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US5864874A
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Community co-presence system
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1996-11-12
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Granted: 1999-01-26
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Expires: 2016-11-12
Abstract
Abstract A data retrieval system includes a data server a co-presence server and at least two co-presence data retrieval clients. The data server retrieves at least one of a plurality of data objects from a data repository. The co-presence data-retrieval clients communicate at least with the data server and with the co-presence server. The co-presence server includes community means for at least maintaining a list of users associated with a community and at least one virtual place having a list of users from the community at the virtual place. Each of the co-presence data retrieval clients includes object association means and co-presence means. The object association means associate a data object received from the data server with one of the at least one virtual places in the co-presence server. The co-presence means is associated with the one virtual place and associates the client with the community and enables communication at least with other co-presence means also associated with the one virtual place.
Inventors
- 👤 Ehud Shapiro
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 14:57
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/10; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99938; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99943; Y10S707/99951; Y10S707/99952
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
A data retrieval system comprising: a data server for retrieving at least one of a plurality of data objects from a data repository; a co-presence server; and at least two co-presence data-retrieval clients for communicating at least with said data server and with said co-presence server; said co-presence server comprising: community means for at least maintaining a list of co-presence data retrieval clients associated with a community; and at least one virtual place having a list of co-presence data-retrieval clients from said community at said virtual place at least for enabling communication among said co-presence data-retrieval clients associated therewith, each of said co-presence data retrieval clients comprising: object association means for associating a data object received from said data server with one of said at least one virtual places in said co-presence server; and co-presence means, associated with said one virtual place, for associating said client with said community and for enabling communication among said co-presence data-retrieval clients associated with said one virtual place.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
164 words
A data retrieval system comprising: a data server for retrieving at least one of a plurality of data objects from a data repository; a co-presence server; and at least two co-presence data-retrieval clients for communicating at least with said data server and with said co-presence server; said co-presence server comprising: community means for at least maintaining a list of co-presence data retrieval clients associated with a community; and at least one virtual place having a list of co-presence data-retrieval clients from said community at said virtual place at least for enabling communication among said co-presence data-retrieval clients associated therewith, each of said co-presence data retrieval clients comprising: object association means for associating a data object received from said data server with one of said at least one virtual places in said co-presence server; and co-presence means, associated with said one virtual place, for associating said client with said community and for enabling communication among said co-presence data-retrieval clients associated with said one virtual place.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
72 words
A data retrieval system according to claim 1 and wherein said community means also comprises finding means for providing a first co-presence data retrieval client of a first virtual place with a second virtual place with which a second co-presence data retrieval client is associated and communication means for providing a communication channel between said first and second virtual places to enable communication between said first and second co-presence data retrieval clients.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
A data retrieval system according to claim 1 and wherein said co-presence server comprises a changing plurality of place processes, one for each virtual place, and a managing process for providing communication from said co-presence data retrieval clients to said place processes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A data retrieval system according to claim 1 and wherein said object association means comprises means for moving to a new virtual place.
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