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MULTIMEDIA COORDINATION SYSTEM

  • US 20030051136A1
  • Filed: 01/12/1996
  • Published: 03/13/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1995
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for dynamically controlling multiple channels of data in a multi-user collaborative system having a central server connected to a plurality of client workstations over a network, comprising the steps of:

  • displaying at each client workstation a view on a room object stored in an object database on the central server, the room object being associated with a first channel stored in the object database;

    providing, at each client workstation, visual identification of each user object located in a virtual room, each pair of user objects located in the virtual room having associated therewith a whisper channel;

    initiating, at a first client workstation, broadcast of data to each user object located in the virtual room by selecting a first interface element displayed at the first client workstation, the first interface element being associated with the room object and directing data to the first channel; and

    interrupting, at the first client workstation, broadcast of data transmitted over the first channel by selecting a second interface element displayed at the first client workstation, the second interface element being associated with a user object at a second client workstation, said interrupting step initiating broadcast of data at the first client workstation to the whisper channel associated with the user object at the second client workstation.

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