US 7,398,267 B2Granted

Information system

AssigneeCatalyst On Line Solutions Pty Limited

InventorSimon Fenton-Jones

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Abstract

This invention concerns virtual rooms for communicating information about specific topics. The virtual room comprises an identification code to identify the address of each virtual room, and a web site to enable communication between users of a virtual room and to receive and publish information relating to the specific topic. The identification code includes a telephonic prefix and a telephonic subscriber number the later which corresponds to a subject category in a bibliographic classification convention. The virtual room further comprises a data repository to store information relating to the specific topic including communication between users of the virtual room. The data repository is organised according to learning objects and users search an index of the bibliographic classification convention to locate a virtual room related to a specific topic. The invention further concerns an information system for sharing information.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented virtual room for communicating information about a specific topic, the virtual room comprising:

computer software configured to utilize an identification code to identify the address of the virtual room, the identification code including a telephonic prefix and a telephonic subscriber number, the telephonic subscriber number corresponding to a subject category in a bibliographic classification convention;
a computer-implemented web site to enable communication between users of the virtual room, and to receive and publish information relating to the specific topic;
and
a computer-implemented data repository to store information relating to the specific topic including communication between users of the virtual room, the data repository being organised according to learning objects;
where the software is configured such that users search an index of the bibliographic classification convention to locate a virtual room related to a specific topic, and users search an index of the telephonic prefix, the concatenation of a selected telephonic prefix and a selected bibliographic classification convention providing an address for interlinking the virtual room to an associated virtual room.

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An information system for sharing information, the system comprising:

a collection of computer-implemented virtual rooms for communicating information about specific topics, each virtual room including:
computer software configured to utilize an identification code to identify the address of the virtual room, the identification code including a telephonic prefix and a telephonic subscriber number, the telephonic subscriber number corresponding to a subject category in a bibliographic classification convention;
a computer-implemented web site to enable communication between users of the virtual room, and to receive and publish information relating to the specific topic;
and
a computer-implemented data repository to store information relating to the specific topic including communication between users of the virtual room, the data repository being organised according to learning objects;
and
a computer-implemented directory service to enable users to locate a virtual room of a specific topic by searching an index of the bibliographic classification convention the directory service further enabling users to search an index of the telephonic prefix, the concatenation of a selected telephonic prefix and a selected bibliographic classification convention providing an address for interlinking the virtual room to an associated virtual room;
where, the software is configured such that pre-determined virtual rooms are interlinked to allow users to navigate between virtual rooms such that more than one pathway is available for the user to reach a virtual room which relates to a specific topic.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.