Persistent network resource and virtual area associations for realtime collaboration
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1. A method, comprising:
- displaying a graphical user interface comprising a graphical representation of a virtual area that supports establishment of respective presences of communicants operating respective client network nodes, a graphical representation of each of the communicants who is present in the virtual area, and a graphical representation of an object associated with the virtual area, wherein the object has a configurable uniform resource identifier (URI) property that enables a communicant who is present in the virtual area to associate the object with a URI of a network resource associated with data;
requesting a configuration of the configurable URI property of the object to create between the object and a particular URI of a particular network resource a persistent association that is maintained across communication sessions in the virtual area to provide communicants with automatic access to the particular network resource upon entry in the virtual area;
retrieving data from the particular URI based on communicant input received in connection with the graphical representation of the object;
displaying a graphical representation of the retrieved data in the graphical user interface; and
sharing the displayed graphical representation of the retrieved data with one or more respective client network nodes of one or more of the communicants who are present in the virtual area.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods relating to persistent network resource and virtual area associations for realtime collaboration include managing and displaying an object associated with a virtual area that supports establishment of respective presences of communicants operating respective client network nodes. Examples of the object include an object that has one or more user-modifiable property fields and an object that is associated with screen sharing functionality of the client network node.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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displaying a graphical user interface comprising a graphical representation of a virtual area that supports establishment of respective presences of communicants operating respective client network nodes, a graphical representation of each of the communicants who is present in the virtual area, and a graphical representation of an object associated with the virtual area, wherein the object has a configurable uniform resource identifier (URI) property that enables a communicant who is present in the virtual area to associate the object with a URI of a network resource associated with data; requesting a configuration of the configurable URI property of the object to create between the object and a particular URI of a particular network resource a persistent association that is maintained across communication sessions in the virtual area to provide communicants with automatic access to the particular network resource upon entry in the virtual area; retrieving data from the particular URI based on communicant input received in connection with the graphical representation of the object; displaying a graphical representation of the retrieved data in the graphical user interface; and sharing the displayed graphical representation of the retrieved data with one or more respective client network nodes of one or more of the communicants who are present in the virtual area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Apparatus, comprising:
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a memory storing processor-readable instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, operable to execute the instructions, and based at least in part on the execution of the instructions operable to perform operations comprising displaying a graphical user interface comprising a graphical representation of a virtual area that supports establishment of respective presences of communicants operating respective client network nodes, a graphical representation of each of the communicants who is present in the virtual area, and a graphical representation of an object associated with the virtual area, wherein the object has a configurable uniform resource identifier (URI) property that enables a communicant who is present in the virtual area to associate the object with a URI of a network resource associated with data; requesting configuration of the configurable URI property of the object to create between the object and a particular URI of a particular network resource a persistent association that is maintained across communication sessions in the virtual area to provide communicants with automatic access to the particular network resource upon entry in the virtual area; retrieving data from the particular URI based on communicant input received in connection with the graphical representation of the object; displaying a graphical representation of the retrieved data in the graphical user interface; and sharing the displayed graphical representation of the retrieved data with one or more respective client network nodes of one or more of the communicants who are present in the virtual area.
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20. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor-readable program code embodied therein, the processor-readable program code adapted to be executed by a processor to perform operations comprising:
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displaying a graphical user interface comprising a graphical representation of a virtual area that displaying a graphical user interface comprising a graphical representation of a virtual area that supports establishment of respective presences of communicants operating respective client network nodes, a graphical representation of each of the communicants who is present in the virtual area, and a graphical representation of an object associated with the virtual area, wherein the object has a configurable uniform resource identifier (URI) property that enables a communicant who is present in the virtual area to associate the object with a URI of a network resource associated with data; requesting a configuration of the configurable URI property of the object to create between the object and a particular URI of a particular network resource a persistent association that is maintained across communication sessions in the virtual area to provide communicants with automatic access to the particular network resource upon entry in the virtual area; retrieving data from the particular URI based on communicant input received in connection with the graphical representation of the object; displaying a graphical representation of the retrieved data in the graphical user interface; and sharing the displayed graphical representation of the retrieved data with one or more respective client network nodes of one or more of the communicants who are present in the virtual area.
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