Patent ID: 6917962

Claim:
A system for providing a collaborative workspace for sharing data, comprising: (i) a network-connected server capable of receiving an initiate instruction from a primary user, said server maintaining a hierarchy between said primary user and at least one secondary user, wherein said initiate instructions includes said least one secondary user nominated by said primary user; (ii) a site builder for creating a dedicated site on said server in response to said initiate instruction, said dedicated site defining said collaborative workspace; (iii) a transmitter for sending information about the existence of sand dedicated site to said at least one secondary user nominated by said primary user; (iv) a communicator for transmitting said shared data (a) between said dedicated site and said primary user and (b) between said dedicated site and said at least one secondary user, said shared data being shared through said dedicated site is accordance with said hierarchy between said primary user and said at least one secondary user; (v) memory for storing said shared data associated with said dedicated site, said shared data from said primary and said at least one secondary user; and (vi) a processor for processing said stored data, said processed data being transmitted by said communicator to said primary user and said at least one secondary user.