Presenter-only meeting canvas for collaborative electronic meeting space
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1. A method comprising:
- displaying a meeting interface to each of a plurality of meeting participants in a collaborative electronic presentation, the meeting interface having at least one meeting object arranged the meeting interface;
assigning a presenter right to presenters of the plurality of meeting participants;
exclusively appending an additional workspace to each meeting interface displayed to presenters of the plurality of meeting participants without appending the additional workspace to the meeting interface displayed to non-presenters of the plurality of meeting participants;
including an additional meeting object associated with the collaborative electronic presentation on the additional workspace; and
responsive to at least one of the presenters moving the additional meeting object onto the meeting interface, placing the additional meeting object within the meeting interface and rendering the additional meeting object viewable to the plurality of meeting participants.
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Abstract
A collaborative electronic meeting environment is described that provides an additional presentation canvas to the active meeting canvas that is only accessible by meeting presenters. Using this presentation canvas, additional meeting objects may be established by the presenters or even created and staged by a presenter to be dragged onto the meeting canvas for use during the active meeting. The meeting participants who are not presenters may not view or interact with this presentation canvas or any of the objects located thereon.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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displaying a meeting interface to each of a plurality of meeting participants in a collaborative electronic presentation, the meeting interface having at least one meeting object arranged the meeting interface; assigning a presenter right to presenters of the plurality of meeting participants; exclusively appending an additional workspace to each meeting interface displayed to presenters of the plurality of meeting participants without appending the additional workspace to the meeting interface displayed to non-presenters of the plurality of meeting participants; including an additional meeting object associated with the collaborative electronic presentation on the additional workspace; and responsive to at least one of the presenters moving the additional meeting object onto the meeting interface, placing the additional meeting object within the meeting interface and rendering the additional meeting object viewable to the plurality of meeting participants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method comprising:
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displaying a meeting space that is electronically accessible and viewable by a plurality of users, the meeting space having a plurality of meeting objects arranged on the meeting space; assigning a presenter right to select ones of the plurality of users; rendering, onto a display that is viewable only by the select ones of the plurality of users to whom the presenter right is assigned, a presenter canvas associated with an electronic meeting presented on the meeting space, wherein an additional meeting object that is related to the electronic meeting is displayed on the presenter canvas; and responsive to at least one of the select ones of the plurality of users to whom the presenter right is assigned, moving the additional meeting object onto the displayed meeting space, placing the additional meeting object within the meeting space and rendering the additional meeting object viewable to the plurality of users. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A collaborative electronic meeting environment that is generated by at least one computer executing software code that is stored on a non-transient computer-readable medium, the generated collaborative electronic meeting environment comprising:
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a meeting space electronically accessible and viewable by a plurality of users; a plurality of meeting objects arranged on the meeting space; a presenter right assignable to select ones of the plurality of users; and a presenter canvas associated with an electronic meeting being presented on the meeting space and having one or more additional meeting objects displayed thereon, wherein the one or more additional meeting objects are related to the electronic meeting, the presenter canvas rendered onto a display that is viewable only by the select ones of the plurality of users to whom the presenter right is assigned, wherein ones of the one or more additional meeting objects are placed within the meeting space and rendered viewable by the plurality of users responsive to at least one user of the select ones of the plurality of users to whom the presenter right is assigned moving the ones of the one or more additional meeting objects onto the meeting space rendered on the display. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product having computer program logic stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising:
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code for displaying a meeting space that is electronically accessible and viewable by a plurality of users, the meeting space having a plurality of meeting objects arranged on the meeting space; code for assigning a presenter right to select ones of the plurality of users; code for rendering, onto a display that is viewable only by the select ones of the plurality of users to whom the presenter right is assigned, a presenter canvas associated with an electronic meeting presented on the meeting space, wherein an additional meeting object that is related to the electronic meeting is displayed on the presenter canvas; and code for, responsive to at least one of the select ones of the plurality of users to whom the presenter right is assigned, moving the additional meeting object onto the displayed meeting space, placing the additional meeting object within the meeting space and rendering the additional meeting object viewable to the plurality of users. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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