Patent ID: 7958185

Claim:
An online system for providing engineering, construction, and operations (ECO) computer-aided design application services, comprising: a computer network, including server means and a plurality of clients each of which is connected to said server means over said network; means for operating said server means and said plurality of clients, said operating means supporting a runtime environment for the ECO application on said network; graphical user interface means displayed on said plurality of clients, said graphical user interface means including a plurality of personalized spaces; a database storing a plurality of files, including engineering documents and drawings, with a plurality of different file formats; a plurality of collaborative modules, each of which is run over said network, said collaborative modules including: means for accessing said engineering documents and drawings; and means for managing an engineering document; and means for viewing geospatially, according to geospatial attributes, ECO project textual data including at least one of a business, a project, a task, a document, or a person.