Work sharing and communicating in a web site system
AssigneePracticefirst.com L.L.C.
InventorAndrea Waxler
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for work sharing and communicating in a service oriented industry. A web site system that includes a communication component and a data storage component allows users to electronically input data. The method and apparatus then electronically store the inputted data in the storage component, automatically determine to which other related portions of the web site system the data will be sent, and distribute the data to those determined portions. There, the data is stored in the data storage component, and a communication is sent the users of the relevant portions of the web site to notify them of the newly stored data.
Claims13
A method of work sharing and communicating over the internet with a web site system that includes at least a communication component and a data storage component allowing users in professional offices to electronically input data over the internet comprising,
- electronically storing the data received over the internet in the data storage component of the web site system;
- automatically determining to which other related portions of the web site system the electronically stored data will be sent;
- automatically distributing the electronically stored data to the automatically determined other related portions of the web site system;
- electronically storing the data distributed to the other related portions of the web site system in the data storage component;
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- automatically communicating over the internet to other relevant users of the newly stored data in the web site system.
An apparatus for work sharing and communicating comprising:
- a computer at a web site system that includes at least a communication component and a data storage component allowing users in professional offices to electronically input data over the internet;
- a data storage device for electronically storing the data electronically inputted into the web site system;
- a source of a computer program for automatically determining to which other related portions of the web site system the electronically stored data will be sent;
- a source of a computer program for automatically distributing the electronically stored data to the automatically determined other related portions of the web site system;
- a data storage device for electronically storing the data distributed to the other related portions of the web site system;
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- a source of a computer program for automatically communicating over the internet to other relevant users of the newly stored data in the web site system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.