Network conference system, management server, conference terminal, and information origination authorization management method
First Claim
1. A network conference system of a server-client type comprising:
- a management server being connected to a network;
a plurality of conference terminals provided as clients and connected to the management server through the network, wherein the management server includes;
a server communication section that communicates with the conference terminals through the network; and
an information origination authorization management section that, when a new acquisition request of an information origination authorization is requested by a user having no information origination authorization, causes the conference terminal of one of users having the information origination authorization to return the information origination authorization in accordance with a predetermined interchange algorithm, and gives the information origination authorization to the conference terminal of the user issuing the new acquisition request to limit a maximum number of uses who originate information at a same time to a predetermined number, wherein each of the conference terminals includes;
a client communication section that communicates with the management server through the network; and
an information origination control section that transfers information concerning the information origination authorization to and from the information origination authorization management section of the management server and controls information origination in response to the presence or absence of the information origination authorization.
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Abstract
A network conference system with multipoint connection in which a plurality of users (at least two) are allowed to speak simultaneously, a server-client system in which distribution of information can be easily managed in a centralized manner. A management server (100) executes real-time and dynamic management of the information origination authorization (speech authorization, etc.,) for all sites and on the other hand, an information origination control section (221) of each conference terminal appropriately controls transmission of information from the conference terminal to a network in response to the presence or absence of the information origination authorization.
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13 Claims
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1. A network conference system of a server-client type comprising:
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a management server being connected to a network;
a plurality of conference terminals provided as clients and connected to the management server through the network, wherein the management server includes;
a server communication section that communicates with the conference terminals through the network; and
an information origination authorization management section that, when a new acquisition request of an information origination authorization is requested by a user having no information origination authorization, causes the conference terminal of one of users having the information origination authorization to return the information origination authorization in accordance with a predetermined interchange algorithm, and gives the information origination authorization to the conference terminal of the user issuing the new acquisition request to limit a maximum number of uses who originate information at a same time to a predetermined number, wherein each of the conference terminals includes;
a client communication section that communicates with the management server through the network; and
an information origination control section that transfers information concerning the information origination authorization to and from the information origination authorization management section of the management server and controls information origination in response to the presence or absence of the information origination authorization. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An information origination authorization management method in a server-client network conference system including a management server being provided on a network and a plurality of conference terminals as clients that can use the management server through the network, wherein the management server sets the permissible number of simultaneous speeches for a speech authorization, one information origination authorization, the method comprising:
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starting a conference in a state in which the speech authorization is given to as many participants as the number less than the permissible number of simultaneous speeches;
transmitting a new acquisition request of the speech authorization from the conference terminal of the participant having no speech authorization to the management server; and
dynamically changing the speech authorization while the conference is proceeding as upon reception of the new acquisition request of the speech authorization from the conference terminal, the management server causes the conference terminal of one of the participants having the speech authorization to return the speech authorization in accordance with a predetermined interchange algorithm and gives the speech authorization to the conference terminal of the participant issuing the new acquisition request. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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