Methods and systems for organizing meetings
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for organizing a meeting, occurring at a physical meeting location, using software executing on a computer system, the method comprising:
- storing meeting information associated with the meeting, the meeting information including a database listing the physical meeting location and attendees of the meeting, the attendees registered to attend the meeting at the physical meeting location and including a first attendee and a second attendee;
associating first and second ones of the attendees with respective first and second primary electronic addresses;
assigning a first personal proxy to the first one of the attendees and a second personal proxy to the second one of the attendees, the first personal proxy having a first personal proxy mailbox and first personal storage space and the second personal proxy having a second personal proxy mailbox and second personal storage space;
wherein the first and second personal proxy mailboxes allow the first and second ones of the attendees to send messages to one another and to receive messages from one another without divulging their respective first and second primary electronic addresses;
communicating with a first wireless device of the first attendee and a second wireless device of the second attendee to convey updated meeting information, the updated meeting information including an updated attendee list;
receiving, from the first attendee, a message directed to the second personal proxy mailbox; and
directing the message to the second attendee using the second primary electronic address.
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Abstract
A conference organizer uses conference software to define a conference and to store conference information on the organizer'"'"'s computer system. The stored conference information includes a list of attendees, and a personal proxy mailbox for each attendee. Each attendee has a wireless device, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA). The organizer'"'"'s computer system includes a wireless communication station that can communicate in wireless fashion with the wireless devices of the attendees at the conference. During the conference, an attendee uses his/her wireless device to access the conference information, select another attendee or a group of attendee from the list of attendees, and send the selected attendee or attendees a message. The message can be conveyed to and stored in the personal proxy mailbox or mailboxes of the selected attendee or attendees. The use of personal proxy mailboxes allows attendees to send messages to one another and to receive messages from one another without divulging their primary email addresses.
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39 Claims
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1. A method for organizing a meeting, occurring at a physical meeting location, using software executing on a computer system, the method comprising:
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storing meeting information associated with the meeting, the meeting information including a database listing the physical meeting location and attendees of the meeting, the attendees registered to attend the meeting at the physical meeting location and including a first attendee and a second attendee; associating first and second ones of the attendees with respective first and second primary electronic addresses; assigning a first personal proxy to the first one of the attendees and a second personal proxy to the second one of the attendees, the first personal proxy having a first personal proxy mailbox and first personal storage space and the second personal proxy having a second personal proxy mailbox and second personal storage space; wherein the first and second personal proxy mailboxes allow the first and second ones of the attendees to send messages to one another and to receive messages from one another without divulging their respective first and second primary electronic addresses; communicating with a first wireless device of the first attendee and a second wireless device of the second attendee to convey updated meeting information, the updated meeting information including an updated attendee list; receiving, from the first attendee, a message directed to the second personal proxy mailbox; and directing the message to the second attendee using the second primary electronic address. - 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, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A computer system for communicating information about a meeting, held at a physical meeting location, with a plurality of wireless devices, the computer system comprising:
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server-side storage storing an address specifying the meeting location and a list of attendees to attend the meeting at the meeting location, the server-side storage correlating first and second ones of the wireless devices with respective first and second ones of the attendees in the list of attendees; and
maintaining first and second personal proxies, first and second primary email addresses, and first and second forwarding options for the respective first and second attendees on the list of attendees; andan interface to communicate with the first and second wireless devices to allow the first and second attendees to convey respective first and second sharing information from their respective first and second wireless devices to their respective first and second personal proxies; wherein the interface further allows the first attendee, using the first wireless device, to select the second attendee from the list of attendees, compose a message to the second attendee, and send the message to the second personal proxy without knowing the primary email address of the second attendee; and wherein the interface selectively forwards the message to the second primary email address based on the second forwarding option. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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