Patent ID: 6446113
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A local network-capable device for use in an activity-based collaboration system, the activity-based collaboration system including a plurality of network-capable devices including the local network-capable device and a plurality of remote network-capable devices at a plurality of locations, each network-capable device responsive to a user, the local network-capable device comprising:A) a memory for storing a local copy of data in accordance with a data model; B) a tool, responsive to a user interaction, for initiating generation of a plurality of locally-generated data change requests; C) a data-change engine coupled with the memory and the tool, and responsive to the locally generated data change requests and a plurality of remotely-generated data change requests, for controlling storage of a local copy of data in the memory in accordance with the data model, and making changes to the local copy of the data; and D) a dynamics manager, coupled with the tool and the data-change engine, and responsive to the locally-generated and remotely-generated data change requests, for controlling the engine and coordinating execution of the locally-generated and remotely-generated data change requests.