Visual communications tool

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2005-02-07

2008-09-16

Vu, Kieu D. (Department: 2173)

Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i

Operator interface

Computer supported collaborative work between plural users

C715S700000, C707S793000, C709S203000, C709S205000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07426693

ABSTRACT:
A visual communications (VC) tool creating visual arrangements and presenting the visual arrangements to others for feedback and comment in an efficient and secure manner. An author uses the VC tool to generate a folio, storyboard, or presentation, and publishes the generated arrangement to desired recipients. The published arrangement is uploaded to a server once, and a recipient equipped with a copy of the VC tool downloads the arrangement in response to a notification from the server. Thereafter, only changes to the visual arrangement are uploaded to the server and forwarded to the recipient. The recipient may transmit a comment on the visual arrangement back to the author's VC tool. The author's VC tool tracks and automatically correlates all received comments to their respective arrangements, allowing them to be concurrently displayed on a single screen.

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