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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsCameron Parker, Aaron Cornelius, Margaret F. Fitzgerald
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Systems and methods for integrating collaborative services with content. Collaboration services are provided to a user in the context of content such that the user may collaborate with other contacts or users within the context of the content. The collaborative services are accessed through a pane or window that initially displays a list of experts and peers as well as frequently asked questions links, availability data and configuration data. When a contact is selected, more details about the selected contact are provided to the user including a contact block that indicates how the user may collaborate with the selected contact. The contact block identifies modes of communication such as e-mail, instant messaging, video conferencing, threads, telephone, and the like. When a mode of communication is selected, the user may collaborate with the selected contact. The context of the content is often supplied to the selected contact to improve the collaboration.
In a system that includes contacts such as peer contacts and expert contacts that are associated with a course, wherein content of the course is delivered to the contacts over a network, a method for integrating collaborative services with the content of the course such that users may collaborate in the context of the course's content, the method comprising:
In a system including content that is delivered to a user over a network such as the Internet, wherein the content is also delivered to contacts including peers and experts, a method for a user to collaborate with peers and experts within a context of the content, the method comprising:
In a system including an online course that provides content to peers and experts over a network such as the Internet, a method for providing collaborative services that permit the peers and the experts to collaborate within a context of the online course, the method comprising:
In a system that includes contacts such as peer contacts and expert contacts that are associated with a course, wherein content of the course is delivered to the contacts over a network, a computer program product for implementing a method for integrating collaborative services with the content of the course such that the user may collaborate in the content's context, the computer program product comprising:
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