminals communicate to the plurality of participants a status of the plurality of participants in connection with their participation in the cooperative work in order to affect their participation in the cooperative work, said method comprising the steps of:
- determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work cooperated on by all the participants who participate in the cooperative work by transmitting information among the computer terminals via the computer network; and
informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals of the participation rate in an identifiable manner.
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Abstract
There is provided a cooperative work supporting method and a system therefor, for smooth progress of a cooperative work by evaluating the participation rate, of the level of participation of each participant to the cooperative work, and utilizing such participation rate in the cooperative work.
The cooperative work supporting method for use in a system for effecting a work by cooperation of plural participants, comprises determining a participation rate, indicating the level of participation to the cooperative work, for each participant; and informing each participant of such participation rate in an identifiable manner. Also the participation of the participant to the cooperative work is adjusted according to the participation rate. Also there is provided a prompt requesting the adjustment of the participation rate of each participant. The participation rate is determined by the data read-out frequency and/or the data write-in frequency of each participant in the cooperative work. In informing, the participation rate is made identifiable by a change in the number of colors of the image of each participant.
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63 Claims
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1. A cooperative work supporting method for use in a system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, wherein the computer terminals communicate to the plurality of participants a status of the plurality of participants in connection with their participation in the cooperative work in order to affect their participation in the cooperative work, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work cooperated on by all the participants who participate in the cooperative work by transmitting information among the computer terminals via the computer network; and informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals of the participation rate in an identifiable manner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 21)
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9. A cooperative work supporting method for use in a system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; and informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals of the participation rate in an identifiable manner, wherein the participation rate is determined based on a comparison of a participation of a participant in the cooperative work and that in other cooperative works.
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13. A cooperative work supporting method for use in a system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; and informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals of the participation rate in an identifiable manner, wherein said informing is conducted by displaying an image specifying a participant, and one of color or size of a display frame, zooming level, number of colors in display, frame rate of a moving image, pixel density, delay in voice synchronization, and sound loudness is distinguishably selected according to the participation rate.
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17. A cooperative work supporting method for use in a system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; and informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals of the participation rate in an identifiable manner, wherein said informing is conducted by changing a voice sampling rate corresponding to the participation rate.
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18. A cooperative work supporting method for use in a system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; and informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals of the participation rate in an identifiable manner, wherein the participation of a participant in the cooperative work is adjusted according to the participation rate, and the adjustment of the participation in the cooperative work varies the participation rate of the participant himself, thereby inhibiting or forcing access to a predetermined cooperative work. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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19. A cooperative work supporting method for use in a system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; and informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals of the participation rate in an identifiable manner, wherein the participation of a participant in the cooperative work is adjusted according to the participation rate, and the adjustment of the participation in the cooperative work is to vary the participation rate of another participant, thereby inhibiting or forcing access to a predetermined cooperative work.
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22. A system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, wherein the computer terminals communicate to the plurality of participants a status of the plurality of participants in connection with their participation in the cooperative work in order to affect their participation in the cooperative work, the system comprising:
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participation rate calculating means for determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work cooperated on by all the participants who participate in the cooperative work by transmitting information among the computer terminals via the computer network; and informing means for informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals of the participation rate in an identifiable manner. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 42)
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30. A system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said system comprising:
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participation rate calculating means for determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of a plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; and informing means for informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals of the participation rate in an identifiable manner, wherein the participation rate is determined based on a comparison of a participation of a participant in the cooperative work and that in other cooperative works.
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34. A system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said system comprising:
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participation rate calculating means for determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of a plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; and informing means for informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals of the participation rate in an identifiable manner, wherein said informing means is adapted to display an image specifying a participant, and one of color or size of a display frame, zooming level, number of colors in display, frame rate of a moving image, pixel density, delay in voice synchronization, and sound loudness is distinguishably selected according to the participation rate.
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38. A system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said system comprising:
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participation rate calculating means for determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of a plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; and informing means for informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals of the participation rate in an identifiable manner, wherein said informing includes means for changing a voice sampling rate corresponding to the participation rate.
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39. A system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said system comprising:
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participation rate calculating means for determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of a plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; informing means for informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals of the participation rate in an identifiable manner; and adjusting means for adjusting the participation of a participant in the cooperative work according to the participation rate, wherein said adjusting means is adapted to vary the participation rate of the participant himself, thereby inhibiting or forcing access to a predetermined cooperative work. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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40. A system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said system comprising:
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participation rate calculating means for determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of a plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; informing means for informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals of the participation rate in an identifiable manner; and adjusting means for adjusting the participation of a participant in the cooperative work according to the participation rate, wherein said adjusting means is adapted to vary the participation rate of another participant, thereby inhibiting or forcing access to a predetermined cooperative work.
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43. A computer readable recording medium on which is recorded a computer program for implementing a cooperative work supporting method for use in a system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, wherein the computer terminals communicate to the plurality of participants a status of the plurality of participants in connection with their participation in the cooperative work in order to affect their participation in the cooperative work, said program comprising:
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code for determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work cooperated on by all the participants who participate in the cooperative work by transmitting information among the computer terminals via the computer network; and code for informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminal of the participation rate in an identifiable manner. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 63)
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51. A computer readable recording medium on which is recorded a computer program for implementing a cooperative work supporting method for use in a system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said program comprising:
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code for determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; and code for informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminal of the participation rate in an identifiable manner, wherein the participation rate is determined based on a comparison of a participation of a participant in the cooperative work and that in other cooperative works.
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55. A computer readable recording medium on which is recorded a computer program for implementing a cooperative work supporting method for use in a system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said program comprising:
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code for determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; and code for informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminal of the participation rate in an identifiable manner, wherein said informing is conducted by displaying an image specifying a participant, and one of color or size of a display frame, zooming level, number of colors in display, frame rate of a moving image, pixel density, delay in voice synchronization, and sound loudness is distinguishably selected according to the participation rate.
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59. A computer readable recording medium on which is recorded a computer program for implementing a cooperative work supporting method for use in a system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said program comprising:
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code for determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; and code for informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminal of the participation rate in an identifiable manner, wherein the informing is conducted by changing a voice sampling rate corresponding to the participation rate.
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60. A computer readable recording medium on which is recorded a computer program for implementing a cooperative work supporting method for use in a system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said program comprising:
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code for determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; and code for informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminal of the participation rate in an identifiable manner, wherein the participation of a participant in the cooperative work is adjusted according to the participation rate, and the adjustment of the participation in the cooperative work varies the participation rate of the participant himself, thereby inhibiting or forcing access to a predetermined cooperative work. - View Dependent Claims (62)
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61. A computer readable recording medium on which is recorded a computer program for implementing a cooperative work supporting method for use in a system for effecting a cooperative work by cooperation of a plurality of participants at respective computer terminals connected to a computer network, said program comprising:
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code for determining a participation rate, indicating a level of participation in the cooperative work, for each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminals, wherein the cooperative work is a common, single work for all the participants; and code for informing each participant of the plurality of participants at their respective computer terminal of the participation rate in an identifiable manner, wherein the participation of a participant in the cooperative work is adjusted according to the participation rate, and the adjustment of the participation in the cooperative work is to vary the participation rate of another participant, thereby inhibiting or forcing access to a predetermined cooperative work.
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