Attribute visualization of attendees to an electronic meeting
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1. A computer implemented method for displaying dynamic attributes of electronic conference attendees, the computer implemented method comprising:
- assigning a persona icon to each attendee client of a plurality of attendee clients of an electronic conference to form a set of persona icons, wherein each of the set of persona icon includes a digitized image of a corresponding attendee client and a static attribute emblem of the corresponding attendee client, wherein the static attribute emblem is a seniority emblem of the corresponding attendee client, wherein each persona icon is an awake persona icon;
for each of the plurality of attendee clients, identifying one of a set of cultural preferences for displaying the seniority emblem according to browsing preferences of each of the plurality of attendee clients, and displaying the set of persona icons to the corresponding attendee client according to the identified one of the set of cultural preferences for displaying the seniority emblem;
receiving user inputs from respective computers associated with each of the attendee clients in the plurality of attendee clients;
modifying at least one persona icon in the set of persona icons based on the user inputs for an attendee client associated with the each persona icon to create a set of modified persona icons based on user state, wherein each of the set of modified persona icons is an exaggerated change to the corresponding persona icon, wherein the modified persona icon is an asleep modified persona icon, and wherein the user state is based on a level of participation in the electronic conference; and
presenting the set of modified persona icons in an interface of a display associated with at least one of the respective computers, wherein the interface will display a state of attentiveness of the plurality of attendee clients.
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Abstract
A server publishes a poll to one or more attendee clients to an electronic conference. The poll permits each attendee to select one of several choices as the vote of the respective attendee. Initially an attendee may have a default choice assigned to him, for example, undecided. The server may show a hypertext page that includes an image or persona icon of the attendee located within a panel that has the current vote that an attendee has chosen or, by default, been assigned.
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1. A computer implemented method for displaying dynamic attributes of electronic conference attendees, the computer implemented method comprising:
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assigning a persona icon to each attendee client of a plurality of attendee clients of an electronic conference to form a set of persona icons, wherein each of the set of persona icon includes a digitized image of a corresponding attendee client and a static attribute emblem of the corresponding attendee client, wherein the static attribute emblem is a seniority emblem of the corresponding attendee client, wherein each persona icon is an awake persona icon; for each of the plurality of attendee clients, identifying one of a set of cultural preferences for displaying the seniority emblem according to browsing preferences of each of the plurality of attendee clients, and displaying the set of persona icons to the corresponding attendee client according to the identified one of the set of cultural preferences for displaying the seniority emblem; receiving user inputs from respective computers associated with each of the attendee clients in the plurality of attendee clients; modifying at least one persona icon in the set of persona icons based on the user inputs for an attendee client associated with the each persona icon to create a set of modified persona icons based on user state, wherein each of the set of modified persona icons is an exaggerated change to the corresponding persona icon, wherein the modified persona icon is an asleep modified persona icon, and wherein the user state is based on a level of participation in the electronic conference; and presenting the set of modified persona icons in an interface of a display associated with at least one of the respective computers, wherein the interface will display a state of attentiveness of the plurality of attendee clients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having computer usable program code for displaying among computers, attributes of electronic conference attendees, wherein each computer has at least one display, and each electronic conference attendee has a group display, said computer program product including;
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computer usable program code for assigning a persona icon to each attendee client of a plurality of attendee clients of an electronic conference to form a set of persona icons, wherein each of the set of persona icon includes a digitized image of a corresponding attendee client and a static attribute emblem of the corresponding attendee client, wherein the static attribute emblem is a seniority emblem of the corresponding attendee client, wherein each persona icon is an awake persona icon; computer usable program code, for each of the plurality of attendee clients, for identifying one of a set of cultural preferences for displaying the seniority emblem according to browsing preferences of each of the plurality of attendee clients, and displaying the set of persona icons to the corresponding attendee client according to the identified one of the set of cultural preferences for displaying the seniority emblem computer usable program code for receiving user inputs from respective computers associated with each of the attendee clients in the plurality of attendee clients; computer usable program code for modifying at least one persona icon in the set of persona icons based on the user inputs for an attendee client associated with the each persona icon to create a set of modified persona icons based on user state, wherein each of the set of modified persona icons is an exaggerated change to the corresponding persona icon, wherein the modified persona icon is an asleep modified persona icon, and wherein the user state is based on a level of participation in the electronic conference; and computer usable program code for presenting the set of modified persona icons in an interface of a display associated with at least one of the respective computers, wherein the interface will display a state of attentiveness of the plurality of attendee clients. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A data processing system comprising:
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a bus; a storage device connected to the bus, wherein computer usable code is located in the storage device; a communication unit connected to the bus; a processing unit connected to the bus, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable code to assign a persona icon to each attendee client of a plurality of attendee clients of an electronic conference to form a set of persona icons, wherein each of the set of persona icon includes a digitized image of a corresponding attendee client and a static attribute emblem of the corresponding attendee client, wherein the static attribute emblem is a seniority emblem of the corresponding attendee client, wherein each persona icon is an awake persona icon; for each of the plurality of attendee clients, identify one of a set of cultural preferences for displaying the seniority emblem according to browsing preferences of each of the plurality of attendee clients, and displaying the set of persona icons to the corresponding attendee client according to the identified one of the set of cultural preferences for displaying the seniority emblem; receive user inputs from respective computers associated with each of the attendee clients in the plurality of attendee clients; modify at least one persona icon in the set of persona icons based on the user inputs for an attendee client associated with the each persona icon to create a set of modified persona icons based on user state, wherein each of the set of modified persona icons is an exaggerated change to the corresponding persona icon, wherein the modified persona icon is an asleep modified persona icon, and wherein the user state is based on a level of participation in the electronic conference; and present the set of modified persona icons in an interface of a display associated with at least one of the respective computers, wherein the interface displays a state of attentiveness of the plurality of attendee clients. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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