Asynchronous collaboration session linked to a synchronous collaboration session
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1. A method comprising:
- starting a synchronous communication session in response to user initiation, where the synchronous communication session includes real-time multimedia data transfer among a plurality of users associated with the synchronous communication session;
associating an asynchronous communication session with the synchronous communication session by associating identifiers of the asynchronous communication session and the synchronous communication session with each other;
providing the plurality of users with automatic access to the associated asynchronous communication session, the asynchronous communication session overlapping in time with the synchronous communication session and the automatic access including access to add information to the asynchronous communication session or retrieve information from the asynchronous communication session while the synchronous communication session is ongoing;
ending the synchronous communication session;
sending a digital link over a network to the plurality of users associated with the synchronous communication session, the digital link providing access to the asynchronous communication session; and
granting access to ones of the users for the asynchronous communication session in response to selection of the digital link.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for starting both a synchronous communication session and an asynchronous communication session that overlap in time, and sending a digital link to users associated with the synchronous communication session that allows them to access the asynchronous communication session. The synchronous communication session includes real-time multimedia data transfer among the users associated with the session. The asynchronous communication session includes allowing users to add information to or retrieve information from the session. The asynchronous communication session persists after the synchronous communication session ends.
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1. A method comprising:
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starting a synchronous communication session in response to user initiation, where the synchronous communication session includes real-time multimedia data transfer among a plurality of users associated with the synchronous communication session; associating an asynchronous communication session with the synchronous communication session by associating identifiers of the asynchronous communication session and the synchronous communication session with each other; providing the plurality of users with automatic access to the associated asynchronous communication session, the asynchronous communication session overlapping in time with the synchronous communication session and the automatic access including access to add information to the asynchronous communication session or retrieve information from the asynchronous communication session while the synchronous communication session is ongoing; ending the synchronous communication session; sending a digital link over a network to the plurality of users associated with the synchronous communication session, the digital link providing access to the asynchronous communication session; and granting access to ones of the users for the asynchronous communication session in response to selection of the digital link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computing device, comprising:
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a memory containing a machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions for performing a method of linking a synchronous communication session with an asynchronous communication session; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to; establish a synchronous communication session including sending and receiving real-time multimedia data among a plurality of users associated with the synchronous communication session; associate an asynchronous communication session with the synchronous communication session by associating identifiers of the asynchronous communication session and the synchronous communication session with each other; and provide the plurality of users with automatic access to the asynchronous communication session associated with the synchronous communication session to allow the plurality of users to post information to the asynchronous communication session or retrieve information from the asynchronous communication session while the synchronous communication session is ongoing. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly recording computer program logic, the computer program product comprising:
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code to connect first and second users to a synchronous communication session in response to a request from one of the first and second users, where the synchronous communication session includes one or more of real-time video, audio, and screensharing between the first and second users; code to associate an asynchronous communication session with the synchronous communication session by associating identifiers of the asynchronous communication session and the synchronous communication session with each other; and code to automatically connect the first and second users with the asynchronous communication session, the asynchronous communication session overlapping in time with the synchronous communication session, code to enable the first and second users to add or retrieve text communication and collaboration objects from the asynchronous communication session while the synchronous communication session is ongoing; code to generate a digital link providing access to the asynchronous communication session; code to end the synchronous communication session; code to send the digital link over a network to the first and second users in response to ending the synchronous communication session; and code to grant access to the first and second users, in response to selection of the digital link, for the asynchronous communication session after the synchronous communication session has ended. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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