SHARING EXPRESSION INFORMATION AMONG CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
First Claim
1. A method for sharing expressions among conference participants comprising:
- receiving from a first expression client an expression request identifying expression information being asserted by a first participant to at least one other participant in a conference, the first conference participant associated with the first expression client and the at least one other participant associated with at least one other expression client;
determining persistence information bearing on how long the expression information should be presented to the at least one other participant;
instructing the at least one other expression client to present the expression information to the at least one other participant; and
controlling how long the at least one other expression client presents the expression information based on the persistence information.
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Abstract
Participants in a conference are associated with communication terminals, each of which including an expression client that is configured to interact with an expression control function. When a first participant desires to share expression information, the first participant may select expression information representing a desired expression via a first expression client provided by the first participant'"'"'s communication terminal. The first expression client will provide a corresponding expression request to the expression control function, which will process the expression request and provide an expression instruction to one or more of the expression clients of the participants.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for sharing expressions among conference participants comprising:
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receiving from a first expression client an expression request identifying expression information being asserted by a first participant to at least one other participant in a conference, the first conference participant associated with the first expression client and the at least one other participant associated with at least one other expression client; determining persistence information bearing on how long the expression information should be presented to the at least one other participant; instructing the at least one other expression client to present the expression information to the at least one other participant; and controlling how long the at least one other expression client presents the expression information based on the persistence information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for sharing expressions among conference participants comprising:
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selecting expression objects from an overall group to define a first group of expression objects as well as a second group of expression objects, wherein the first group of expression objects is different from the second group of expression objects by at least one expression object; instructing a first expression client associated with a first participant of a conference to limit selection and assertion of expression objects by the first participant from those provided in the first group of expression objects for the conference; receiving from the first expression client an expression request identifying an expression object being asserted by the first participant to at least one other participant in the conference, the at least one other participant associated with at least one other expression client; instructing the at least one other expression client to present the expression information to the at least one other participant; and instructing the first expression client to limit selection and assertion of expression objects by the first participant from those provided in the second group of expression objects for another conference, wherein different groups of expression objects may be used for different conferences.
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