Patent ID: 7383302
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system adapted to enable contextual collaboration of applications within a computer network, comprising: a collaboration manager adapted to support manipulation of collaboration spaces via commands from said applications, wherein said collaboration spaces comprise at least one collaboration element comprising different collaboration modalities, and wherein said collaboration spaces comprise pointers to said collaboration modalities and attributes associated with said collaboration modalities; native user interfaces of said applications adapted to access said collaboration spaces, wherein said collaboration spaces are transparently accessible to all of said applications, and wherein said native user interfaces allow collaboration through said applications using said collaboration modalities; a context manager adapted to maintain resources and resource interrelationships within contexts in a context store, wherein said resources comprise at least one of said collaboration elements, processes, tasks, business objects, users, and roles, wherein said context store comprises structures of said interrelationships and provides linkage between said resources, and wherein said context store lacks knowledge of how and where said resources are physically stored; a view generator adapted to select a set of said resources to be displayed to a user of said computer network; and a display adapted to display said set of said resources.