COMMUNICATION CONSOLE WITH COMPONENT AGGREGATION

• US 20110252094A1
• Filed: 04/07/2010
• Published: 10/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ON24, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ON24, Inc.
• Inventors: Rojas, Brent, Sahasi, Jayesh
• Granted Patent: US 8,706,812 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1091 Interfacing with client-server systems or between P2P systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

Systems methods and devices are provided for a presentation including a communications console with component aggregation. In one potential implementation, a computing device with an application framework receives a communication manager object via a network connectivity device and executes the communication manager object within the application framework. The computing device may then receive and execute communications components and a presentation components within the application framework using the communication manager object. The communication manager object may then manages interface and display of the presentation information via the application framework, as modified by communication components.

Claims

1. An audience computing device comprising:

a processing device;

a memory device;

a network connectivity device; and

an application framework which receives a communication manager object via the network connectivity device and to execute the communication manager object within the application framework;

wherein the audience computing device further receives and executes at least two communications components and a presentation component within the application framework using the communication manager object, and the communication manager object manages interface and display of the presentation information via the application framework.

2. The audience computing device of claim 1 wherein the communication manager object receives requests to access the processing device from the communication components and verifies that each communication component has appropriate permission to access the processing device.

3. The audience computing device of claim 2 wherein the communication manager object receives requests to access the network connectivity device from at least one of the communication components and verifies that the at least one of the communication components has appropriate permission to access the network connectivity device.

4. The audience computing device of claim 1 wherein the audience computing device is a mobile telephone.

5. The audience computing device of claim 1 wherein the two communications components are received from the memory device.

6. The audience computing device of claim 1 wherein the two communications components are received from the network interface.

7. The audience computing device of claim 1 wherein each of the communication components comprises graphical interface information, and wherein the communication manager object automatically modifies the graphical interface information to a standardized interface format.

8. The audience computing device of claim 3 wherein the communication manager object comprises an registration module that registers the at least two communication components.

9. The audience computing device of claim 8 wherein the registration module comprises an open stack for registering an unlimited number of communication components.

10. A system for providing an online presentation including a communications console with component aggregation comprising:

a back end computing system comprising a database of communication components and a communication manager object;

an audience computing device comprising a first application framework, wherein the back end computing devices and the audience computing device are communicatively coupled via a network, the audience computing device receives and executes the communication manager object within the first application framework, and the audience computing device receives and executes the communication components within the first application framework using the communication manager object

11. The system of claim 10 further comprising a presenter computing device comprising presentation information, wherein the presenter computing device is communicatively coupled to the back end computing system and the audience computing device, and wherein the communication manager object manages receipt and display of the presentation information through the first application framework on the audience computing device.

12. The system of claim 10 further comprising a developer computing device comprising a developer communication component, wherein the developer communication device is communicatively coupled to the back end computing system and transmits the developer communication component to the database.

13. The system of claim 10 further comprising a developer computing device wherein the developer computing device is communicatively coupled to audience computing device, and transmits the developer communication component to the audience computing device for storage in a memory of to the audience computing device.

14. A method for creating a communication console with aggregated components, said method comprising:

receiving a communications manager object at a computing device, wherein the computing device comprises an application framework capable of running the communication manager object;

executing the communication manager object within the application framework without executing any portion of the communications manager object outside of the application framework;

receiving a first and second communications components at the computing device, and executing the communications components within the application framework;

registering a first request from the first communications component with the communications manager object;

registering a second request from the second communications component with the communications manager object;

identifying a priority for the first request and the second request at the communications manager object;

verifying access permissions for the first request and the second request at the communications manager object; and

metering access to the application framework by the first and second request using the communications manager object.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein receiving the first and the second communications components further comprises registering the first and second communications components with a registration module of the communications manager object.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the registration module of the communications manager object includes an open format for registering an unlimited number of modules.

17. The method of claim 14 further comprising creating a user interface from user interface information contained in the first communications component for display as part of the communications console.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising modifying the user interface using user interface information contained in the second communications component.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising adjusting the user interface using standardization settings from the communications manager object to standardize the user interface information from the second communications component and the user interface information from the first communications component.