Location-Aware Conferencing With Participant Rewards
First Claim
1. A method for providing a virtual conference, the method comprising:
- a conferencing system obtaining participant location information associated with a plurality of participant identifiers;
the conferencing system establishing an audio conference with participants associated with the plurality of participant identifiers;
coupling a server to the conferencing system, the server identifying and storing indicia of activities during the course of the audio conference;
the server including a reward engine comprising logic responding to the indicia of activities associated with the select participant identifiers; and
the reward engine modifying a participant reward account associated with the select participant account identifier.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for providing a virtual conference. One embodiment is a method for providing a virtual conference. One such method comprises: a conferencing system obtaining participant location information associated with a plurality of participant identifiers; the conferencing system establishing an audio conference with the plurality of participants associated with the participant identifiers; coupling a server to the conferencing system, the server identifying indicia of one or more acts during the audio conference, the one or more acts deemed worthy of a corresponding unit score in a reward program, the server communicating information to a rendering device that displays, during the audio conference, a graphical view via a display device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a virtual conference, the method comprising:
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a conferencing system obtaining participant location information associated with a plurality of participant identifiers; the conferencing system establishing an audio conference with participants associated with the plurality of participant identifiers; coupling a server to the conferencing system, the server identifying and storing indicia of activities during the course of the audio conference; the server including a reward engine comprising logic responding to the indicia of activities associated with the select participant identifiers; and the reward engine modifying a participant reward account associated with the select participant account identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for providing a virtual conference, the method comprising:
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a conferencing system obtaining location information associated with a plurality of participant identifiers; the conferencing system establishing an audio conference with the plurality of participant identifiers; and coupling a server to the conferencing system, the server identifying an act associated with at least one participant identifier during the audio conference, the act deemed worthy of a corresponding unit score in a reward program, wherein the server communicates information to a rendering device that displays, during the audio conference, a graphical view on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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