Collaborative agent interaction control and synchronization system
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1. A conferencing comprising:
- (a) a plurality of participants;
(b) a like plurality of facilitator agents, each of said facilitator agents associated with a corresponding one of said plurality of participants, each said plurality of facilitator agents including;
(1) means for monitoring communication of a participant in the conferencing system;
(2) means for comparing the communication of the participant to a predetermined set of communication passages;
(3) means for providing a prompt to a participant in the conferencing system in response to the means for comparing finding a match between the communication of a participant and one of the predetermined set of communication passages; and
(4) means for presenting a caricature representation that informs the user of its current process state;
(c) a like plurality of social agents each of said social agents associated with a corresponding one of said plurality of participants, each of said social agents including;
(1) means for monitoring relevant components of a design environment and suggesting appropriate actions to be taken by a participant; and
(d) means for learning how to effectively represent each individual of a plurality of individuals in the design environment.
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Abstract
A system for supporting a coordinated distributed design process and which allows individuals to hold meetings over the internet and work together in a coordinated fashion on shared design problems is described.
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1. A conferencing comprising:
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(a) a plurality of participants; (b) a like plurality of facilitator agents, each of said facilitator agents associated with a corresponding one of said plurality of participants, each said plurality of facilitator agents including; (1) means for monitoring communication of a participant in the conferencing system; (2) means for comparing the communication of the participant to a predetermined set of communication passages; (3) means for providing a prompt to a participant in the conferencing system in response to the means for comparing finding a match between the communication of a participant and one of the predetermined set of communication passages; and (4) means for presenting a caricature representation that informs the user of its current process state; (c) a like plurality of social agents each of said social agents associated with a corresponding one of said plurality of participants, each of said social agents including; (1) means for monitoring relevant components of a design environment and suggesting appropriate actions to be taken by a participant; and (d) means for learning how to effectively represent each individual of a plurality of individuals in the design environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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