Patent ID: 9252962
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, from a device associated with a user of a hosted computer system, entries in a template of an electronic invention disclosure form that gathers information about an invention onto a template arranged for receiving information about the invention, wherein the template includes areas for a user to input information identifying inventors for an invention, one or more problems addressed by the invention, and an explanation that summarizes the invention; linking the invention disclosure form to content in at least one portion of an inventor's notebook that contains disclosure of an invention addressed by the invention disclosure form among multiple separate entries made by an inventor over time and that each reflect ideas made by the inventor contemporaneously with recording of the ideas in the inventor's notebook, and wherein the linking is performed in response to the user identifying for the invention disclosure form one or more portions of the inventor's notebook that identify additional detail to the explanation that summarizes the invention; providing invitations to a collaboration space for the invention, whereby acceptance of the invitation provides access to at least a portion of the invention disclosure form, wherein at least one invitation is provided to a patent drafter for review of, and commenting on, the invention disclosure form; and providing secure access to invitees into the collaboration space, wherein the invitees are determined to have been invited to the particular collaboration space in order to obtain the secure access.