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Data conferencing system with distributed electronic sheet

  • US 6,610,102 B1
  • Filed: 07/11/1996
  • Issued: 08/26/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A data conferencing system, including at least two computer workstations linked by a data network, each computer workstation including:

  • means for storing and displaying an electronic sheet, said electronic sheet being logically divided into a grid of cells, each cell being able to contain no more than a single character;

    means to enable a user to select a portion of said electronic sheet, said portion comprising at least one cell;

    means, responsive to a user input, for editing said selected portion of said electronic sheet; and

    means for distributing updates resulting from editing said electronic sheet to the other computer workstations in the data conferencing system, such that all the workstations in the data conferencing system share the same said electronic sheet.

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