Capturing intellectual capital via digital collaboration

摘要

A system and method are provided that allow users of a digital collaboration service to share information in such a way that an accurate record of the information shared during the digital collaboration is captured. Furthermore, the context in which the information is being exchanged amongst users of the service can also be captured. As a result, a system in accordance to one or more embodiments of the present invention is ideally suited for digital collaboration conducted amongst potential business partners, where maintaining an accurate record of what information was shared by each party is paramount. Furthermore, the capture of contextual information makes a system in accordance to one or more embodiments of the present invention ideally suited for digital collaboration conducted amongst users that are within the same company. For example, a development team may use a digital collaboration system in accordance to the present invention to conduct meetings. Since any part of the digital collaboration session, including all of the relevant contextual information, is captured an accurate record of the information exchanged during the digital collaboration session may be automatically generated.