Patent ID: 7865913
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A collaboration system implemented in a computer, comprising: a computing platform, for storing information associated with an object including an identifier and an address of the object and other information associated with the object, wherein the other information associated with the object comprises metadata, status or at least part of the content; a storage area of said computing platform, wherein content containing the object is a document stored in the storage area of the computing platform; at least one service connector, for communicating with a service using the identifier and address of the object, to interact with the service for the metadata, the status or the at least part of the content associated with the object and transfer the metadata, the status or the at least part of the content associated with the object to the computing platform; a display associated with the computing platform configured to display said information associated with the object, said display further being configured to display a status of said information associated with the object; and at least one tool, for communicating with the computing platform to exchange the information associated with the object, the at least one tool configured to identify and extract the object from text or process being handled by the at least one tool, and register the identifier and address of the object to the computing platform, wherein the at least one tool is selected from the group consisting of text editor, email tool, and calendar tool; wherein the computing platform is configured to set the object registered with the computing platform as an active object, and the at least one service connector updates the metadata, the status or the at least part of the content of the active object in response to the object registered with the computing platform being set as the active object.