Patent ID: 8060562
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-signal, computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform: providing new data to a database by one client computer of a plurality of client computers through an http server, the new data configured to be catalogued into a node of the database in a hierarchical structure that is accessible by the plurality of computers via a network, the node having a type, the new data having a type and comprising a message corresponding to a collaborative project among the plurality of client computers; receiving a cautionary message if the new data is rejected by the database because the type of data does not match a type assigned to the node; and communicating by the one client computer of the plurality of client computers to at least one of the remaining client computers by an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) message that new data to the database has been provided through the http server, wherein the IRC message is transmitted through a first IRC channel to a first set of the plurality of client computers if the new data is stored in a first location of the database and is transmitted through a second IRC channel to a second set of the plurality of client computers if the new data is stored in a second location of the database, the first set different than the second set, the first location different than the second location, and the first channel different than the second channel.