Method and system for information collaboration over an IP network via handheld wireless communication devices
First Claim
1. A method for establishing a collaboration session using a handheld wireless communication device, the method comprising:
- activating a browser application at the handheld wireless communication device;
wirelessly retrieving a collaboration URL from a collaboration server;
wirelessly deploying a web client into the browser, wherein said web client is associated with the retrieved collaboration URL; and
wirelessly sending a request to the collaboration server to establish the collaboration session.
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and systems for establishing and conducting multimedia multipoint conference using one or more handheld wireless communication devices (HWCDs). In one embodiment, upon receiving a request from a HWCD user to establish or join a multimedia conference, a collaboration server responds by sending an appropriate web-client to the requester'"'"'s handheld device. The multimedia conference may include data collaboration, with or without audio or video. During data collaboration, conference participants working on a shared file may send commands to the collaboration server, which then updates the file and sends the modified file to the conference participants.
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1. A method for establishing a collaboration session using a handheld wireless communication device, the method comprising:
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activating a browser application at the handheld wireless communication device;
wirelessly retrieving a collaboration URL from a collaboration server;
wirelessly deploying a web client into the browser, wherein said web client is associated with the retrieved collaboration URL; and
wirelessly sending a request to the collaboration server to establish the collaboration session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for joining a collaboration session using a handheld wireless communication device, the method comprising:
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wirelessly receiving an invitation for the data collaboration session at the handheld wireless communication device, wherein the invitation comprises a sessional URL associated with the data collaboration session;
activating a browser application at the handheld device;
wirelessly retrieving the sessional URL from a collaboration server;
wirelessly deploying a web client into the browser; and
joining the collaboration session. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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