Methods and systems for linking virtual meeting attendees over a network
First Claim
1. A method for communicating real time data streams between a plurality of virtual meeting attendees over a digital data network comprising the steps of:
- receiving a plurality of real time data streams that include a first and a second real time data stream from each of a plurality of virtual meeting attendees;
linking said first real time data stream from each of the plurality of virtual attendees to a first network interface;
linking said second real time data stream from each of said plurality of virtual meeting attendees to a second network interface; and
, allowing a requestor to selectively link to one or more of said first and said network interfaces.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods and computer program products for communicating real time data streams between a plurality of virtual meeting attendees over a digital data network. One exemplary method of the invention includes the steps of receiving a plurality of real time data streams from each of a plurality of virtual meeting attendees, of linking a first and a second of the real time data streams from each of the attendees to a first network interface, of linking only the first data stream from each of the attendees to a second network interface, and of linking only the second data stream from each of the attendees to a third network interface.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for communicating real time data streams between a plurality of virtual meeting attendees over a digital data network comprising the steps of:
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receiving a plurality of real time data streams that include a first and a second real time data stream from each of a plurality of virtual meeting attendees;
linking said first real time data stream from each of the plurality of virtual attendees to a first network interface;
linking said second real time data stream from each of said plurality of virtual meeting attendees to a second network interface; and
,allowing a requestor to selectively link to one or more of said first and said network interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for linking data communications between a plurality of users in a virtual meeting on a data network, the method comprising the steps of:
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designating a first network interface for communicating real time video data streams;
designating a second network interface for communicating real time audio data streams;
querying the plurality of users to determine what types of real time data streams each of said plurality of users will communicate to and from the network, said types of data including at least video and audio data; and
,linking each individual of said plurality of users to one or both of said first and second network interfaces depending on what types of data said each individual of said plurality of users selected. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer program product for linking data communications between a plurality of users in each of a plurality of virtual meetings on a data network, the program product comprising computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable medium that when executed cause one or more computers to:
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receive a first plurality of real time data streams from each of a plurality of first meeting attendees, said plurality of real time data streams including at least one real time video data stream and at least one real time audio data stream from each of said plurality of first meeting attendees;
receive a second plurality of real time data streams from each of a plurality of second virtual meeting attendees, said second virtual meeting occurring at least partially concurrently with said first virtual meeting, said second plurality of real time data streams including at least one real time video data stream and at least one real time audio data stream from each of said second virtual meeting attendees;
link only said real time video data streams from said plurality of first meeting attendees to a first network interface and linking only said real time audio data streams from said plurality of first meeting attendees to a second network interface;
link only said real time video data streams from said plurality of second meeting attendees to a fourth network interface and linking only said real time audio data streams from said plurality of second meeting attendees to a fifth network interface; and
allow a requestor to selectively choose which of said interfaces to receive data streams from. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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