Chat room access control
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a request from a requester to join an electronic chat room;
receiving, via a user interface, a selection of an access control level for the requester in order to grant the requester access to the electronic chat room according to one of a plurality of conditions for granting access, the plurality of conditions including a veto condition, a majority condition, and a moderator approval condition;
assigning, via the user interface, the access control level to the requester upon granting access to the requester; and
limiting the access of the requester to content available in the electronic chat room based on the selection of the access control level,wherein,the moderator approval condition requires approval of at least one moderator of all participants in the electronic chat room prior to granting access,the moderator approval condition requires a first selection of one of a plurality of options by the at least one moderator, and a second selection of a limit option by the at least one moderator,the plurality of options include view all files and messages uploaded to the electronic chat room, only view messages uploaded to the electronic chat room, and/or only view files uploaded to the electronic chat room, andthe limit option permits the at least one moderator to only show postings after a date selected by the at least one moderator.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a request to join an electronic chat room is received from a requester. A selection of an access control level for the requester is received via a user interface in order to grant the requester access to the electronic chat room according to a condition for granting access. The user interface is used to assign a selected access control level to the requester, thereupon granting access to the requester. The requester'"'"'s access to content available in the electronic chat room being limited based on the selected access control level. Related methods, apparatus, and systems are also described.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a request from a requester to join an electronic chat room; receiving, via a user interface, a selection of an access control level for the requester in order to grant the requester access to the electronic chat room according to one of a plurality of conditions for granting access, the plurality of conditions including a veto condition, a majority condition, and a moderator approval condition; assigning, via the user interface, the access control level to the requester upon granting access to the requester; and limiting the access of the requester to content available in the electronic chat room based on the selection of the access control level, wherein, the moderator approval condition requires approval of at least one moderator of all participants in the electronic chat room prior to granting access, the moderator approval condition requires a first selection of one of a plurality of options by the at least one moderator, and a second selection of a limit option by the at least one moderator, the plurality of options include view all files and messages uploaded to the electronic chat room, only view messages uploaded to the electronic chat room, and/or only view files uploaded to the electronic chat room, and the limit option permits the at least one moderator to only show postings after a date selected by the at least one moderator. - 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. A user interface system for controlling access to a chat room, the user interface system comprising:
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a computer-readable memory with software which, when executed, cause the user interface system to; display, via an interface driver, a user interface in response to a request from a requester to join an electronic chat room; enable, via a selection interface portion of the user interface, a selection of an access control level for the requester in order to grant the requester access to the electronic chat room according to one of a plurality of conditions for granting access, the plurality of conditions including a veto condition, a majority condition, and a moderator control condition; and grant, via a display in the user interface, the requester access to content available in the electronic chat room according to the selection of the access control level, the access control level assigned in response to the selection of the access control level for the requester, the display configured to limit the requestor access to content available in the electronic chat room based on the selection of the access control level, wherein, the moderator control condition requires approval of at least one moderator of all participants in the electronic chat room prior to granting access, the moderator control condition requires a first selection of one of a plurality of options by the at least one moderator, and a second selection of a limit option by the at least one moderator, the plurality of options include view all files and messages uploaded to the electronic chat room, only view messages uploaded to the electronic chat room, and/or only view files uploaded to the electronic chat room, and the limit option permits the at least one moderator to only show postings after a date selected by the at least one moderator.
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