US Patent Issued to International Business Machines on Feb. 10 for "Providing context for collaborative document" (Canadian, British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,670, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Providing context for collaborative document" was invented by Ilse Breedvelt (Manotick, Canada), Edwin Peter John Moffatt (Hursley Park, Great Britain), Ellen R. Kolsto (Austin, Texas) and Troy Gregory Bjerke (Travis, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for providing context regarding a shared document is provided. The embodiment may include identifying a shared document. The embodiment may also include initiating a live meeting. The embodiment may further...