Patent ID: 7877445
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A collaboration server connected to a plurality of terminal apparatuses through a network for assisting collaborative work among the plurality of terminal apparatuses, comprising: at least one computer, including: a work screen controller for obtaining, retaining, and distributing a Web page as a work screen used in collaborative work among said plurality of terminal apparatuses; and a chat function performing unit for holding a log of texts exchanged in the chat, wherein the work screen controller accepts from one of the terminal apparatuses a request made by designating a point on the Web page and the work screen controller writes a dynamic anchor tag to a data file for the Web page that corresponds to the point designated by the request, and adds a name of the dynamic anchor tag to a uniform resource locator (URL) for the data file; wherein the chat function performing unit analyzes texts exchanged in the chat to check whether or not a command to the collaboration server is contained, and, if such a command is contained, analyzes the contents of the command and causes a control system of the collaboration server to execute processing based on the command; and wherein the chat function performing unit generates, in a command format readable by a control system of a Web browser provided in said terminal apparatuses, a chat message in which an operation instruction concerning the work screen is described, and distributes the chat message to each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, the operation instruction comprising an instruction to each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses to reload the Web page to synchronize displayed states of the work screen image for each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, such that the point at which the dynamic anchor tag is written is at the same location of the work screen for each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses.