Patent ID: 7680820

Claim:
A system for collaborative data sharing, the system comprising: a plurality of user devices, the user devices being hand-held, each of the user devices including: one input interface that allows a user to input data to the user device; a display device that displays the data; and a filter that generates filtered data by applying predetermined filter parameters to filter the data entered by the user during the collaborative data sharing in real time; and a collaborative note management system for identifying live words in the filtered data received from the user devices and for ranking the live words based on a frequency of use using a statistical model, the live words being key active words input into the user devices by the users during a note taking session; wherein the collaborative data sharing is conducted in real time during a collaborative data sharing event the collaborative data sharing event being the note taking session; wherein the data-sharing event is managed by the collaborative note management system providing supervisory functions, and wherein the supervisory functions of the collaborative note management system include controlling interactions which is based on a sharing level and shared with options selected by the user of the handheld device.