Apparatus and method for managing online conference
AssigneeSamsung Sds Co., Ltd.
InventorHee Tae Yoon
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Abstract
An apparatus for managing an online conference according to one embodiment includes a group identification information receiver configured to receive group identification information regarding an offline conference room from a user terminal of a user who intends to attend an online conference in the offline conference room, an online conference identifier configured to identify an online conference connected to the offline conference room based on the received group identification information, and an online conference manager configured to transmit online conference entry information for attending the identified online conference to the user terminal.
Claims12
An apparatus for managing an online conference, comprising:
- a group identification information receiver configured to receive an online conference participation request message including a group identification information assigned to an offline conference place from a user terminal of a user who intends to attend an online conference in the offline conference place;
- an online conference identifier configured to identify an online conference connected to the offline conference place based on the received group identification information;
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- an online conference manager configured to, when the online conference connected to the offline conference place exists, transmit online conference entry information for inviting the user to the identified online conference to the user terminal, after receiving the online conference participation request message,
- wherein the online conference manager is further configured to:
- manage participant information for each of one or more participants attending the online conference, and
- distinguish a type of a specific participant whether the specific participant among the one or more participants is attending the online conference in the offline conference place or in a place other than the offline conference place based on whether the participant information for the specific participant includes the group identification information or not.
A method of managing an online conference, comprising:
- receiving an online conference participation request message including a group identification information assigned to an offline conference place from a user terminal of a user who intends to attend an online conference in the offline conference place;
- identifying an online conference connected to the offline conference place based on the received group identification information;
- when the online conference connected to the offline conference place exists, transmitting online conference entry information for inviting the user to the identified online conference to the user terminal, after receiving the online conference participation request message;
- managing participant information for each of one or more participants attending the online conference;
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- distinguishing a type of a specific participant whether the specific participant among the one or more participants is attending the online conference in the offline conference place or in a place other than the offline conference place based on whether the participant information for the specific participant includes the group identification information or not.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.