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Data Processing: Presentation Processing Of Document, Operator Interface Processing, And Screen Saver Display Processing > Operator Interface (e.g., Graphical User Interface) > Computer Supported Collaborative Work Between Plural Users Computer Supported Collaborative Work Between Plural UsersComputer Supported Collaborative Work Between Plural Users patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/15/07 - 20070266327 - Entertainment project management system The present invention comprises an entertainment project management system that automates communication and collaboration between members of a project. The invention is intended for practice with a personal computer and comprises of a means to organize multiple categories of information within a department collaborating on an entertainment project; means to ... 09/27/07 - 20070226636 - Simultaneous input across multiple applications One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to ... 09/13/07 - 20070214423 - Method of sharing a desktop with attendees of a real-time collaboration A method of facilitating the reproduction of a presenter's desktop for attendees of a real-time collaboration. A bound portion of the desktop (the portion shared with the attendees) is logically divided into clusters. When the content of a cluster changes, the cluster is analyzed and one or more objects describing ... 08/09/07 - 20070186171 - Virtual shadow awareness for multi-user editors Techniques are provided for indicating workspace awareness using one or more of a write shadow, a read shadow, and/or a shadowbar providing an indication of operations performed at associated locations by various users accessing a same document. A write shadow may be used to indicate a position in a document ... 08/02/07 - 20070180388 - Method of peer review of a web-based encyclopedia The invention concerns a method of creation, maintenance, and peer-review of web-based collectively written encyclopedia. The invention combines the mechanism of Wiki-style collaborative environment, which allows users to modify articles, with the principles of peer-reviewed encyclopedias, in which articles are approved (i.e., endorsed) by experts. In the preferred embodiment, each ... 07/19/07 - 20070168871 - Web-enabled transaction and collaborative management system Method and apparatus for a Web-enabled transaction and collaborative management application in the form of a software application are described. In one embodiment, the application is the first Web-enabled, fully interactive transaction and collaborative management application designed from the user's perspective. In this embodiment, the application is centered around a ... 07/12/07 - 20070162862 - Selective user monitoring in an online environment A subject user may selectively monitor one or more other users in an online environment. In one embodiment, a subject user may access a directory of available online users that are located within a particular predefined portion of the online environment. The order of the available online users in the ... 06/21/07 - 20070143692 - Multi-type field processing in a wiki page Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to Wiki page processing and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for multi-type field processing in a Wiki page. In one embodiment of the invention, a data processing system configured to serve Wiki ... 06/21/07 - 20070143691 - Method for conducting a clinical study A method is disclosed for conducting a clinical study according to which an event occurs during the study that requires a collaboration of individuals responsible for the study. The method includes transmitting the event to a collaboration system. The collaboration system determines, based on parameters assigned to the event, a ... 06/14/07 - 20070136673 - Data processing apparatus and method Processing is performed to make a user to certainly read information, e.g., a document, to be read by the user. In the processing, a database of an information management server stores information to be read by the user, an ID identifying the information, and status information identifying whether the information ... 06/14/07 - 20070136672 - Simulation authoring tool A method and computer program enable the creation of social simulations, which can be used to teach learning points to students. The program assists by providing an interface, which helps to input information about the simulation. The information includes a situation for the simulation, which is a problem or scenario ... 06/14/07 - 20070136671 - Method and system for directing attention during a conversation A method and a system for directing attention during a conversation in virtual space are provided. The method includes receiving (402) the data streams from a plurality of participants and processing (404) at least one feature of each of the data streams. The method further includes altering (406) a representation ... 03/29/07 - 20070074122 - Enhanced application behavior in the presence of application sharing An approach for providing enhanced application behavior in the presence of application sharing is provided. An application program interface (“API”) allows an application being shared in a collaborative environment to be aware of its application sharing status. An application developer can incorporate the API into an application program. Then, when ... 03/22/07 - 20070067728 - Method for enforcing group oriented workflow requirements for multi-layered documents Methods for enforcing group oriented workflow requirements for multi-layered documents. Embodiments allow results of multi-layered operations to dictate the flow of tasks that occur on a multi-layered document. Flow is directed to roles and may be directed by the data values operated on in addition to multi-layered operation results. The ... 02/01/07 - 20070028177 - Method of doing business providing litigation services using a virtual scripting room A method for preparing a presentation connects a plurality of geographically dispersed contributors to a controller through a network to collaborate to prepare the presentation, allows the contributors to propose contributions to the presentation residing on storage devices under the control of the contributors, makes the proposed contributions available for ... 12/14/06 - 20060282784 - Providing smart user interfaces based on document open and/or edit context Methods, systems, and computer program products provide intelligent user interfaces based on a context or mode of a document. A method involves opening the document in a context that only facilitates reading, disabling editing commands associated with the document and/or disabling typing functionality for editing the document, and displaying a ... 12/07/06 - 20060277475 - Content management application for an interactive environment The content management application is an intranet application which provides a process for implementing changes to an internet website of a company by providing the company the ability to define and enforce a common style of page layout. The application can be accessed via a desktop browser and multiple users ... 10/19/06 - 20060236248 - Methods and apparatus for implementing manual and hybrid control modes in automated graphical indicators and controls The present invention concerns methods and apparatus for enabling manual control over selection of a value for at least one operating parameter of a computer system resource. Manual control is enabled by de-coupling a pointer of a graphical indicator and control from an automated system advisor. During automated operation, the ... 09/28/06 - 20060218498 - Optimal page sharing in a collaborative environment A method, system and apparatus for a collaborative system, method and apparatus configured for optimal page sharing. The system of the invention can include a collaborative application disposed in a collaborative peer and configured for communicative coupling to other collaborative peers. The system can further include a compressor/decompressor disposed in ... 08/31/06 - 20060195793 - Method for operation of a medical information system A method is provided for operation of a medical information system that comprises automatically generating an overall report from a plurality of individual reports created based on a planning list and transmitted to a data processing device via a telecommunication device, which individual reports comprise data acquired aided by medical-technical ... 08/24/06 - 20060190829 - Intergrated experience of vogue system and method for shared intergrated online social interaction A novel application and user interface for facilitating group interactions over a network integrates messaging, file sharing, media playing, journaling, profiles, and gaming into a cohesive environment. The groups facilitated by the invention are persistent and mobile in that a user does not have to recollect and reconfigure the group ... 08/24/06 - 20060190828 - Intergrated experience of vogue system and method for shared intergrated online social interaction A novel application and user interface for facilitating group interactions over a network integrates messaging, file sharing, media playing, journaling, profiles, and gaming into a cohesive environment. The groups facilitated by the invention are persistent and mobile in that a user does not have to recollect and reconfigure the group ... 08/24/06 - 20060190827 - Intergrated experience of vogue system and method for shared intergrated online social interaction A novel application and user interface for facilitating group interactions over a network integrates messaging, file sharing, media playing, journaling, profiles, and gaming into a cohesive environment. The groups facilitated by the invention are persistent and mobile in that a user does not have to recollect and reconfigure the group ... 08/24/06 - 20060190826 - Methods and apparatuses for dynamically sharing a portion of a display during a collaboration session In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses include: detecting a profile associated a presenter device wherein the profile indicates a hidden window; selectively sharing desktop content and excluding the hidden window with an attendee device wherein the desktop content corresponds with the presenter device; detecting a change in status of ... 08/17/06 - 20060184884 - Virtual window and room treatments An online interface allowing designers, end users and store representatives, etc. . . . involved in material selection process for window treatment, furniture, wall finish, flooring, accessories, interior designing etc. . . . to select different materials from catalog books by multiple suppliers, view effects of it's combinations and exchange ... 08/10/06 - 20060179411 - Real-time sharing of single user applications among multiple users Certain multiple user functionalities are provided in connection with the usage of various computer and Internet applications in a personal computer system designed for single user usage. Duplicate sets of user input devices such as keyboards and mice may be provided. Two or more users may utilize the duplicate sets ... 08/03/06 - 20060174206 - Shared image device synchronization or designation In certain aspects, designating an attribute of at least one shared image at least partially with a designating shared image device that can be utilized to capture an image with at least one capturing shared image device. In other aspects, synchronizing a capturing shared image device to a sharing session ... 08/03/06 - 20060174205 - Estimating shared image device operational capabilities or resources This disclosure describes a number of devices or techniques that can be capable of obtaining an operational capacity for a shared image device; estimating at least one operational resource to perform a transformation of one or more images based at least in part on the obtaining the operational capacity; and ... 08/03/06 - 20060174204 - Shared image device resolution transformation A mechanism or technique able to convert the resolution of at least a portion of an image at least partially at a shared image device, and the shared image device can share the at least the portion of the image. ... 08/03/06 - 20060174203 - Viewfinder for shared image device A technique includes receiving one or more captured shared image representations at a displaying shared image device from one or more shared image devices. At least one of the displaying shared image device and the one or more shared image devices configurable to capture one or more image representations. The ... 07/27/06 - 20060168531 - Information processing apparatus and method for controlling the same An information processing apparatus connects a plural coordinate input apparatus to a common screen display apparatus. The common screen display apparatus displays a common screen shared by a plurality of users. The plural coordinate input apparatus detects coordinate values instructed by a plurality of coordinate pointers and generates plural coordinate ... 07/27/06 - 20060168530 - Task weaver A method, system and apparatus for providing a unified view of tasks in a collaborative environment. A collaborative system for presenting a unified view of tasks from heterogeneous task management sources can include a task weaver coupled to one or more heterogeneous task management sources, a unified task database, and, ... 07/27/06 - 20060168529 - Integrated management of in-person and virtual meeting attendence A method, system and apparatus for the integrated management of in-person and e-meeting attendance. A system for the consolidated management of an attendance list for a hybrid meeting can include a collaborative bridge configured for coupling both to an in-person meeting and an e-meeting, a data store of integrated attendance, ... 07/20/06 - 20060161851 - Folding text in side conversations An example of a solution provided here comprises receiving a signal for sending in a side conversation, and in response to the signal for sending, sending a first portion of text, in a side conversation. The first portion of text is new, and the first portion of text is not ... 06/15/06 - 20060129943 - User interface and method for viewing short messages on a wireless device A user interface and method for viewing short messages on a wireless device includes a viewing screen, a processor, a memory device and a message software interface module. The memory device stores electronic messages that have been transmitted or received by the wireless device. The message software interface module is ... 06/08/06 - 20060123348 - System and method for facilitating the pre-publication peer review process An improved method for facilitating the peer review process in scholarly publications is presented. This improved method streamlines and compresses the review process, eliminating unnecessary delays and costs inherent in the traditional process. The present invention implements a computer based manuscript tracking process the uses the World Wide Web to ... 06/01/06 - 20060117264 - Graphical user interface for a virtual team environment A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE) client that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) for each of the respective team members. Communications sessions are automatically set up by the collaboration ... 06/01/06 - 20060117263 - Method and system for inhibiting overlooking notifications in applications The erroneous overlooking of notifications in applications is inhibited. In response to a request for closure of an application interface, for example, an instant messaging session window, two checks can be used. In the first, a check is made to see if the application interface has been selected since the ... 05/18/06 - 20060107220 - Method and system for displaying an annotated file A method and system for displaying an annotated file are described. The method includes associating an annotation with a programming module of a baseline file and displaying in a window of a graphical user interface the baseline file as a tree structure having a plurality of nodes. Each node represents ... 04/20/06 - 20060085752 - Method and apparatus for dynamically creating historical groups in a messaging client A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing user lists. A group of instant messaging addresses used most frequently by a user of an instant messaging client on the communications device is identified. The identified group of instant messaging addresses is displayed visibly within a display in the communications device. ... 04/06/06 - 20060075349 - Communication device for displaying a shared message A message, including for example an image, video, audio, text, and/or haptics, e.g., a digital photograph, is received by a communication device (101) via a receiver (109) operably connected to a communication network (117), and determined by a processor (107) of the communication device (101) to be targeted to a ... 03/23/06 - 20060064644 - Short-term filmmaking event administered over an electronic communication network Methods and systems for conducting short-tem filmmaking events are disclosed, in which a set of rules is provided to a plurality of entities, each entity comprising an individual or a team of individuals. Some of the entities can be located in different cities, states or countries. Movies created by the ... 03/23/06 - 20060064643 - Distributed scripting for presentations with touch screen displays A live presentation may be prepared and displayed by providing a primary scripting room for preparing a presentation script and a control computer in the primary scripting computer for use by a control operator to view and/or edit possible contributions to the presentation script and for saving the presentation script ... 03/16/06 - 20060059431 - Real-time collaborative graphics application and method for use on a computer network having a collaborative networking platform A real-time collaborative graphics application and method (such as Microsoft® Visio®) that runs on top of a collaborative networking platform (such as Microsoft® ConferenceXP) and provides real-time collaboration. The real-time collaborative graphics application and method personalizes local objects created by a local to readily distinguish them from remote objects created ... 03/09/06 - 20060053379 - Multimodal interface for mobile messaging A system and method are directed towards providing a user interface for controlling a communication mode of a client device. The interface enables a user to set a presence and/or a communications mode, which the client device communicates to other devices directly or via an intermediary server. The presence generally ... 03/02/06 - 20060048061 - Systems, methods, and media for updating an instant messaging system Systems, methods and media for updating an instant messaging system on a network are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for updating status indicators such as ‘away’ messages of an instant messaging system are disclosed. Embodiments include determining that a change in status of the user has occurred and automatically ... 02/23/06 - 20060041845 - Systems and methods for exchanging display data between machines A method and system are provided for performing a process of exchanging display data between work machines. In one embodiment, the process includes displaying, at a first work machine, first display data associated with operations of the first work machine and sending the first display data to a second work ... 02/16/06 - 20060036957 - Method and system for facilitating information exchange A method and system for facilitating information exchange between individuals and entities interacting on a shared project are provided, and more particularly to a method and system for horizontal. i.e., non-hierarchical, participation in and/or contribution to a spreadsheet-based project. The method and system is Web-based and utilizes conventional browser and ... 02/16/06 - 20060036956 - Method and system for facilitating information exchange A method and system for facilitating information exchange between individuals and entities interacting on a shared project are provided, and more particularly to a method and system for horizontal, i.e., non-hierarchical, participation in and/or contribution to a spreadsheet-based project. The method and system is Web-based and utilizes conventional browser and ... 02/09/06 - 20060031772 - Automatic categorization of entries in a contact list Entries within a participant list of an electronic communications system may be categorized automatically into one or more groups based on attributes of users represented in the participant list. Categorizing users includes maintaining a list of identifiers that are selected by a first user and for which online presence information ... 12/29/05 - 20050289471 - Method and system for initiating communications with dispersed team members from within a virtual team environment using personal identifiers A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE) client that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) for each of the respective team members. Communications sessions are automatically set up by the collaboration ... 12/29/05 - 20050289470 - Identity based user interface A method, system, and computer accessible medium for an identity based user interface. An identity based user interface may display user interface elements including communication-related information for a plurality of identities. The communication related information may indicate multiple communication mechanisms for each identity. In response to selection of one of ... 12/15/05 - 20050278643 - Display control apparatus, information display apparatus, display system, display control program and display control method A display control apparatus which displays information items from outside on a screen of a display apparatus, comprises a receiver for receiving the information from outside, and a controller which allocates in the screen multiple display areas respectively associated with multiple communication addresses that are different from one another, and ... 12/15/05 - 20050278642 - Method and system for controlling a collaborative computing environment A method and system for controlling a collaborative computing environment to accommodate client devices with different operational characteristics, which includes creating a collaborative environment with a global state data structure that maintains the state of one or more environment elements of the collaborative environment, collecting operational characteristics associated with one ... 12/08/05 - 20050273720 - Graphical re-inspection user setup interface The invention provides for a graphical user interface which provides for very simple and intuitive ways of changing single or multiple inspection parameters. The graphical display immediately shows what the monitoring or inspection result would have been if the effected change had been in place during the inspection of the ... 12/01/05 - 20050268242 - Methods, systems, and products for network conferencing Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for conducting a conference amongst remote participants. During the conference an object from a library of digital objects is communicated to a participant communications device via a distributed computing network. During the conference the library of digital objects is downloaded to the participant communications ... 11/17/05 - 20050257158 - Method of and system for collaboration web-based publishing A system and method directed to controlling work flow for a document is disclosed. The system comprises a document control module comprising a document engine and a document portion, a workflow control module for tracking and assigning work on the document portion, and a Web-based interface coupled to the document ... 10/20/05 - 20050235216 - Information processor, information processing system, file concurrent editing method and file concurrent editing program The present invention provides an information processing system, an information processor, a file concurrent editing method and a file concurrent editing program each of which improves the efficiency of editing works, which are concurrently carried out with respect to a shared file, by displaying a sectional region(s) of the shared ... 09/29/05 - 20050216847 - Distributed document sharing A distributed collaborative computer system that supports document sharing is provided that comprises a plurality of server computers interconnected via a high-speed link. Client computers can connect to any available server computer and start or join a conference hosted on either the server computer to which the client computer is ... 09/22/05 - 20050210393 - Asynchronous collaboration via audio/video annotation A system and method is disclosed for asynchronous collaboration between a plurality of remote users. More specifically, a system based on a client/server architecture is disclosed, in which a remote user may create a combined message having an audiovisual message and an image file on which collaboration is to occur. ... 09/22/05 - 20050210392 - Document creating method, document creating apparatus, program, recording medium, and document data structure A technique is disclosed for enabling collaborative creation of a document by plural persons. The collaborative document creation involves setting an editing method for a document created by a first terminal apparatus, setting an editing function for realizing the editing method to the document created by the first terminal apparatus, ... 09/15/05 - 20050204296 - Method, a hypermedia browser, a network client, a network server, and a computer software product for providing joint navigation of hypermedia documents The present invention relates to a method for sharing a hypermedia document presentation in a browser context between at least two clients (C1, C2, C3), the method comprising the following steps of establishing a common presentation context (SV), exchanging continuously interaction events (IC1, IC2, IC3) between the clients within the ... 09/01/05 - 20050193346 - Method and apparatus for distribution of electronic media A method and apparatus for distribution of electronic media replace the display of printed employee communications with a method and apparatus for distribution of electronic media. In a typical embodiment of the invention, electronic media replaces the posters and printed materials and the conventional bulletin board is replaced by an ... 09/01/05 - 20050193345 - System and method for message display and management A collating application for message display and management executes on a communication device. The communication device includes a plurality of message applications associated with various communication channels, each message application receiving and storing messages associated with one of the various communications channels. The collating application dynamically accesses messages stored by ... 08/25/05 - 20050188319 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An image processing apparatus facilitating an edit process and a check process of data. A UMID of material data is added to a composition table. A UMID of the composition table and the UMID of the material data are added to an edit list. The UMID of the material data ... 08/18/05 - 20050183022 - System, method and program product for control of a presentation A system, method and program product for making a presentation of screens to one or more invitees. A preliminary sequence of screens is defined to a computer. Before presenting one of the screens in the sequence to the one or more invitees, the computer presents to a presenter the one ... 07/28/05 - 20050166154 - Enhanced instant message status message area containing time/date stamped entries and editable by others A system for providing a user status message in an instant messaging system that permits editing of the user status message by the owner of the status message and other users, and that displays information in the status message regarding the editing history of the status message. An edit history ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |