Conferencing system with improved access

• US 20080065727A1
• Filed: 09/12/2007
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VirtualDesign.Net, Inc., Virtualdesign Net Incorporated
• Original Assignee: VirtualDesign.Net, Inc.
• Inventors: Majors, Kenneth D., Deboy, Scott
• Application Number:
  US11/900,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20080065727A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/152 Multipoint control units therefor

Abstract

A conferencing system includes a plurality of users each of which is interconnected with a conferencing server that permits videoconferencing among said plurality of users. The conferencing server permits each of the plurality of users to access a document of the conferencing server using an authentication process. The conferencing server permits another user to access the document of the conferencing server without using the authentication process. The another user accessing the document is in response to a request by one of the plurality of users.

Claims

1. A conferencing system comprising:

(a) a plurality of users each of which is interconnected with a conferencing server that permits videoconferencing among said plurality of users;

(b) said conferencing server permitting each of said plurality of users to access a document of said conferencing server using an authentication process;

(c) said conferencing server permitting another user to access said document of said conferencing server without using said authentication process;

(d) wherein said another user accessing said document is in response to a request by one of said plurality of users.

2. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein said plurality of users each have a computer.

3. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein said users are interconnected with said conferencing server though a network.

4. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein said document is a video.

5. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein said document is textual communication using a messaging system.

6. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein said authentication process includes a user name and a password.

7. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein said without said authentication process does not include a user name and a password.

8. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein said authentication permits access to a project room that includes stored files for said plurality of users.

9. The conferencing system of claim 8 wherein said without said authentication process permits access to said project room.

10. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein said authentication process permits access to one of a plurality of project rooms.

11. The conferencing system of claim 10 wherein said without said authentication process permits access to one of said project rooms.

12. The conferencing system of claim 10 wherein said project room has a unique e-mail address.

13. The conferencing system of claim 1 wherein said without said authentication process is based upon an e-mail.