Method and apparatus for facilitating tiered collaboration

US6310941A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• ITXC, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Paul D. Crutcher · Hillsboro, US
• Jeffrey B. Sponaugle · Hillsboro, US
• Al J. Simon · Hillsboro, US
• Jason L. Cassezza · Tigard, US
• Mojtaba Mirashrafi · Portland, US
• Kenneth L. Keeler · Hillsboro, US
• Ajit Pendse · Portland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 6, 1998
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2001
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S379/908
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus comprising a storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions and an execution unit is presented. The execution unit, coupled to the storage medium, executes the plurality of programming instructions to implement a hierarchy of collaboration services enabling collaboration between a client computer and a collaboration partner, including a service to determine the system attributes of the client computer and to select an appropriate collaboration service from the hierarchy of collaboration services commensurate with the determined system attributes of the client computer and enabling a collaboration session between the client computer and the collaboration partner.