Patent ID: 6212534
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A system for facilitating collaboration among a plurality of users in connection with generation of a document, the system comprising:A. a document information store configured to store document information relating to at least one document, the document information including both document structure information and document content information,i. the document structure information describing document structural elements for said at least one document, document structural information for said at least one document comprises a plurality of placeholder nodes organized in a tree structure and said document content elements comprises notecards, each placeholder node being configured to have a pointer to one of said notecards,ii. the document content information comprising document content elements associated with respective document structural elements;B. a user module associated with said users, at least one user module comprising:i. a whiteboard display module configured to display a whiteboard to said user, the whiteboard selectively displaying document structure defined by the document structural elements for said at least one document and said document content information therefor;ii. a document update module configured to enable said user to selectively update the document structure and said document content information therefor as displayed by said whiteboard display module; andiii. an interface module configured to selectively enable the retrieval of document information for said at least one document and document content information as requested by said operator for display by said whiteboard display module and update of document information as stored in said document information store to be updated in response to updates received by said document update module.