System for collaboration of a specific image and utilizing selected annotations while viewing and relative to providing a display presentation

摘要

A system and methodology for collaborating. The system is comprised of a plurality of computing appliances, each of the computing appliances having an input apparatus providing for a respective user input of and storage of annotations input relative to and while viewing a display presentation of a specific image and each of the computing appliances having a display apparatus providing a display presentation of a specific image to be viewed by an associated respective user of the plurality of users. Logic controls communication and utilization of selected annotations in providing a display presentation. At least two of the plurality of computing appliances have input apparatus each providing annotation data responsive to the associated respective user input of annotations using the input apparatus. Memory provides associative storage of the annotation data as mapped relative to the associated respective user of the respective computing appliance providing the respective user input. For at least two of said plurality of computing appliances, the input apparatus provides for input of the annotations while the display presentation of the respective said display apparatus provides the specific image presented for viewing by the respective user while the annotations are being made by that said respective user.

主权项

1. A system for use by a plurality of users, each of the users having an input apparatus for providing an input of data, the system comprising:
display logic providing a display presentation on a display of an image for viewing by a plurality of the users; input logic permitting concurrent input by at least two of the users, while providing the display presentation to each said user of the display of the image relative to which the input is made by each said user to each generate respective data; index logic associating said respective data for each said user providing the input; memory providing non-transitory storage of the data from each said respective user in a respective separate data layer from a plurality of data layers, responsive to the index logic; storage logic, responsive to the index logic and the input logic, for controlling storage to and retrieval of the data from the respective said data layer in the memory that is associated with the respective said user; selection logic providing a selection of selected users from the plurality of users; and wherein the display logic provides an updated said display presentation representative of the input generated by the selected users, provided responsive to the data retrieved from the data layers associated with the selected users.