Sharing, managing and communicating information over a computer network

Abstract

A egocentric network including an author, a document created by the author, the document for dissemination over a computer network, a recipient for receiving the document from the author, a first egocentric network monitor for presenting a visual and/or audio representation of a point of view of the author for the document and a point of involvement for the document, a second egocentric network monitor for presenting a visual and/or audio representation of a point of view of the recipient for the document and a point of involvement for the document, and a point of involvement for said document. In addition, methods and apparatuses for sharing and communicating information over a computer network are included.

1 .- 36 . (canceled)  
   
   
       37 . An egocentric network comprising: 
 a first egocentric network monitor for presenting a visual and/or audio representation of at least one of a point of view of the author for a document and a point of involvement for the document; and    a second egocentric network monitor for presenting a visual and/or audio representation of at least one of a point of view of a recipient for the document and a point of involvement for the document.    
   
   
       38 . The egocentric network according to  claim 37 , wherein the document includes meta information comprising a point of view definition.  
   
   
       39 . The egocentric network according to  claim 37 , wherein the point of view for each of the author and the recipient are created by dissemination of the document over the computer network.  
   
   
       40 . The egocentric network according to  claim 37 , wherein the author's point of view and the recipient's point of view reflect interactions with the document in one or more instances by at least one of the group consisting of: the author, the recipient, and other resources in the computer network.  
   
   
       41 . The egocentric network according to  claim 37 , wherein the point of involvement for the document comprises an intersection of the author's point of view and the recipient's point of view of the document.  
   
   
       42 . An egocentric network comprising a first egocentric network monitor for presenting a visual and/or audio representation of at least one of a point of view of an author of a document and a point of involvement of the author for the document.  
   
   
       43 . The egocentric network according to  claim 42 , further comprising a second egocentric network monitor for presenting a visual and/or audio representation of at least one of a point of view of a recipient for the document and a point of involvement of the recipient for the document.  
   
   
       44 . The egocentric network according to  claim 42 , wherein the document includes meta information comprising a point of view definition.  
   
   
       45 . The egocentric network according to  claim 42 , wherein the point of view for the author is created by dissemination of the document.  
   
   
       46 . The egocentric network according to  claim 43 , wherein the point of view for each of the author and the recipient are created by dissemination of the document.  
   
   
       47 . The egocentric network according to  claim 42 , wherein the author's point of view reflect interactions with the document in one or more instances by at least one of the group consisting of: the author, a recipient, and other resources in the computer network.  
   
   
       48 . The egocentric network according to  claim 43 , wherein the author's point of view and the recipient's point of view reflect interactions with the document in one or more instances by at least one of the group consisting of: the author, the recipient, and other resources in the computer network.  
   
   
       49 . The egocentric network according to  claim 42 , wherein the point of involvement for the document comprises an intersection of the author's point of view and a recipient's point of view of the document.  
   
   
       50 . The egocentric network according to  claim 43 , wherein the point of involvement for the document comprises an intersection of the author's point of view and the recipient's point of view of the document.  
   
   
       51 . A method for establishing an egocentric network comprising presenting a visual and/or audio representation of at least one of a point of view for an author for a document created by the author and a point of involvement for the document.  
   
   
       52 . The method according to  claim 51 , further comprising presenting a visual and/or audio representation of at least one of a point of view of a recipient for the document and a point of involvement for the document.  
   
   
       53 . The method according to  claim 51 , wherein the document includes meta information comprising a point of view definition.  
   
   
       54 . The method according to  claim 51 , wherein the point of view for the author is created by dissemination of the document.  
   
   
       55 . The method according to  claim 52 , wherein the point of view for each of the author and the recipient are created by dissemination of the document.  
   
   
       56 . The method according to  claim 51 , wherein the author's point of view reflect interactions with the document in one or more instances by at least one of the group consisting of: the author, a recipient, and other resources in the computer network.  
   
   
       57 . The method according to  claim 52 , wherein the author's point of view and the recipient's point of view reflect interactions with the document in one or more instances by at least one of the group consisting of: the author, the recipient, and other resources in the computer network.  
   
   
       58 . The method according to  claim 51 , wherein the point of involvement for the document comprises an intersection of the author's point of view and a recipient's point of view of the document.  
   
   
       59 . The method according to  claim 52 , wherein the point of involvement for the document comprises an intersection of the author's point of view and the recipient's point of view of the document.