Application and user interface for facilitating a meeting
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Abstract
An application and its associated user interface provide a meeting window for use in organizing and holding meetings using peer-to-peer network facilities. The meeting window offers menu selections for choosing a network over which to hold the meeting and for discovering and inviting meeting participants. The meeting window includes three main panes, one each for managing attendees, for distributing files to attendees, and for streaming presentation materials real-time to attendees. Data streaming is also supported to network devices such as projectors. Control of the presentation may be delegated by the presentation owner to another attendee, and may also be revoked by the presentation owner. The real-time streaming of the presentation may be paused and resumed to accommodate meeting dynamics or real-time changes.
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40 Claims
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21. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for presenting and managing a meeting comprising:
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presenting a first selection window for receiving input corresponding to one of joining a meeting or starting a meeting;
presenting a second selection window for receiving input corresponding to a network selection;
presenting a meeting window having at least three panes for supporting the meeting;
selecting at least one file for display to at least one meeting attendee; and
directing data corresponding to the at least one file to a peer-to-peer network for presentation of the data to the at least one meeting attendee. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of holding an on-line meeting over a peer-to-peer network comprising:
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presenting a meeting window having three meeting panes, a status bar, and a menu bar;
receiving a selection of a network for communicating with a networked device;
receiving a selection of network devices corresponding to people from at least one of a locally maintained contact list, a local address book, a network address book, or nearby devices; and
directing data corresponding to meeting activity to the selected network devices. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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39. A computer having a user interface adapted for use in an on-line meeting using a peer-to-peer network protocol comprising:
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an activity window comprising three panes, a status bar, and a menu bar, the first pane for selecting attendees, the second pane for file sharing, the third pane for selecting data for display to meeting participants, the activity window further comprising a series of sub-windows;
a first sub-window for selecting meeting attendees, the second sub-window activated responsive to a selection in the first pane;
a second sub-window for inviting meeting participants; and
a third sub-window for ending the meeting. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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Specification