Provision and Management of Conference Websites

• US 20080043965A1
• Filed: 08/01/2006
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Corran, Andrew David, Torre, Charles Joseph, Cellini, Steven M., Hugli, Hans, Fynn, Scott V., Moore, George M.
• Application Number:
  US11/461,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20080043965A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/205.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Techniques are described to provision and manage conference websites. In one or more implementations, a website is provided for each of a plurality of conference attendees. Each of the websites includes a respective copy of materials related to a conference, which may be modifiable by respective conference attendees.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving one or more unique identifiers that correspond to a particular conference; and

when each said unique identifier is received, creating and provisioning a respective website with materials related to the particular conference.

2. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the conference-related materials are promotional materials related to the conference.

3. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the conference-related materials include executable code that is modifiable by a user having access to the provisioned website.

4. A method as described in claim 3, wherein a modification made to code in a first said website does not affect the code in a second said website.

5. A method as described in claim 1, wherein at least one said website is configured to accept code uploaded by a conference attendee that was assigned a corresponding said unique identifier.

6. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the unique identifiers are received via a login page.

7. A method as described in claim 1:

further comprising obtaining one or more domains for the conference; and

wherein the creating includes portioning hardware and software resources of one or more servers to provide each said website.

8. A method as described in claim 1, further comprising:

creating the one or more unique identifiers by a host of the conference; and

providing the one or more unique identifiers created by the host to attendees of the conference.

9. A method as described in claim 8, wherein the one or more unique identifiers are provided via email sent to respective said attendees of the conference.

10. A method as described in claim 1, further comprising receiving an input to customize a domain name of a respective said website.

11. A method as described in claim 1, wherein at least one said website is created from an existing domain of a respective attendee of the conference.

12. A method as described in claim 1, further comprising consolidating a website for the particular conference with another website from another conference.

13. A method comprising:

providing a website to each of a plurality of attendees of a conference, wherein each said website includes materials related to the conference; and

receiving inputs from at least one said attendee to modify the materials in a respective said website.

14. A method as described in claim 13, wherein each said website is provided on demand to respective said attendees.

15. A method as described in claim 13, wherein the materials include executable code that is modifiable by respective said attendees.

16. A method as described in claim 13, wherein:

each said website is configured such that when a change is made to a source of the materials, the change is automatically propagated to each copy of the materials included in the respective said websites; and

a change made by a respective said attendee to the materials of a first said website is not propagated to the materials of a second said website.

17. One or more computer-readable media comprising executable instructions that, when executed, direct a computer to:

provide a website for each of a plurality of conference attendees, wherein each said website includes a respective copy of materials related to a conference; and

when a change is made to a source of the materials, make the change to each said copy of the materials included in the respective said websites.

18. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein the copies of the materials are configured such that when a change is made to the copies, the changes do not affect other copies of the materials.

19. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein the materials include executable code that is modifiable by a user having access to the respective said website.

20. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein each said website was created and provisioned in response to receipt of one or more unique identifiers that correspond to the conference.