Computerized communication system for managing multi-disciplinary engineering virtual community
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1. A computerized communication system for managing a multidisciplinary engineering virtual community engaged in a plurality of projects, the system comprising:
- a directory display operative to display a directory of participants in a project to a user who has entered a project in which he is participating; and
a communication manager operative to transmit a communication between the user and at least an individual one of the participants in said directory, in response to selection of at least one of the participants in the directory by said user,wherein one of the participants is a plotting bureau and wherein different participants have different levels of authorization regarding communications with the plotting bureau and wherein the communication manager is operative to transmit a particular communication from a particular participant to the plotting bureau only if the particular participant is authorized to transmit said particular communication.
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Abstract
This invention discloses a computerized communication system for managing a multidisciplinary engineering virtual community engaged in a plurality of projects, the system including a directory display operative to display a directory of participants in a project to a user who has entered a project in which he is participating, and a communication manager operative to transmit a communication between the user and at least an individual one of the participants in the directory, in response to selection of at least one of the participants in the directory by the user.
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1. A computerized communication system for managing a multidisciplinary engineering virtual community engaged in a plurality of projects, the system comprising:
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a directory display operative to display a directory of participants in a project to a user who has entered a project in which he is participating; and a communication manager operative to transmit a communication between the user and at least an individual one of the participants in said directory, in response to selection of at least one of the participants in the directory by said user, wherein one of the participants is a plotting bureau and wherein different participants have different levels of authorization regarding communications with the plotting bureau and wherein the communication manager is operative to transmit a particular communication from a particular participant to the plotting bureau only if the particular participant is authorized to transmit said particular communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29, 31, 35, 38)
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6. A computerized communication system for managing a multidisciplinary engineering virtual community engaged in a plurality of projects, the system comprising:
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an archive including a plurality of drawers associated with each of a plurality of users; an uploader operative to upload a file generated by an individual user only to the drawer associated with the individual user; and a downloader operative to download a file from any individual one of the plurality of drawers, wherein said uploader includes a file identifier operative to associate a descriptive text generated by a user with an individual file to be uploaded, thereby to allow a user to generate a descriptive text including a description characterizing the individual file to be uploaded. - View Dependent Claims (7, 14, 24, 25, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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26. A computerized communication system for managing a multidisciplinary engineering virtual community engaged in a plurality of projects, the system comprising:
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an archive including a plurality of drawers for each of a plurality of users; and a data flow controller operative to govern traffic of files to the drawers in accordance with a data flow scheme. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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43. A computerized communication system for managing a multidisciplinary engineering virtual community engaged in a plurality of projects, said community comprising a plurality of participants, the system comprising:
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an archive including a plurality of drawers associated with each of a plurality of users; an uploader operative to upload a file generated by an individual user only to the drawer associated with the individual user; and a downloader operative to download a file from any individual one of the plurality of drawers, wherein one of the participants is a plotting bureau and wherein different participants have different levels of authorization regarding communications with the plotting bureau and wherein the communication manager is operative to transmit a particular communication from a particular participant to the plotting bureau only if the particular participant is authorized to transmit said particular communication. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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