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System and methodology for collaboration, with selective display of user input annotations among member computing appliances of a group/team

  • US 8,826,147 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2011
  • Issued: 09/02/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for user by a plurality of users, each of the users having a display apparatus and an input apparatus, the system comprising:

  • grouping logic associating a plurality of the users into at least one group, each said group comprised of at least two of the users;

    display presentation logic providing a display presentation to all of the users in all of the groups, of a same base image display;

    input control logic permitting concurrent input of annotations by a plurality of the users, each said input generating corresponding annotation data, wherein said input is made while the users are viewing the same base image display;

    non-transitory memory structured as storage comprised of a plurality of addressable areas of memory;

    mapping logic associating each said addressable area of memory with one said user, for each of a plurality of the users;

    storage logic storing the annotation data for a respective said user in the addressable area of memory associated with said user, for each of the users, responsive to the mapping logic and the input control logic;

    group mapping logic, providing for each said group, selection of the addressable areas of memory associated with the users in said group to comprise a selected set of areas associated with said group;

    group display presentation logic, providing for each said group, generation of a modified display presentation shown to the users in said group, responsive to the selected set of areas associated with said group.

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