Providing conferencing data in a network communications system based on client capabilities
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A conferencing system comprising:
- a conference server; and
at least one client coupled to the conference server by way of at least one network connection, the at least one client including a web browser, wherein the conference server provides conferencing data to the at least one client via the at least one network connection after a client-server connection is established in response to the web browser at the at least one client having been navigated to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with a conference, and one or more characteristics of the provided conferencing data are based on current capabilities of the at least one client, the current capabilities validated in real time after establishing the client-server connection but prior to the at least one client joining the conference.
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Abstract
An improved networked computer communications system handles arbitrary streams of data, and transports at varying speeds those streams where intermediate updates can be dropped if they are made obsolete by later arriving data updates, optimizing the utilization of network and node resources. Complex buffering by system server software allows distributed, parallel, or redundant processing, transmission, and storage for performance, reliability, and robustness. Various parameters of the system can be monitored, and the system can be reconfigured automatically based on the observations. Varied techniques reduce the perceived end-to-end latency and take advantage of software and hardware capabilities that assets connected to the system may possess. One conferencing system allows conference participants to share all or a portion of the display seen on their computer screens. The conferees may be at sites removed from each other, or may view a recorded presentation or archived conference at different times. Conference participants are either “presenters” who can modify the display or “attendees” who cannot modify the display. A pointer icon, which can be labeled to identify the conferee, is displayed on the shared image area Each conferee can modify the position of his or her own pointer, even when not presenting, so that every participant can see what each conferee is pointing to, should a conferee choose to point to an element of the display. These and other features apply to other data streams shared in the conference or in meetings where there is no shared-image data stream.
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36 Claims
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1. A conferencing system comprising:
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a conference server; and at least one client coupled to the conference server by way of at least one network connection, the at least one client including a web browser, wherein the conference server provides conferencing data to the at least one client via the at least one network connection after a client-server connection is established in response to the web browser at the at least one client having been navigated to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with a conference, and one or more characteristics of the provided conferencing data are based on current capabilities of the at least one client, the current capabilities validated in real time after establishing the client-server connection but prior to the at least one client joining the conference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 24, 25, 34, 35, 36)
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17. A method for conferencing between a server and at least one client in a conferencing system, the method comprising:
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establishing a network connection between the server and the at least one client, the network connection established via a web browser at the at least one client having been navigated to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with a conference; determining one or more characteristics of conferencing data for delivery during the conference, the determination based on current capabilities of the at least one client validated in real time after establishing the client-server connection but prior to the at least one client joining the conference; and providing the conferencing data from the server to the at least one client after establishing the network connection between the server and the at least one client and validating the current capabilities of the at least one client, the provided conference data based on the current capabilities of the at least one client. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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