Method and apparatus for modeling business card exchanges in an international electronic conference
First Claim
1. A conferencing system comprising a computer programmed with a general purpose electronic conference (GPEC) application having a conference manager that includes a first function for receiving and rendering one or more business card data structures from one or more other conference systems of an electronic conference during operation to model business card exchanges between conference participants of a face-to-face conference, each business card data structure having information commonly found in business cards as well as an international name constituted with characters displayable on display devices of a plurality of languages, said first function rendering each business card data structure on a display of the conferencing system in a format that resembles physical business cards, conditionally using the international name(s) depending on language compatibility/compatibilities between the received business card data structure(s) and the conferencing system.
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Abstract
A computer system is programmed with a general purpose electronic conference (GPEC) application having a conference manager including a plurality of functions for setting up and exchanging "business cards" electronically, thereby modeling the business card exchange behavior of conference participants of face-to-face conferences. In particular, the functions for setting up and exchanging "business card" electronically include the ability to set up a special international name displayable in most languages, and automatically substitute the name of a conference participant with the international name in the event a received electronic "business card" was originated from a conferencing system configured with an incompatible language. As a result, usability of an international electronic conference is improved.
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30 Claims
- 1. A conferencing system comprising a computer programmed with a general purpose electronic conference (GPEC) application having a conference manager that includes a first function for receiving and rendering one or more business card data structures from one or more other conference systems of an electronic conference during operation to model business card exchanges between conference participants of a face-to-face conference, each business card data structure having information commonly found in business cards as well as an international name constituted with characters displayable on display devices of a plurality of languages, said first function rendering each business card data structure on a display of the conferencing system in a format that resembles physical business cards, conditionally using the international name(s) depending on language compatibility/compatibilities between the received business card data structure(s) and the conferencing system.
- 11. A network of conferencing systems comprising a first and a second conferencing system, the first and second conference systems having a first and a second computer programmed with a first and a second general purpose electronic conference (GPEC) application including a first and a second conference manager having a first and a second function respectively for receiving and rendering at least a first and a second business card data structure from each other during an electronic conference to model business card exchanges between conference participants of a face-to-face conference, said first and second business card data structures having information commonly found in business cards as well as a first and a second international name constituted with characters displayable on display devices of a plurality of languages, said first and second functions rendering said first and second business card data structures on a first and a second display of said first and second conferencing systems respectively, in a format that resembles physical business cards, conditionally using said first and second international names depending on language compatibility between said first and second conferencing systems.
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21. In a network of conferencing systems comprising a first and a second conferencing system, a machine implemented method for modeling business card exchanges between conference participants of a face-to-face conference, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) exchanging a first and a second business card data structure between said first and second conferencing systems, said first and second business card data structures having information commonly found in business cards as well as a first and a second international name constituted with characters displayable on display devices of a plurality of languages respectively; and b) rendering said first and second business card data structures on a first and a second display of said first and second conferencing systems respectively, in a format that resembles physical business cards, conditionally using said first and second international names depending on language compatibility between said first and second conferencing systems. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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- 26. A storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions executable by a processor of a first conferencing system, wherein when executed, the programming instructions effectuate exchanges of business card data structures with another conferencing system, wherein each of the exchanged business card data structures includes information commonly found in business cards as well as an international name constituted with characters displayable on display devices of a plurality of languages, and the programming instructions further effectuate rendering of the received business card data structure on a local display of the first conferencing system, in a format that resembles a physical business card, conditionally using the included international name depending on language compatibility between the received business card data structure and the first conferencing system.
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