US PATENT SUBCLASS 709 / 204
.~ Computer conferencing

Current as of: June, 1999
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709 /   HD   ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS: MULTIPLE COMPUTER OR PROCESS COORDINATING

200  DF  MULTICOMPUTER DATA TRANSFERRING {19}
204.~ Computer conferencing {3}
205  DF  .~.~> Cooperative computer processing
206  DF  .~.~> Demand based messaging
207  DF  .~.~> Priority based messaging

DEFINITION

Classification: 709/204

Computer conferencing:

(under subclass 200) Subject matter further comprising means or steps for enabling collaborative processing of data by the

computers or digital data processing systems.

(1) Note. Means or steps for computerized database and file accessing and retrieving, especially hierarchical, bit-mapped and flat indexing, hashing, stapling, and containerizing database operations and methods are classified elsewhere. See the SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS notes below.

(2) Note. Means or steps for organizing and interrelating data or files, including relational, network, hierarchical, and entity-relationship models for databases are classified elsewhere. See the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.

(3) Note. Means or steps for managing and maintaining files and databases in computers and digital data processing systems are classified elsewhere. See the SEE OR SEARCH CLASS notes below.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

345, Computer Graphics Processing, Operator Interface Processing, and Selective Visual Display Systems,

330, for operator interfaces for computer conferencing. 370, Multiplex Communications,

260+, for multiplexed communications enabling three or more terminals to be included in a single call connection.

707, Data Processing: Databases and File Management, Data Structures, and Document Processing,

1+, for means or steps for computerized database and file accessing and retrieving, especially hierarchical, bit-mapped and flat indexing, hashing, stapling, and containerizing database operations and methods, subclasses 100+ for means or steps for organizing and interrelating data or files, including relational, network, hierarchical, and entity-relationship models for databases, and subclasses 200+ for means or steps for managing and maintaining files and databases in computers and digital data computer systems.