Patent ID: 8713106

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for collaboration, the method comprising: providing a collaboration place interface to a first client that is configured to: connect the first client to a collaboration place, as a result of which the first client is located in the collaboration place to which the first client is connected; generate a portion of data based on at least one or more events in the collaboration place; determine that the first client has disconnected from the collaboration place and is no longer located in the collaboration place; and upon determining that the first client has disconnected from the collaboration place, providing the portion of data to a second client, wherein the portion of the data is persistent and available for access by the second client; administering collaboration activities among participating clients in the collaboration place; identifying one or more indexable features of the data associated with the collaboration place; generating an index guide to the data associated with the collaboration place based on the one or more indexable features; and including a link to the data in the index guide.