Patent ID: 7194505

Claim:
A shared information processing system, comprising: a client including highlighted file name extraction means for extracting file names that can be registered as highlighted files from a chat character string inputted by a user within a channel, highlighted file registration means for accepting from a user a request for registration of a highlighted file and performing registration of only a file name on a highlighted file list, and for notifying a server of registration information for said highlighted file, highlighted file management means for acquiring information pertaining to said highlighted file through said server and managing the same, and highlighted file status display means for displaying information pertaining to said highlighted file; and said server including highlighted file table management means for managing highlighted file names registered to said client using registration information about which notification has been given by the highlighted file registration means of said client, and highlighted file intonation notification means for acquiring information pertaining to a highlighted file managed by the highlighted file table management means, and giving notification thereof to the client where the highlighted file is registered, wherein highlighted file names indicate locations where the files are stored, and wherein a plurality of users can communicate simultaneously by sharing channels set up on a network by a server and clients interconnected over said network, and notify other clients of a chat character string inputted by a user through a client.