System for performing a cooperative operation on common data

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention aims at eliminating the above problems found in the conventional systems.
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide a cooperative operation system which can notify the operation of cooperative operators, can specify the sure selection of notifying information and the notifying method of the notifying information, and can generate automatically communication addresses necessary for arrangement and adjustment so the arrangement can be held in real time.
In order to attain the above object, the invention provides a cooperative operation system in which a plurality of operators perform a cooperative operation by use of common data, the system including common data monitoring means for monitoring operations to be performed on the common data by the respective operators, notifying level information storage means for storing notifying level information used to decide notifying modes in which the operations by the operators are notified to the other operators, notifying information creating means for creating notifying information on the basis of the information from the common data monitoring means and the notifying level information from the notifying level information storage means, notifying information decoding means for decoding the notifying information transmitted and for deciding a notifying mode corresponding to a notifying level included in the notifying information, and notifying information supply means for supplying the notifying information to the operators in accordance with the notifying mode decided by the notifying information decoding means.