Patent ID: 11011073

Abstract:
A method including, at a computer: causing a man machine interface to be provided to each one of a plurality of remote users, wherein the man machine interface is configured to enable a remote user to be specified to have a particular user state selected from a group comprising an output state and a potential-input state but not comprising a live-input state; causing a command interface to be provided to a remote administrator, wherein the command interface is configured to enable the remote administrator to change a user state from a potential-input state to a live-input state and configured to enable the remote administrator to input comment; causing a first variant of the first man machine interface to be provide to a remote user while the remote user has a live-input state, wherein the first variant of the man machine interface is configured to enable the remote user, while the remote user has the live-input state, to input comment to be read by other remote users and to read comments input by the remote administrator and read comments input by remote users, if any, simultaneously having the live-input state; causing a second variant of the man machine interface to be provided to a remote user while the remote user has a potential-input state, wherein the second variant of the man machine interface is configured to enable the remote user having the potential-input state to read comments input by the remote administrator and read comments input by remote users having the live-input state but is not configured to enable the remote user, while the remote user has the potential-input state, to input comment to be read by other remote users; and causing a third variant of the man machine interface to be provided to a remote user while the remote user has an output state, wherein the third variant of the man machine interface is configured to enable the remote user having the output state to read comments input by the remote administrator and read comments input by other remote users having, the live-input state but is not configured to enable the remote user, while the remote user has the potential-input state, to input comment to be read by other remote users.