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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2003
Howard E. Neely, Iii, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Jason R. Fox, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Peter A. Tinker, West Hills, CA (US);
Jason J. Jerald, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Howard E. Neely, III, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Jason R. Fox, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Peter A. Tinker, West Hills, CA (US);
Jason J. Jerald, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A distributed multimodal collaboration system includes at least one server coupled to a network, a plurality of data sources coupled to the network and a plurality of clients executing on a corresponding plurality of client workstations coupled to the network. The system further includes a tuple-space having a plurality of descriptors. The tuple-space is accessible by the plurality of data sources, and the plurality of clients, and a descriptor distribution and invalidation protocol is operative to distribute and invalidate descriptors accessible by the plurality of clients and the plurality of data sources, and the system includes a transaction processor for committing a plurality of transactions associated with the descriptor distribution and invalidation protocol.