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TIME SHIFTING IN TELECONFERENCES CONDUCTED WITHIN VIRTUAL WORLDS

  • US 20140028789A1
  • Filed: 02/08/2013
  • Published: 01/30/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to provide a conference environment, comprising:

  • establishing a live conference, by use of a conference server;

    recording, in a memory coupled to the conference server, events related to live participants in the live conference, wherein the live participants are communicatively coupled to the conference server;

    receiving, by the conference server, a request from a first user to experience the conference at a predetermined conference time that is different than a present real time;

    retrieving from the memory, by the conference server, events related to live participants that occurred no later than the predetermined conference time;

    restoring, by the conference server, a conference state based upon the retrieved events; and

    providing, by the conference server, an interaction responsive to the conference state and the first user, in order to produce the conference environment.

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