CUSTOM INPUT ROUTING USING MESSAGING CHANNEL OF A UCC SYSTEM

• US 20160036873A1
• Filed: 07/31/2015
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Smart Technologies ULC (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Smart Technologies ULC (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: TONN, Dietmar, WARD, Heath, LIM, David, LEE, Patrick, PECK, Adam, WANG, Shuyu, DENNIE, Doug, GREENLEE, Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/814,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20160036873A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

A collaboration and communication system comprises a host server and a plurality of participant computers. The host server is configured to execute a collaboration application; and a background message application configured to establish a background messaging session to facilitate communication of a representation of custom data not supported by the collaboration application. The plurality of participant computers are configured to execute: a client application configured to share data with the collaboration application in a collaboration session; a connector application configured to monitor the collaboration application client to determine when to communicate the custom data and communicate the custom data via the background messaging session. Methods for communicating custom data between the host server and the plurality of participant devices are also described.

Claims

2. A method for establishing a background communication channel between a host server and a participant device, the method comprising:

receiving a request at the host server to establish the background communication channel, the request including a conference identifier for an existing collaboration session;

creating a background conference to facilitate the background communication channel, the background conference comprising a background conference identifier;

associating the background conference identifier with the conference identifier; and

communicating the background conference identifier to the participant device .

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving subsequent requests from other participant devices including the conference identifier;

determining the background conference identifier based on the conference identifier; and

communicating the background conference identifier to the other participant device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the custom data is received in text format representing the custom data.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the custom data is digital ink.

6. A method for communicating custom data between a host server and a plurality of participant devices using a background communication channel, the method comprising:

transmitting a request to the host server to establish the background communication channel, the request including a conference identifier for an existing collaboration session;

receiving a background conference identifier from the host device; and

using the background communication channel to transmit or receive the custom data with one of more of the plurality of participants.

1. A collaboration and communication system comprising:

a host server configured to execute;

a collaboration application; and

a background message application configured to establish a background messaging session to facilitate communication of a representation of custom data not supported by the collaboration application;

a plurality of participant computers configured to execute;

a client application configured to share data with the collaboration application in a collaboration session;

a connector application configured to;

monitor the collaboration application client to determine when to communicate the custom data; and

communicate the custom data via the background messaging session.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving the custom data from a third party application;

preparing at least one custom data message representing the custom data; and

communicating the at least one custom data message using the background communication channel.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the request includes a user-type identifier identifying whether the participant device is a presenter or a viewer.

9. The method of any claims 8, wherein the at least one custom data message is communicated to all of the plurality of participant devices.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one custom data message is ignored by all participant devices that are viewers.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the at least one custom data message is only communicated to participants devices that are presenters.

12. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving at least one custom data message representing the custom data;

extracting the custom data from the at least one custom data message; and

communicating the custom data to a third party application for processing.

13. The method of claim 6, wherein the custom data is received in text format representing the custom data.

12-1. The method of claim 6, wherein the custom data is digital ink.