Abstract: A system, method, computer program product, and propagated signal of this collaborative system are adapted to track metadata relating to an online digital asset that captures each user's or group's interest in the asset and thus, in the aggregate, defines a collective interest in the asset and self-selects a relevant market based upon the nature of the asset, the distribution, and the collective group. Further, the system, method, computer program product, and propagated signal implement a rights manager to provide for digital rights management in collaborative systems.

Abstract: A system, method, computer program product, and propagated signal for a real-time concurrent multi-user multi-way collaboration system that is able to incorporate one or more electronic devices including one or more portable devices that permits distributed users to easily and efficiently share both content and editorial input on such content (of course, text messaging is not limited to editorial input on the content), while enabling tracking/monitoring of the resource and its uses. Specifically, the system includes an electronic resource having an associated identifier; a plurality of communication clients, inter-communicated by a network, for initiating a transfer of said electronic resource from one of said plurality of communication clients to one or more other ones of said plurality of communication clients; and an asset tracker, coupled to said network, for communicating with a data file to link said associated identifier with each communication client receiving said electronic resource.

Abstract: A system, method, computer program product, and propagated signal for a real-time concurrent multi-user multi-way collaboration system that is able to incorporate one or more electronic devices including one or more portable devices that permits distributed users to easily and efficiently share both content and editorial input on such content (of course, text messaging is not limited to editorial input on the content). Specifically, a real-time concurrent multi-user multi-way collaboration system, method, and computer program capable of operation providing two or more users to be able to unambiguously collaborate in the rendering of a media resource, such that any user at any time may set a rendering of the media resource to a desired reference on all participating clients.

Abstract: A system, method, computer program product, and propagated signal for a real-time concurrent multi-user multi-way collaboration system that is able to incorporate one or more electronic devices including one or more portable devices that permits distributed users to easily and efficiently share both content and editorial input on such content.