Patent ID: 6505233
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: G06Q,G07F,H04L

Abstract:
A method of communicating information among participants of a group, comprising:creating and storing in a server, an electronic medium having a dynamic content region that stores dynamic content and all updates thereto; sending an e-mail message to e-mail clients associated with the participants, wherein the e-mail message references the electronic medium and displays the dynamic content associated with the electronic medium including all then current updates thereto; receiving input from at least one of an e-mail client associated with one of the participants and an external source in data communication with the server; asynchronously dynamically updating the dynamic content stored in the server based on the input; in response to any of the participants opening the e-mail message parsing the e-mail message received by each of the participants from the server in response to the participants opening the message; and automatically providing the updated dynamic content to an *mail client associated with each of the participants by serving the e-mail client with the then current dynamic content stored in the server and associated with the electronic medium; wherein the parsing step further comprises: determining an e-mail receiving capability for each of the participants; and accessing the dynamic content from the server based on the e-mail receiving capability.