Patent ID: 8099458
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a workgroup application to facilitate collaboration among a plurality of participants, the workgroup application operating in a computer system having a plurality of work stations, each work station having a user interface associated therewith, the method comprising: a) receiving a first input from a participant through a user interface associated with a first work station of the plurality of work stations; b) receiving a second input from a second participant through a user interface associated with a second work station of the plurality of work stations; and c) simultaneously presenting a first participant indicator and a second participant indicator through displays associated with at least a portion of the plurality of work stations, the first and second participant indicators indicative of the first and second participants, respectively, the first and second participant indicators each having an opacity that varies between a minimum opacity of about 25 percent and a maximum opacity of about 90 percent, wherein,