MOBILE MEETING AND COLLABORATION

• US 20090013045A1
• Filed: 03/31/2008
• Published: 01/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Maes, Stephane H., Christfort, Jacob, Dolan, John, Kuchhal, Gaurav, Sini, Jean
• Granted Patent: US 8,028,073 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method for coordinating the remote participation of a client device in a meeting within a network comprising the client device and one or more nodes, the meeting involving a multimedia presentation. According to one embodiment, the method includes receiving an invitation for the client device to participate in the meeting, where a user will participate in the meeting using the client device. Temporal information for the meeting is stored. Furthermore, it is determined whether or not to notify the user of the meeting based on the stored temporal information or other information. In the event that the user should be notified, it is determined when to notify the user of the meeting based on the stored temporal information. One or more messages about the meeting are sent for the meeting. In one embodiment, the one or more messages about the meeting includes a reminder to join the meeting. In another embodiment, the one or more messages about the meeting includes an instruction which causes the client device to connect to the meeting without user action.

Claims

1. A method for coordinating the remote participation of a client device in a meeting within a network comprising the client device and one or more nodes, the meeting involving a multimedia presentation, the method comprising:

receiving an invitation for the client device to participate in the meeting, wherein a user will participate in the meeting using the client device;

storing temporal information about the meeting;

determining whether to notify the user of the meeting based on the stored temporal information or other information;

in the event that the user should be notified,

determining when to notify the user of the meeting based on the stored temporal information; and

sending one or more messages about the meeting, the one or more messages permitting the client device to connect to the meeting.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more messages about the meeting comprises a reminder to join the meeting.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the reminder comprises a link, wherein upon selection of the link, the client device is connected to the meeting.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the link comprises a uniform resource identifier (URI), an address, a protocol, an interface, or an application programming interface (API) with arguments.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving specifications of the client device for the meeting; and

adapting the reminder based on the specifications.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the reminder is sent by an application of the client device to the user of the client device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more messages about the meeting comprises an instruction to cause the client device to connect to the meeting when the client device receives the one or more messages, wherein the connection occurs without user action.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the instruction causes the client device to connect to the meeting by initiating a call to join the meeting.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the instruction causes a server or a peer device to connect the client device to the meeting by calling the client device to join the meeting.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the instruction causes a third party to connect the client device to the meeting by joining the client device and at least one of a server or a peer device to the meeting.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the client device is connected to the meeting using a session initiation protocol (SIP) method invitation.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein a third party establishes a SIP call control between the client device and the one or more nodes.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the instruction includes information about how the third party joins the client device and the one or more nodes to the meeting.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more messages causes the client device to connect to the meeting by displaying a current slide in the multimedia presentation.

15. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more messages are sent by a first node of the one or more nodes, wherein the first node is a server or a peer device or a third party.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein information on how to join the meeting is provided in the invitation or in the one or more messages about the meeting.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

storing the information on how to join the meeting where the information on how to join the meeting is provided in the invitation.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the client device initiates connection to the meeting using the information on how to join to the meeting.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving specifications of the client device for the meeting; and

adapting the multimedia presentation based on the specifications.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein a form of communication of the invitation or a form of communication of the one or more messages are determined based on one or more forms of communication that are acceptable by the client device.

21. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user input from a user interface of the client device, the user input indicating an acceptance of the invitation or a rejection of the invitation to participate in the meeting.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the one or more messages about the meeting are not sent where the user input indicates rejection of the invitation to participate in the meeting.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more messages are sent by a node within the network to the client device.

24. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing destination information which identifies a destination node of the one or more nodes; and

sending the one or more messages about the meeting to the destination node.

25. The method of claim 1, wherein the invitation is sent by a server node which provides a service of sending invitations, and wherein the server node performs the steps of storing temporal information and/or determining whether to notify and/or determining when to notify and/or sending the one or more messages about the meeting.

26. A data processing system for coordinating the remote participation of a client device in a meeting within a network comprising the client device and one or more nodes, the meeting involving a multimedia presentation, the data processing system comprising:

a first receiver module for receiving an invitation for the client device to participate in the meeting, wherein a user will participate in the meeting using the client device;

a storage module for storing temporal information about the meeting;

a notification module for determining whether to notify the user of the meeting based on the stored temporal information or other information, in the event that the user should be notified,

determining when to notify the user of the meeting based on the stored temporal information; and

sending one or more messages about the meeting, the one or more messages permitting the client device to connect to the meeting.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the one or more messages about the meeting comprises a reminder to join the meeting, wherein the user of the client device does not have to know any information about how to connect to the meeting.

28. The system of claim 27, further comprising:

a second receiver module for receiving specifications of the client device for the meeting;

an adapter module for adapting the reminder based on the specifications.

29. The system of claim 27, wherein the notification module is an application of the client, and wherein the reminder is sent to the user of the client device.

30. The system of claim 26, wherein the one or more messages about the meeting comprises an instruction to cause the client device to connect to the meeting when the client device receives the one or more messages, wherein the connection occurs without user action.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the instruction causes the client device to connect to the meeting by initiating a call to join the meeting.

32. The system of claim 30, wherein the instruction causes a server or a peer device to connect the client device to the meeting by calling the client device to join the meeting.

33. The system of claim 30, wherein the instruction causes a third party to connect the client device to the meeting by joining the client device and at least one of a server or a peer device to the meeting.