TELECONFERENCING ADJUNCT AND USER INTERFACE TO SUPPORT TEMPORARY TOPIC-BASED EXCLUSIONS OF SPECIFIC PARTICIPANTS
First Claim
1. A method for managing information in a conference environment comprising:
- assigning permission information to one or more media streams for a conference, the permission information associated with one or more conference participants; and
dynamically enabling/disabling one or more of the one or more media streams during the conference based on the permission information, wherein disabled media streams are not accessible to a conference participant.
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Abstract
An aspect associates people participating in a conference with one or more specific topics. This association can limit a particular participant'"'"'s participation to specific topic(s) they are associated with, the one or more media streams for the other topics excluded from viewing and/or listening. For example, if a participant is to provide a presentation for Item 4, and that is the only item the participant should be participating in, that participant could be allowed to join the conference with a status message being provided to the participant as the conference progresses through Items 1-3. An “on-deck” message can be provided to the meeting participant indicating their agenda item is almost ready for discussion, and when Item-4 is selected to be discussed, the participant is provided with one or more appropriate media streams for the conference. The media for the other media streams blocked from the participant for the other items.
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1. A method for managing information in a conference environment comprising:
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assigning permission information to one or more media streams for a conference, the permission information associated with one or more conference participants; and dynamically enabling/disabling one or more of the one or more media streams during the conference based on the permission information, wherein disabled media streams are not accessible to a conference participant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20)
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11. A system that manages information in a conference environment comprising:
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a interface manager that allows for the assigning of permission information to one or more media streams for a conference, the permission information associated with one or more conference participants; and a media stream manager and processor that dynamically enable/disable one or more of the one or more media streams during the conference based on the permission information, wherein disabled media streams are not accessible to a conference participant. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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