Systems and methods for providing a collaboration place interface including data that is persistent after a client is longer in the collaboration place among a plurality of clients
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for collaboration, the method comprising:
- providing a collaboration place interface to a first client that is configured to;
connect the first client to a collaboration place, as a result of which the first client is located in the collaboration place to which the first client is connected;
generate a portion of data based on at least one or more events in the collaboration place;
determine that the first client has disconnected from the collaboration place and is no longer located in the collaboration place; and
upon determining that the first client has disconnected from the collaboration place, providing the portion of data to a second client, wherein the portion of the data is persistent and available for access by the second client;
administering collaboration activities among participating clients in the collaboration place;
identifying one or more indexable features of the data associated with the collaboration place;
generating an index guide to the data associated with the collaboration place based on the one or more indexable features; and
including a link to the data in the index guide.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods provide a client-server infrastructure capable of supporting a variety of asynchronous and synchronous collaboration activities in a so-called collaboration place. Some of these activities include chatting, viewing and/or editing one or more data files, and sharing one or more applications, data files, and/or displays. The client-server infrastructure supports seamless navigation between the supported asynchronous and synchronous activities in the collaboration place. Additionally, the client-server architecture supports data persistence, so that data files associated with the collaboration place can be stored for subsequent access.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for collaboration, the method comprising:
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providing a collaboration place interface to a first client that is configured to; connect the first client to a collaboration place, as a result of which the first client is located in the collaboration place to which the first client is connected; generate a portion of data based on at least one or more events in the collaboration place; determine that the first client has disconnected from the collaboration place and is no longer located in the collaboration place; and upon determining that the first client has disconnected from the collaboration place, providing the portion of data to a second client, wherein the portion of the data is persistent and available for access by the second client; administering collaboration activities among participating clients in the collaboration place; identifying one or more indexable features of the data associated with the collaboration place; generating an index guide to the data associated with the collaboration place based on the one or more indexable features; and including a link to the data in the index guide. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16)
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11. A system for collaboration, the system comprising:
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a collaboration place interface, the interface configured to perform actions that comprise; connecting the first client to a collaboration place to locate the first client in the collaboration place to which the first client is connected; generating a portion of data based on at least one or more events in the collaboration place; determining that the first client has disconnected from the collaboration place and is no longer located in the collaboration place; upon determining that the first client has disconnected from the collaboration place, providing the portion of data to a second client, wherein the portion of the data is persistent and available for access by the second client; administering collaboration activities among participating clients in the collaboration place; identifying one or more indexable features of the data associated with the collaboration place; generating an index guide to the data associated with the collaboration place based on the one or more indexable features; and including a link the data in the index guide. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 17)
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18. A non-transitory process readable medium for collaboration, the medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform actions that comprise:
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providing a collaboration place interface to a first client; connecting the first client to a collaboration place to locate the first client in the collaboration place to which the first client is connected; generating a portion of data based on at least one or more events in the collaboration place; determining that the first client has disconnected from the collaboration place and is no longer located in the collaboration place; upon determining that the first client has disconnected from the collaboration place, providing the portion of data to a second client, wherein the portion of the data is persistent and available for access by the second client; administering collaboration activities among participating clients in the collaboration place; identifying one or more indexable features of the data associated with the collaboration place; generating an index guide to the data associated with the collaboration place based on the one or more indexable features; and including a link to the data in the index guide. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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