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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2006
Bradley E. Johanson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrew J. Milne, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Eggers, Oakland, CA (US);
Armando Fox, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bradley E. Johanson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Andrew J. Milne, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Eggers, Oakland, CA (US);
Armando Fox, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tidebreak, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A heterogeneous content channel manager is provided for content management and collaboration within and across interactive workspaces. A content channel bar, available on each of the displays in the workspace(s), contains two or more unique representations of respectively two or more different channels available in the interactive workspace(s). Within the set of available channels on each channel bar two or more different channel types are represented. Furthermore, each one of the unique representations in the content channel bar represents different and unique content supported by their respective channels and their types. Channel selection on the channel bar initiates display, on the display where the channel selection was made, of the content represented by the selected representation and channel in a manner appropriate for the channel's type.