Method and system for facilitating collaboration sessions
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating a collaboration session among a plurality of conferees including at least first and second conferees using first and second different interface devices that includes first and second display screens, respectively, the method comprising the steps of:
- presenting a first session interface on the first display screen, the session interface including a session queue, a first sharing window and a first private window, the first sharing window, the first private window and the session queue simultaneously presented on the first display screen, the session queue including a list of documents uploaded to the session by at least one of the conferees, wherein the first conferee can open any document in the session queue in the first sharing window and any document in the session queue in the first private window at any time during a conference; and
presenting a second session interface on the second display screen, the second session interface including the session document queue, a second sharing window and a second private window, wherein the second conferee can open any document in the session queue in the second sharing window and any document in the session queue in the second private window at any time during a conference; and
wherein, any change in the document opened in either of the first or second sharing windows is mirrored in the other of the first and second sharing windows;
wherein at least a subset of the documents in the session queue are multipage documents and wherein first and second instances of a first multipage document are opened to different pages in the first private space and in the first sharing space, respectively, and wherein either of the first and second session interfaces is useable to page through the second instance of the first multipage document in an egalitarian fashion.
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Abstract
A method and system of facilitating a collaboration session among a plurality of conferees including at least first and second conferees using first and second different interface devices that includes first and second display screens, respectively, the method comprising the steps of presenting a first session interface on the first display screen, the session interface including a session queue, a first sharing window and a first private window, the session queue including a list of documents uploaded to the session by at least one of the conferees and presenting a second session interface on the second display screen, the second session interface including the session document queue, a second sharing window and a second private window, wherein either of the first or second conferee can open any document in the session queue in their sharing window and any document in the session queue in their private window at any time during a conference and wherein, any change in the document opened in either of the first or second sharing windows is mirrored in the other of the sharing windows.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating a collaboration session among a plurality of conferees including at least first and second conferees using first and second different interface devices that includes first and second display screens, respectively, the method comprising the steps of:
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presenting a first session interface on the first display screen, the session interface including a session queue, a first sharing window and a first private window, the first sharing window, the first private window and the session queue simultaneously presented on the first display screen, the session queue including a list of documents uploaded to the session by at least one of the conferees, wherein the first conferee can open any document in the session queue in the first sharing window and any document in the session queue in the first private window at any time during a conference; and presenting a second session interface on the second display screen, the second session interface including the session document queue, a second sharing window and a second private window, wherein the second conferee can open any document in the session queue in the second sharing window and any document in the session queue in the second private window at any time during a conference; and wherein, any change in the document opened in either of the first or second sharing windows is mirrored in the other of the first and second sharing windows; wherein at least a subset of the documents in the session queue are multipage documents and wherein first and second instances of a first multipage document are opened to different pages in the first private space and in the first sharing space, respectively, and wherein either of the first and second session interfaces is useable to page through the second instance of the first multipage document in an egalitarian fashion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of facilitating a collaboration session among a plurality of conferees including at least first and second conferees using first and second different interface devices that includes first and second display screens, respectively, the method comprising the steps of:
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prior to a session commencing, creating a session queue that includes a plurality of records that may be accessed during the session at a subsequent time; during the session; (i) presenting a first session interface on the first display screen, the first session interface including the session queue, a first sharing window and a first private window, wherein the first conferee can open any document in the session queue in the first sharing window and any document in the session queue in the first private window at any time during a session; and (iii) presenting a second session interface on the second display screen, the second session interface including the session queue, a second sharing window and a second private window, wherein the second conferee can open any document in the session queue in the second sharing window and any document in the session queue in the second private window at any time during a session; and wherein, any change in the record opened in either of the first or second sharing windows is mirrored in the other of the first and second sharing windows and wherein changes in the records opened in each of the first and second private windows are not replicated in the other of the first and second private windows; and wherein at least a subset of the records in the session queue are multipage records and wherein first and second instances of a first multipage record are opened to different pages in the first private space and in the first sharing space, respectively, and wherein either of the first and second session interfaces is useable to page through the second instance of the first multipage record in an egalitarian fashion.
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18. A method of facilitating a collaboration session among a plurality of conferees, each conferee using a different interface device that includes a device unique display screen, the method comprising the steps of:
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prior to a session commencing, receiving records from at least first and second conferees and placing those records in a session queue associated with the session; during the session; (i) presenting a first session interface on the first display screen, the first session interface including the session queue and a first sharing window, wherein the first conferee can open any document in the session queue in the first sharing window during a session; and (iii) presenting a second session interface on the second display screen, the second session interface including the session queue and a second sharing window, wherein the second conferee can open any document in the session queue in the second sharing window; wherein, any change in the record opened in either of the first or second sharing windows is mirrored in the other of the first and second sharing windows and wherein changes in the records opened in each of the first and second private windows are not replicated in the other of the first and second private windows; wherein, at least each of the first and second conferees can add records to the session queue; and wherein at least a subset of the records in the session queue are multipage records and wherein first and second instances of a first multipage record are opened to different pages in the first private space and in the first sharing space, respectively, and wherein either of the first and second session interfaces is useable to page through the second instance of the first multipage record in an egalitarian fashion. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. An system for facilitating a collaboration session among a plurality of conferees including at least first and second conferees, the system comprising:
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first and second different interface devices that includes first and second display screens, respectively; at least a processor programmed to perform the steps of; (i) presenting a first session interface on the first display screen, the session interface including a session queue, a first sharing window and a first private window, the session queue including a list of documents uploaded to the session by at least one of the conferees, wherein the first conferee can open any document in the session queue in the first sharing window and any document in the session queue in the first private window at any time during a conference; and (ii) presenting a second session interface on the second display screen, the second session interface including the session document queue, a second sharing window and a second private window, wherein the second conferee can open any document in the session queue in the second sharing window and any document in the session queue in the second private window at any time during a conference; and wherein, any change in the document opened in either of the first or second sharing windows is mirrored in the other of the first and second sharing windows; and wherein at least a subset of the records in the session queue are multipage records and wherein first and second instances of a first multipage record are opened to different pages in the first private space and in the first sharing space, respectively, and wherein either of the first and second session interfaces is useable to page through the second instance of the first multipage record in an egalitarian fashion.
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