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Method and apparatus for providing egalitarian control in a multimedia collaboration session

  • US 8,819,136 B1
  • Filed: 06/04/2012
  • Issued: 08/26/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a central server;

    a plurality of client devices comprising user interfaces operated by a plurality of participants;

    a session controlled by the central server comprising the plurality of participants which are participating via their respective client devices;

    a presentation control of the session operated by the central server;

    a viewer control of the session operated by the central server; and

    at least one display section on each of the client devices that displays information that has been previously presented in the session;

    wherein each of the plurality of participants in the session views at least a part of the previously presented information via the at least one display section;

    wherein when created information is shared by the one of the plurality of participants the created information is broadcast via the central server to include at least one link to a section that stores the created information; and

    wherein the broadcast is based on a control command that includes information to broadcast the created information and wherein the broadcast created information is provided to each of the plurality of participants and displayed in each of the plurality of participants'"'"' client device user interfaces and a copy of the created information is stored at each of the plurality of participant'"'"'s client devices.

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