Multispeaker presentation system and method
First Claim
1. A method for conducting an online multi-speaker presentation comprising the steps of:
- receiving a presentation agenda that specifies a plurality of phases, each phase having a speaker for presenting in a pre-specified order;
said agenda including a policy for coordinating data feeds to one or more client devices according to an activated phase;
controlling data feed configurations associated with each phase by activating data feed controls at times associated with an active agenda phase policy; and
, broadcasting data content from said feeds associated with a current phase to one or more connected client devices, whereby many users of the on-line meeting participate according to feed policies specified by said agenda without users at the client devices having to explicitly select or coordinate the feed controls during the presentation.
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Abstract
A system and method for conducting an online multi-speaker presentation comprises the implementation of a presentation agenda that specifies a plurality of phases, each phase having a speaker for presenting in a pre-specified order; and the agenda including policies for coordinating data feeds to one or more client devices according to an activated phase. Data feeds for audio, video, audio-visual or non-speaker data sources are provided to one or more clients and activated in accordance with an agenda phase policy, the data feeds being triggered automatically upon new phase activation. Thus, many users of the on-line meeting participate according to feed policies specified by said agenda without users at the client devices having to explicitly select or coordinate the feed controls during the presentation.
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44 Claims
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1. A method for conducting an online multi-speaker presentation comprising the steps of:
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receiving a presentation agenda that specifies a plurality of phases, each phase having a speaker for presenting in a pre-specified order;
said agenda including a policy for coordinating data feeds to one or more client devices according to an activated phase;
controlling data feed configurations associated with each phase by activating data feed controls at times associated with an active agenda phase policy; and
,broadcasting data content from said feeds associated with a current phase to one or more connected client devices, whereby many users of the on-line meeting participate according to feed policies specified by said agenda without users at the client devices having to explicitly select or coordinate the feed controls during the presentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An online multi-speaker presentation system comprising:
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means for receiving a presentation agenda that includes a plurality of phases, each phase having an associated speaker, said agenda phase including a policy for coordinating data feeds to one or more clients at each phase;
a means for implementing data feed configurations to one or more clients in accordance with said agenda phase policy, and reconfiguring data feeds upon activation of a new phase, wherein a plurality of speakers of the on-line meeting participate according to feed policies specified by said agenda. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An on-line service for enabling multi-speaker presentations comprising
a communications network having a plurality of attached client devices adapted to receive broadcast presentations; -
means connected to said communications network for receiving a presentation agenda that includes a plurality of phases, each phase having an associated speaker, said agenda phase including a policy for coordinating data feeds to one or more client devices at each phase for participating in said meeting; and
,a means for implementing data feed configurations to one or more clients in accordance with said agenda phase policy, and reconfiguring data feeds upon activation of a new phase, wherein said feed policies are triggered automatically without users at said clients devices having to explicitly select or coordinate the feed controls during the presentation. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for method for conducting an online multi-speaker presentation, said method steps comprising:
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receiving a presentation agenda that specifies a plurality of phases, each phase having a speaker for presenting in a pre-specified order;
said agenda including policy for coordinating data feeds to one or more client devices according to an activated phase;
controlling data feed configurations associated with each phase by activating data feed controls at times associated with an active agenda phase policy; and
,broadcasting data content from said feeds associated with a current phase to one or more connected client devices, whereby many users of the on-line meeting participate according to feed policies specified by said agenda without users at the client devices having to explicitly select or coordinate the feed controls during the presentation. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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