37 results about "Group collaboration" patented technology

A method, system, and computer program product for selectively encrypting one or more elements of a document using style sheet processing. Disclosed is a policy-driven augmented style sheet processor (e.g. an Extensible Stylesheet Language, or “XSL”, processor) that creates a selectively-encrypted document (e.g. an Extensible Markup Language, or “XML”, document) carrying key-distribution material, such that by using an augmented document processor (e.g. an augmented XML processing engine), an agent can recover only the information elements for which it is authorized. The Document Type Definition (DTD) or schema associated with a document is modified, such that the DTD or schema specifies a reference to stored security policy to be applied to document elements. Each document element may specify a different security policy, such that the different elements of a single document can be encrypted differently (and, some elements may remain unencrypted). The key distribution material enables a document to be encrypted for decryption by an audience that is unknown at the time of document creation, and enables access to the distinct elements of a single encrypted document to be controlled for multiple users and / or groups of users. In this manner, group collaboration is improved by giving more people easier access to information for which they are authorized, while protecting sensitive data from unauthorized agents. A key recovery technique is also defined, whereby the entire document can be decrypted by an authorized agent regardless of how the different elements were originally encrypted and the access protections which were applied to those elements.

A method, system, and computer program device manages group collaboration on projects, where the projects incorporate associatively filed electronic information. A team of users associated with the project is optionally dynamic and re-definable. A plurality of items are associated with a project; the present invention provides for automatic integration with different native applications supporting the items. Items and / or projects can be associated with more than one project. One or more embodiments of the present invention provide, for example, that a team member can send messages automatically addressed to other team members on the project. Optionally, team members can also attach items in the project to emails to be sent to individuals not on the team.

A method, system, and computer program product for selectively encrypting one or more elements of a document using style sheet processing. Disclosed is a policy-driven augmented style sheet processor (e.g. an Extensible Stylesheet Language, or “XSL”, processor) that creates a selectively-encrypted document (e.g. an Extensible Markup Language, or “XML”, document) carrying key-distribution material, such that by using an augmented document processor (e.g. an augmented XML processing engine), an agent can recover only the information elements for which it is authorized. The Document Type Definition (DTD) or schema associated with a document is modified, such that the DTD or schema specifies a reference to stored security policy to be applied to document elements. Each document element may specify a different security policy, such that the different elements of a single document can be encrypted differently (and, some elements may remain unencrypted). The key distribution material enables a document to be encrypted for decryption by an audience that is unknown at the time of document creation, and enables access to the distinct elements of a single encrypted document to be controlled for multiple users and / or groups of users. In this manner, group collaboration is improved by giving more people easier access to information for which they are authorized, while protecting sensitive data from unauthorized agents. A key recovery technique is also defined, whereby the entire document can be decrypted by an authorized agent regardless of how the different elements were originally encrypted and the access protections which were applied to those elements.

A method, system, and computer program product for selectively encrypting one or more elements of a document using style sheet processing. Disclosed is a policy-driven augmented style sheet processor (e.g. an Extensible Stylesheet Language, or “XSL”, processor) that creates a selectively-encrypted document (e.g. an Extensible Markup Language, or “XML”, document) carrying key-distribution material, such that by using an augmented document processor (e.g. an augmented XML processing engine), an agent can recover only the information elements for which it is authorized. The Document Type Definition (DTD) or schema associated with a document is modified, such that the DTD or schema specifies a reference to stored security policy to be applied to document elements. Each document element may specify a different security policy, such that the different elements of a single document can be encrypted differently (and, some elements may remain unencrypted). The key distribution material enables a document to be encrypted for decryption by an audience that is unknown at the time of document creation, and enables access to the distinct elements of a single encrypted document to be controlled for multiple users and / or groups of users. In this manner, group collaboration is improved by giving more people easier access to information for which they are authorized, while protecting sensitive data from unauthorized agents. A key recovery technique is also defined, whereby the entire document can be decrypted by an authorized agent regardless of how the different elements were originally encrypted and the access protections which were applied to those elements.

A method, system, and computer program product for selectively encrypting one or more elements of a document using style sheet processing. Disclosed is a policy-driven augmented style sheet processor (e.g. an Extensible Stylesheet Language, or “XSL”, processor) that creates a selectively-encrypted document (e.g. an Extensible Markup Language, or “XML”, document) carrying key-distribution material, such that by using an augmented document processor (e.g., an augmented XML processing engine), an agent can recover only the information elements for which it is authorized. The Document Type Definition (DTD) or schema associated with a document is modified, such that the DTD or schema specifies a reference to stored security policy to be applied to document elements. Each document element may specify a different security policy, such that the different elements of a single document can be encrypted differently (and, some elements may remain unencrypted). The key distribution material enables a document to be encrypted for decryption by an audience that is unknown at the time of document creation, and enables access to the distinct elements of a single encrypted document to be controlled for multiple users and / or groups of users. In this manner, group collaboration is improved by giving more people easier access to information for which they are authorized, while protecting sensitive data from unauthorized agents. A key recovery technique is also defined, whereby the entire document can be decrypted by an authorized agent regardless of how the different elements were originally encrypted and the access protections which were applied to those elements.

A computer-based system for idea capture, organization and management is shown. The system presents a creation template for capturing ideas and building digital content onto electronic notes. The e-notes may be migrated over on to an electronic board in an organization template. In the latter case, e-notes may be grouped, repositioned, deleted, or copied. Multiple users can access the e-board, and it can be saved or sent as a converted image file or PDF. The e-board has multiple layers, allowing for marking directly on the e-board. Various other features and aspects of the system designed to facilitate group collaboration and team development are disclosed.

A shared feed reader for multiple users and a method for sharing feed reading are provided which provide group collaboration features. The shared feed reader includes a server including a processor hosting the shared feed reader for remote access by multiple users, and a user interface for each of the multiple users including an aggregator of web feeds subscribed to by the user. The shared feed reader includes: a mechanism for defining a group of users, wherein web feeds subscribed to by users in the group are exposed to the other users in the group; and a mechanism for sharing a read status of a web feed post across the group, wherein the read status indicates which users have read the post. The shared feed reader may also include a mechanism for receiving a meta-feed of meta-posts, wherein meta-feeds and meta-posts relate to activities of users in the group on shared feeds and posts.

The invention discloses a browser-based construction system of a three-dimensional ultra-large scene, comprises a scene photo manager, a three-dimensional original shared library, a three-dimensional scene webpage editor, a three-dimensional navigation map generator, a scene light-effect embedder, a simulated natural environment generator and a three-dimensional webpage exporter which work together to finish the construction of the three-dimensional ultra-large scene. The invention uses a website-type collaboration platform with a uniform server, does not store files in a local workstation, thereby ensuring multiple calling and uploading and the coordinate synchronization of file updating, greatly improving the group collaboration efficiency and shortening the construction period of the ultra-large scene; and the invention uses a webpage as a working platform, checks the finally three-dimensional display effect and the webpage rendering performance at any time, controls the balance relation between model fineness and issuance performance in time, greatly reduces the capacity of three-dimensional scene files and effectively controls the redundancy of large-scene shared sources.

A method and system for aggregating opinions on questions from participants. The selection of a category is received from each participant for each question previously presented to each participant. The selection is a category into which each participant has placed an idea associated with each question. A percentage vote, which is calculated for each selected category of each idea, is a percent of participants that selected each category of each idea. A winning category is selected for each idea, based on the calculated percentage vote for each selected category of each idea. A next idea, consisting of the idea having the lowest calculated percentage vote of the ideas's winning category, is determined. A next question associated with the next idea having the lowest calculated percentage vote of the ideas's winning category is determined and presented to a new participant.

A system and method of handling historical activities for membership changes in group collaboration is presented. A membership manager uses a register service to log group actions that components send to user groups. As such, when the register service receives a member change notification corresponding to a user group, the register service sends action redistribution requests to the components that instruct each of the components to resend the group actions to a new user group member. In one embodiment, the membership manager allows a user to select particular group actions to redistribute to a new member. In this embodiment, the user may also select whether to instruct a component to send event information corresponding to events that have passed, such as a prior month's team meeting notifications, or to only send upcoming event information.

The invention relates to a system and a method for network real-time interactive question-answering, which can also be used for performing accurate advertisement putting. The system and the method overcome the defects in the aspects of indefinable questions and answers, limited communication modes, non real-time property, difficult group collaboration and the like in the prior network question-answering system, and a real-time question-answering system comprising a question-answering community, a question processor, an advertising system, a transaction system, a resource database and a user database is established on the basis of an instant communication platform. The real-time question-answering system can select matched online users according to the questions of the users to establish atemporary group dialogue so that the questions can be answered in a quick, real-time and targeted mode in a group collaboration discussion, and the users can use audio, video and file exchange modes in communications. Simultaneously, the system can also perform the accurate advertisement putting according to question-answering information about the users.

A shared feed reader for multiple users and a method for sharing feed reading are provided which provide group collaboration features. The shared feed reader includes a server including a processor hosting the shared feed reader for remote access by multiple users, and a user interface for each of the multiple users including an aggregator of web feeds subscribed to by the user. The shared feed reader includes: a mechanism for defining a group of users, wherein web feeds subscribed to by users in the group are exposed to the other users in the group; and a mechanism for sharing a read status of a web feed post across the group, wherein the read status indicates which users have read the post. The shared feed reader may also include a mechanism for receiving a meta-feed of meta-posts, wherein meta-feeds and meta-posts relate to activities of users in the group on shared feeds and posts.

Systems and methods for real-time collaborative computing and collective intelligence are disclosed. A hybrid swarm intelligence system includes a central collaboration server, a plurality of computing devices in communication with the central server, and an agent application in communication with the central server. In response to information sent from the central server during a group collaboration session, user input is sent to the central server via the computing devices, and machine input is given to the server via the agent application, which determines input based on rules, additional data, and / or machine learning techniques. The central server uses the user input and the machine input to repeatedly provide feedback to the agent application and users during the group collaboration session.

Systems and methods for real-time collaborative computing and collective intelligence are disclosed. A hybrid swarm intelligence system includes a central collaboration server, a plurality of computing devices in communication with the central server, and an agent application in communication with the central server. In response to information sent from the central server during a group collaboration session, user input is sent to the central server via the computing devices, and machine input is given to the server via the agent application, which determines input based on rules, additional data, and / or machine learning techniques. The central server uses the user input and the machine input to repeatedly provide feedback to the agent application and users during the group collaboration session.

The invention provides a multi-device collaborative navigation system and a multi-device collaborative navigation method. The system comprises a cloud service center, an information interaction terminal and a mobile navigation terminal, wherein the cloud service center is used for providing parameter setting, state change and dynamic change data push services for the mobile navigation terminal according to the preset incidence relation between users and groups, and calculating the traveling path according to the address information acquired by the information interaction terminal and a preset navigation strategy; the information interaction terminal is connected with the cloud service center through a wireless communication network or an internet and is used for receiving the address information searched or input by users and modifying the traveling path generated by the cloud service center; the mobile navigation terminal is connected with the cloud service center through the wireless communication network and is used for downloading the latest navigation information from the cloud service center and performing voice and graphic facilitation driving according to the navigation information. Based on the multi-device collaborative navigation system, group collaboration, individual multi-device collaboration or dynamic position-based collaboration can be realized.

Methods and arrangements for establishing group collaboration between different distributed networks. At least two publisher nodes are prompted to generate individual distribution trees associated with each publisher node, wherein each individual distribution tree includes at least one subscriber node.

The invention relates to a classroom system with a group cooperative learning function. The classroom system realizes that group members carry out display and editing on personal resources in a member area through setting the member area at a personal terminal or a group terminal and setting a public area at the group terminal, and the finally determined resources are submitted to the public area so as to be discussed and used by a plurality of group members. A new classroom with a group discussion function is established by the aid of the personal terminal and the group terminal or only the group terminal to assist cooperative learning within the group, thereby realizing cooperative learning within the group, being conducive to improving enthusiasm and motivation of group members to take part in learning and discussion, and finally improving the effect of group cooperative learning.

Systems and methods for processing a workflow are disclosed. Certain embodiments relate to determining the richness of a requester's requisition data. Certain embodiments relate to determining the richness of an interpreter's interpretation data that is related to the requisition data. The richness of the requisition data and the interpretation data can be compared to determine whether the interpretation data is deficient. If the interpretation data is deficient, the interpreter can be notified so as to increase the value of the interpretation data to the requester. The richness of the requisition data can also be used to determine whether the subject data set would benefit from group collaboration, rather than interpretation by a single interpreter. The disclosed systems and methods have applications including, but not limited to, training, performance analysis, process improvement, and data analysis and data mining in workflows.

Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for enhancing group collaboration in the context of productivity applications. In an implementation, a productivity application includes a user interface in which a document may be presented. In addition, a view of a groups feature provided by a social network service may be presented in the user interface to the productivity application. The view may include various options or interacting with the groups feature, such as the ability to create a new group, the ability to post comments to a group in the social network service, and the ability to upload documents to a group.

The invention discloses an interactive group cooperative learning method and system. Member areas and a public area are created, wherein the member area is used for group members to generate, edit, display and store resources, and the public area is used for receiving resources submitted by each member area in a group and editing and displaying the resources so that in the member areas, the group members can generate their own opinions and issue their opinions to the public area in the form of a resource, and all the group members then carry out discussion and editing on information displayed in the public area so as to form an intergroup opinion at last. The method and system provided by the invention can assist in finishing group cooperative learning, ensures that the group cooperative learning can be carried out, improves participation enthusiasm and motivation of the members, and finally improves learning efficiency.

The invention relates to a group intelligence collaboration method for communication mechanism optimization, and belongs to the technical field of group intelligence collaboration methods for communication mechanism optimization. The technical problem to be solved is to provide the improvement of the swarm intelligence collaboration method for communication mechanism optimization. According to the technical scheme for solving the technical problem, a centralized training and decentralized execution framework is adopted, a centralized evaluation network is adopted to measure the behavior value of the intelligent agent according to global state information, and the influence of the action of a single intelligent agent on the overall benefit is evaluated based on a time difference advantage strategy gradient; a shared storage communication mechanism is introduced into a strategy network part, local messages are generated for observation of a single agent, personalized global messages are generated for each agent through an attention mechanism and transmitted to strategy networks of the agents, and information exchange between the agents is completed; and the strategy network makes decisions according to agent local observation and global communication messages. The method is applied to the field of group collaboration.

The invention discloses a seaplane landing system based on collaboration of multiple unmanned vessels and a seaplane landing method thereof. The seaplane landing system comprises an unmanned vessel positioning module, an unmanned vessel environment perceiving module, an unmanned vessel collaborative control module, an unmanned vessel laser module, a communication module and a seaplane visual perception module. The unmanned vessel positioning module, the unmanned vessel environment perceiving module, the unmanned vessel collaborative control module and the unmanned vessel laser module are installed on each unmanned vessel. The seaplane visual perception module is installed on a seaplane. According to the seaplane landing system based on collaboration of multiple unmanned vessels and a seaplane landing method thereof, the present situation that the seaplane cannot safely and efficiently land under the complex and narrow water surface environment can be solved, the capacity of seaplane autonomous landing can be enhanced and the autonomous degree can be enhanced. Meanwhile, the application field of collaborative control of multiple unmanned vessels can also be expanded, and the development of the unmanned vessel group collaboration technology can be promoted.

The invention discloses a software configuration management method based on a temporal model, which includes the following steps: expanding the traditional entity relationship diagram into a temporal diagram model, and constructing a conceptual model of software development elements; designing a software configuration based on the temporal modeling method Temporal-based software configuration management database, including database logic model and physical model; combined with relational database technology and temporal database technology, according to the conceptual model of software development elements constructed by temporal modeling, design the corresponding relational database logical model; build A method for temporal extension and retrieval on Oracle10g; construct a temporal-based object dependency discovery algorithm. The present invention highlights the temporal attributes of software development elements, and is especially suitable for the requirement of independent evolution of software elements in their life cycle in the process of group collaborative software development; it can quickly retrieve the dependencies between software development elements, and monitor the impact of their changes analyze.

The invention discloses a method for intelligent grouping of cooperative learning of student groups, in which a supervised learning student model is established according to scientific data, and students are divided into four grades of A, B, C, and D according to different subjects, so as to achieve , Different levels of grouping, and group members can be updated at any time according to the data, with high flexibility.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for sharing data across groups. In one embodiment, the method comprises creating, by a cross-group collaboration platform, a collaboration project; determining, by the cross-group collaboration platform, groups participating in the collaboration project to designate the groups as project collaborators for the collaboration project; and sharing, by the cross-group collaboration platform, collaboration data amongst the project collaborators of the collaboration project.

The invention belongs to the technical field of group intelligent collaboration, particularly relates to a group intelligent collaboration method and system based on a hybrid architecture, and aims tosolve problems that an existing group collaboration method lacks flexibility and autonomy and data interaction and collaboration between unmanned platforms are insufficient. The method comprises steps of, firstly, an individual collision-free path is generated based on a preset group task; the unmanned platform executes an individual collision-free path and acquires sensor data of the unmanned platform; the unmanned platform constructs a local map according to the data of each sensor and generates a re-planning path; and the unmanned platform executes the re-planned path and transmits the task execution state to a control center, and the control center adjusts the group task according to the task execution state. The method is advantaged in that flexibility and autonomy of group intelligent collaboration are improved, and data interaction and collaboration between platforms are enhanced.

A wireless sensor network virtual MIMO communication strategy based on cooperative groups is called as group collaboration MIMO (GCMIMO). A method similar to the CMIMO is adopted to carrying out clustering on a network for the GCMIMO, and each cluster is managed by two cluster heads, namely a main cluster head and a secondary cluster head. The main cluster heads are used for dividing information source nodes in the corresponding clusters into a plurality of cooperative groups, each cooperative group is composed of two adjacent information nodes, is equivalent to a virtual double-antenna sending end and is used for sending information source data of the cooperative groups, the secondary cluster heads and the main cluster heads are considered as one cooperation group which is called as a main cooperative group and used for receiving and forwarding the data of other cooperative groups, and therefore multi-hop virtual MIMO transmission is achieved. Different from an existing virtual MIMO communication strategy, the GCMIMO does not need to collect information source data through the cluster heads and directly sends the information source data through the cooperative groups, so that the forwarding frequency of the information source data is reduced and the energy efficiency of intra-cluster communication stages is improved. In a simulation experiment, energy consumption analysis of each communication stage of the GCMIMO proves that the GCMIMO effectively lowers the energy consumption of intra-cluster communication and network maintenance frequency, and improves energy efficiency.