Method and system for directing information to a plurality of users
First Claim
1. A method for automatically directing information to a plurality of computer users using a plurality of computers to access a computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard which enables contributions of any participant to be received by other participants in effective real time, the method comprising:
- enabling said plurality of computer users using said plurality of computers to access said computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard;
automatically monitoring, using at least one server, interactions among said plurality of computer users using said plurality of computers via said computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard;
automatically analyzing, at said at least one server, results of said monitoring to ascertain at least one shared characteristic of said plurality of computer users, said automatically analyzing including identifying at least one common interest of said plurality of computer users by;
identifying a whiteboard toolbox being accessed by said plurality of computer users;
ascertaining a subject and level of said whiteboard toolbox being accessed by said plurality of computer users;
loading at least one of keystrokes and text entries into at least one matrix which contains at least keystrokes and keywords; and
employing said at least one matrix to ascertain said at least one common interest; and
employing the results of said analyzing to selectively direct non-user originated information from said at least one server to said plurality of computer users using said plurality of computers while said plurality of computer users is accessing said computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard using said plurality of computers.
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Abstract
A method for directing information to a plurality of users, the method including enabling a plurality of users to access a shared web resource having multiple functional capabilities, automatically monitoring interactions of the plurality of users with the shared web resource, automatically analyzing results of the monitoring to ascertain at least one shared characteristic of the plurality of users and employing results of the analyzing to selectively direct non-user originated information to the plurality of users while the plurality of users is accessing the shared web resource.
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1. A method for automatically directing information to a plurality of computer users using a plurality of computers to access a computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard which enables contributions of any participant to be received by other participants in effective real time, the method comprising:
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enabling said plurality of computer users using said plurality of computers to access said computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard; automatically monitoring, using at least one server, interactions among said plurality of computer users using said plurality of computers via said computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard; automatically analyzing, at said at least one server, results of said monitoring to ascertain at least one shared characteristic of said plurality of computer users, said automatically analyzing including identifying at least one common interest of said plurality of computer users by; identifying a whiteboard toolbox being accessed by said plurality of computer users; ascertaining a subject and level of said whiteboard toolbox being accessed by said plurality of computer users; loading at least one of keystrokes and text entries into at least one matrix which contains at least keystrokes and keywords; and employing said at least one matrix to ascertain said at least one common interest; and employing the results of said analyzing to selectively direct non-user originated information from said at least one server to said plurality of computer users using said plurality of computers while said plurality of computer users is accessing said computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard using said plurality of computers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for automatically directing information to a plurality of computer users using a plurality of computers to access a computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard which enables contributions of any participant to be received by other participants in effective real time, the system comprising at least one computer server including:
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a computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard which enables contributions of any participant to be received by other participants in effective real time accessible to said a-plurality of computer users using said plurality of computers; an interactions monitor operative to automatically monitor interactions among said plurality of computer users using said plurality of computers via said computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard; an analyzer operative to automatically analyze said interactions and to ascertain at least one shared characteristic of said plurality of computer users, said analyzer identifying at least one common interest of said plurality of computer users by; identifying a whiteboard toolbox being accessed by said plurality of computer users; ascertaining a subject and level of said whiteboard toolbox being accessed by said plurality of computer users; loading at least one of keystrokes and text entries into at least one matrix which contains at least keystrokes and keywords; and employing said at least one matrix to ascertain said at least one common interest; and an information director operative to selectively direct non-user originated information from said at least one computer server to said plurality of computer users using said plurality of computers while said plurality of computer users is accessing said computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard using said plurality of computers based on said at least one shared characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon a computer program for automatically directing information to a plurality of computer users using a plurality of computers to access a computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard which enables contributions of any participant to be received by other participants in effective real time using said plurality of computers, the computer program comprising:
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a computer readable program code for enabling said a-plurality of computer users using said plurality of computers to access-said computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard which enables contributions of any participant to be received by other participants in effective real time using said plurality of computers; computer readable program code for automatically monitoring, using at least one server, interactions among said plurality of computer users using said plurality of computers via said computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard; computer readable program code for automatically analyzing, at said at least one server, results of said monitoring to ascertain at least one shared characteristic of said plurality of computer users, said automatically analyzing including identifying at least one common interest of said plurality of computer users by; identifying a whiteboard toolbox being accessed by said plurality of computer users; ascertaining a subject and level of said whiteboard toolbox being accessed by said plurality of computer users; loading at least one of keystrokes and text entries into at least one matrix which contains at least keystrokes and keywords; and employing said at least one matrix to ascertain said at least one common interest; and computer readable program code for employing results of said analyzing to selectively direct non-user originated information from said at least one server to said plurality of computer users using said plurality of computers while said plurality of computer users is accessing said computerized interactive multi-user whiteboard using said plurality of computers. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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