Systems and methods for communicating among meeting attendees via wireless telephones
First Claim
1. A method for attending a meeting defined as taking place at a physical location and using client-side software executing on a wireless telephone having a user interface, the method comprising:
- automatically synchronizing the client-side software with a remote server to update first attendee information that a user of the wireless telephone wishes to share;
receiving meeting information at the wireless telephone from the remote server, the meeting information including the physical location of the meeting and a list of meeting attendees;
displaying on the wireless telephone the list of meeting attendees via the user interface, the list of meeting attendees including, for each displayed meeting attendee, a first link to a first page of the displayed meeting attendee;
receiving, via the user interface of the wireless telephone, input selecting the first link for an attendee of interest among the list of meeting attendees; and
responsive to the input, displaying the first page of the attendee of interest on the user interface, the first page including a second link to a second page of the attendee of interest, the second page including second attendee information to be shared by the attendee of interest.
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Abstract
An organizer uses software to define a conference or meeting to take place at a physical meeting location, and to include a list of attendees. The attendees can receive the meeting information, including the location and attendee list, via client-side software on the wireless telephone. Also via their wireless telephones, the attendees can link to and display pages associated with other attendees, send and receive messages to and from one another, arrange further on-site or offsite meetings, and share various types of personal and business information.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for attending a meeting defined as taking place at a physical location and using client-side software executing on a wireless telephone having a user interface, the method comprising:
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automatically synchronizing the client-side software with a remote server to update first attendee information that a user of the wireless telephone wishes to share; receiving meeting information at the wireless telephone from the remote server, the meeting information including the physical location of the meeting and a list of meeting attendees; displaying on the wireless telephone the list of meeting attendees via the user interface, the list of meeting attendees including, for each displayed meeting attendee, a first link to a first page of the displayed meeting attendee; receiving, via the user interface of the wireless telephone, input selecting the first link for an attendee of interest among the list of meeting attendees; and responsive to the input, displaying the first page of the attendee of interest on the user interface, the first page including a second link to a second page of the attendee of interest, the second page including second attendee information to be shared by the attendee of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing client-side software for attending a meeting defined as occurring at a physical meeting location and having a meeting agenda, via a user interface of a wireless telephone, wherein executing the client-side software on the wireless telephone causes the wireless telephone to:
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automatically synchronize the client-side software with a remote server to store, at the remote server, first attendee information that a user of the wireless telephone wishes to share; receive meeting information from the remote server, the meeting information including a physical location of the meeting and a list of meeting attendees; display the list of meeting attendees via the user interface, the list of meeting attendees including, for each displayed meeting attendee, a first link to a page of the meeting attendee; receive, via the user interface, input selecting the first link for an attendee of interest among the list of meeting attendees; and responsive to the input, display the page of the attendee of interest, the page including a second link to an additional page of the attendee of interest, the additional page including first information to be shared by the attendee of interest. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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