Patent ID: 7213030

Claim:
A method of implementing a collaborative management application, the method comprising: logging on to the collaborative management application; configuring an appearance of the collaborative management application; and viewing, adding, or modifying items of information pertaining to one or more clients; wherein said configuring further comprises; specifying identifying information for a client; specifying information for at least one matter of the client, wherein the at least one matter conceptually links a plurality of related items and the specified information is applicable to each of the plurality of items; selecting a component in connection with all matters of the client; specifying at least one category for the component; identifying a user group for the client, the user group comprising a set of users having some level of authorization with respect to matters of the client; wherein said viewing, adding, or modifying further comprises: selecting a client; selecting one or more matters in connection with the selected client, wherein the one or more matters comprise a group of matters; selecting a component in connection with the selected group of matters; selecting a filter for filtering items for the selected client, matters and component; displaying the filtered items to a user; selecting a user; displaying only items for which the selected user has been designated; and wherein said configuring and said viewing, adding, or modifying are performed via an Internet web site.