Communication console with component aggregation

• US 9,148,480 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2014
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ON24, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ON24, Inc.
• Inventors: Sahasi, Jayesh, Rojas, Brent
• Primary Examiner(s): SCOTT, RANDY A
• Application Number:
  US14/257,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20140229549A1
• Time in Patent Office: 526 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/205, 709/206
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1091 Interfacing with client-server systems or between P2P systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

Systems methods and devices are provided for a presentation including a communications console with component aggregation. In one potential implementation, a computing device with an application framework receives a communication manager object via a network connectivity device and executes the communication manager object within the application framework. The computing device may then receive and execute communications components and a presentation components within the application framework using the communication manager object. The communication manager object may then manages interface and display of the presentation information via the application framework, as modified by communication components.

Claims

1. An audience computing device comprising:

a processing device;

a memory device;

an application framework that receives a communication manager object via a network connectivity device and executes the communication manager object within the application framework;

wherein the application framework receives and executes at least two communications components and a presentation component within the application framework using the communication manager object and each component exchanges data with the communication manager object within the application framework during a presentation to present the presentation to a user of the audience computing device without downloading and installing an application, and the communication manager object manages interface and display of the presentation via the application framework; and

wherein the communication components are at least two of a slide communications component, a media communications component and a menu ribbon component, each of the communication components comprises graphical interface information, and the communication manager object automatically modifies the graphical interface information to a standardized interface format.

2. The audience computing device of claim 1 wherein the communication manager object receives requests to access the processing device from the communication components and verifies that each communication component has appropriate permission to access the processing device.

3. The audience computing device of claim 2 wherein the communication manager object receives requests to access the network connectivity device from at least one of the communication components and verifies that the at least one of the communication components has appropriate permission to access the network connectivity device.

4. The audience computing device of claim 1 wherein the audience computing device is a mobile telephone.

5. The audience computing device of claim 1 wherein the two communications components are received from the memory device.

6. The audience computing device of claim 1 wherein the two communications components are received from the network interface.

7. The audience computing device of claim 3 wherein the communication manager object comprises an registration module that registers the at least two communication components.

8. The audience computing device of claim 7 wherein the registration module comprises an open stack for registering an unlimited number of communication components.

9. The audience computing device of claim 1, wherein the presentation component further comprises one of a display background component and a screen background component.

10. An audience computing device comprising:

a processing device;

a memory device;

an application framework that receives a communication manager object via a network connectivity device and executes the communication manager object within the application framework;

wherein the application framework receives and executes at least two communications components and a presentation component within the application framework using the communication manager object and each component exchanges data with the communication manager object within the application framework during a presentation to present the presentation to a user of the audience computing device without downloading and installing an application, and the communication manager object manages interface and display of the presentation via the application framework; and

wherein the communication components are at least two of a slide communications component, a media communications component, a menu ribbon component and a Twitter component.

11. A system for providing an online presentation including a communications console with component aggregation comprising:

a back end computing system comprising a database of communication components and a communication manager object;

an audience computing device comprising a first application framework, wherein the back end computing devices and the audience computing device are communicatively coupled via a network, the audience computing device receives and executes the communication manager object within the first application framework to generate an online presentation without downloading and installing an application, and the audience computing device receives and executes the communication components within the first application framework using the communication manager object and each component exchanges data with the communication manager object within the application framework during the online presentation;

wherein the communication components are selected from a slide communications component, a media communications component and a menu ribbon component; and

a developer computing device comprising a developer communication component, wherein the developer communication device is communicatively coupled to the back end computing system and transmits the developer communication component to the database.

12. The system of claim 11 further comprising a presenter computing device comprising presentation information, wherein the presenter computing device is communicatively coupled to the back end computing system and the audience computing device, and wherein the communication manager object manages receipt and display of the presentation information through the first application framework on the audience computing device.

13. The system of claim 11 further comprising a developer computing device wherein the developer computing device is communicatively coupled to audience computing device, and transmits the developer communication component to the audience computing device for storage in a memory of to the audience computing device.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the back end computing system further comprises a database of presentation components, wherein the presentation component is executed in the first application framework to deliver the online presentation.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the presentation component further comprises one of a display background component and a screen background component.

16. A system for providing an online presentation including a communications console with component aggregation comprising:

a back end computing system comprising a database of communication components and a communication manager object;

an audience computing device comprising a first application framework, wherein the back end computing devices and the audience computing device are communicatively coupled via a network, the audience computing device receives and executes the communication manager object within the first application framework to generate an online presentation without downloading and installing an application, and the audience computing device receives and executes the communication components within the first application framework using the communication manager object and each component exchanges data with the communication manager object within the application framework during the online presentation;

wherein the communication components are selected from a slide communications component, a media communications component, a menu ribbon component and a Twitter component.

17. A method for providing an online presentation using a back end computing system comprising a database of communication components and a communication manager object and an audience computing device comprising a first application framework, wherein the back end computing devices and the audience computing device are communicatively coupled via a network, the method comprising:

receiving, at an audience computing device, a communication manager object;

executing, at the audience computing device within the first application framework, the communication manager object to generate an online presentation without downloading and installing an application;

receiving, at the audience computing device, one or more communication components;

executing, at the audience computing device within the first application framework using the communication manager object, the one or more communication components;

exchanging data between the communication manager object and the one or more communication components during the online presentation, wherein the communication components are selected from a slide communications component, a media communications component and a menu ribbon component; and

communicating, by a developer computing device, a developer communication component to the database of communication components.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising receiving, at the audience computing device, a presentation component and executing, at the audience computing device within the first application framework using the communication manager object, the presentation component.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the presentation component further comprises one of a display background component and a screen background component.

20. A method for providing an online presentation using a back end computing system comprising a database of communication components and a communication manager object and an audience computing device comprising a first application framework, wherein the back end computing devices and the audience computing device are communicatively coupled via a network, the method comprising:

receiving, at an audience computing device, a communication manager object;

executing, at the audience computing device within the first application framework, the communication manager object to generate an online presentation without downloading and installing an application;

receiving, at the audience computing device, one or more communication components;

executing, at the audience computing device within the first application framework using the communication manager object, the one or more communication components;

exchanging data between the communication manager object and the one or more communication components during the online presentation, wherein the communication components are selected from a slide communications component, a media communications component, a menu ribbon component and a Twitter component.