Patent ID: 8286257

Claim:
A method for collaborating a first computer with a second computer, comprising: creating a virtual workspace for a first user of the first computer; inviting a limited portion of one or more data on the first computer into the virtual workspace, wherein the limited portion of the data includes data collected from at least one wellbore in an oil field for a client; sending an invitation from the first computer to the second computer to invite a second user of the second computer into the virtual workspace; sending a list of permissions from the first computer to the second computer upon acceptance of the invitation, wherein the list of permissions allows the second computer to access the limited portion of the data on the first computer; inviting a proprietary technology software tool into the virtual workspace for use by the second user when performing an analysis on the limited portion of the data stored on the first computer, wherein the proprietary technology software tool includes an algorithm proprietary to a service company and configured to correct the collected data for environmental effects, wherein the algorithm is accessible to the service company and inaccessible to the client while the proprietary technology software tool is invited into the virtual workspace, and wherein the proprietary technology software tool is inaccessible by the first user while the proprietary technology software tool is invited into the virtual workspace; performing the analysis on the limited portion of the data stored on the first computer by the second computer using the proprietary technology software tool while the proprietary technology software tool is invited into the virtual workspace and inaccessible by the first user; and sending a notification from the second computer to the first computer, wherein the notification indicates that the analysis has been performed on the limited portion of the data, wherein each of the first and second computers includes a technical software application with a collaboration module incorporated therein, and wherein the proprietary technology software tool is integrated into the technical software application on the second computer.