Method and system for capturing, storing, sharing, and managing notes taken during a computer based meeting
View Patent ↗A method and system for capturing and managing electronic notes in a computer based application is presented. Electronic notes are captured in a note object and the context of the captured note is associated to the note object. Note objects are stored in a notes database for later retrieval. The notes can be queried, filtered, and sorted to obtain useful information from the notes.
1. A notes service for a computer aided design (CAD) application stored on a memory, comprising:
a note creation module which captures an electronic note associated with a change in a three-dimensional model of said CAD application;
a note storage module which stores said captured note and an associated data file for later retrieval; and
a note retrieval module for retrieving and displaying said captured note with a display screen of said three-dimensional model, that existed when said note was generated, using said associated data file.
2. The notes service of claim 1 , wherein said note retrieval module receives a query condition and retrieves said captured note and associated data file if said note meets said query condition.
3. The notes service of claim 1 , comprising:
a note management module which enables a user to modify a captured note.
4. The notes service of claim 1 , comprising:
a collaboration function which allows a plurality of collaboration session members to synchronously view a graphical user interface of said notes service.
5. A method for capturing and managing electronic notes in a computer aided design (CAD) based application, comprising:
capturing a note in a note object;
associating a data file with said captured note, wherein said data file is used to generate a display of a three-dimensional model of said CAD application that existed when said note was captured;
storing said note object and said associated data file in persistent storage for later retrieval;
receiving a query condition; and
retrieving said note object and said associated data file if attributes of said note object meet said query condition.
6. The method of claim 5 , comprising:
displaying said note captured in said note object.
7. The method of claim 6 , comprising:
presenting said display of said three-dimensional model using said data file.
8. The method of claim 5 , comprising:
capturing a second note and linking said second captured note to said captured note in an hierarchical relationship.
9. The method of claim 5 , comprising:
connecting to a collaboration session; and
synchronously displaying a notes service graphical user interface to all members connected to said collaboration session.
10. The method of claim 9 , comprising:
locking said note to prevent other members of said collaboration session from changing said note.
11. A computer readable storage medium tangibly embodying program instructions implementing a method for capturing and managing electronic notes in a computer based application the method comprising the steps of:
capturing a note in a note object;
associating a data file with said captured note, wherein said data file is used to generate a display of a three-dimensional model of said CAD application that existed at the time the note was captured;
receiving a query condition; and
retrieving said note object and said associated data file if attributes of said note object meet said query condition.
12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , the method comprising:
storing said note object and said associated data file in persistent storage for later retrieval.
13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , the method comprising:
displaying said note captured in said note object.
14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , the method comprising:
presenting said display of said three-dimensional model using said data file.
15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , the method comprising:
capturing a second note and linking said second captured note to said captured note in an hierarchical relationship.
16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , the method comprising:
connecting to a collaboration session; and
synchronously displaying a notes service graphical user interface to all members connected to said collaboration session.
17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , the method comprising:
locking said note to prevent other members of said collaboration session from changing said note.