Network conferencing using method for distributed computing and/or distributed objects to intermediate host for presentation to a communications device
First Claim
1. A method of conducting a conference, comprising:
- initializing the conference amongst at least one intermediate host communications device and at least one downstream participant communications device;
prior to the conference,communicating a library of digital objects to the intermediate host communications device,communicating an intermediate host conferencing module to the intermediate host communications device; and
during the conference,communicating a synchronization command from a host communications device to the intermediate host communications device, wherein in response to the synchronization command, the intermediate host conferencing module instructs the intermediate host communications device to present an object from the library of digital objects and to communicate the object to the downstream participant communications device with presentation instructions to the downstream participant communications device to present the object,communicating the object with the presentation instructions from the intermediate host communications device to the downstream participant communications device, andcommunicating the object with the presentation instructions for another downstream participant communications device from the intermediate host communications device to the downstream participant communications device, wherein the downstream participant communications device communicates the object with the presentation instructions to the another downstream participant communications device; and
receiving, at the intermediate host communications device, a synchronization acknowledgment from the at least one downstream participant communications device.
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Abstract
Prior to the intermediate host conference, an Intermediate Host Conferencing Module communicates a library of digital objects and the Intermediate Host Conferencing Module to an intermediate host communications device(s). During the conference, the intermediate host-resident Intermediate Host Conferencing Module receives a synchronization command and instructs the intermediate host communications device to communicate a synchronized object with presentation instructions to a downstream participant communications device and to present the synchronized object to the intermediate host communications device. Furthermore, the participant communications devices may communicate a synchronization acknowledgment back to the Intermediate Host Conferencing Module. The synchronization confirmation acknowledges a successful presentation of the synchronized object to the intermediate host communications device and/or to at least one of the downstream participant communications devices.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of conducting a conference, comprising:
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initializing the conference amongst at least one intermediate host communications device and at least one downstream participant communications device; prior to the conference, communicating a library of digital objects to the intermediate host communications device, communicating an intermediate host conferencing module to the intermediate host communications device; and during the conference, communicating a synchronization command from a host communications device to the intermediate host communications device, wherein in response to the synchronization command, the intermediate host conferencing module instructs the intermediate host communications device to present an object from the library of digital objects and to communicate the object to the downstream participant communications device with presentation instructions to the downstream participant communications device to present the object, communicating the object with the presentation instructions from the intermediate host communications device to the downstream participant communications device, and communicating the object with the presentation instructions for another downstream participant communications device from the intermediate host communications device to the downstream participant communications device, wherein the downstream participant communications device communicates the object with the presentation instructions to the another downstream participant communications device; and receiving, at the intermediate host communications device, a synchronization acknowledgment from the at least one downstream participant communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13)
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11. A system, comprising:
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means for initializing the conference amongst at least one intermediate host communications device and at least one downstream participant communications device; prior to the conference, means for communicating a library of digital objects to the intermediate host communications device, means for communicating an intermediate host conferencing module to the intermediate host communications device; and during the conference, means for communicating a synchronization command from a host communications device to the intermediate host communications device, wherein in response to the synchronization command, the intermediate host conferencing module instructing the intermediate host communications device to present an object from the library of digital objects and to communicate the object to the downstream participant communications device with presentation instructions to the downstream participant communications device to present the object, means for communicating the object with the presentation instructions from the intermediate host communications device to the downstream participant communications device, and means for communicating the object with the presentation instructions for another downstream participant communications device from the intermediate host communications device to the downstream participant communications device, wherein the downstream participant communications device communicates the object with the presentation instructions to the another downstream participant communications device; and means for receiving, at the intermediate host communications device, a synchronization acknowledgment from the at least one downstream participant communications device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing processor executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:
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initializing the conference amongst at least one intermediate host communications device and at least one downstream participant communications device; prior to the conference, communicating a library of digital objects to the intermediate host communications device, communicating an intermediate host conferencing module to the intermediate host communications device; and during the conference, communicating a synchronization command from a host communications device to the intermediate host communications device, wherein in response to the synchronization command, the intermediate host conferencing module instructing the intermediate host communications device to present an object from the library of digital objects and to communicate the object to the downstream participant communications device with presentation instructions to the downstream participant communications device to present the object, communicating the object with the presentation instructions from the intermediate host communications device to the downstream participant communications device, communicating the object with the presentation instructions for another downstream participant communications device from the intermediate host communications device to the downstream participant communications device, wherein the downstream participant communications device communicates the object with the presentation instructions to the another downstream participant communications device, and receiving, at the intermediate host communications device, a synchronization acknowledgment from the at least one downstream participant communications device.
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