Method and apparatus capable of constructing and operating cyber-conferences in cyberspace

• US 20020087638A1
• Filed: 12/28/2001
• Published: 07/04/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Original Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Inventors: Kim, Young Jun, Lee, Kang Pyung, Rhee, Jae Seong
• Granted Patent: US 7,069,299 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for constructing and operating a cyber-conference in cyberspace are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: accessing a cyber-conference operating web site provided on cyberspace; applying for registration to a cyber-conference operation server; approving the registration based on data stored on a database; and creating a cyber-conference in the cyberspace. The apparatus, which is connected to a user client and a conference client through a communication network, comprises a storage unit for storing a program, embodied on a computer-readable medium, capable of constructing and operating the cyber-conference; a database storing data related to the cyber-conference; and a server connected to the storage unit and the database.

Claims

1. A method for constructing and operating a cyber-conference in a system which interconnects a user client, an conference client, a cyber-conference operation server, a program storage unit, and a database through a communication network, comprising the steps of:

a) accessing, at the conference client, a cyber-conference operating website provided by the cyber-conference operation server;

b) applying for registration, at the conference client, to the cyber-conference operation server;

c) approving, at the cyber-conference operation server, the registration based on data stored on the database, in response to the application for registration from the conference client; and

d) creating, at the conference client, a cyber-conference through the communication network by using a cyber-conference creation program stored on the program storage unit.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

e) holding, at the conference client, a meeting of the created cyber-conference; and

f) processing, at the conference client, data related to the meeting.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step c) includes the steps of:

c1) assigning, at the cyber-conference operation server, a specific access code to the conference client by using a predetermined algorithm; and

c2) logging in, at the conference client, the cyber-conference operating website with the specific access code assigned by the cyber-conference operation server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step d) includes the steps of:

d1) creating, at the conference client, for the cyber-conference based on a cyber-conference building program; and

d2) providing, at the conference client, contents for the cyber-conference.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the step e) includes the steps of:

e1) setting, at the conference client, opening/closing date of the meeting; and

e2) providing, at the conference client, technical sections of the cyber-conference.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step e) further includes the steps of:

e3) receiving, at the conference client, an application of participation to the meeting from the user client;

e4) assigning, at the conference client, a temporary access code to the user client completing the application under the control of the cyber-conference operation server; and

e5) receiving, the conference client, data to be presented in the meeting from the user client completing application.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step e5) has the step of:

e51) classifying, at the conference client, the received data depending on the technical sections to store the same on a predetermined location.

8. An apparatus for constructing and operating a cyber-conference, wherein the apparatus is connected to a user client and a society client through a communication network, the apparatus comprising:

a means for storing a program, embodied on a computer-readable medium, to be used in constructing and operating the cyber-conference;

a database storing data related to the cyber-conference; and

a server connected to the storing means and the database, wherein the server enables the conference client to construct and operate the cyber-conference, by using the data stored on the storing means and the database, when the conference client requests for operating the cyber-conference.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the program includes:

a first code segment for enabling the conference client to construct the cyber-conference;

a second code segment for enabling the user client to access the cyber-conference; and

a third code segment for enabling the conference client to manage data related to the cyber-conference.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the database includes:

a first portion for storing data related to the conference client;

a second portion for storing data related to the user client; and

a third portion for storing data related to the cyber-conference.