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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2022
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Lisa M. Miller, Spring Valley, WI (US);
Scott R. Fairbairn, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Heather M. Green, Woodbury, MN (US);
Willem V. Bastiaens, Scandia, MN (US);
Joseph C. Wintheiser, Oakdale, MN (US);
Pontus Axelsson, Stockholm, SE;
Michael Rotstein, Stockholm, SE;
Emre B. Ergenekon, Solna, SE;
Nicklas A. Ansman Giertz, New York, NY (US);
Marina Visintini, Stockholm, SE;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for collaboration using digital notes. A facilitator starts a session during a video conferencing with participants and can share a screen with the participants. The screen displays a code, a session ID, and a link. Participants join the session by scanning the code with a camera, entering the session ID, or accessing the link. During the session, the participants can create digital notes or scan physical notes to have them converted to digital notes. The facilitator then receives the digital notes sent from the participants during the session and moves the digital notes to a group on the facilitator's screen. Since the facilitator's screen is shared with the participants, any participant can view the digital notes in the group from all of the participants for collaboration as controlled by the facilitator.