Mobile meeting and collaboration
First Claim
1. A method for coordinating remote participation of a client device in a meeting within a network comprising the client device and one or more nodes, the meeting involving a multimedia presentation including presentation of one or more slides, the method comprising:
- receiving an invitation for the client device to participate in the meeting, wherein a user will participate in the meeting using the client device;
receiving information indicating acceptance of the invitation by the user;
storing temporal information about the meeting;
determining whether to send a notification to the user of the meeting based on the stored temporal information and other information including the information indicating acceptance of the invitation by the user;
in the event that the user should be notified,determining when to notify the user of the meeting based on the stored temporal information; and
sending one or more messages about the meeting, the one or more messages causing the client device to connect to at least one of the one or more nodes and participate in the meeting with the at least one of the one or more nodes, determining when slides for the presentation have been changed; and
in response to determining when a slide has been changed;
determining a current slide in the one or more slides being displayed, and sending a message, to the client device, without a multimedia communication session connection with the client device, the message indicating that the current slide has been displayed, wherein the message enables the current slide to be displayed on the client device.
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Abstract
A method for coordinating the remote participation of a client device in a meeting within a network comprising the client device and one or more nodes, the meeting involving a multimedia presentation. According to one embodiment, the method includes receiving an invitation for the client device to participate in the meeting, where a user will participate in the meeting using the client device. Temporal information for the meeting is stored. Furthermore, it is determined whether or not to notify the user of the meeting based on the stored temporal information or other information. In the event that the user should be notified, it is determined when to notify the user of the meeting based on the stored temporal information. One or more messages about the meeting are sent for the meeting. In one embodiment, the one or more messages about the meeting includes a reminder to join the meeting. In another embodiment, the one or more messages about the meeting includes an instruction which causes the client device to connect to the meeting without user action.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for coordinating remote participation of a client device in a meeting within a network comprising the client device and one or more nodes, the meeting involving a multimedia presentation including presentation of one or more slides, the method comprising:
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receiving an invitation for the client device to participate in the meeting, wherein a user will participate in the meeting using the client device; receiving information indicating acceptance of the invitation by the user; storing temporal information about the meeting; determining whether to send a notification to the user of the meeting based on the stored temporal information and other information including the information indicating acceptance of the invitation by the user; in the event that the user should be notified, determining when to notify the user of the meeting based on the stored temporal information; and sending one or more messages about the meeting, the one or more messages causing the client device to connect to at least one of the one or more nodes and participate in the meeting with the at least one of the one or more nodes, determining when slides for the presentation have been changed; and
in response to determining when a slide has been changed;
determining a current slide in the one or more slides being displayed, and sending a message, to the client device, without a multimedia communication session connection with the client device, the message indicating that the current slide has been displayed, wherein the message enables the current slide to be displayed on the client device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A data processing system for coordinating remote participation of a client device in a meeting within a network comprising the client device and one or more nodes, the meeting involving a multimedia presentation including presentation of one or more slides, the data processing system comprising:
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a first receiver module receives an invitation for the client device to participate in the meeting and information indicating acceptance of the invitation by a user, wherein the user will participate in the meeting using the client device; a storage module stores temporal information about the meeting; a notification module determines whether to notify the user of the meeting based on the stored temporal information and other information including the information indicating acceptance of the invitation by the user, in the event that the user should be notified, determining when to send a notification to the user of the meeting based on the stored temporal information; and sending one or more messages about the meeting, the one or more messages causing the client device to connect to at least one of the one or more nodes and participate in the meeting with the at least one of the one or more nodes, determining when slides for the presentation have been changed; and
in response to determining when a slide has been changed;
determining a current slide in the one or more slides being displayed, and sending a message, to the client device, without a multimedia communication session connection with the client device, the message indicating that the current slide has been displayed, wherein the message enables the current slide to be displayed on the client device. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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