Managing participants in an integrated web/audio conference
OwnerSean Spradling, Kim Kokkonen +2inventors
InventorsSean Spradling, Kim Kokkonen, Randolph Leigh, Laurence Schaefer
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Abstract
Various embodiments of systems, methods, computer programs, etc. for managing participants in an integrated web/audio conference system are provided. One embodiment is a method for managing participants in an integrated web/audio conference system comprising: merging one of an audio participant and a web participant of an integrated web/audio conference with the other of the audio participant and the web participant in a console view of the integrated web/audio conference.
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A method for managing participants in an integrated web/audio conference system, the method comprising merging one of an audio participant and a web participant of an integrated web/audio conference with the other of the audio participant and the web participant in a console view of the integrated web/audio conference.
A web conference system comprising:
- a conference manager that monitors audio and web attendees participating in an integrated audio/web conference;
- a console for displaying the audio and web attendees participating in the integrated audio/web conference;
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- an attendee merge functionality associated with the console, the attendee merge functionality comprising logic configured to merge one of the audio participants with one of the web participants in the console.
An integrated web/audio system comprising:
- console means for displaying audio and web attendees participating in an integrated audio/web conference;
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- means for merging one of the audio attendees with one of the web attendees in the console means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.