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Rich multi-media format for use in a collaborative computing systemRelated Patent Categories: Data Processing: Presentation Processing Of Document, Operator Interface Processing, And Screen Saver Display Processing, Presentation Processing Of Document, Edit, Composition, Or Storage ControlRich multi-media format for use in a collaborative computing system description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070044017, Rich multi-media format for use in a collaborative computing system. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO CD-ROM APPENDIX [0001] This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10/104,170 filed on Mar. 21, 2002, all of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference. [0002] An Appendix containing a computer program listing is submitted on a compact disk, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. The total number of compact discs including duplicates is two. Appendix A, which is part of the present specification, contains a list of the files contained on the compact disk. These listings contain material that is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the patent and trademark office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] 1. Field of the Invention [0004] The present invention relates generally to collaborative computing systems and, more particularly, to embedding different types of files into a document, converting the document to a Rich Multi-Media (RMM) format, and sharing the converted document in a collaborative computing system. [0005] 2. Related Art [0006] Traditional collaborative computing tools allow computer users at different locations to communicate via a computer network and share documents or applications stored and/or executed on one of the user's computers. While both peer-to-peer and client-server communication models have been used in the past, web-based collaborative tools generally employ a client-server model. [0007] For example, client-server application sharing (also discussed in the context of "distributed computing") is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,434,852 "Distributed Processing Architecture for Control of Broadband and Narrowband Communication Networks;" U.S. Pat. No. 5,887,170 "System for Classifying and Sending Selective Requests;" and U.S. Pat. No. 6,038,593 "Remote Application Control for Low Bandwidth Application Sharing," all incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. Other group communication techniques are described by Ulrick Hall and Franz J. Hauck, "Promondia: A Java-Based Framework for Real-time Group Communication in the Web," Proceedings of Sixth International World Wide Web Conference (Apr. 7-11, 1997); Lane Boyd, "Taking Collaboration Into Orbit," Computer Graphics World, Vol. 21, No. 9, p. 36 (September 1998); and Eric Ly, "Distributed Java Applets for Project Management on the Web," IEEE Internet Computing Online, Vol. 1, No. 3 (May/June 1997), all incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. [0008] International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Standard T.120 is a family of open standards that provides both communications and applications protocols to support real-time multipoint data communications for collaboration and conferencing, among other uses. This standard is outlined in "A Primer on the T.120 Series Standard" by DataBeam Corp. (available at http://mail.symuli.com/t120primer/t120primer-.html), incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. [0009] Traditional collaborative tools, however, are limited in the types of documents that they allow to be shared. For example, a Word.RTM. document may be shared, but the document typically only contains text. That is, traditional collaborative tools do not allow sharing of documents with embedded custom objects. Accordingly, there is a need for an improved collaborative computing system. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0010] The system, method, and article of manufacture of the present invention provide a distributed collaborative computer system that allows a document containing custom objects to be shared. This is accomplished by providing software to allow custom objects to be embedded in a document. When the document is to be shared, provided software converts the document to a Rich Multi-Media (RMM) format. With use of the provided software, the converted document may then be shared during a collaborative session. As a result, the system, method, and article of manufacture of the present invention allow a presenter at one computer to create a document with different types of embedded custom objects. During a collaborative session, the presenter controls the viewing of the document, and users (e.g., attendees) at other computers view the document in synch with the presenter. The Rich Multi-Media format provided by the present invention enables the embedded custom objects to be viewed at the users' computers. Furthermore, the converted document may be viewed by a user independent of a collaborative session. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0011] The present disclosure may be better understood and its numerous features and advantages made apparent to those skilled in the art by referencing the accompanying drawings. [0012] FIG. 1 illustrates a distributed collaborative computing system, in accordance with some embodiments of the invention [0013] FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 2C illustrate a hardware/software structure of a presenter client computer, an attendee client computer, and a server computer, in accordance with some embodiments of the invention. [0014] FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of an operation for creating a document and sharing the document at a meeting in a distributed collaborative computer system, in accordance with some embodiments of the invention. [0015] FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of an operation for embedding custom objects into a document, in accordance with some embodiments of the invention. [0016] FIG. 5 illustrates an Insertion menu, in accordance with some embodiments of the invention. [0017] FIG. 6 illustrates an Insert Recording File Open dialog box, in accordance with some embodiments of the invention. [0018] FIG. 7 illustrates a Recording Properties dialog box in accordance with some embodiments of the invention. [0019] FIG. 8 illustrates a meeting recording object in a document within a PowerPoint.RTM. window, in accordance with some embodiments of the invention. [0020] FIG. 9 illustrates further details of a meeting recording object, in accordance with some embodiments of the invention. Continue reading about Rich multi-media format for use in a collaborative computing system... 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