Authorizing access to a web conference for a specified duration of time
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsDARRYL M. ADDERLY, MICHELLE DAVIS, DALE J. HEEKS
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Abstract
Authorizing access to a Web conference can include defining a plurality of groups of participants of the Web conference, wherein the Web conference is scheduled for a conference duration, and defining a plurality of sessions of the Web conference, using a processor. Each session is associated with a group of the plurality of groups and has a duration that is a subset of the conference duration. Each group is permitted access to the Web conference only for the session associated with the group.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- defining a plurality of groups of participants of a Web conference, wherein the Web conference is scheduled for a conference duration;
- defining a plurality of sessions of the Web conference, using a processor, wherein each session is associated with a group of the plurality of groups and has a duration that is a subset of the conference duration;
- and
- permitting each group access to the Web conference only for the session associated with the group.
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to initiate executable operations comprising:
- defining a plurality of groups of participants of a Web conference, wherein the Web conference is scheduled for a conference duration;
- defining a plurality of sessions of the Web conference, wherein each session is associated with a group of the plurality of groups and has a duration that is a subset of the conference duration;
- and
- permitting each group access to the Web conference only for the session associated with the group.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon program code that, when executed, configures a processor to initiate executable operations comprising:
- defining a plurality of groups of participants of a Web conference, wherein the Web conference is scheduled for a conference duration;
- defining a plurality of sessions of the Web conference, wherein each session is associated with a group of the plurality of groups and has a duration that is a subset of the conference duration;
- and
- permitting each group access to the Web conference only for the session associated with the group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.