System and method for context-aware participant management
First Claim
1. A method to manage an electronic conference hosted by a conference server comprising a processor and a memory, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the conference server, a request from a user to participate in the electronic conference;
determining, by the conference server, user resources to provide to the user for the electronic conference and communications resources for implementing the electronic conference;
determining, by the conference server, first resource contentions among the user resources and second resource contentions among the communications resources;
collecting, by the conference server, contextual information related to the communications resources and the user, wherein the contextual information related to the communications resources comprises information not related to availability of the communications resources; and
resolving, by the conference server, the first resource contentions and the second resource contentions, by use of the contextual information.
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Abstract
System and method to manage an electronic conference hosted by a conference server coupled to a processor and a memory, the method including: receiving, by a communication interface of the conference server, a request from a user to participate in an electronic conference; determining, by the processor, resources needed by the user and resources needed by the electronic conference; determining resource contentions among resources needed by the user and resources needed by the electronic conference; collecting contextual information related to at least one of the user and resources needed by the electronic conference; and resolving, by the processor, contentions among resources needed by the user and resources needed by the electronic conference.
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30 Claims
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1. A method to manage an electronic conference hosted by a conference server comprising a processor and a memory, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the conference server, a request from a user to participate in the electronic conference; determining, by the conference server, user resources to provide to the user for the electronic conference and communications resources for implementing the electronic conference; determining, by the conference server, first resource contentions among the user resources and second resource contentions among the communications resources; collecting, by the conference server, contextual information related to the communications resources and the user, wherein the contextual information related to the communications resources comprises information not related to availability of the communications resources; and resolving, by the conference server, the first resource contentions and the second resource contentions, by use of the contextual information. - 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)
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30. A method to receive alerts related to an electronic conference hosted by a conference server comprising a processor and a memory, the method comprising:
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submitting, by a user device to the conference server, a request from a user to participate in the electronic conference; and receiving, by the user device from the conference server, an alert related to a resource conflict of the electronic conference, wherein the resource conflict is determined by the conference server based on; user resources to be provided to one or more participants of the electronic conference; communications resources for implementing the electronic conference; and contextual information related to the one or more participants, the user resources, and the communications resources, wherein the contextual information related to the communications resources comprises information not related to availability of the communications resources.
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