International Business Machines Corporation

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Cun Yong Tan

Miguel A Estrada

Julio Estrada

Stephen R Quatrano

Michael Paul Lepore

Ryan J Schuft

Steven R Glovin

A method for storing information includes receiving a command for a selected one of a plurality of services, and forwarding the command to a data source corresponding to the selected service. The method also includes, receiving data from the data source, and storing the data in a selected namespace in a cache corresponding to the selected service. The method further includes invalidating the data in the namespace according to invalidation criteria provided by the selected service.

Caching information for multiple service applications

Collaboration space object model provides for a place consisting of rooms created by users interacting with a client browser. A skin (i.e., theme) may be used as template for creating places. PlaceBots (i.e., agents) provide for accessing, processing and managing data in a place. HTML may be dragged and dropped into a place, where it is parsed and corresponding place fields created. MS Excel or Word documents may be dragged and dropped into a place, which creates a corresponding form, and users may create new documents using that form. A place type comprising a template of an entire place, or collaboration space, may be used to create new places. Changes made to a place may be reported, subject to security controls, by selecting what's new. Task fields are provided allowing web browser creation of forms for work flow. Place enabled objects are provided for synchronous communications. A quick browse feature provides a simplified format for browser windows based on selection of HTML links. MS Office documents may launched within a place for in place editing and importing the resulting document into the place.

Method and system for compiling and using placebot agents for automatically accessing, processing, and managing the data in a place

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