Messages from absent participants in online conferencing
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving responses from invitees of an online conference;
identifying one or more declining invitees who decline to participate in at least a part of the online conference;
extracting from responses of the one or more declining invitees, reasons for declining to attend in at least a part of the online conference;
displaying, by a participant processor on a display device and during an online conference, a list of the invitees of the online conference, the list including the one or more declining invitees, wherein the one or more declining invitees in the list are displayed differently from an attending invitee who attends the online conference;
displaying a first graphical element next to an identification of a declining invitee who provides a first form of response;
displaying a second graphical element, different from the first graphical element, next to an identification of a declining invitee who provides a second form of response different from the first form of response; and
in response to a user selection of one of the first or second graphical element, providing a message having a reason for declining for the declining invitee.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes displaying, by a participant processor on a display device and during an online conference, a list of invited participants of the online conference. The list includes a declining one of the invited participants whom declined to participate in at least a part of the online conference. The method also includes indicating, by the participant processor on the display device and for the one of the invited participants whom declined to participate, a message having a reason for declining.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving responses from invitees of an online conference; identifying one or more declining invitees who decline to participate in at least a part of the online conference; extracting from responses of the one or more declining invitees, reasons for declining to attend in at least a part of the online conference; displaying, by a participant processor on a display device and during an online conference, a list of the invitees of the online conference, the list including the one or more declining invitees, wherein the one or more declining invitees in the list are displayed differently from an attending invitee who attends the online conference; displaying a first graphical element next to an identification of a declining invitee who provides a first form of response; displaying a second graphical element, different from the first graphical element, next to an identification of a declining invitee who provides a second form of response different from the first form of response; and in response to a user selection of one of the first or second graphical element, providing a message having a reason for declining for the declining invitee. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Logic encoded in one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that includes code for execution and when executed by a processor is operable to perform operations comprising:
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receiving responses from invitees of an online conference; identifying one or more declining invitees who decline to participate in at least a part of the online conference; extracting from responses of the one or more declining invitees, reasons for declining to attend the online conference; displaying, during an online conference, a list of the invitees, the list including the one or more declining invitees, wherein the declining invitees in the list is displayed differently from an attending invitee who attends the online conference; displaying a first graphical element next to an identification of a declining invitee who provides a first form of response; displaying a second graphical element, different from the first graphical element, next to an identification of a declining invitee who provides a second form of response different from the first form of response; and in response to a user selection of one of the first or second graphical element, providing a message indicating a reason for declining to attend. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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an interface configured to receive responses from invitees of an online conference; and a processor configured to; identify one or more declining invitees who decline to participate in at least a part of the online conference; extract from responses of the one or more declining invitees, reasons for declining to attend in at least a part of the online conference; during the online conference, display on a display device a list of the invitees, the list including the one or more declining invitees, wherein the one or more declining invitees in the list are displayed differently from an attending invitee who attends the online conference; display a first graphical element next to an identification of a declining invitee who provides a first form of response; display a second graphical element, different from the first graphical element, next to an identification of a declining invitee who provides a second form of response different from the first form of response; and in response to a user selection of one of the first or second graphical element, display a message including a reason for declining to attend the online conference. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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