System and method to create a collaborative web-based multimedia layered platform
US7933956B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 24, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/44
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method to allow multiple users to collaborate on tasks and interact in a shared space session within a network in real-time; using a media application to manage media-layers. Each media-layer serves as a container for multimedia programs or plug-ins. The invention allows which media-layer to display via organization metaphors and filtering criteria. When multiple users are logged into the same shared space, each user can invoke and observe modifications to media-layers with the browser based or client based application. All events are synchronized among all users in that shared space, where the system is a communication conduit. The media-layers in the shared space maintains spatial and temporal correlation by a media application stage manager tool and described as a collection file descriptor such as an XML file. The ability to invoke events that affect media-layers can be supported in a synched or non synched mode on demand.
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