Distributed system for interactive collaboration
Assigneee-Wings Inc.
InventorsLewis Frees, Ann Frees
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Abstract
A distribution management system can facilitate synchronous and asynchronous communications, take advantage of electronic scheduling tools, support a facilitator paradigm, and store meeting communications for later retrieval. The system can create a collaborative environment for members of a team in communication with a computer network. An interactive forum can be provided in the collaborative environment in a manner offering varying degrees of structure for collecting information from the members of the team. The information can then be used to arrive at a collaboratively derived decision.
Claims20
A method of using a computer network for interactive collaboration, comprising:
- creating a collaborative environment for members of a team in communication with the computer network;
- in the collaborative environment, collecting information from the members of the team in an interactive forum offering varying degrees of structure;
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- facilitating a collaboratively derived decision based on the collected information.
An apparatus for interactive collaboration over a computer network, comprising:
- a collaborative environment for members of a team in communication with the computer network;
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- in the collaborative environment, an interactive forum offering varying degrees of structure to collect information from the members of the team that is used to arrive at a collaboratively derived decision.
An apparatus for interactive collaboration over a computer network, comprising:
- means for creating a collaborative environment for members of a team in communication with the computer network;
- and
- in the collaborative environment, means for providing an interactive forum offering varying degrees of structure for collecting information from the members of the team that is used to arrive at a collaboratively derived decision.
A system for providing interactive collaboration, comprising:
- an interface coupled to a computer network;
- a processor coupled to the interface that creates a collaborative environment for members of a team in communication with the server over the computer network, the collaborative environment having an interactive forum offering varying degrees of structure to collect information from the members of the team that is used to arrive at a collaboratively derived decision;
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- a data store coupled to the processor and storing the information from the members in the interactive forum for later retrieval.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.