57 results about "Collaborative group" patented technology

A software solution for managing, sorting and ranking lists of tasks and integrating task and time management, such that tasks can be automatically or manually assigned to specified time blocks. Users can monitor the relationship between volume of tasks and available time in which to complete them. The solution and method can be applied to individual task lists as well as to the management of time across multiple projects and can be employed either by individuals or by collaborative groups. The solution and method employ multiple filters, sorts and handling rules to embody users' personal planning preferences. It can be used to manage task lists both with and without employing a scheduling component. The solution can interoperate with existing computer- and web-based calendar software and can use third-party calendar clients to display its output and to accept input from users.

An indexing system for tagging a media stream is provided. The indexing system includes a plurality of inputs for defining at least one tag. A tagging system assigns the tag to the media stream. A tag analysis system selectively distributes tags for review and editing by members of the collaborative group. A tag database stores the tag and the media stream. Retrieval architecture can search the database using the tags.

The disclosed system and method for providing financial collaboration networks generally includes a data processing system adapted to permit a plurality of group collaborators to perform financial transactions with a plurality of users or network participants. Representative embodiments of the present invention generally provide web-based financial collaboration systems that may be adapted to permit a plurality of borrowers, for example, to negotiate more favorable terms with a lender for subsequent loans made to the borrower members of the collaborative group.

A method of providing a collaborative shopping experience is provided to a shopper accessing an on-line shopping experience. Whilst it is extremely convenient to order products and services over the World Wide Web this is not the social activity physically shopping with friends and family provides. Accordingly the invention provides an online shopping experience wherein a group of collaborative shoppers may provide suggestions, modifications, help and advice to each other within the online shopping activity. The online shopping experience may be provided by a single store or may multiple stores collaborating themselves to provide essentially an online mall with browsing, reserving, changing and finally buying. Advantageously the method allows online retailers to maintain relationships to their online customers as an online store assistant may be brought into collaborative group upon request. Further the introduction of avatars allows the buying experience to become visually more appropriate to the collaborative shopper.

Automatic uploading of electronic communication attachments to a collaborative storage location for enabling efficient co-authoring among a group of users is provided. When an electronic communication item is received that contains an attached content item, a user may select the content item for review and / or editing. A communication (e.g., a responsive email message) may be automatically created and may include an attachment pointer to direct recipients of the communication to the location at which the edited content item will be stored at a collaborative group storage location. The communication may also include a posting for notifying recipients of the communication that the associated content item has been edited and by whom the content item was edited. Recipients of the communication may then locate the edited content item and may begin reviewing and / or editing the stored content item in a collaborative co-authoring environment.

A groupware management system for collaborative groups is disclosed that is scalable to support large, dynamic, multiple, and other virtual VPNs. The system may introduce a graph (or hierarchical) structure to the VPN, providing multiple master nodes controlling membership in subsets of the collaborative group. Use of multiple master nodes in a graph-structured (or hierarchical) network topology often relaxes the need for a single, centralized, globally consistent view of VPN group membership, and enables distribution of the management burden among multiple master nodes. Membership in the VPN may be changed dynamically by the second master node for the member nodes of the second subset, without requiring the first master node to dynamically update its group membership records to reflect the change and in many cases without even having to notify the first master node (and vice versa), for example. In further embodiments, the use of multiple master nodes may increase the reliability and efficiency of VPNs, such as by enabling load balancing of master node tasks. Fail-over mechanisms may also be used to transparently re-route management tasks to an alternate master node especially in the case of failure of the current master node serving a given member node.

In a distributed sensor network, one or more devices, for example, forming a collaborative group, are associated with a physical phenomenon based on geographical proximity. The sensor network is capable of detecting new phenomena and changing the membership of the collaborative group as the phenomenon changes. Sensors not associated with a detected phenomenon are available to detect new phenomenon, and one group may exist per phenomenon. Upon detection of a phenomenon, a group of nodes is formed and a leader node is elected. As the phenomenon changes over time, new devices come into proximity of the phenomenon and are prevented from forming independent groups associated with the phenomenon. This accomplished in a decentralized way with communication restricted to local neighbors. In a tracking sensor network using a relatively small number of sensors, the sensors are active and maintain a coherent belief associating their measurements with a single common vehicle.

A system for establishing an encrypted multicast communication session over a communications network can include a client means (e.g., a radio, laptop, workstation, phone, PDA) and a server means. The client means can transmit a request for a first user to join a pre-defined collaborative group, including at least the first user and a second user. The client means can transmit a request for a first user to create or select a collaborative group based on specified criteria. The system can also include a server means that can retrieve, select or generate an encryption key for the collaborative group and transmit the encryption key to the first user via the client means. The server can transmit the encryption key to the second user via a second client means. The client means can communicate via multicast, encrypting end-to-end above the network layer using the encryption key received from the server means.

Systems and methods described herein are directed to implementations that facilitate individuals to collect, store, and automatically extract procedural knowledge from their messaging interactions with collaborative groups. Example implementations involve chat interfaces to communicate and add the capability to tag text and media to organize content. Example implementations also add a new thread-like structure to the previously only linear time-line of a chat. Knowledge from the chat can then be extracted automatically into a high-quality multimedia document.

Parties involved in transacting business in an E-marketplace (E-marketplace participants) each identify and submit to the E-marketplace relevant characteristics related to their privacy policy needs. When it is determined that two or more participants are collaborating in a transaction (e.g., a supplier and a shipper; two suppliers; three buyers), the privacy policies of the collaborative group are aggregated to produce a single policy that represents the primary policies of the collaborative transaction being presented by the collaborative group.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of real-time collaborative group editing, in particular to a consequence concurrent checking method under the environment of extensive collaboration, which is characterized in comprising: a logic time stamp is defined and the logic time stamp belongs to the technical field of real-time collaborative group editing as the direct consequence ordering vector time stamp; the utility model discloses the method to solve the consequence concurrent checking problem during editing the real-time group based on the time stamp. The method comprises the following three steps: estimate whether a remote operation is consequently ready; find the historical operations concurrent with the current remote operation; and estimate the consequence concurrent relationship between two random historical operations. The utility model can be used for editing the real-time group with an arbitrary scale; the performance has no relation to the activity of the collaborative participator, the collaborative environment scale and the total number of the collaborative participators; so the utility model is particularly suitable for being used for editing the real-time group under the extensive collaborative environment with low concurrent level.

The invention discloses a system and a method for building collaborative groups which support mobile environment and are combined with computer technology and communication technology. The system and the method include a mobile client and a comprehensive platform which supports mobile collaborative service; and the comprehensive platform comprises a mobile collaborative service supporting platform MAS system and an embedded client which are provided with a plurality of functional modules. Mobile user groups which cooperate by means of wireless terminal units such as personal digital processing, mobile phones or notebook computers through wired and wireless network structures are divided into a plurality of basic collaborative units-collaborative groups to conduct collaborative activity according to the cooperation aims, the equipment supporting capabilities, the areas and the social relationship of the units. The system and the method are applicable in group cooperation field like mobile business, mobile government, amusement and recreation, and military and defense, and can reach good and efficient cooperation to complete the task collaboratively.

The invention comprises adjustment of back-off timers to provide consistency of timing in a group of collaborating nodes.The invention facilitates optimizing access to a wireless medium in a communication network accessible by a plurality of nodes, each node implementing a back-off counting based on carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance, the plurality of nodes comprising a collaborative group of nodes further implementing a back-off allocation scheme based on each node maintaining a list of expected back-off values of the other nodes of the collaborative group, the group further comprising a receiving node and an emitting node, reception of information from the emitting node being utilized by the receiving node to maintain consistency of timing through adjustment of back-off values.

The method improves data exchange on a wireless communication medium accessible by a plurality of nodes via a contention mechanism, the plurality of nodes comprising legacy nodes and a collaborative group of nodes, each node of the collaborative group being provided with a first and a second MAC address. The method comprises, upon successful contention at a first node of the group, at the first node: determining if a communication from a source node of the group to a legacy node is required, and in such a case, selecting the second MAC address of the source node as source address for issuing a request to access the medium (RTS), and, upon reception of a medium access authorization (CTS): transmitting first data to the legacy node using said second MAC address, and transmitting second data inside the group using said first MAC address.

A computer implemented method for process data management displays a set of natural language questions and provides an organizational framework for passively and actively collecting natural language information so users can coordinate problem-solving and project development. It addresses the application domain of collaborative group process and / or collaborative intelligence among humans and / or intelligent agents. In one embodiment, the method collects responses to the trigger questions; displays natural language reaction questions relating to collection of reactions to the triggers and receiving responses to the reaction questions; receives inputs of action steps to address the problem based on the triggers and reactions; guides the user to identify conflicts based on the triggers, reactions, and actions steps; generates a navigable map based on the triggers, reactions, actions steps, and conflicts for use to support and track the problem-solving process; and displays prompts for evaluating the problem based on the map.

The invention provides a collaborative downloading task scheduling method for mobile intelligent terminals. The collaborative downloading task scheduling method includes that: the current downloading task quantity of all the mobile intelligent terminals is determined according to the historical downloading quantity of all the mobile intelligent terminals which perform downloading collaboratively so as to lead the total quantity of the current expected tasks of all the mobile intelligent terminals to tend to be balanced, wherein the total quantity of the current expected tasks of all the mobile intelligent terminals is the sum of the historical downloading quantity and the current task quantity of all the mobile intelligent terminals; (2) all the collaborative downloading mobile intelligent terminals download corresponding resources through a cellular network link according to the current downloading task quantity determined in the step (1) and share the downloaded resources through the local wireless network. The collaborative downloading task scheduling method and system can support the terminals to dynamically join a collaborative group and avoid too large difference of the cellular network flows consumed by all the terminals.

In an embodiment, a location, a type of application, and a probability of transition to a no-coverage area are determined for each of a plurality of wireless devices in communication with an access node, and a collaborative group of wireless devices which have requested a data stream are selected. A first portion of the data stream is sent to each wireless device to synchronize the requested data stream, and at least one additional portion of the data stream is sent to each wireless device, where a number of the at least one additional portions sent to each wireless device is based on a modulation and coding scheme assigned to each wireless device. A mapping table is broadcast to the collaborative group, and the wireless devices exchange the additional portions of the data stream according to the mapping table when the collaborative group transitions to the no-coverage area.

A system and method for optimizing the creation and use of a collaborative digital photo album, to permit the sharing of digital photos among members associated with the collaborative digital album. It refers to a streamlined solution for a photo taking member, designated as a “sending party”, to automatically send a digital photo into the collaborative album with a single action, simultaneously with the taking the photo. It also provides an automated solution for persons associated with the collective digital album, designated as the “receiving parties”, to receive the photos automatically and without having to take any action. All persons associated can act as a “sending party” and also be a “receiving party”, those persons associated with a particular collaborative digital album being considered members of the collaborative group who have agreed to contribute to and / or receive copies of digital photo's placed in their particular collaborative album.

The invention discloses a data transmission system in a cloud storage, which comprises a node organization and management module, a data transmission module and a data caching service module, wherein the node organization and management module communicates with the data caching service module, and the data transmission module communicates with the data caching service module; the node organization and management module is used for managing all online user nodes and sending super node information among the online user nodes to the data caching service module in real time so that the data caching service module can select collaborative group nodes; the data transmission module is used for sending redundant storage data to the data caching service module; and the data caching service module is used for formulating a redundant storage data backup strategy according to the information of super nodes received from the node organization and management module and the redundant storage data received from the data transmission module. The data transmission system provided by the invention can provide the function of data transmission based on unreliable cloud storage service.

Systems and methods for real-time collaborative computing and collective intelligence are disclosed. A collaborative application runs on a collaborative server connected to a plurality of computing devices. Collaborative sessions are run wherein a group of independent users, networked over the internet, collaboratively answer questions in real-time, thereby harnessing their collective intelligence. A user performance value is determined for each of a plurality of independent users in the group based on each user's participation as compared to other users in the collaborative group. A group cohesiveness score is determined that quantifies the group's overall collaborative effectiveness. In some embodiments, the group cohesiveness score and user performance values are used to adjust weighting factors that affect the relative impact of each of the plurality of users in the collaborative group. In some embodiments, adjusting the weighting factors is performed with the objective of increasing the effectiveness of the resulting collective intelligence.

Generally, a computer implemented group distance learning system including one more servers which serve a group distance learning computer code executable to provide a graphical user interface which by user interaction allows a plurality of client users to be allocated into a plurality of client user groups each user group having access to a common graphic user interface to collaborate in performance of group assignments. Specifically, a group distance learning computer code which implements a graphical user interface accessed in common by a plurality of client users from remote locations to facilitate collaborative group video production.

The invention relates to a power battery sorting system and method. The power battery sorting system comprises charge and discharge equipment sets, edge computers and a cloud platform, on this basis,a time series distributed type clustering method is applied, a 'cloud-edge' collaborative manner is innovatively adopted, and traditional battery sorting systems and methods are innovated. The power battery sorting method comprises the steps that the calculation capacity of the edge computers is sufficiently utilized firstly to perform local defect product detection and primary clustering; then all local processing results are uploaded to the cloud end to perform global defect product fusion, division and edge-based clustering fusion; and then global processing results are finally downloaded to the edge computers to perform multi-factor collaborative grouping decision-making, and power battery optimization sorting is realized. By means of the power battery sorting system and method, the battery sorting accuracy can be improved, the time required for sorting is shortened, the life of a battery pack is prolonged, and the power battery sorting system and method have important practical significance for enterprises.

The invention provides a synchronous processing method for multi-client collaborative grouped data. The method comprises the steps as follows: a client firstly obtains group information data of present version number on a server from the server and stores to the version number of the client; the client groups group objects and then transmits grouping results to the server; the server judges the grouping results which is received from the client in the first place according to the version number, and updates the group information data of the server and pushes to the other clients to synchronize if the version number is different, and the server processes the grouping results of the other clients if the version number is the same. Each client for grouping in the method of the invention needs to keep pace with the version number of the server so as to orderly and effectively perform multi-client collaborative group and avoids the condition that the grouping results could not store in time and each client could not know the newest group information data.