Shared Collaboration Canvas

A computing system comprising:

• a processing unit comprising at least one integrated circuit;
• and
• a data storage system comprising at least one computer-readable data storage medium, the data storage system storing software instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the computing system to:
• determine whether the computing system has received interaction input, the interaction input indicating that a first user in a plurality of users wants to interact with a target resource in a plurality of resources, the plurality of resources associated with a canvas shared by the plurality of users, the canvas being a multidimensional graphical space, each resource in the plurality of resources graphically represented by a graphical element in a plurality of discrete graphical elements, each graphical element in the plurality of discrete graphical elements located at an arbitrary location within the canvas, each user in the plurality of users being a resource in the plurality of resources, a first graphical element in the plurality of discrete graphical elements graphically representing the first user, a target graphical element in the plurality of discrete graphical elements graphically representing the target resource;
• modify, in response to determining that the computing system has received the interaction input, the canvas to include an interaction indicator, the interaction indicator being a graphical element, the interaction indicator graphically indicating a relationship between the first graphical element and the target graphical element such that the interaction indicator indicates that the first user is currently interacting with the target resource;
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• cause a plurality of display devices associated with the plurality of users to repeatedly update user interfaces displayed by the display devices such that the user interfaces reflect a substantially current state of the canvas, the substantially current state of the canvas being the plurality of discrete graphical elements along with locations within the canvas of the graphical elements of the plurality of discrete graphical elements at a substantially current moment.

A data storage system comprising at least one computer-readable data storage medium, the at least one computer-readable data storage medium storing software instructions that, when executed by a processing unit of a server computing system, cause the server computing system to:

• determine whether the server computing system has received interaction input, the interaction input indicating that a user who originated the interaction input wants to interact with a target resource in a plurality of resources, each resource in the plurality of resources associated with an infinite canvas shared by a plurality of users, the infinite canvas being a multidimensional graphical space, each resource in the plurality of resources graphically represented by a graphical element in a plurality of discrete graphical elements, each graphical element in the plurality of discrete graphical elements located at an arbitrary location within the infinite canvas, each user in the plurality of users being a resource in the plurality of resources, the plurality of resources including a set of documents, the plurality of users including the user who originated the interaction input, each resource in the plurality of resources being associated with a project, the project being a planned undertaking of an enterprise to achieve a specific goal, a first graphical element in the plurality of discrete graphical elements graphically representing the user who originated the interaction input, a target graphical element in the plurality of discrete graphical elements graphically representing the target resource;
• send, in response to determining that the server computing system has received the interaction input, to a client computing system used by the user who originated the interaction input, information needed by the client computing system to interact with the target resource;
• modify, in response to determining that the server computing system has received the interaction input, the infinite canvas to include a first interaction indicator, the first interaction indicator graphically indicating that the user who originated the interaction input is currently interacting with the target resource, the first interaction indicator comprising a line connecting the first graphical element and the target graphical element;
• determine whether the server computing system has received canvas open input, the canvas open input indicating that a user who originated the canvas open input wishes to view the infinite canvas;
• modify, in response to determining that the server computing system has received the canvas open input, the infinite canvas to include a second graphical element, the second graphical element graphically representing the user who originated the canvas open input;
• determine whether the server computing system has received canvas close input, the canvas close input indicating that a user who originated the canvas close input wishes to close the infinite canvas;
• modify, in response to determining that the server computing system has received the canvas close input, the infinite canvas to remove from the infinite canvas a third graphical element in the plurality of discrete graphical elements, the third graphical element graphically representing the user who originated the canvas close input;
• determine whether the server computing system has received view change input, the view change input indicating that a user who originated the view change input wishes to change a portion of the infinite canvas currently displayed to the user who originated the view change input;
• modify, in response to determining that the server computing system has received the view change input, the infinite canvas to move a fourth graphical element in the plurality of discrete graphical elements from a first location within the infinite canvas to a second location within the infinite canvas, the second location within the infinite canvas being within a view of the infinite canvas currently displayed to the user who originated the view change input, the fourth graphical element graphically representing the user who originated the view change input;
• determine whether the server computing system has received message input, the message input comprising a message that a user who originated the message input wishes to share with other users in the plurality of users, a fifth graphical element in the plurality of discrete graphical elements graphically representing the user who originated the message input,
• modify, in response to determining that the server computing system has received message input, the infinite canvas to include a message box located within the infinite canvas adjacent to the fifth graphical element, the message box containing the message;
• determine whether the server computing system has received interaction termination input, the interaction termination input indicating that a user who originated the interaction termination input wants to stop interacting with a given resource in the plurality of resources, the plurality of discrete graphical elements including a given graphical element representing the given resource;
• modify, in response to determining that the server computing system has received the interaction termination input, the infinite canvas to remove a second interaction indicator from the infinite canvas, the second interaction indicator indicating that the user who originated the interaction termination input is currently interacting with the given resource;
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• cause a plurality of display devices associated with the plurality of users to repeatedly update user interfaces displayed by the display devices such that the user interfaces reflect a substantially current state of the canvas, the substantially current state of the canvas being the plurality of discrete graphical elements along with locations within the canvas of the graphical elements of the plurality of discrete graphical elements at a substantially current moment,
• wherein the processing unit comprises at least one microprocessor,
• wherein the user who originated the interaction input, the user who originated the canvas open input, the user who originated the canvas close input, the user who originated the view change input, the user who originated the message input, and the user who originated the interaction termination input are in the plurality of users.