CN101416173A - Method and apparatus for exchanging information in a web-based environment - Google Patents

Abstract

"dynamic workspace" techniques within the framework of a Centrally Controlled Distributed Scalable Virtual Machine (CCDSVM) and a web-based computer user work (operations) environment (WCUWE). With "dynamic workspace" technology, users can use traditional browsers to post or withdraw messages, digital documents or content or the resources immediately, without installing specialized software, without size limitations, with security, and further to gain the ability to exchange information anywhere and anytime peer-to-peer in an organization's user-group or in a one-to-one fashion. In addition, WCUWE of CCDSVM provides private workspace to each user and public workspace to each group under the protection of dynamic workspace, thus WCUWE provides users of CCDSVM with a secure and reliable framework hierarchy for users or groups of users to effectively manage, share, and access appropriate information on the network in a timely and anywhere manner.

Description

Method and apparatus for exchanging information in a web-based environment

priority

This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/787,653, filed March 31, 2006, by the same inventor as this application, entitled: "Instant Post Document and Messages to Users from Central Controlled Distributed Scalable Virtual Machine", and this application is also a partial continuation of U.S. Patent Application No. 10/713,904 and a partial continuation of U.S. Patent Application No. 10/713,905, wherein U.S. Patent Application No. 10/713,904 is issued by The inventor identical with this application submitted on August 12, 2002, and its invention name is: " Concurrent WebBased Multi-Task Support for Control Management System "; U.S. patent application No. 10/713,905 is by the same invention as this application It was submitted on August 12, 2002, and its invention name is: "Method and Apparatus for Web-based Storage OnDemand".

technical field

The present invention generally relates to communication networks. More specifically, the present invention relates to web-based communication systems.

Background technique

With the increasing use of the Internet and the World Wide Web ("the World Wide Web"), the digital world is rapidly changing, and individuals and businesses are exchanging (or exchanging) vast amounts of information via the World Wide Web. In recent years, the demand for more and faster information exchange has grown. For example, various business conferences and conventions are held via the World Wide Web with attendees scattered all over the world. To enhance communication among conference attendees, not only voice (and/or image) information is important, but information exchange is also key.

Fast, high-capacity and secure information exchange is important to improve the efficiency of communication networks. The problems associated with traditional networks are limited size and speed. For example, common email systems limit the size of individual emails, such as 10 megabytes, so that such emails can be delivered at a reasonable speed. Another problem associated with traditional networking is that the hosts require software to be installed before users can use the platforms of the various hosts. For example, Skype( ^TM) requires a user to install its proprietary software on the user's system before allowing the user to use its platform.

Therefore, there is a need in the art to provide faster, more secure and high-capacity information exchange over the World Wide Web.

Contents of the invention

The present invention relates to methods and devices for exchanging information in the World Wide Web environment.

Since the Centrally Controlled Distributed Scalable Virtual Machine (CCDSVM) and the World Wide Web-based Computer User Work (Operating) Environment (WCUWE) have been developed, the "dynamic workspace" of the present invention can be easily to solve the problems mentioned in the previous section.

One or more logged-in users of CCDSVM (each using any system's browser and from anywhere) can perform tasks immediately using dynamic workspace technology. For example, each user can post or un-post messages, files, folders or other resources on the CCDSVM system to one or more audiences on the network in a group-based mode or a one-to-one non-group mode . This technology also enables larger secure information exchanges without size limitations or specific software installations.

Implementations of the present invention provide users with a single-click web browser-based system capable of exchanging messages, files, folders, or other information resources across systems across network domains without size limitations.

Additional features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description, drawings, and claims set forth below.

Description of drawings

A more complete understanding of the invention can be obtained from the accompanying drawings of various embodiments of the invention and the detailed description given below, however, these drawings do not limit the invention to specific embodiments, but are merely for illustration and understand.

Fig. 1 is the block diagram that has the CCDSVM layout of central control management system and multiple backup systems, client systems and console systems according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2A is a block diagram of the layout of a CCDSVM according to another embodiment of the present invention, with which users can communicate with each other through their prepared system's web browser;

2B is a block diagram of a layout of a CCSDVM with a single control management system accessed by a large number of client systems according to another embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram of an example of software for CCDSVM according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is an example of a dynamic workspace according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4A is an example of resources that can be allocated to a public workspace of a user group according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4B is an example of a user's private workspace and system resources that can be allocated according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 5 is an example of a resource object on a system according to one embodiment of the present invention;

6A is an example of displaying a web page with 4 parts in the web browser of User X in User-Group-1 during an interactive online conference according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6B is an example of displaying a web page with 4 parts in the web browser of User Y in User-Group-1 during an interactive online conference according to another embodiment of the present invention;

6C is an example of displaying a web page with 4 parts in the web browser of User X in User-Group-1 before the interactive online meeting according to another embodiment of the present invention;

6D is an example of displaying a web page with 4 parts in the web browser of User Y in User-Group-1 before the interactive online meeting according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6E is a graph showing that each of a large number of online users of user X and user Y can access from their respective browsers without logging in to CCDSVM during the user-group-1 online conference according to another embodiment of the present invention and Viewed examples of displayed World Wide Web pages;

Fig. 7A is one-to-one, point-to-point posting or removal of messages and folders of user X according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7B shows user Y's one-to-one, point-to-point posting or removal of messages and folders according to another embodiment of the present invention;

8A is an example of a web-based graphical representation of resources allocated in User X's private workspace in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

8B is an example of a web-based graphical representation of resources allocated in User Y's private workspace according to another embodiment of the present invention;

8C is an example of a web-based graphical representation of user Y's private workspace after user X dynamically posts and shares "folder 2" in his private space according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9A is an example of a pop-up menu for a folder according to an embodiment of the present invention;

9B is an example of a pop-up menu for files according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10A is an example of a non-popup operation menu for folders according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10B is an example of a non-popup operation menu for folders according to another embodiment of the present invention;

11 is an example of a central view of a list of files or folders that have been posted in the shareable files and folders area of User X's public workspace according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the invention are described herein in the context of methods, systems, and apparatus for providing a World Wide Web-based communication network with fast, high-capacity, and secure information exchange. Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the following detailed description of the invention is exemplary only and is not intended to limit the invention in any way. Other embodiments of the invention will readily occur to those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure themselves. Implementations of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings and the following detailed description to refer to the same or like parts.

In the interest of clarity, not all of the routine features of the implementations described herein have been shown and described. Of course, it should be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation, a number of implementation-specific decisions must be made in order to achieve the developer's specific goals, such as compliance with application-related and business-related constraints, and that these specific goals will Varies by implementation and by developer. Moreover, it should be appreciated that such a development effort, while complex and time consuming, would nevertheless be a routine undertaking of engineering for those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure.

According to the invention, components, process steps and/or data structures described herein may be implemented using various types of operating systems, computing platforms, computer programs and/or general-purpose machines. Additionally, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that devices having less general features, such as hardwired devices, field programmable Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), etc. Where a method comprising a series of processing steps is implemented by a computer or machine and these processing steps can be stored as a series of instructions readable by the machine, they may be stored on a tangible medium such as a computer memory device (e.g., ROM (only Read memory), PROM (programmable read-only memory), EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read-only memory), FLASH memory, and jump drive (iump drive), etc.), magnetic storage media (such as tape and disk drive, etc.) , optical storage media (eg, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, paper cards and tapes, etc.), and other known types of program memory.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the following detailed description of the invention is exemplary only and is not intended to limit the invention in any way. Other embodiments of the invention will readily occur to those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure themselves. It should be appreciated that these specific details will not be required to practice the present invention to one skilled in the art. In other instances, well-known circuits and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the present invention. In the description of the following embodiments, basically, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals.

While particular embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it should now be apparent to those skilled in the art having the benefit of this disclosure that modifications other than those described above can be made without departing from the inventive concepts set forth herein. More variants mentioned. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to cover within their scope all such modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.

The present invention can be implemented by a World Wide Web-based system operating within a network framework, such as a Central Controlled Distributed Scalable Virtual Machine ("CCDSVM"). Fig. 1 shows a CCDSVM according to an embodiment of the present invention. CCDSVM includes a set of preparation system 3 , control management system 2 , console system 1 and client system 10 . A control management system (“control system”) 2 is configured to control a set of systems (“standby systems”) 3 . The console system ("console system") 2 provides management, and the client system 10 ("client system") initiates access to the backup system 3 through a web browser under a network framework, such as an intranet, the Internet and/or LAN.

The network infrastructure ("Network") includes all necessary hardware and software to facilitate communication over the Internet, Intranet and/or LAN for various users from different geographic locations. The hardware of the network includes network connection media, wireless media, circuit components and communication equipment. Network connection media include various cables such as Ethernet and/or fiber optics. Wireless media enable wireless communication links to be established through the air. Circuit components include processors, data buses, memory devices, and/or circuit boards. Communications equipment such as switches, routers, gateways and/or adapters are used to provide the communications network. It should be noted that there may also be other possible communication device elements that are necessary to form a communication link but are not necessary to understand the invention.

The software architecture includes Internet Protocol ("IP") address and system name recognition software, such as Domain Name System ("DNS"), firewall software, IP gateway creation software, IP broadcasting, and the like. The network communication protocol can be a standard IP-based protocol or a non-standard proprietary protocol, such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol ("HTTP") based on Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol ("TCP/IP"), or simple object Access Protocol ("SOAP"). It should also be noted that many IP-based protocols are proprietary and that some are non-IP-based.

A World Wide Web browser is an application program, such as Windows Internet Explorer ("IE"), FireFox, Netscape, and/or Mozilar, that allows a user to access information on the World Wide Web. A web browser may also be any dedicated software that uses web protocols such as HTTP, WAP, SOAP for communicating over a network. The web browser can be implemented in any suitable programming language, such as C, C++, Java or XML, or a combination of these suitable languages.

A web page, on the other hand, is a displayable information resource that is accessible through a web browser. A web page can be hosted by a web server through a web server system and can be delivered (or retrieved) by a web browser.

The provisioning system 3, the client system 10, the console system 1 and the control management system 2 are computing systems, which may be server systems, desktop or laptop systems, handheld devices such as PDAs, wireless telephones, and the like. A computing system includes a CPU, storage devices, and a memory controller. The memory device includes internal memory, such as read only memory ("ROM") and/or random access memory ("RAM"). The storage devices may also include external storage devices such as magnetic disks or tapes, including Redundant Array of Independent Drives ("RAID"), JBOBs, and memory sticks. The associated storage controller may be an integrated drive electronics ("IDE"), a small computer system interface ("SCSI"), a fiber optic controller, or a combination of the foregoing.

Computing systems also include running non-embedded or real-time embedded OS, which can be Linux or Windows, Unix, or a dedicated OS. It should be noted that the present invention may include multiple control systems in different layers of a system configuration topology, where the control systems are able to communicate with each other over a network. The control system at the middle layer plays the dual role of both control system and backup system in the system configuration topology.

FIG. 1 shows a CCDSVM platform with multiple clients according to an embodiment of the present invention. The CCDSVM includes a console system 1, a control management system 2, a backup system 3 and networks 11-12, wherein the networks 11-12 are used for interconnection of all systems of the CCDSVM and client systems 10.

The console system 1 is a computing system having a web browser or web console 9, where the web browser is used by privileged users to access the CCDSVM platform. A web browser 9 capable on any system allows users to access information from the CCDSVM through web URL links. For example, a privileged user enters the condition "https://69.107.28.123/stt/sttwebos" in the command line of the World Wide Web browser 9, and once the link is established, the user can obtain a computer user work/operating environment based on the World Wide Web ( "WCUWE") hosted information. In one embodiment, the console system 1 also includes a software module 13 , wherein the module 13 can be used to facilitate communication between the console system 1 and the control management system 2 .

In one embodiment, the control system 2 is a server system, a desktop or laptop system, which has memory and storage capabilities. The control system 2 includes web server software 7 and console support software 6 . The console support software 6 includes a web server interface software module 5 and a control management software module 4 . The control management system 2 also has a web browser 9 serving as a web console 9 of the control system 2 . The web server software 7 sends/receives data to/from the web console 9 of the control system 1 or client system 10 or control system 2 . The web server software 7 is configured to provide Secure Sockets Layer ("SSL") encryption to encrypt data prior to transmission for increased security. The web server software 7 may be commercially available software such as from open source Apache ^™ or IIS from Microsoft or proprietary software. The web server software module and the console support software module can be implemented in any suitable programming language, such as C, C++, Java, JavaScript, HTML or XML, or a combination of any suitable programming languages.

The console support software 6 communicates with the service software module 8 of the preparation system 3 . The web server interface 5 of the console support software 6 is able to provide specific functions that would otherwise be performed through the web server 7 . In one embodiment, if no standby system 3 is connected to the CCDSVM platform, the control management system 2 is reconfigured to continue monitoring the systems on the network, and the CCDSVM platform is also reconfigured as a single independent system, as shown in FIG. 2B . Users can access and/or obtain objects or system resources through a web browser 9, which can reside on any client system 3 or console system 1 .

In one embodiment, the preparation system 3 is a computing system, which may contain a suitable operating system ("OS"). The provisioning system 3 can be automatically provisioned by the control system 2 through the automatic system service pool construction protocol. Preliminary processing, known as a pooling process, is a method that allows the control system 2 to control one or more network systems by reconfiguring these network systems. For example, when the standby system is powered on through the communication protocol, the control system 2 obtains the name, IP address and system information of the standby system, wherein the system information includes network information, storage information, file system information, and the like. Each preparation system 3 can be monitored, accessed and/or operated by a user(s) via the web browser 9 of the console system 1 . In an alternative embodiment, the provisioning system 3 is controlled by the user via the client system 10 via the control system 2 after appropriate user authentication. Each provisioning system 3 contains a service software module 8 for communicating with a server on the World Wide Web. For example, the service software module 8 of the provisioning system 3 can communicate with the control management software 4 to perform tasks for viewing or operating the resources of the provisioning system 3 . The service software 8 is able to communicate with the client system 10 or the web browser 9 of the console system 1 to transfer data between them or deliver services to them, or to communicate with other provisioning systems 3 to send or receive data.

The service software module 8 may comprise functionally specific software compatible with the web server software 7 of the control system 2 and dedicated to this if web-based communication with the client system 10 or with other standby systems 3 or with the control system 2 is required. For processing the HTTP protocol or other World Wide Web protocols. The software module 8 may be commercially available web server software 7 or any dedicated software. The service software module 8 can be implemented in any suitable programming language, such as C, C++, Java or JavaScript.

The network 11 and the network 12 are network structures capable of providing communication links among the control management system 2 , the console system 1 , the client system 10 and/or the backup system 3 .

The client system 10 may not be part of the CCDSVM, but with licensing and authorization, the user can log into the CCDSVM from the web browser 9 of the client system 10 and use the web browser 9 to access the licensed resources of the CCDSVM through the web URL link of the CCDSVM. Privileged users can obtain, manage, access and/or operate system resources from CCDSVM through WCUWE, while ordinary users (non-privileged users) of guest system 10 may only be permitted to access limited system resources of CCDSVM.

In one embodiment, the CCDSVM configuration includes four data flow paths. The first data path is the communication between the web browser 9 of the client host 10 (or the console host 1 or the control management system 2) and the web processing software of the control system 2, such as the web server 7 or the console support software 6 Link. With this path of data flow, whenever a user sends a request from a web browser 9 to either the web server 7 or the console support software 6, the console support software 6 collects the required information from the target preparation system 3 and converts them into web Communication of standard structured information (World Wide Web format). The target system can be one of the backup systems 3 or the control system 2 . The information collected by the console support software 6 of the control system 2 can be system status, or storage information, or network information, or user authentication profiles, or file system information, or files on the control system 2 or on any target standby system 3 and folder information. Then the console support software 6 transmits the converted structured information to the web server software 7 and also to the web browser 9 through the communication link network 11 and the network 12, so that it can be displayed and viewed by the conventional web browser 9 The converted structured information is shown in Figure 1.

The communication protocol used between the web browser 9 of the client system 10 (or the console system 1 or the control system 2) and the web server 7 of the control system 2 can be HTTP, HTTPS (SSL-encrypted HTTP protocol) or for the web Any suitable World Wide Web protocol for communication that is capable of successfully communicating data over the World Wide Web, or the communication protocol may be other standard or proprietary IP-based or non-IP-based protocols. This data path, which may be referred to as console support software 6 , passes data to or from the web browser 9 or web server 7 .

The second data path is the data flow through the communication link between the control system 2 and the backup system 3 . A request destined for the backup system 3 is passed from the console support software 6 of the control system 2 to the service module 8 of the backup system 3 via the communication link network 12 . In case the control system 2 receives responses to these requests, the service module 8 of the provisioning system 3 performs the requested tasks and then sends the response back to the console support software 6 of the control system 2 . The implementation of the actual product of the invention in the second data path can use a dedicated TCP/UDP/IP based protocol for communication between the preparation system 3 and the control system 2 . However, other standard or proprietary IP-based or any suitable non-IP-based protocols are also possible. The communication protocol used between the console support software 6 of the control system and the service module 8 of the preparation system 3 can be any suitable IP-based or non-IP-based protocol, any of these suitable protocols is suitable for the control system. Data is transferred between the console support software 6 of the system and the service module 8 of the preparation system 3 . Typical data flows through this path may be import messages, system status, network information or storage information of the provisioning system 3, as shown in FIG. 1 .

The third data path is the data flow between the provisioning system 3 and the client system 10 or the console system 1 via the communication link 12 . Referring to FIG. 1 , the console support software 6 of the control system 2 can present web links pointing to objects on the provisioning system 3, working on the client system 10 or the web browser 9 of the console system 1 or the control system 2. user. The object pointed to by the World Wide Web link on the preparation system 3 may be a text file, MPEG video, PDF document, MS Power Point, Word document, etc. It can also be links to other World Wide Web services. From the web browser 9, the user can directly access the information pointed out by the web link on the preparation system 3 without going through the control system 2 again. In this case, the service module 8 of the preparation system 3 also includes a web server software module or equivalent to directly support the aforementioned web browser 9 . The communication protocol of the third path may be a World Wide Web protocol, such as HTTP or WAP. Alternatively, the communication protocol may be other standard or proprietary IP-based or non-IP-based protocols. To simplify the discussion, the data passed on this path will be described as the service software module 8 sending data to or receiving data from the web browser 9 and vice versa.

The fourth data path is the data flow through the communication link between the provisioning system 3 and other provisioning systems 3 . Using this path, the service module 8 of one backup system 3 can directly transfer data or information to the service module 8 of the other backup system 3 via the communication link network 12 without going through the control system 2 . For example, the actual product implementation of the invention uses a dedicated IP-based protocol for communication between two prepared systems 3 . However, the principles of the present invention are not dependent on or limited to proprietary protocols. It should be noted that other standard or proprietary IP-based or any suitable non-IP-based protocols are also possible. Data and information transferred through the fourth data path may be various types of data. For example, a user on the web browser 9 obtains a file or folder on the preparation system 3 provided by the control system 2 and also selects a target folder on the target system provided by the control system. The user is also able to instruct transfer of files from the current target provisioning system 3 to another provisioning system 3 by clicking the mouse. The data files will then be transferred directly between the two preparation systems 3 without going through the control system 2 .

Figure 2A shows a variant of the CCDSVM platform for web browser based communications according to one embodiment of the present invention. The CCDSVM platform shown in FIG. 2A is similar to the platform shown in FIG. 1 except that each provisioning system 3 includes a web browser 9 . Thus, each user of the provisioning system 3 can access and manage their own provisioning system 3 from a web browser 9, either on their own local provisioning system 3 or anywhere on the network, after proper authentication process on any client system. It should be noted that when a user registers on the standby system 3, the user is authorized to access the standby system 3 locally without CCDSVM. On the other hand, when a user registers on the CCDSVM, the user is authorized to access a plurality of backup systems 3 and control systems 2 of the CCDSVM.

FIG. 2B shows another example of a modification of CCDSVM in which there is no provisioning system 3 . The control system 2 can run on its own, and the CCDSVM has degenerated into a single independent system (Fig. Users are allowed to access and manipulate licensed objects and system resources on the independent control system 2 .

Unless otherwise specified, as shown in Figure 1, the console support software module 6 of the control system 2, the backup system 3, the service software module 8 of the backup system 3, and the World Wide Web browser 9, the client system 10 and the control system 2 of the control system Platform system 1 is called CCDSVM platform.

The CCDSVM's World Wide Web-based Computer User Work/Operating Environment ("WCUWE") is a software framework, shown in FIG. The operating environment of , which is a private workspace comprising allocated and licensed resources on the control system 2 or on the standby system 3 on the network. WCUWE also enables users from a single web browser to perform various permitted tasks and operations (FIG. 5) under various system resources, where these tasks can be performed concurrently from a single logged-on web browser.

Tasks also include allowing privileged users to create users, groups, assign users to groups, assign initial relevant system resources to each user or group, and save created user and group information to a database stored in the Control on the storage medium of the system. Information required to create a user or group includes username, user ID, assigned security permissions, password, access point, group name, group ID, maximum number of members in the group, and more. Tasks also include various system operations such as managing networks, storage, file systems, folders, files, messages, user security, and more.

A database is organized as a list of one or more tables, where each list contains various resources. For example, a resource may be information for one or more users, information for one or more systems, information for one or more network cards, and information for one or more disk drives. For example, a storage medium may be the system's internal memory or a disk drive.

The WCUWE of CCDSVM includes the software modules of the present invention. For example, the software includes a console support module 6 of the control system 2 , a service software module 8 of the preparation system 3 and other service software 13 of the console system 1 . The current implementation of WCUWE is based on the proprietary design of the present invention. However, the essence and spirit of the present invention are not limited to specially designed software. The WCUWE of CCDSVM also includes other dedicated software modules or conventional software, such as the web server 7 of the control system 2 , the web browser 9 of the control system 2 , the client system 10 and the console system 1 .

For example, the WCUWE of CCDSVM can be implemented in any suitable programming language, such as C, C++, Java, JavaScript, HTML, or XML, or a combination of various suitable programming languages. To simplify the discussion, WCUWE will be used to denote the software modules in CCDSVM described above.

A user of CCDSVM can be created by CCDSVM through a given process, or by any user on the Internet, Intranet, or LAN not registered in CCDSVM. The WCUWE of CCDSVM enables users to access various resources and perform various tasks by clicking the preferred mode (model) of resource objects graphically presented on the browser with the mouse.

WCUWE is designed to operate on the CCDSVM platform, and in particular to provide dynamic workspaces to various users associated with various CCDSVMs (FIG. 4). WCUWE also performs the task of immediately posting or removing a user's private resources for peers in a group or in CCDSVM but not in a group or not in the same group as the user Each peer user, or a large number of public users on the network. A large number of public users do not have accounts on the CCDSVM platform.

WCUWE's dynamic workspace is a centrally controlled collection of group workspaces and/or user workspaces. After the corresponding WCUWE software of the control system and the standby system enters the working mode, when the privileged user creates each user or group account, the console support software 6 of the control system 2 of CCDSVM allocates a private workspace for each user and allocates a public workspace for each group. Workspace. When a user or group account is created, each user is assigned specific user security scopes and permissions. An important aspect of CCDSVM's WCUWE is that it assigns workspaces to individual users and/or individual user groups based on the user's and group's security permissions.

A workspace is an organized information structure that can be stored by the console support software 6 on a storage medium of memory or disk drive or both. Create workspaces at the same time as a privileged user performs the task of creating a user or group. As shown in Figure 5, the workspace will be initialized and allocated with the system resources of CCDSVM. For example, various system resources on the standby system 3 and/or the control system 2 may include respective memories, system groups, systems within system groups, file systems, folders, files, storage media, and network media. For example, each group's common workspace 15 as shown in FIG. 4A may initially be assigned information on system resources ( FIG. 5 ), such as users in the group, message area, file system, on a specific provisioning system 3 or Folders and files on control system 2. The resources of the public workspace can also be allocated or assigned dynamically by the permitted users after the group account is created. For example, during an online interactive meeting, a user posts a file to the common workspace, so that a new entry for the file node is added to the file and folder tree area of the common workspace. In addition, each group is assigned one or more users, wherein each user can also be assigned a private workspace 6 of FIGS. 4 and 4B during user account creation. A private workspace may also be initially allocated by the system resources of the CCDSVM during a user account creation session. Alternatively, the private workspace is allocated dynamically by the resources of the CCDSVM after account creation.

For example, a privileged user can dynamically grant or deny ordinary users access to a list of storage devices. During this operation, at one moment the user can see the list from the user's web browser, and at another moment the normal user can no longer see the list. Also, if an authorized user has access to the list of stored devices on the standby system, and is also able to take one of those devices offline, it will result in one less device being displayed in the list of devices on the standby system.

In another example, a momentary privileged user allows ordinary users to access file J in folder N on system M of CCDSVM, and another momentary privileged user resets the previous permissions so that ordinary users can see and access the system of CCDSVM File J in folder N on M, and then ordinary users can no longer see and access this file J. The actual implementation of the console support software 6 of the control system 2 has achieved this capability.

Additionally, each type of resource is organized as a list of tables in the workspace and can be stored in the storage medium of the control system. By restricting different resources to different groups, the integrity of the security of each group is protected. In this manner, groups are authorized but restricted to view the allocated system resources on the provisioning system 3 as well as the control system 2 . The same security integrity at the user level can be achieved by allocating different system resources of the preparation system 3 and/or the control system 2 to different individual users on the basis of the assigned security permissions. Accordingly, each user is authorized to access and view the assigned resource.

FIG. 4A has shown an example of allocated resources of users 17 , messages area 18 and folders and files area 19 and others 20 in a group's common workspace. Messages from users in a user group in the common message area 18 and information on folders and files in the common files and folders area 19 can be shared by all users in the same user group. All resources in the common workspace of each group can be selectively displayed on each login belonging to the same user group after being converted into a presentable WWW format (WWW web page) by the console support system 6 of the control system 2 of CCDSVM. in the user's World Wide Web browser.

Figure 4B has shown an example of resources in a user's private workspace (16), which has been allocated a private message area 21, a private file and folder area 22, and a private network or storage or other information area twenty three. The assigned resource can only be viewed and accessed exclusively by the designated user, unless he/she agrees to share with peer users across group boundaries or with peer users of the same group. The folder (directory) is a data structure capable of holding one or more files and subfolders at a logical file system level and at a physical level on a storage medium.

Figure 8A shows an example of an actual implementation portion of a World Wide Web page displayed encoded with resources allocated in User X's private workspace, which includes the system groups on the network displayed in User X's private workspace A33, multiple standby systems 3 under system group A, user X's private folder on the system and files under folder 32.

FIG. 8B shows an example of an actual implementation portion showing a web page encoded with allocated resources in User Y's private workspace, including Control System 2, User B private folders and files 35.

User X's and User Y's private workspaces may also include a private message area 21 and other resources, but because WCUWE is designed to dynamically display only part of a user's private workspace when needed, they are not shown in Figure 8A and Figure 8A. 8B.

It should be noted that said user X and user Y may be in the same user group (such as said group-1), however each of them can have Significantly different ranges of private workspaces because of the very different resources assigned to them on the system for each user based on their roles and security permissions, which are set by privileged users of the CCDSVM through the Created using the web-based user interface provided by the console support software 6 described above. This is the benefit of the present invention for WCUWE of CCDSVM.

Figures 6C and 6D are examples of web page views in the web browser 9 of user X and user Y in user group 1 prior to an interactive online conference. As shown in Figure 6C and Figure 6D, User X or User Y or other users (whose WWW pages/browsers are not depicted) in the same User Group 1 will be in their respective After logging into the CCDSVM, the browser has entered the group online meeting, and all users get the web page provided by the console support software 6 of the control system 2, except in the private workspace part of the display due to various Users have been assigned different resources and have different content but are all equivalent. The layout of the World Wide Web page screen provided by the console support software 6 contains four parts:

1) private user message input area (part 1);

2) message display part (part 2), which displays the public message area 18 for all users of user group 1 among Fig. 4A;

3) a file or folder display section (section 3), which displays the group common file and folder area 19 for all users of the same user group 1 in FIG. 4A; and

4) A file and folder tree display and management section (section 4), which displays user folders and a file tree in the private file and folder area 22 of the user's private workspace of FIG. 4B.

Initially, Section 1, Section 2, and Section 3 are all empty since none of them have posted any files or messages yet. The console support software 6 obtains the assigned folders and files for online meetings from the private files and folders area 22 in FIG. 4B of each user's private workspace stored on the storage medium for each logged-in user , and also convert the file or folder information into a presentable web format (web page) to be displayed in the part 4 of each user's web page/web browser 9. The choice of all four parts of the web page layout and the order of the parts on the browser screen is irrelevant to the present invention, as other choices of design are possible, and furthermore, the present invention has no restrictions on what the web screen layout should look like . Said information of a file or folder includes, but is not limited to, the name of the system where the file or folder resides, the name and path of the file or folder, the owner of the file or folder, a time stamp, the size of the file, etc. .

During an interactive online meeting, the console support software 6 enables each user to post files or folders to, or remove from, the section 3 of the public documents and content management section of the displayed group in a few steps file or folder. For example, first, the user X is enabled to click once on a target file "Doc 1" 24 or folder in the section 4 of the displayed file and folder management area of the user private workspace. Second, the action of selecting either post or undo from the action menu (see Figures 9A, 9B, 10A and 10B). Finally, click Selected Actions to submit the task of posting the selected files or folders or removing the selected files or folders.

Permitted users can perform a remove operation if they have at least one previously posted file or folder that has been displayed in the web browser 9 of all logged-in users of the same user group. In Section 3 of the Common Document and Content Management section, see, for example, Figure 6A or Figure 6B.

If a file has been selected, the file operation menu is used, and if a folder has been selected, the folder operation menu is used respectively. The console support software 6 can also only provide one menu for the operation of both files and folders. The operation menu can either be a pop-up menu for folders as shown in FIG. 9A, or a pop-up menu for files as shown in FIG. 9B, or a pop-up menu for folders as shown in FIG. 10A. A non-popup menu, or a non-popup menu for files as shown in FIG. 10B. The selection of the operation menu is irrelevant to the present invention, although the actual implementation of this part of the present invention has used pop-up menus, but in fact the present invention has no limitation on how to design the operation menu.

In the example of FIG. 6A, user X is able to post a file 24 named "Doc 1" to the section 3 of the public documents and content display section of the web browser 9. In the example of FIG. 6B , user Y is able to post a file 25 named "picture 1 (picture 1)" to the public document and content display section of the web browser 9. In addition, another user Z who is not described posts a file named "project code". Said file or folder may be a file or folder on said control system 2 or a file or folder provisioned on any standby system 3 of CCDSVM.

Additionally, during an interactive online meeting, the console support software 6 of the control system 2 also enables each user to send messages from said section 1 of the private user message input section to those in the same group after typing a message and hitting the "send" button. Mass users post messages. In the example of FIG. 6A, User X posts a message 26 of "Msg 1 for User X". In the example of FIG. 6B , User Y also posts a message 27 of "Msg 2 for User Y". Additionally, another unidentified user posted the message "Msg 3 for user Z". As a result, all three messages are displayed in the same section 3 of each user's browser.

In certain cases, the console support software 6 also enables authorized users to undo previously posted messages. As an example only, in Figure 6A, the console support software 6 provides user X with permission to select the previously posted "User Y Msg2" 27 of , and select the undo operation from the operation menu and submit the selected undo task.

In the following two paragraphs 3.4 and 3.5 will discuss the details of how to implement posting or removal tasks. In addition, with the present invention, the act of "posting" information, such as posting information of a file or folder or message or other resource, is equivalent to the act of "sharing" information. The act of "removing" information is equivalent to the act of "un-sharing" previously posted or shared information, in other words, "removing" previously posted or shared information.

After the user transmits the information data of posting or removing tasks from the console system 1 or client system 10 or the web browser 9 of the control system 2 to the control system 2, the console support software 6 of the control system 2 obtains the data and analyzes the data to determine: who is the source user who initiated the task; what type the task is; what type of associated resource the task works on; who is the target user; The console support software 6 also determines that if the task is to post a file or folder from the source user, the console support software 6 picks the corresponding file from the file and folder area 22 of Figure 4B of the source user's private workspace or folder information, and in this case deposit them into the files and folders area 19 of FIG. 4A of the group's common workspace.

If the task is to remove previously posted files or folders from a particular user in said public workspace of said group, said console support software 6 removes a previously posted file or folder from said public workspace in said group The corresponding information of that particular user's file or folder is searched in the folder area, and entries of matching information are also removed from the public workspace of the group after being searched.

If the task is to post a message to users in the group, the parsed message will be stored in the private message area 21 of FIG. 4B of the private workspace 16 of the source user of FIG. The supporting software 6 is copied to the message area 18 of FIG. 4A of the common workspace 15 of FIG. 4 of said user group.

If the task is to take down (delete/remove) a previously posted message, the console support software 6 searches for a matching message in the public message area 18 of FIG. 4A of the public workspace of the group, and if If such a message entry is found, it is removed, the search is based on, but not limited to, the message and source user identification and other relevant information such as timestamps, security clearances, etc.

It should be noted that the remove file or folder task of the present invention does not actually delete the file or folder from the source user's private workspace. In addition, when a message or information of a file or folder is written, stored or stored in either the private space or the public work space, or the disk drive or other storage medium, a lock protection mechanism is employed. Throughout the remainder of the discussion, lock protection is assumed to be the default behavior when write/store/deposit behavior occurs and no further mention is required. In fact, with the present invention, the individual tasks of posting files, folders and messages performed by multiple users in multiple groups, as well as the task of undoing previously posted files, folders or messages, can be performed by the console support software 6 in a Memory speed (memory speed) executes immediately.

6A and FIG. 6B show that after the console support software 6 of the control system 2 successfully executes the task for each user in each group, any user in the user group can access the client system 10 from FIG. 1 or Said web browser 9 of each user on the control system 2 of FIG. 1 or on the console system 1 of FIG. A new view of the section 3 of the public document and content display area.

The user can manually click on the refresh button, which is not shown on FIGS. 6A and 6B , to refresh either the corresponding part of the screen of Part 2 or Part 3 . The corresponding part of the browser screen of the part 2 or part 3 can also be refreshed automatically. In fact, optionally, the console support software 6 has a run-time script encoded in the web page, the run-time script is encoded in the renderable web format and is And displayed in said web browser 9 after starting the group online meeting.

The runtime script will automatically and periodically perform the task of refreshing the parts 2 and 3 of the web browser screen. The frequency of periodic refreshing can be adjusted by the console support software 6 of the CCDSVM according to the needs of the meeting, usually in the range of 1 to 3 seconds, and there is no limit in this regard. Also, with this preferred example, the run-time script provided by WCUWE is JavaScript, however, other types of programming scripts or methods are also possible, and there is no limit to what kind of run-time program is used in the present invention. In addition, the console support software 6 provides each user with the option of refreshing their web browser 9 either automatically or manually.

When refreshing said part 2 or part 3 of said web browser 9 screen for each user, a request to update this screen will be generated and sent from said web browser 9 to control system 2 . The console support software 6 obtains and parses the requests to determine what user groups and which part of the common workspace of the groups needs to be updated.

Based on the information of each parsed request, the console support software 6 of the control system 2 retrieves updated resources and objects from the common workspace 15 of FIG. Each user's most recently posted files, folders or messages, and also includes an updated list of files and folders or messages after one or more files or folders or messages have been withdrawn by users of the same group. Finally, the console support software 6 of the control system 2 converts the retrieved information of resources and objects into a presentable web format (web page).

If the request is to update a group message, the converted information is sent to the part 2 of the group common message display area in said web page/web browser 9 of the corresponding user. If the request is to update the group public files and folders display area, the converted information is sent to the part 3 of the web browser 9 . Thus, after refreshing said section of said web browser 9, each user is able to have an equivalent view of all posted files and folders from section 3 of the group common file display area on said browser 9, and It is possible to have an identical view of all messages from section 2 of the group common message display area on said web browser 9, posted by all other users of the same group. At the same time the console support software 6 also allows each user to keep most of the resources and objects in their own private workspace during the online interactive meeting, which is not disclosed to other users in the same group .

For example, user X can see in his/her said web browser 9: "picture 1 (picture 1)" 25 of Figure 6A posted by user Y in the group public files and folder display area and user X himself Posted "Doc 1", but cannot see any other information in User Y's private workspace area. Simultaneously, user Y can see "Doc 1" 24 of Fig. 6B posted by user X in the group public files and folder display area in his/her said web browser 9 and "Picture 1" posted by user Y himself. (picture 1)", but cannot see any other information in User X's private workspace area.

The difference between the traditional Internet group communication model and the group-based communication model described in the present invention is that the console support software 6 of the control system 2 enables each user to control the posting or removal of said resources from the user's own private workspace , while the traditional Internet communication model cannot perform posting/removal tasks. Also, for example, undoing a previously posted folder with CCDSVM's WCUWE did not delete the material in the user's private workspace, whereas a delete operation with the existing Internet group communication model would completely delete the posted folder. The dynamic workspace of the present invention has the following extraordinary benefits: In the online meeting provided by WCUCE of CCDSVM, it provides a combination of flexibility, efficiency and information security protection for each user and group of the online meeting.

Additionally, in the preferred example, each user in the user group can Clicking on the link downloads the file from the system where the file is provided in the private files and folders area of their peer users' private workspaces in the group. For example, user X can download from user Y said "picture 1 (picture 1)" that may reside on control system 2 or backup system 3, and at the same time user Y can download from user X that may reside on control system 2 or Prepare said "Doc 1" on System 3. This enables true peer-to-peer file exchange on permitted systems from permitted users in the user group. Additionally, there is no size limit on the file size for the files to be downloaded, a benefit bestowed by Internet technology. In addition to the exemplary and understood method of downloading, other methods of retrieving a peer user's digital documents or content may employ more efficient dedicated file transfer mechanisms to achieve the described file exchange results. It should be noted that the described method of downloading only applies to the files, but not to folders and other resource information. In order to get all the folders and the files and subfolders under them of the target peer user, special file and folder transfer methods are required.

As shown in Figures 9A and 9B and Figures 10A and 10B, the console support software 6 of the control system 2 also enables each user to perform many other tasks through the operation menu during the online meeting, such as uploading, renaming, deleting, Copy/paste etc., and not limited to this. The upload operation allows each user to dynamically upload files one at a time from the client system 10 or the local storage of the control system 1 via the web browser 9 into said user's private workspace on the control system 2 during the meeting and further post them to each The public space of the user group to which the user belongs.

Mouse-click driven copy/paste operations allow files and folders to be copied from licensed folders of the licensed preparation system 3, in addition to directly posting these files or folders without physical copying as described in the preceding paragraph 3.3 , also dynamically and physically copied to each user's private workspace on the control system 2, and the information of said files and folders can be further displayed on said web page/browser of each user and posted to each user The common workspace of the group you belong to. In fact, the operations provided by the console support software 6 of the control system 2 have increased the efficiency of posting or undoing files and folders according to actual needs for each user.

In addition, the console support software 6 provides each user of each group with the ability to: save the posted messages in the public message area of the public workspace of each group to the Files in the Public Files and Folders area. In addition, saved files can be viewed and downloaded by each user in each group in the same way as posting. In addition, the console support software 6 enables the user to remove all message entries in the message area of the public workspace of the user group to reset the message area to be empty when necessary.

The important fact is that the WCUWE of the design of the CCDSVM has provided concurrent users each securely executing licensed various tasks from a single web browser anywhere on the network, such tasks being able to run concurrently within a single web browser. Since the console support software 6 of the control system 2 enables each user to have an exclusive view of the resource objects in their private workspace and in said public workspace of the group to which each user belongs, and enables each user to manage resources in their Resource objects within their own private workspace, so multiple users in multiple groups can post or remove files, folders, messages, or other resource objects concurrently without interfering with users in other user groups. Thus, the workspaces of each user and each group are well protected.

Thus, the console support software 6 of the control system 2 enables privileged users to perform the task of creating multiple users and user groups on the control system, and groups can be assigned users of various sizes for online interactive meetings. The total number of users and the total number of groups and the maximum number of users in each group that the WCUWE of CCDSVM can support is an implementation issue and depends on the capabilities of the control system 2 . CCDSVM's WCUWE and CCDSVM have been designed with infinite scalability for both user and standby systems 3 . On the other hand, the spirit of the present invention is not limited by the boundary problem of WCUWE and CCDSVM.

8A and 8B show that each of User X and User Y has private workspaces different from each other, and each is allocated different system resources. No need to join any group or attend any group meeting, the console support software 6 of the control system 2 can also provide user X and user Y point-to-point (one a time) to post files or folders to each other immediately, or through such as in group online Similar steps to post or remove material in meeting mode Remove previously posted files and folders immediately:

1) Enable each user to perform a mouse click on the source of a file or folder for posting or removal;

2) If the user wishes to post any files or folders through the operation menu, make the user select the posting operation task; or if the user wishes to remove the previously posted files or folders, make the user select the removal operation task from the operation menu;

3) Once the operation task is submitted, each user is required to provide input to the prompt "Who is the target user?" provided by the console support software 9, and further submit the selected task;

4) The console support software 6 obtains the task information of the source user, the source of the file or folder, the operation type and other information and parses the above task information;

5) If the operation type is to post files or folders, then the console support software 6 stores the information of the source files or folders in the private files and folders in the private workspace of the target user district. If the operation type is to remove files or folders, the console support software 6 searches the information of the corresponding files or folders from the private files and folders area of the private workspace of the target user to match said source file or folder, if a match is found, removing the corresponding entry for that file or folder from said private files and folders area of said private workspace of the target user; and

6) Once each user refreshes the web page of the web browser 9, the console support software retrieves the updated information in the private files and folders area of the target user's private workspace and converts it into a rendered web page format (web page) and deliver said web page to each user's web browser 9 for display and viewing.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, user X can follow the steps 1) to 3) to add his "folder 2" in the files and folders area of the private workspace displayed in user X's web browser 9 ”32 posted to user Y. As shown in Figure 8B, once User Y refreshes his/her said web browser 9 on the system by walking into any system node or folder node on the display tree, then User Y will be in User Y's private workspace The "folder 2" 32 is seen in his/her displayed private files and folder tree, as shown in FIG. 8C. In fact, when walking into the system node and file and folder tree on said web browser 9, a request to refresh the web page screen is generated and the request is processed as described in paragraphs 3.4-3.5 or in the steps above deal with.

In addition to posting messages in group-based communications for meetings involving two or more users, CCDSVM's WCUWE enables each user to post messages to each other in a non-group-based one-to-one messaging mode. 7A and 7B have shown examples of user X and user Y who are not in the same user group, however, the console support software 6 of the control system 2 enables each user to access the World Wide Web pages share and exchange messages with each other.

Part 3 of the web page in the browser 9 lets the user work with the same described steps of posting files or folders one-to-one or undoing previously posted files or folders on a non-group basis, as described in paragraph 3.9 . Section 3 is included in Figures 7A and 7B only to demonstrate how the present invention flexibly displays information under each user's private workspace. Furthermore, the number of sections in the screen layout and the order of the sections in the display of a web page is not actually a limitation of the invention.

Part 1 is an additional entry with "To who" as in this case the console support software 9 does not know who the target user is, unlike in a group online meeting. The message input area of the input field. A user can post a message using the steps described above similar to those discussed in paragraphs 3.3-3.4 of the present invention. However, unlike the group conference message mode, after the information of the message is obtained from each user and parsed, the console support software 6 of the control system 2 deposits the message in the private workspace of both the target peer user and the original sending user. in the message area. In addition, each user is able to view their own messages and messages from peer users in section 2 of the browser using the same described steps for displaying messages in each user's browser as described in paragraphs 3.4-3.5 both.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7A, user X enters a message 30 of "user X's msg 4" and types "user Y" in the input field of "to whom (To who)", and then submits the message by clicking the "send" button . Similar to that shown in FIG. 7B , user Y inputs the message 31 of "Msg 3 of user Y" and types "user X" in the input field of "to whom (To who)", and then submits the message. Upon refreshing the web page of each user's web browser 9, user X will see the message 30 sent by him/her as well as the message 31 from user Y. At the same time, user Y will see both messages 30 and 31 at the same time.

Again, the described design choices of the three parts of the web page and the order of the parts are only preferred examples of implementations for non-group-based peer-to-peer user communication. The present invention is not limited by the layout of the screen display of the World Wide Web, for example, a screen display having only said part 1 and part 2 is also possible, etc., and is not limited thereto.

CCDSVM's WCUWE already provides layers of security for members of any team to work together across multiple locations. Utilizing the described security levels and the described steps of posting or removing files and folders, in a non-group based meeting environment, the console support software 6 of the control system 2 can specifically enable only the team leader to have the ability to post folders or files to The ability to be viewed, shared and accessed by all team members or by individual members. Additionally, in a non-group conferencing based environment, the console support software also enables each team member to post or unpost his/her files or folders only one atime to a specific peer user. Again, the files and folders can be on the control system 2 or on any provisioning system 3 .

For WCUWE of CCDSVM, and more specifically for Console Support Software 6, it is relatively straightforward to support a large number of online users who do not have accounts at CCDSVM and cannot log into CCDSVM to view files, files dynamically posted by users with accounts on CCDSVM folder or message.

In a preferred example, such as shown in FIG. 6E, the console support software 6 of the control system 2 provides web pages to a large number of online users without necessarily logging into the CCDSVM. The web page may be a layout with two main parts, part 1 and part 2, part 1 displays messages in a shared message area in the public workspace of the specified user group, and part 2 in the public workspace of the specified user group The file or folder is displayed in the shared file or folder area.

For users belonging to the same specified user group, each user logs into CCDSVM from a web browser on any system of the network, and obtains the group online meeting web page, as shown in Figure 6A for user X As shown, for user Y the web page is as shown in FIG. 6B. In addition, as previously described in paragraphs 3.3-3.4, each user in the group can immediately post a message to the message area in the designated user group's public workspace, or to the designated user group's public workspace Post files or folders instantly in the shared files and folders area in the space. At the same time, each user in the user group can immediately undo the previously posted file or folder by removing the corresponding file or folder entry in the files and folders area in the specified user group's public workspace; or Individual users in a user group are able to undo previously posted messages from the public message area of the user group's public workspace as described in the preceding paragraphs 3.3-3.5.

At the same time as previously described in paragraphs 3.4-3.5 and as shown in Figure 6E, the web page in the browser 9 of a large number of online users who do not have an account with CCDSVM can be dynamically updated, displayed, and accessed by a mass user anywhere Viewed through their own browsers accordingly and synchronized with the dynamic display in said part 2 and part 3 of the web page/browser shown in Figures 6A and 6B. Again, said two parts of a web page display layout is a preferred example, and it does not limit the invention, since other layouts are possible for the invention, for example, it may be desirable to have a web page layout with only one part, This section is used either for the display of messages or for the display of files or folders according to the needs of the user.

With non-group-based peer-to-peer posting or undoing of files and folders, as shown in Figures 8A, 8B, and 8C, people can often forget about how many files and folders have been posted for sharing. For example, as shown in FIG. 8A , User X can select “Folder 2 ” 32 , select Post on the action menu, and provide a target “User Y” to share “Folder 2 ” 32 . As shown in FIG. 8C , user Y can see user X's "folder 2" 32 in user Y's web browser after user X posted "folder 2" 32 . If User X selects various files or folders for many other people to post and share, User X will have a hard time remembering which ones have been shared and who the target users are. As shown in Figure 11, the console support software 6 of the control system 2 can provide each user, eg user X, with a central view of a control list of how many files or folders he or she has posted and to whom.

Personal Sharing Management as shown in Figure 11, from User X's web browser 9, the posted "Folder 2" 30 entry is listed at the bottom of the control list and it has been posted/shared to User Y. In addition, the console support software 6 enables each user to selectively remove previously posted files and folders by clicking on the "Delete Share?" and further generate a removal operation task. For example, User X clicks "Remove Share?" to remove "File 2" 32 . Afterwards, the console support software 6 of the control system 2 will perform the removal tasks as described in paragraphs 3.4-3.5. Furthermore, upon refreshing the target user Y's web page/web browser, instead of seeing "Folder 2" 32 as shown in Figure 8C, User Y will see an updated view of said web page as shown in Figure 8B , where "folder 2" 30 has been removed. The operation menu on "Delete Share?" shown here is just an example, and it can be displayed in any other form.

In addition to enabling source users in groups to control removal of files or folders in group-based communications, said console support software 6 of control system 2) may also enable privileged users to remove said displayed files on said web page and previously posted files or folders in the Folders section. To support this capability, the console support software 6 will provide an action menu to associate with the displayed files and folders in the display section, further allowing privileged users to perform similar undo operations. After receiving the undo operation, the console support software 6 will perform a similar said search for the selected files or folder, and if there is a match, the corresponding entry will be deleted. At the same time, as previously mentioned, the files and file sections of the web page/web browser can be refreshed accordingly.

Having briefly described an embodiment of a web-based network environment in which the present invention operates, Figure 12 shows an example of a computer system 1200, which is an exemplary client system 10, backup system 3, control system 2, or console system 1, Features of the invention may be implemented therein. The process of web-based information exchange can be implemented in any processor-based computer system, such as a PC, workstation or mainframe computer. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that other alternative computer system architectures may also be employed.

Referring back to FIG. 12 , the computer system 200 includes a processing unit 201 , an interface bus 211 and an input/output (“IO”) unit 220 . The processing unit 201 includes a processor 202 , a main memory 204 , a system bus 211 , a static memory device 206 , a bus control unit 205 , a mass storage 207 and a production planning module 230 . The bus 211 is used to transfer information between various components and the processor 202 for data processing. Processor 202 may be any of a wide variety of general-purpose processors or microprocessors, such as Pentium ^™ microprocessors, Motorola ^™ 68040, or PowerPC ^™ microprocessors.

Main memory 204 , which may include multiple levels of cache memory, stores frequently used data and instructions. Main memory 204 may be RAM (Random Access Memory), MRAM (Magnetic RAM), or Flash memory. The static memory 206 may be a ROM (read only memory) coupled to the bus 211 for storing static information and/or instructions. The bus control unit 205 is coupled to the buses 211-212 and controls those components such as the main memory 204 or the processor 202 to be able to use the buses. The bus control unit 205 manages communication between the bus 211 and the bus 212 . The mass storage 207 can be a magnetic disk, optical disk, hard drive, floppy disk, CD-ROM and/or flash memory for storing large amounts of data. In one embodiment, web-based information exchange 230 is a network control component for facilitating information exchange over the world wide web. It should be noted that the web-based information exchange 230 can be software or hardware or a combination of software and hardware components.

In one embodiment, the I/O unit 220 includes a display 221 , a keyboard 222 , a cursor control device 223 and a communication device 225 . The display device 221 may be a liquid crystal display device, a cathode ray tube ("CRT"), a touch screen display, or other suitable display device. The display 221 projects or displays an image of a graphical planning board. Keyboard 222 may be a conventional alphanumeric input device used to communicate information between computer system 200 and a computer operator. Another type of user input device is a cursor control device 223, such as a conventional mouse, touch mouse, trackball, or other type of cursor, used to communicate information between the system 200 and the user.

A communication device 225 is connected to bus 211 for accessing information from a remote computer or server (such as server 104 or other computer) over wide area network 102 . Communications device 225 may include a modem or a network interface device or other similar device that facilitates communications between computer 200 and a network. Computer system 200 may be connected to a large number of servers through a network architecture such as the architecture shown in FIG. 1 .

The invention has been described in some detail with reference to some examples. However, other versions and examples are also possible, and thus, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to these examples and/or implementations. At the same time, the claims of the present invention are marked with numbers, and in most cases, the numbers do not indicate any sequence or sequence unless specifically described as steps of a method.

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A web-based centrally controlled distributed virtual machine ("CCDSVM") for providing a dynamic workspace for groups of users to perform posting or Tasks that remove their messages, files, folders, and other resources in the CCDSVM, which includes: a control system configured to supply one or more backup systems connected by a communication network; at least one client system coupled to the control system and to the communication network; at least one console system coupled to the client system and configured to connect to the communication network; and Wherein said control system includes console support software configured to enable one or more logged-in users to immediately execute from a web browser of any system on said communications network in a group-based mode or posting or removing messages or files or folders or system resource information to one or more audiences of said communication network in a non-group-based one-to-one mode, said message or file or folder or system resource information being on said on the control system or on said backup system. 2. CCDSVM according to claim 1, Wherein the control system, the backup system, the client system and the console system are computing systems, wherein each of the computing systems includes a CPU, a network connection medium, a wireless card, and a storage medium, wherein the storage medium is a memory , disk drives, tape drives, and memory sticks; and Wherein said computing system is a server, a desktop device, a laptop device, a handheld device, and a cell phone. 3. The CCDSVM according to claim 1, Wherein, the communication network is the Internet, or intranet or local area network ("LAN") or a combination of the Internet, intranet and LAN, and the communication network also includes switches, routers, various cables, network connection media, domain name servers (“DNS”), gateways, communication protocols, or firewalls; and Wherein the communication protocol adopted by the communication network includes HTML/HTTP, TCP/IP, WML/WAP or a dedicated protocol. 4. The CCDSVM according to claim 1, Wherein said control system is configured to include web server software, console support software and web browser software; wherein said provisioning system includes a service software module, a web browser, and web server software, wherein said service software module is configured to transfer data between said provisioning system and said console support software; wherein said console support software is configured to provision said provisioning system via an automated provisioning protocol, wherein after provisioning processing information related to said provisioning system is organized into a list of tables stored in said control system, and the The console support software is also configured to communicate and manage the preparation system, the console support software is coupled to the web interface software for running on the console support software through the web server software under the communication network transfer data to or from any system's World Wide Web browser; wherein said console support software, server software, web server software and web browser are implemented in C, C++, Java or JavaScript programming language; and Wherein said console support software, web server software module, and service software module are coupled to create a web-based computer user work environment ("WCUWE"). 5. The CCDSVM according to claim 1, wherein said console support software includes said web browser for displaying web pages to a user; wherein each of said web pages is coded in HTML, XML or WML, respectively; and Wherein the web browser is capable of passing the task of posting objects or removing objects to the control system. 6. The CCDSVM according to claim 1, wherein each of said users is registered to the console support software, wherein said control system verifies the authentication of said users and assigns a private workspace to each of said users; wherein said private workspace is allocated various system resources either on the control system or on the standby system; wherein said console support software is configured to facilitate the authentication process for each of said users to log into the CCDSVM via a web-based communication network, wherein said console support software is further configured to provide authenticated users with a display of their private workspace A web page, wherein said console support software allows said user to perform various permitted tasks within said private workspace. 7. CCDSVM according to claim 6, Wherein said tasks include posting messages, removing messages, posting files, posting folders, system management, folder management, file management, network management, storage device management and verification management; wherein said allocated resources include groups of systems, backup systems, control systems, and associated information on said communication network, wherein said associated information includes one or more memory, CPU, disk drives, or RAID or Memory stick or storage medium with drive, storage capacity on disk, file system, folders, subfolders, files in any folder, messages and user security profiles, groups, user specific access locations/points , email addresses, network information for network interface cards or ports, DNS, gateways, or broadcasts; wherein the resources associated with the displayed private workspaces of each logged-in user are dynamically assigned by the privileged user, thereby allowing the logged-in user to view the assigned resources; and Wherein the logged-in user allows changes to the assigned resources and the tasks in response to security permissions assigned to the logged-in user. 8. The CCDSVM of claim 1, Wherein if said user performs the task of posting or removing a message or file or folder or said resource to said one or more audiences on said communication network, and at least one or more audiences are associated with said user In the same user group, then said communication mode is a group-based mode, wherein if said user performs a task of posting or removing a message or file or folder or said resource to only one of said audiences, wherein said one audience have a registered account with the CCDSVM, wherein the communication mode is a non-group-based one-to-one mode; and Wherein said audience on said communications network is users having accounts with said CCDSVM, wherein said mass users do not have registered accounts with said CCDSVM. 9. The CCDSVM of claim 1, wherein said user is configured as a group account assigned to said CCDSVM if said user communicates with said audience in a group-based mode; wherein said group account is created by a privileged user of said CCDSVM; said console enabling software to assign a common workspace to groups of accounts during group creation time; wherein the common workspace is initially assigned the resource based on security scopes and permissions of the group; and Wherein the resources of the public workspace are dynamically assigned to authorized users. 10. A method of supporting multiple users in multiple groups, each user performs the following tasks immediately from any system's World Wide Web browser on the network: Post private files, files of each source user to the public workspace of each target group Folder, message or resource information or remove each source user's private file, folder, message or resource information from the public workspace of each target group, or post each source to the peer user's private workspace in the CCDSVM environment Information about a user's private files, folders, messages or resources or information about removing each source user's private files, folders, messages or resources from a peer user's private workspace in a CCDSVM environment, the method comprising: Enable a privileged user of CCDSVM to log into CCDSVM from the system's web browser to perform the task of creating group or user accounts; assigning said users to one or more specific groups, and assigning associated passwords, security privileges, initial resources on the control system or on a standby system, and related information to each of said users or groups; Automatically store the created user/group information to the storage medium on the control system as a user account configuration file; providing confirmation by one or more of said users to each log into CCDSVM from said web browser; Provides a dynamic private workspace for each identified user and a dynamic public workspace for associated groups by dynamically retrieving and converting the assigned resources and information into a presentable web format (web page) for display in each identified user's web browser; enabling each identified user to immediately and concurrently perform the following tasks from said web browser on any system through an action menu associated with either a group-based mode or a one-to-one mode: said public work to each target group space post messages or information about files, folders, or resources stored in said private workspace of the identified user, or remove information stored in said private workspace of the identified user from said public workspace of the target group or post messages or files, folders or said resources stored in said private workspace of the identified user to the private workspace of each target peer user or remove from the private workspace of each targeted peer user messages or information about files, folders or said resources stored in said private workspace of the identified user; Obtaining relevant task information transmitted from each user's browser and parsing the relevant task information, wherein the task information includes operation type, source user, type of resource to be posted or removed, target user and time stamp; Execute a specially designed post or remove task and create the result of the task in the private workspace of each target user or in the public workspace of each target group; converting the results of the task into a web-capable format (web page) for display in the web browser of each target peer user; and An automatic refresh of said web browsers of said respective target peer users is provided to update said files, folders, messages and new information of said resources. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein said enabling a privileged user of the CCDSVM to log into the CCDSVM from a system's web browser to perform the task of creating a group or user account further comprises: Create different account types and assign different resources to each of said users and groups; Assigning the same group identification ("ID") to said users in the same group, where a group can have at least one user up to a maximum number of users supported by the console support software, where said security privileges include which users can what resources are accessed and what kind of tasks are performed on what systems; said task information of creating users and groups is passed from said web browser of any system to console support software of said control system; and Once the console support software has performed said tasks, said user and group account information is automatically stored in a storage medium in the form of a database on said control system; and said storage medium is memory or disk or both . 12. The method of claim 10, wherein said enabling a privileged user of the CCDSVM to log into the CCDSVM from a system's web browser to perform the task of creating a group or user account further comprises: If said assigned resource for a user or group is said user's private folder, said user is permitted to perform the following tasks: create or delete subfolders, delete files, post or remove files and folders, upload or download, Rename files and folders, copy, move in or out files or subfolders between said private folders and folders on Permitted Systems, including Control Systems, Standby Systems and Non-Standby Systems; If the licensed system hosts the system, the control system's console support software works with the host system's service software module to provide the user with the licensed system's folders and private Copy or move folders or files directly between assigned private folder areas of a workspace without size limitations; and The console support software enables the user to upload files directly to the user's assigned private folder area of the private workspace from the user's local storage, which is on the client system, without size limitations , either on the standby system, or on the console system, the private workspace is either on the control system or on the standby system. 13. The method of claim 10, wherein the user is assigned to one or more specific groups, and associated passwords, security privileges, initial resources on the control system or on the standby system, and associated Information is assigned to each said user or group: The user login confirmation includes verifying the user account name, password, permitted access points (from what system with what IP address), and related information with the peer-to-peer information stored in the user account profile; said renderable web format may be encoded in HTML, XML or WML and passed over a communication link between any system's web browser and said control system; The encoded renderable web format includes one or more pieces of runtime code to run on a web browser, and such runtime code is implemented in JavaScript; and The choice of selecting said web format depends on the communication link and the associated protocol of the communication link between the control system and the system where the web browser resides, and said associated protocol is HTTP, SOAP or WAP. 14. The method of claim 10, wherein said assigning said user to one or more specific groups and assigning associated passwords, security privileges, Initial resources and related information are assigned to each of the said users or groups: said privileged user immediately allocates resources to normal users or groups for access, or immediately reclaims previously allocated resources from said normal users or groups in real time; The user's private workspace is a dynamic work environment for each user, which dynamically includes the allocation information of various permissions of the resource and allows each user to perform various tasks under the resource; the private workspace's Said resources include areas for private messages as well as areas for files and folders, network or stored information; The group's public workspace is a dynamic work environment for each group, which dynamically also includes various resources of the permission, and allows each user in the same group to perform various tasks; the resources of the public workspace include group public message area, file and folder area, network or storage information area; said resource is dynamically retrieved from said database stored on said storage medium and converted into a renderable web format and displayed on demand on each user's web browser; Using security permissions, said user in the group moves information back and forth between the user's private workspace and the group's public workspace; and The console support software of the control system organizes the workspaces of groups and users into the dynamic workspace of the WCUWE of CCDSVM. 15. The method of claim 10, wherein said automatically storing created user/group information to a storage medium on the control system as a user account profile comprises: In order to support posting or removing messages, the World Wide Web page provided by the console support software contains a message input area part and a message display part; To support posting or removal of files or folders, the web pages provided by the console support software contain a file and folder management section which is displayed either graphically as a file and folder tree or non-graphically, and have an associated Actions menu, and the World Wide Web page includes a Display Posted Files and Folders section for only said group-based mode; and In order to support posting or removal of said resource information, the World Wide Web page provided by said console support software contains said section to display various types of resource information, such as storage devices, network cards on the system of CCDSVM or information about IP addresses, CPU status, or memory usage. 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising: To support said group-based mode, for all messages posted by users in the same group, said message display section displays messages in the public message area of said group's public workspace; To support the one-to-one mode, for all messages posted by the source user and the peer user, the message display section displays the message in the private message area of each peer user's private workspace; and the message display section includes an additional input field to indicate the target peer user; and The message display area is associated with an operation menu. 17. The method of claim 15, further comprising: To support the group-based mode, for all posted files or folders from users in the group, the Posted Files and Folders Display section displays public files and files in the group's public workspace files and folders in the folder; and In order to support the one-to-one mode, the file and folder management section displays a file and folder tree containing files or folders in the private files and folders area of the user's private workspace, the files or files Folders include files or folders belonging to the source user, in addition to files or folders posted by the peer user; an action menu is associated with the file and folder management section. 18. The method of claim 10, said automatically storing created user/group information to a storage medium on the control system as a user account profile further comprising: To post a message, the user types a message in part of the message input area and clicks the associated submit button to submit the task of posting a message or sends a message from the web browser on any of the systems to said console of said control system supports the task of software posting messages; To post a file or folder, the user selects a file or folder from the file and folder tree in the file and folder management section, and then selects and clicks a post action from the The web browser on any of the systems above submits a posting task to the console support software of the control system; and using a one-to-one model, the user responds to the pop-up Prompting to target users, said runtime script is encoded in said World Wide Web page; and Said system is said client system, console system or control system. 19. The method of claim 10, wherein automatically storing created user/group information to a storage medium on the control system as a user account profile comprises: If undo message is permitted, then to undo a message; the user selects the target message in the message display section, and then selects and clicks the undo operation from the action menu to remove from the a task of a web browser submitting a decommissioning message to said console support software of said control system; and For both modes, to remove a file or folder, the user selects a previously posted file or folder from the file and file tree in the file and folder management section of the display, then selects from the action menu and click on the remove operation to submit the task of removing files or folders to the console support software of the control system from the web browser on the any system; and using a one-to-one mode, the user A target user is provided to respond to a pop-up prompt provided by the designated runtime script encoded in the web page. 20. The method of claim 19, further comprising: said console support software provides said alternative method for removing files or folders in group-based mode; The alternate method provides an action menu for the group-based mode to the displayed posted files and folders section in the web page; and If the following is permitted, the user selects previously posted files or folders from the displayed Posted Files and Folders section, regardless of which user the files or folders belong to, and from the Actions menu selects And clicking on the remove action provides a remove task from the browser to the control system's console support software. 21. The method of claim 19, further comprising: The console support software provides a dedicated personal share management section on a web page for one-to-one mode, listing all previously posted files or folders belonging to the source user, and provides an action menu to allow the source user to perform The stated task of removing a file or folder; and The dedicated section contains and displays all previously posted files and folders with associated information: who is the target user, from which system the target user is logged in, and when the file or folder was posted. 22. The method of claim 15, further comprising: The displayed file and folder tree displayed in the file and folder management section of the web browser is accompanied by the permission of the file or folder for posting operations performed by the user from their web browser. select to dynamically update together; and The file and folder tree is designed with multiple layers for displaying and manipulating the entire underlying file system for browser-based management. 23. The method of claim 10, wherein said automatically storing created user/group information to a storage medium on the control system as a user account profile comprises: Said console support system of the control system provides a designed operation menu associated with the resource, the operation menu is a pop-up menu or a non-pop-up menu and can be displayed on each user's web browser; The Actions menu for file and folder management includes the following tasks: Rename, Copy/Paste, Delete, Move, Upload and Download; and The operation menu for operating the resource is provided with a corresponding operation menu as required. 24. The method of claim 10, wherein automatically storing created user/group information to a storage medium on the control system as a user account profile comprises: The screen layout of the web page provided by the console support software is dependent on the application and communication mode of the present invention, and is not limited thereto; A group-based online meeting includes four parts in the web page; the message input area part, the group message display part, the displayed file and folder tree management part of the user's private workspace and the said displayed portion of files and folders of a group public workspace containing files or folders posted by users in the same group; A group-based online meeting includes two parts in said web page; said message input area part and said group message display part; A group-based online meeting includes two parts in the web page, the displayed file and file tree management part of the user's private workspace, and all files and folders in the group public workspace. the portion of the display containing files or folders posted by users in the same group; A non-group based one-on-one meeting can include three parts; the message input area part, the message display part for messages from one-on-one two participants, and the display of the user's private workspace The file and folder tree management part of , the displayed file and folder management part includes files and folders belonging to the source user, in addition to files or folders posted/shared by peer users; A non-group-based one-to-one meeting consists of four parts: the message input area part, the message display area for messages from one-on-one two participants, and the display of the user's private workspace. a file and folder tree management section, and said dedicated personal sharing management section, said displayed file and folder tree management section including files and folders belonging to the source user, in addition to those posted/shared by peer users files or folders; A non-group based one-on-one meeting comprising only two parts; the message input area part and the message display area for messages from one-on-one two participants; Non-group-based one-to-one meetings consist of only two sections: the displayed file and folder tree management section and the personal sharing management section; The mode of dynamically posting or removing messages or files or folders by users in a group to each web browser of a large number of Internet or Intranet online unregistered users has two web pages, one for the users in the group users and another web page for said large number of unregistered users; the first said web page for said mass users contains a section: either said message display section, or public files of said group's public workspace and the displayed files and folders part of the folder area; the first web page contains two parts: the message display part and the displayed files or folders part; The user's second said World Wide Web page in contains said four sections to instantly post or remove messages, files or file folders, to instantly post or remove messages or files and folders; and With each mode of communication, said participating users obtain and view the same web page with the same number of screen segment layouts; and If said user participates in communication in a group-based mode, then get a view of the same content on a message display portion as on a file and folder display portion of said common workspace for said group; Each user gets a unique view on the file and folder management section containing files and folders in their own private workspace. 25. The method of claim 10, wherein a dynamic private workspace is provided for each identified user and a dynamic public workspace is provided for associated groups by dynamically retrieving said assigned resources and information and The allocated resources and information are converted into a representable web format (web page) for display in each identified user's web browser, further comprising: The console support software of the control system performs the posting or removal tasks based on the information obtained and interpreted with the following rules: (1) If the source user posts information about private files or folders in the user's private workspace to target users in the same group, the information about the files or folders is stored in the group public workspace of the specified group files and folders area; (2) If the user tries to remove the previously posted files or folders in the group public workspace, the console support software based on the information of the source user and the files or folders in the group public workspace Search for matching files or folders in the folder area, and if there is a match, delete the matching entry from the group public workspace; (3) If the source user uses the one-to-one mode to post files or folders in his/her private workspace to the target user, the information of the user’s files or folders is stored in the target user’s files and folders area of the private workspace; (4) If the user uses the one-to-one mode to remove the previously posted files or folders for the target user, the console support software will be based on the information of the source user and the information of the file or folder in the private work of the target user Search for matching files or folders in the private files and folders area of the space, and if there is a match, delete the matching entry from the private workspace of the target user; (5) If the user posts a message to multiple users in the same group, the message will be stored in the public message area of the target group's public workspace; (6) If the user uses the non-group-based one-to-one mode to post a message to the target user, the message is stored in the private message area of the target user's private workspace; (7) If the user withdraws a message in a group-based communication, the console support software uses the source user's information, message ID and time stamp to search for a matching message in the group's public message area, and if a match is found , delete the corresponding entry from the public message area of the target group's public workspace; and (8) If the user withdraws a message in a non-group-based one-to-one communication, the console support software uses the source user's information, message ID and time stamp in the private message in the target user's private workspace. The message area is searched for matching messages, and if a match is found, the corresponding entry is deleted from the private message area of the private workspace of the target user. 26. The method of claim 25, further comprising: said console of the control system enables software to perform each of the following tasks at memory speed: concurrently initiated by multiple said users to post or delete files or folders or messages or any of said resources; and During the process of storing information of files or folders or storing messages in any of the workspaces, a lock mechanism is used to protect the integrity of task operations. 27. The method of claim 25, further comprising: Said console support software of the control system also enables privileged users to perform saving of messages in said group public message area or in said private message area by writing messages to log files or text files which log files and text files on external storage media such as disks; said records in record files contain message identification number, source user, destination user and the message itself; The console support software also enables a privileged user to perform the task of resetting the message area, either in the group public workspace or in the user private workspace, by emptying the message area. 28. The method of claim 10, wherein each identified user is enabled to execute concurrently immediately from said web browser on any system through an action menu associated with a group-based mode or a one-to-one mode The task of posting to said public workspace of each target group messages stored in said private workspaces of identified users or information on files, folders or said resources, or from said public workspaces of target groups Removing messages or information of files, folders or said resources stored in said private workspace of the identified user, or posting said private workspace of the identified user to the private workspace of each targeted peer user or remove messages or information about files, folders or said resources stored in said private workspace of identified users from the private workspace of each target peer user information, this step includes: creating specified said runtime code encoded in said web page and periodically initiating said task of automatically refreshing each user's web browser's web page; The rate at which the web browser is periodically automatically refreshed is regulated by the console support software as needed for communication; and Each of the users also manually refreshes the web page by clicking a designed refresh button to submit the task. 29. The method of claim 10, wherein each identified user is caused to immediately and concurrently perform the following from said web browser on any system through an action menu associated with a group-based mode or a one-to-one mode Task: post messages stored in said private workspace of identified users or information on files, folders or said resources to said public workspace of each target group, or remove from said public workspace of target groups Messages or information on files, folders or said resources stored in said private workspace of the identified user or posted to the private workspace of each target peer user stored in said private workspace of the identified user messages or information about files, folders or said resources, or remove messages or information about files, folders or said resources stored in said private workspace of identified users from the private workspace of each target peer user information, this step also includes: Upon receiving a task/request to refresh a web page/web browser, the console support software obtains the requested task and parses the requested task to determine which user, which browser, and which part of the browser requires Refresh and what information needs to be updated; and Based on the parsed information, said console support software retrieves corresponding information either from said user's private workspace or from a group's public workspace, and further converts said information into said presentable web format, And finally the converted new web page is passed back to the corresponding part of said browser for display. 30. The method of claim 10, wherein each identified user is enabled to execute immediately and concurrently from said web browser on any system through an action menu associated with a group-based mode or a one-to-one mode The task of posting to said public workspace of each target group messages stored in said private workspaces of identified users or information on files, folders or said resources, or from said public workspaces of target groups Removing messages or information of files, folders or said resources stored in said private workspace of the identified user, or posting said private workspace of the identified user to the private workspace of each targeted peer user or remove messages or information about files, folders or said resources stored in said private workspace of identified users from the private workspace of each target peer user information, this step also includes: In said group-based communication mode or non-group-based one-to-one communication mode, each user sees files (digital documents and content) posted by each peer user Files posted by users to exchange files between communicating parties, and there is no size limit. 31. The method of claim 10, further comprising: said console support software provides each said user with a central view for personal sharing control, and further to efficiently control large numbers of previously posted files or folders during one-to-one communications; The user conveniently selects a previously posted file or folder and further performs a removal task through the operation menu. 32. The method of claim 10, further comprising: By imposing the different levels of security permissions on various users and groups, the console support software enables the leader in a work team to post one or more folders and the one or more Multiple folders are accessed by all members of the team, while other individual members are not allowed to perform similar tasks; Individual team members still have privileges to perform non-group-based one-to-one posting or removal and share files and folders; and The privileged user sets the security permissions and roles of each user in real-time and dynamically, and thus each user in the team has a changing scope and view of resources for access as their roles change. 33. The method of claim 10, further comprising: The WCUWE of CCDSVM provides the division of each user's private workspace and each group's public workspace to enhance security protection for each user and each group of users to perform posting or removal or the tasks concurrently without interfering with each other ;as well as Enables users or groups of users to work together securely and share with each other across the Internet, Intranet and LAN realms. 34. The method of claim 24, the method further comprising: The rich resource information allocated by the WCUWE of the CCDSVM provides display and sharing information with various web page layouts to meet various applications, and the rich resource information is contained in each user's private user workspace or group public workspace space; and Combining the wealth of resource information described and the ability provided by WCUWE for each user to perform concurrent multitasking from a single World Wide Web browser on any system, users go beyond the posting and removal of files or folders or messages on the CCDSVM to be able to Perform various tasks, storage, system monitoring, etc. on the 35. A method of World Wide Web-based information exchange, the method comprising: receiving a first post request from a first Internet-resident user; identifying a first posting object and a posting need associated with the first posting request in response to the posting request; determining a first group, the first user being a member of the first group; obtaining a list of users within the first group from a local storage device; generating a first World Wide Web page including said posted object; and providing the first World Wide Web page to users of the first group via the user's system via the Internet; and The first web page is monitored and it is determined whether any of the users have accessed the web page. 36. The method of claim 35, further comprising: receiving a second post request from a second Internet-resident user; identifying a second posting object and a posting need associated with the second posting request in response to the second posting request; generating a second World Wide Web page comprising said second posting object; detach said first web page; providing said second World Wide Web page to said first group of users via the user's system via the Internet; and The second World Wide Web page is monitored and it is determined whether any of the users has accessed the second World Wide Web page.

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