MULTI-CAM BASED FORMATTED ONLINE INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20140141851A1
• Filed: 06/11/2012
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Marcia Rubin
• Original Assignee: Marcia Rubin
• Inventors: Rubin, Marcia
• Granted Patent: US 9,636,572 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/9
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/352 involving special game server arrangements, e.g. regional servers connected to a national server or a plurality of servers managing partitions of the game world
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/80 Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/87 Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/513 server hierarchy, e.g. local, regional, national or dedicated for different tasks, e.g. authenticating, billing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/556 Player lists, e.g. online players, buddy list, black list
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/572 Communication between players during game play of non game information, e.g. e-mail, chat, file transfer, streaming of audio and streaming of video
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8064 Quiz
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/185 with management of multicast group membership

Abstract

Multi-cam based formatted online information sharing systems and methods that provide real-time interpersonal communication are described.

Claims

1. A multi-cam based formatted online information sharing method, comprising:

registering on a website to participle in an online information sharing session;

logging in the website;

setting up a webcam;

selecting a room to enter;

entering in the selected formatted information sharing session; and

participating in the formatted information sharing, session by providing an answer to a question at a required time.

2. A multi-cam based formatted online information sharing system, comprising:

a website configured to register and to login a player for an information sharing session;

at least two internet connected web cams being logged in to the Website;

a question and answer tool hosted on at least one computer accessible by the web cams;

a database server configured to store and retrieve questions, answers and other session specific information;

a web server for retrieving information from the database server and sending questions and answers to the player; and

a streaming server adapted to provide communication between the players via a peer-to-peer connection.