Patent ID: 6463461
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: G06Q,G07F,H04L

Abstract:
A network system for communicating information among participants of a group, comprising:a server having an associated database and adapted to be used in the network, means in the server for generating and sending an electronic message to selected participants, means in the server for generating an electronic medium stored in the database and associated with the electronic message in response to a first open action of the electronic message by at least one of selected participants, the electronic medium containing dynamic content and all then-current updates received at the server from any other participants; an interface in the electronic medium for communicating input from the selected participants to the electronic medium in the server; and logic in communicating with the database to asynchronously dynamically update the electronic medium in the database in response to said input and to dynamically retrieve the dynamic content of the electronic medium stored in the database including all then-current updates in response to one of the input from the selected participants and an external source in data communication with the server.