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Method for saving and accessing desktop conference characteristics with a persistent conference object

  • US 5,907,324 A
  • Filed: 11/05/1997
  • Issued: 05/25/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of managing a plurality of conference parameters in a persistent conference object in a conference between participants comprising:

  • (a) monitoring the conference parameters;

    (b) updating the conference parameters stored in the persistent conference object;

    (c) saving the conference parameters to the persistent conference object upon at least one first user-initiated command or at every predetermined time interval; and

    (d) automatically resuming the conference upon a second user-initiated command;

    wherein the conference parameters include a policy profile that governs operations of the conference without participants'"'"' manual intervention, said policy profile including a turn-taking protocol defining speaking rules to be followed by each participant.

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