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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1999
Kazuhiro Sakata, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The cooperative work support system of the present invention has at least a first terminal and a second terminal in a communication network, wherein each terminal comprises: a file system for storing a shared file; a file transmitter for transmitting the shared file between the first terminal and the second terminal; and a sharable file list manager for registering shared file information into a sharable file list. The sharable file list manager in the second terminal determines whether the shared file exists within the second terminal based on the shared file information, and sends a transmission request to request the first terminal to transmit the shared file to the second terminal when the shared file does not exist within the second terminal. The file transmitter in the first terminal sends the shared file from the first terminal to the second terminal through the communication network in response to the transmission request. The sharable file list manager in the second terminal updates the shared file information in the sharable file list in the second terminal after the transmission of the shared file.