Systems and methods for a collaboration client

• US 20050262093A1
• Filed: 02/10/2005
• Published: 11/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Frender, Kevin Blair, Beartusk, Brodi, Jolley, Christopher, Smith, Gregory, Devgan, Manish, Pearson, Shane, Olander, Daryl B., Cook, Thomas A., O'Neil, Edward K., Feit, Richard, Stamm, Thomas Carl, McCauley, Rodney, Breeden, Timothy J.
• Application Number:
  US11/054,929
• Publication Number:
  US 20050262093A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system and method method for establishing a collaboration, comprising receiving an invitation to join the collaboration wherein the invitation is a result of dynamically determining eligibility for joining the collaboration based on evaluation of a role; responding affirmatively to the invitation; associating with a collaboration process; accepting one or more messages from the collaboration process; and wherein information can be shared with the collaboration process through a shared state.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a collaboration, comprising:

receiving an invitation to join the collaboration wherein the invitation is a result of dynamically determining eligibility for joining the collaboration based on evaluation of a role;

responding affirmatively to the invitation;

associating with a collaboration process;

accepting one or more messages from the collaboration process; and

wherein information can be shared with the collaboration process through a shared state.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the role is based on presence and status information.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating with a second collaboration process.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

messages can be accepted from the collaboration process over different communication channels.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein:

messages can be sent to the collaboration process over different communication channels.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the collaboration process allows a plurality of participants to interact and/or share information.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

integrating with a process capable of web browsing.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

sending and/or receiving information out-of-band from the process capable of web browsing.

9. A system for establishing a collaboration, comprising:

a messaging layer that is capable of being extended through plug-in communication provider modules, wherein the messaging layer can be used to communicate with a collaboration process;

a data store for storing data received from the messaging layer;

a client process coupled to the messaging layer and the data store, wherein the client process has a state capable of indicating whether or not the client process is available to participate in the collaboration; and

wherein the collaboration process is capable of communicating with the client process based on a role that is used to dynamically determine eligibility of the client process based on the state and whether the client process is present.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein:

the client process is integrated with a process capable of web browsing.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising

means for sending and/or receiving information out-of-band from the process capable of web browsing.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

means for providing presence information to the collaboration process.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a shared state to allow the client process and the collaboration process to share information.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

means for providing a status to the collaboration process.

15. The system of claim 9 wherein:

the collaboration process includes a business process.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein:

the client process can interact with the business process.

17. The system of claim 9 wherein:

the client process can send and/or receive one or more messages over different communication channels.

18. A machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause a system to:

receive an invitation to join a collaboration wherein the invitation is a result of dynamically determining eligibility for joining the collaboration based on evaluation of a role;

respond affirmatively to the invitation;

associate with a collaboration process;

accept one or more messages from the collaboration process; and

wherein information can be shared with the collaboration process through a shared state.

19. The machine readable medium of claim 18 wherein:

the role is based on presence and status information.

20. The machine readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

associate with a second collaboration process.

21. The machine readable medium of claim 18 wherein:

messages can be accepted from the collaboration process over different communication channels.

22. The machine readable medium of claim 18 wherein:

messages can be sent to the collaboration process over different communication channels.

23. The machine readable medium of claim 18 wherein:

the collaboration process allows a plurality of participants to interact and/or share information.

24. The machine readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

integrate with a process capable of web browsing.

25. The machine readable medium of claim 24, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

send and/or receive information out-of-band from the process capable of web browsing.

26. A computer data signal embodied in a transmission medium, comprising:

a code segment including instructions to receive an invitation to join a collaboration wherein the invitation is a result of dynamically determining eligibility for joining the collaboration based on evaluation of a role;

a code segment including instructions to respond affirmatively to the invitation;

a code segment including instructions to associate with a collaboration process;

a code segment including instructions to accept one or more messages from the collaboration process; and

wherein information can be shared with the collaboration process through a shared state.