Distributed document sharing
OwnerMin Zhu, Xuan Zhanginventors
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Abstract
033 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 connected or any other server in the system. As a result, the system and method of the present invention allow document sharing among an arbitrary number of client computers.
Claims18
A computer system for distributed collaborative computing, the system comprising:
- a plurality of server computers connected to a plurality of client computers via a global-area computer network;
- a high-speed direct connection link connecting the plurality of server computers;
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- a computer program executable by the server computers, wherein the computer program comprises computer instructions for:
- conducting an on-line conference among an arbitrary number of the client computers connected to an arbitrary number of the server computers over the global-area network and the high-speed direct connection link;
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- viewing a document stored on one of the client computers on an arbitrary number of other client computers.
A method of operating a distributed collaborative computing system comprising a plurality of server computers, the method comprising:
- conducting an on-line conference among an arbitrary number of the client computers connected to an arbitrary number of the server computers over the global-area network and the high-speed direct connection link;
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- viewing a document stored on one of the client computers on an arbitrary number of other client computers.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by a plurality of server computers, the computer program comprising computer instructions for:
- conducting an on-line conference among an arbitrary number of the client computers connected to an arbitrary number of the server computers over the global-area network and the high-speed direct connection link;
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- viewing a document stored on one of the client computers on an arbitrary number of other client computers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.