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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1996
Philip David Heinlein, Binghamton, NY (US);
Carl Frank Ingersoll, Endwell, NY (US);
Gary Lee Mack, Vestal, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer network for gathering information and reaching consensus in a multi-user collaborative environment for Process Safety Management (PSM). Comments and ideas are gathered simultaneously from team members in a meeting, using the network. Apparatus is provided for storing these inputs and retrieving them from a database, and for printing them in predefined formats. The system provides for team members to submit their ideas anonymously in a meeting so that people uncomfortable with speaking in front of a group can freely share their ideas. The system automatically records input so ideas are not lost or misrecorded. The input is converted from the first database into a format for word processing to produce the required documents, into a format for a project management system to schedule the work to complete PSM documentation, and into a format to produce flow changes to the process being analyzed.