Quorum for a Real-Time, Collaborative Electronic Meeting
First Claim
1. A method implemented at least in part by a computing device comprising:
- determining that all of a quorum of one or more quorum events previously recorded as needed for a real-time, collaborative electronic meeting to productively start have occurred; and
notifying participants or invitees of said meeting that said meeting has productively started.
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Abstract
This document describes tools that notify participants of a real-time, collaborative electronic meeting when the meeting productively starts. To do so, the tools may build a quorum of events that need to occur before the meeting may productively start. These events may include a particular person joining the meeting, such as the meeting'"'"'s lead presenter, a particular document being uploaded for the participants to see or use, such as a PowerPoint™ presentation, an agenda for the meeting, and the meeting'"'"'s start time, to name a few. When the tools determine that the events have occurred, the tools notify the participants. This permits participants of a meeting to focus on things other than the meeting until the meeting productively starts.
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20 Claims
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1. A method implemented at least in part by a computing device comprising:
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determining that all of a quorum of one or more quorum events previously recorded as needed for a real-time, collaborative electronic meeting to productively start have occurred; and notifying participants or invitees of said meeting that said meeting has productively started. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. One or more computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions therein that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform acts comprising:
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receiving from a person one or more quorum events that must occur for a real-time, collaborative electronic meeting to productively start; and building a quorum comprising the quorum events, the quorum usable by the computing device or another computing device and during the real-time collaborative electronic meeting to determine when all of the quorum events have occurred and said meeting may productively start. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. One or more computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions therein that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform acts comprising:
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receiving from a person one or more quorum events that must occur for a real-time, collaborative electronic meeting to productively start, the quorum events comprising two or more of the following; a particular person of a set of persons permitted to participate in said meeting; a person of a class of persons permitted to participate in said meeting; a number of persons participating in said meeting of the set of persons permitted to participate in said meeting; an agenda for said meeting; a scheduled meeting time of said meeting; and a non-agenda document for use by participants of said meeting, building a quorum comprising the quorum events; receiving an indication that at least two participants of said meeting have joined; determining that all of the quorum events of the quorum have occurred; and notifying, responsive to the act of determining, said participants of said meeting that said meeting has productively started.
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