Community co-presence system

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1996-11-12

1999-01-26

Von Buhr, Maria N.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707 8, 707 10, 707102, G06F 1730

Patent

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058648747

ABSTRACT:
A data retrieval system includes a data server a co-presence server and at least two co-presence data retrieval clients. The data server retrieves at least one of a plurality of data objects from a data repository. The co-presence data-retrieval clients communicate at least with the data server and with the co-presence server. The co-presence server includes community means for at least maintaining a list of users associated with a community and at least one virtual place having a list of users from the community at the virtual place. Each of the co-presence data retrieval clients includes object association means and co-presence means. The object association means associate a data object received from the data server with one of the at least one virtual places in the co-presence server. The co-presence means is associated with the one virtual place and associates the client with the community and enables communication at least with other co-presence means also associated with the one virtual place.

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