Patent ID: 7236984

Claim:
A computer-implemented digital document discussion method, comprising: storing a digitized document including a plurality of templates corresponding to documents in a document database; storing attribute information on a user including a discussion requester and a discussion participant in an attribute information database; providing a template corresponding to a document to be discussed out of the templates stored in the document database to a first client at the discussion requester based on a work process relating to the document and the attribute information; creating a discussion document based on the template at the first client; accumulating a plurality of items of material information; transmitting a discussion request with the discussion document from the first client to a second client at a discussion participant requesting the discussion participant to discuss the discussion document transmitted and displayed at the second client; searching material information associated with the discussion document from the plurality of items of material information; and providing the material information searched in the searching to the discussion participant when discussing the discussion document.