Multi-user and multi-device collaboration
First Claim
1. A method for providing a collaborative work session, comprising:
- associating a plurality of work session participants with the collaborative work session;
displaying on a computer-generated display information for identifying each of the plurality of work session participants;
reporting information for each of the plurality of work session participants on the computer-generated display for review by each other of the plurality of work session participants;
tracking participation by each of the plurality of work session participants during the collaborative work session, including determining which of any of the plurality of work session participants is speaking at any given time during the collaborative work session and determining an amount of time each of the plurality of work session participants is speaking as compared to an amount of time other of the plurality of work session participants is speaking during a given duration of the collaborative work session;
reporting information relevant to the collaborative work session on the computer-generated display for review by one or more of the plurality of work session participants, including reporting participation information for each of the plurality of work session participants, including an indication of the amount of time each of the plurality of work session participants is speaking as compared to the amount of time other of the plurality of work session participants is speaking during the given duration of the collaborative work session; and
receiving one or more content items from one or more of the plurality of work session participants, and displaying the received one or more content items on the computer-generated display.
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Abstract
Multi-user, multi-computing device collaborative work experience is provided. One or more computing devices, including wired and wireless personal computers, laptop computers, servers, handheld mobile computing devices, for example, mobile telephones, tablet type computers, slate type computers and the like, may be linked together to allow users of such devices to engage in a collaborative work session. Information for each user engaged in the collaborative work session may be displayed on the one or more devices along with any content such as agenda items, documents, data, images, and the like. User participation may be tracked, and information on user participation, work session communications and content may be stored for subsequent use.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a collaborative work session, comprising:
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associating a plurality of work session participants with the collaborative work session; displaying on a computer-generated display information for identifying each of the plurality of work session participants; reporting information for each of the plurality of work session participants on the computer-generated display for review by each other of the plurality of work session participants; tracking participation by each of the plurality of work session participants during the collaborative work session, including determining which of any of the plurality of work session participants is speaking at any given time during the collaborative work session and determining an amount of time each of the plurality of work session participants is speaking as compared to an amount of time other of the plurality of work session participants is speaking during a given duration of the collaborative work session; reporting information relevant to the collaborative work session on the computer-generated display for review by one or more of the plurality of work session participants, including reporting participation information for each of the plurality of work session participants, including an indication of the amount of time each of the plurality of work session participants is speaking as compared to the amount of time other of the plurality of work session participants is speaking during the given duration of the collaborative work session; and receiving one or more content items from one or more of the plurality of work session participants, and displaying the received one or more content items on the computer-generated display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable storage device containing computer-executable instructions which when executed by a computer perform a method for providing a collaborative work session, comprising:
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associating a plurality of work session participants with the collaborative work session; displaying on a computer-generated display information for identifying each of the plurality of work session participants; displaying on the computer-generated display presence status information for each of the plurality of work session participants; tracking participation by each of the plurality of work session participants during the collaborative work session, including determining which of any of the plurality of work session participants is speaking at any given time during the collaborative work session and determining an amount of time each of the plurality of work session participants is speaking as compared to an amount of time other of the plurality of work session participants is speaking during a given duration of the collaborative work session; reporting information for each of the plurality of work session participants on the computer-generated display for review by each other of the plurality of work session participants, including reporting participation information for each of the plurality of work session participants, including an indication of the amount of time each of the plurality of work session participants is speaking as compared to the amount of time other of the plurality of work session participants is speaking during the given duration of the collaborative work session; and receiving one or more content items from one or more of the plurality of work session participants, and displaying the received one or more content items on the computer-generated display.
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18. A system for providing a collaborative work session, comprising:
a collaborative work session application operative to; associate a plurality of work session participants with the collaborative work session; display on a computer-generated display information for identifying each of the plurality of work session participants; track participation by each of the plurality of work session participants during the collaborative work session; determine which of any of the plurality of work session participants is speaking at any given time during the collaborative work session; determine an amount of time each of the plurality of work session participants is speaking as compared to an amount of time other of the plurality of work session participants is speaking during a given duration of the collaborative work session; display on the computer-generated display an indication of which of any of the plurality of work session participants is speaking at any given time during the collaborative work session and an indication of the amount of time each of the plurality of work session participants is speaking as compared to the amount of time other of the plurality of work session participants is speaking during the given duration of the collaborative work session; and display one or more content items received from one or more of the plurality of work session participants on the computer-generated display, the one or more content items including one or more of messages or one or more types of data. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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