Virtual process collaboration
US8752069B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/535
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are presented for automating organization of multiple processes involving maintaining a uniform record of process threads using a server, each process thread comprising a representation of a collaborative process involving a plurality of users, enabling at least one of the plurality of users to carry out a user action while interacting with a different types of application program, and modifying at least one process thread in the uniform record of process threads in response to the user action. Modifying the process thread may comprise generating the process thread as a new process thread. Alternatively or in addition, modifying the process thread may comprise modifying the process thread as an existing process thread. At least one of the process threads may reflect user actions carried out by more than one of the plurality of users.
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