Apparatus and method for linking public and private pages in a conferencing system
First Claim
1. In a conferencing system having a plurality of participants coupled by a communication medium, a method for maintaining public and private pages comprising the steps of:
- receiving shared meeting information generated by any of said conference participants, said shared meeting information including at least one public page of annotations, said shared meeting information provided to each of said conference participants;
receiving private meeting information from a local conference participant, said private meeting information unavailable to conference participants other than said local conference participant, said private meeting information including at least one private page of annotations; and
associating said private page of annotations with said public page of annotations, said private page of annotations accessed automatically when said associated public page of annotations is accessed.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for linking public and private pages in a conferencing system is disclosed. In a computer conferencing system having a plurality of participants coupled by a communication medium, a process for linking public and private pages comprises the steps of: 1) collecting public meeting information generated by any of the plurality of participants, the public meeting information including at least one public page of annotations; 2) collecting private meeting information from a local participant in which the meeting manager is resident, the private meeting information being different from the public meeting information, the private meeting information not accessible to the plurality of conference participants other than the local participant, the private meeting information including at least one private page of annotations; and 3) selectively linking the private page with the public page, the private page being implicitly accessed when the linked public page is explicitly accessed. The process further includes the steps of: 1) maintaining a public page list representing a plurality of public pages, the step of maintaining a public page list further including a step of linking the plurality of public pages together in the public page list; 2) maintaining a private page list representing a plurality of private pages, the step of maintaining a private page list further including a step of linking the plurality of private pages together in the private page list; and 3) linking pages of said public page list with pages of said private page list
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17 Claims
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1. In a conferencing system having a plurality of participants coupled by a communication medium, a method for maintaining public and private pages comprising the steps of:
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receiving shared meeting information generated by any of said conference participants, said shared meeting information including at least one public page of annotations, said shared meeting information provided to each of said conference participants; receiving private meeting information from a local conference participant, said private meeting information unavailable to conference participants other than said local conference participant, said private meeting information including at least one private page of annotations; and associating said private page of annotations with said public page of annotations, said private page of annotations accessed automatically when said associated public page of annotations is accessed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. In a conferencing system having a plurality of participants coupled by a communication medium, a method for maintaining public and private pages comprising the steps of:
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receiving shared meeting information generated by any of said conference participants, said shared meeting information including at least one public page of annotations, said shared meeting information provided to each of said conference participants; receiving private meeting information from a local conference participant, said private meeting information unavailable to conference participants other than said local conference participant, said private meeting information including at least one private page of annotations; and linking said private page of annotations with said public page of annotations such that said private page of annotations is accessed automatically when said linked public page of annotations is accessed. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer software product that includes a medium readable by a processor, the medium having stored thereon:
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a first sequence of instructions which, when executed by said processor, causes said processor to associate shared meeting information with at least one public page of annotations, said shared meeting information provided to a plurality of conference participants; a second sequence of instructions which, when executed by said processor, causes said processor to associate private meeting information with at least one private page of annotations, said private meeting information received from a local conference participant and unavailable to conference participants other than said local conference participant; and a third sequence of instructions which, when executed by said processor, causes said processor to associate said private page of annotations with said public page of annotations, said private page of annotations accessed automatically when said associated public page of annotations is accessed. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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