Patent ID: 8706809
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of tracking collaboration, comprising: providing, using a processor, an environment on a communication network for collaboration between a plurality of users on a plurality of collaborative works that are based on one or more source works; storing, in a non-transient, computer-readable storage medium, information regarding a collaboration; and providing access to at least some of the stored information to at least one user who did not participate in the collaboration; wherein storing information comprises: storing a separate master profile for each source work and associating the master profile with its source work; storing a working profile for each collaborative work in which two or more of the plurality of users participate, the working profile for each collaborative work being associated with the master profile for the source work from which the collaborative work is based; and associating a stored agreement with each working profile, the stored agreement having terms or conditions agreed upon by the two or more users for the collaborative work associated with the working profile, wherein the terms or conditions relate to at least one aspect of the collaborative work associated with the working profile.