Virtual Discussion Forum
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method of enabling real-time synchronous group interactions among a plurality of participants in a virtual discussion forum, comprising the steps of:
- providing a virtual interaction platform to said participants for said synchronous group interactions, wherein said virtual interaction platform comprises a synchronous media layer, an interaction layer, and a reporting, archiving, and analysis layer;
enabling the synchronous group interactions among the participants in said virtual discussion forum using the virtual interaction platform, comprising the steps of;
introducing a plurality of discussion issues for the virtual discussion forum;
synchronously rendering media content related to said discussion issues to the participants using said synchronous media layer, wherein said media content is obtained from a plurality of media sources;
generating responses by the participants on the discussion issues using said interaction layer;
analyzing group behavior of the participants by said reporting, archiving, and analysis layer using said generated responses; and
dynamically displaying said group behavior by the interaction layer.whereby the virtual interaction platform enables said real-time synchronous group interactions among the participants in the virtual discussion forum.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a computer implemented method and system for enabling real-time synchronous group interactions among participants in a virtual discussion forum. The virtual discussion forum may be a web seminar, an online conference session, an online debate, an online learning session, etc. A virtual interaction platform comprising a synchronous media layer, an interaction layer, and a reporting, archiving, and analysis layer is provided to the participants. The virtual interaction platform enables synchronous group interactions among the participants by introducing discussion issues for the virtual discussion forum. Media content related to the discussion issues is synchronously rendered to the participants. The virtual interaction platform enables the participants to interact with each other and respond to questions, polls, etc. posted in the virtual discussion forum. The virtual interaction platform determines group behavior by analyzing participants'"'"' responses and interactions and displays participants'"'"' group behavior by visually representing individual and group traits.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method of enabling real-time synchronous group interactions among a plurality of participants in a virtual discussion forum, comprising the steps of:
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providing a virtual interaction platform to said participants for said synchronous group interactions, wherein said virtual interaction platform comprises a synchronous media layer, an interaction layer, and a reporting, archiving, and analysis layer; enabling the synchronous group interactions among the participants in said virtual discussion forum using the virtual interaction platform, comprising the steps of; introducing a plurality of discussion issues for the virtual discussion forum; synchronously rendering media content related to said discussion issues to the participants using said synchronous media layer, wherein said media content is obtained from a plurality of media sources; generating responses by the participants on the discussion issues using said interaction layer; analyzing group behavior of the participants by said reporting, archiving, and analysis layer using said generated responses; and dynamically displaying said group behavior by the interaction layer. whereby the virtual interaction platform enables said real-time synchronous group interactions among the participants in the virtual discussion forum. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer implemented system for enabling real-time synchronous group interactions among a plurality of participants in a virtual discussion forum, comprising:
a virtual interaction platform for enabling said real-time synchronous group interactions among said participants in said virtual discussion forum, comprising; a synchronous media layer for rendering media content related to a plurality of discussion issues to the participants, wherein said media content is obtained from a plurality of media sources; an interaction layer for enabling the participants to generate interactions and responses on said discussion issues; and a reporting, archiving, and analysis layer for analyzing group behavior of the participants using said generated responses. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a computer-readable medium, wherein said computer program product comprises:
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a first computer parsable program code for providing a virtual interaction platform to a plurality of participants for synchronous group interactions, wherein said virtual interaction platform comprises a synchronous media layer, an interaction layer, and a reporting, archiving, and analysis layer; a second computer parsable program code for introducing a plurality of discussion issues for a virtual discussion forum; a third computer parsable program code for synchronously rendering media content related to said discussion issues to said participants using said synchronous media layer; a fourth computer parsable program code for generating responses by the participants on the discussion issues using said interaction layer; a fifth computer parsable program code for analyzing group behavior of the participants by said reporting, archiving, and analysis layer using said generated responses; and a sixth computer parsable program code for dynamically displaying said group behavior by the interaction layer.
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