Network conferencing using method for distributed computing and/or distributed objects to intermediate host for presentation to a communications device
First Claim
1. A method of conducting a conference, comprising the steps of:
- initializing the conference amongst at least one intermediate host communications device and at least one downstream participant communications device;
prior to the conference, communicating a library of digital objects to the intermediate host communications device, communicating an intermediate host conferencing module to the intermediate host communications device; and
during the conference, communicating a synchronization command from a host communications device to the intermediate host communications device, wherein in response to the synchronization command, the intermediate host conferencing module instructs the intermediate host communications device to present an object from the library of digital objects and to communicate the object to the downstream participant communications device with the instructions to the downstream participant communications device to present the object, and communicating the object with the presentation instructions from the intermediate host communications device to the downstream participant communications device.
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Abstract
Prior to the intermediate host conference, an Intermediate Host Conferencing Module communicates a library of digital objects and the Intermediate Host Conferencing Module to an intermediate host communications device(s). During the conference, the intermediate host-resident Intermediate Host Conferencing Module receives a synchronization command and instructs the intermediate host communications device to communicate a synchronized object with presentation instructions to a downstream participant communications device and to present the synchronized object to the intermediate host communications device. Furthermore, the participant communications devices may communicate a synchronization acknowledgment back to the Intermediate Host Conferencing Module. The synchronization confirmation acknowledges a successful presentation of the synchronized object to the intermediate host communications device and/or to at least one of the downstream participant communications devices.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of conducting a conference, comprising the steps of:
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initializing the conference amongst at least one intermediate host communications device and at least one downstream participant communications device;
prior to the conference, communicating a library of digital objects to the intermediate host communications device, communicating an intermediate host conferencing module to the intermediate host communications device; and
during the conference, communicating a synchronization command from a host communications device to the intermediate host communications device, wherein in response to the synchronization command, the intermediate host conferencing module instructs the intermediate host communications device to present an object from the library of digital objects and to communicate the object to the downstream participant communications device with the instructions to the downstream participant communications device to present the object, and communicating the object with the presentation instructions from the intermediate host communications device to the downstream participant communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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an Intermediate Host Conferencing Module stored in a memory device, and a processor communicating with the memory device, the Intermediate Host Conferencing Module initializing the conference amongst at least one intermediate host communications device and at least one downstream participant communications device, communicating a library of digital objects and the Intermediate Host Conferencing Module to the intermediate host communications device prior to the conference, and communicating a synchronization command from a host communications device to the intermediate host communications device during the conference, wherein in response to the synchronization command, the Intermediate Host Conferencing Module of the intermediate host communications device instructs the intermediate host communications device to present an object from the library of digital objects and to communicate the object to the downstream participant communications device with instructions to the downstream participant communications device to present the object. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer-readable medium; and
a Intermediate Host Conferencing Module stored on the computer-readable medium, the Intermediate Host Conferencing Module initializing the conference amongst at least one intermediate host communications device and at least one downstream participant communications device, communicating a library of digital objects and the Intermediate Host Conferencing Module to the intermediate host communications device prior to the conference, communicating a synchronization command from a host communications device to the intermediate host communications device during the conference, wherein in response to the synchronization command, the Intermediate Host Conferencing Module of the intermediate host communications device instructs the intermediate host communications device to present an object from the library of digital objects and to communicate the object to the downstream participant communications device with instructions to the downstream participant communications device to present the object, and receiving a synchronization acknowledgment identifying at least one of the intermediate host communications device and the downstream participant communications device, the synchronization acknowledgement further confirming a successful presentation of the object to at least one of the intermediate host communications device and the downstream participant communications device.
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