US 2012/0072998 A1Published application

Electronic Meeting Management System For Mobile Wireless Devices

AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.

InventorsTetsuro Motoyama, Yasuo Ishizaki

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Abstract

A device management system includes a meeting support system that is configured to generate and transmit a plurality of electronic meeting invitations to a plurality of mobile wireless devices that correspond to a plurality of meeting participants and receive responses indicating whether the plurality of participants will attend the electronic meeting. The device management system receives identification data that identifies one or more documents or information that will be made available to the plurality of participants. The meeting support system determines whether the plurality of participants is authorized to access the one or more electronic documents or information. If any of the participants are not authorized to access any of the electronic documents or information, the meeting support system notifies the meeting organizer. The device management system may also include a meeting session management system that is configured to share information among the plurality of mobile wireless devices.

Claims15

Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a meeting support system configured to:
receive, from a mobile wireless device that corresponds to a meeting organizer, a request for an electronic meeting that specifies a plurality of participants for the electronic meeting,
receive, from the mobile wireless device, identification data that identifies one or more documents or information that will be made available to the plurality of participants via the plurality of mobile wireless devices in connection with the electronic meeting,
in response to receiving, from the mobile wireless device, the identification data that identifies one or more electronic documents or information that will be made available to the plurality of participants via the plurality of mobile wireless devices in connection with the electronic meeting, the meeting support system determining whether the plurality of participants are authorized to access the one or more electronic documents or information, and
in response to determining that one or more participants from the plurality of participants is not authorized to access any of the one or more electronic documents or information, the meeting support system generating and transmitting to the mobile wireless device a message that indicates that one or more participants from the plurality of participants is not authorized to access at least one of the one or more electronic documents or information.

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A computer-implemented method for managing an electronic meeting, the computer-implemented method comprising:

a meeting support system:
receiving, from a mobile wireless device that corresponds to a meeting organizer, a request for an electronic meeting that specifies a plurality of participants for the electronic meeting,
receiving, from the mobile wireless device, identification data that identifies one or more documents or information that will be made available to the plurality of participants via the plurality of mobile wireless devices in connection with the electronic meeting,
in response to receiving, from the mobile wireless device, the identification data that identifies one or more electronic documents or information that will be made available to the plurality of participants via the plurality of mobile wireless devices in connection with the electronic meeting, the meeting support system determining whether the plurality of participants are authorized to access the one or more electronic documents or information, and
in response to determining that one or more participants from the plurality of participants is not authorized to access any of the one or more electronic documents or information, the meeting support system generating and transmitting to the mobile wireless device a message that indicates that one or more participants from the plurality of participants is not authorized to access at least one of the one or more electronic documents or information.

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A computer-readable medium for managing an electronic meeting, the computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when process by one or more processors, causes:

a meeting support system:
receiving, from a mobile wireless device that corresponds to a meeting organizer, a request for an electronic meeting that specifies a plurality of participants for the electronic meeting,
receiving, from the mobile wireless device, identification data that identifies one or more documents or information that will be made available to the plurality of participants via the plurality of mobile wireless devices in connection with the electronic meeting,
in response to receiving, from the mobile wireless device, the identification data that identifies one or more electronic documents or information that will be made available to the plurality of participants via the plurality of mobile wireless devices in connection with the electronic meeting, the meeting support system determining whether the plurality of participants are authorized to access the one or more electronic documents or information, and
in response to determining that one or more participants from the plurality of participants is not authorized to access any of the one or more electronic documents or information, the meeting support system generating and transmitting to the mobile wireless device a message that indicates that one or more participants from the plurality of participants is not authorized to access at least one of the one or more electronic documents or information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.