Attribute visualization of attendees to an electronic meeting
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1. A computer implemented method for displaying dynamic attributes of electronic conference attendees, the computer implemented method comprising:
- assigning an icon to each attendee client of a plurality of attendee clients of an electronic conference to form a set of icons;
receiving user inputs from respective computers associated with each of the attendee clients in the plurality of attendee clients;
modifying each icon in the set of icons based on the user inputs for an attendee client associated with the each icon to create a set of modified icons based on user state; and
presenting the set of modified icons in an interface of a display associated with at least one of the respective computers, wherein the interface will display a state of attentiveness of the plurality of attendee clients.
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A server publishes a poll to one or more attendee clients to an electronic conference. The poll permits each attendee to select one of several choices as the vote of the respective attendee. Initially an attendee may have a default choice assigned to him, for example, undecided. The server may show a hypertext page that includes an image or persona icon of the attendee located within a panel that has the current vote that an attendee has chosen or, by default, been assigned.
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1. A computer implemented method for displaying dynamic attributes of electronic conference attendees, the computer implemented method comprising:
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assigning an icon to each attendee client of a plurality of attendee clients of an electronic conference to form a set of icons;
receiving user inputs from respective computers associated with each of the attendee clients in the plurality of attendee clients;
modifying each icon in the set of icons based on the user inputs for an attendee client associated with the each icon to create a set of modified icons based on user state; and
presenting the set of modified icons in an interface of a display associated with at least one of the respective computers, wherein the interface will display a state of attentiveness of the plurality of attendee clients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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10. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer usable program code for displaying among computers, attributes of electronic conference attendees, wherein each computer has at least one display, and each electronic conference attendee has a group display, said computer program product including;
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computer usable program code for assigning an icon to each attendee client of a plurality of attendee clients of an electronic conference to form a set of icons;
computer usable program code for receiving user inputs from respective computers associated with each of the attendee clients in the plurality of attendee clients;
computer usable program code for modifying each icon in the set of icons based on the user inputs for an attendee client associated with the each icon to create a set of modified icons based on user state; and
computer usable program code for presenting the set of modified icons in an interface of a display associated with at least one of the respective computers, wherein the interface will display a state of attentiveness of the plurality of attendee clients.
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16. A data processing system comprising:
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a bus;
a storage device connected to the bus, wherein computer usable code is located in the storage device;
a communication unit connected to the bus;
a processing unit connected to the bus, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable code to assign an icon to each attendee client of a plurality of attendee clients of an electronic conference to form a set of icons;
receive user inputs from respective computers associated with each of the attendee clients in the plurality of attendee clients;
modify each icon in the set of icons based on the user inputs for an attendee client associated with the each icon to create a set of modified icons based on user state; and
present the set of modified icons in an interface of a display associated with at least one of the respective computers, wherein the interface displays a state of attentiveness of the plurality of attendee clients. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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