Method for creating and operating cyber-conference including paper presentations and system for the same
First Claim
1. A method for creating and operating a cyber-conference with a system having a user client, a conference client, a cyber-conference operation server, a program storage unit and a database, comprising the steps of:
- a) accessing, at the conference client, a cyber-conference operating website provided by the cyber-conference operation server;
b) applying for registration, at the conference client, to the cyber-conference operation server;
c) approving, at the cyber-conference operation server, the registration based on data stored on the database, in response to the application for registration from the conference client;
d) creating, at the conference client, a cyber-conference through the communication network by using a cyber-conference creation program stored on the program storage unit;
e) providing, at the cyber-conference operation server, the user client with a contribution paper making-up utility;
f) receiving, at the conference client, a paper from the user client, wherein said paper has been written using the contribution paper making-up utility of step (e); and
g) publishing, at the conference client, a journal of papers presented during the cyber-conference including the paper of step (f).
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for constructing and operating a cyber-conference in cyberspace are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: accessing a cyber-conference operating web site provided on cyberspace; applying for registration to a cyber-conference operation server; approving the registration based on data stored on a database; and creating a cyber-conference in the cyberspace. The apparatus, which is connected to a user client and a conference client through a communication network, comprises a storage unit for storing a program, embodied on a computer-readable medium, capable of constructing and operating the cyber-conference; a database storing data related to the cyber-conference; and a server connected to the storage unit and the database.
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1. A method for creating and operating a cyber-conference with a system having a user client, a conference client, a cyber-conference operation server, a program storage unit and a database, comprising the steps of:
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a) accessing, at the conference client, a cyber-conference operating website provided by the cyber-conference operation server; b) applying for registration, at the conference client, to the cyber-conference operation server; c) approving, at the cyber-conference operation server, the registration based on data stored on the database, in response to the application for registration from the conference client; d) creating, at the conference client, a cyber-conference through the communication network by using a cyber-conference creation program stored on the program storage unit; e) providing, at the cyber-conference operation server, the user client with a contribution paper making-up utility; f) receiving, at the conference client, a paper from the user client, wherein said paper has been written using the contribution paper making-up utility of step (e); and g) publishing, at the conference client, a journal of papers presented during the cyber-conference including the paper of step (f). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for creating and operating a cyber-conference, the system comprising:
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a user client; a means for storing a program to be used in creating and operating the cyber-conference and a contribution paper making-up utility to be provided to the user client; a database for storing data related to the cyber-conference; a conference client for receiving a paper from the user client and publishing a journal of papers presented during the cyber-conference including the paper written using the contribution paper making-up utility; a server connected to the storing means and the database, wherein the server enables the conference client to create and operate the cyber-conference, by using the data stored on the storing means and the database, when the conference client requests for operating the cyber-conference. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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