Method, system and apparatus for inviting users to participate in an interactive session
AssigneeCalay Venture S.à r.l.
InventorCevat Yerli
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Abstract
A method for inviting users to participate in an interactive session comprises receiving a request, from a client device, wherein the request specifies information regarding one or more invitees, creating a link from the information regarding one or more invitees, providing the link to the one or more invitees, and in response to an invitee activating the link, establishing a connection to the interactive session and enabling said invitee to participate in said interactive session. Furthermore, a system for inviting users to participate in interactive sessions and a link server device are disclosed.
Claims19
A method for inviting users to participate in an interactive session, comprising:
- receiving a request from a client device, said request specifying information regarding one or more invitees;
- creating a link from said information regarding one or more invitees;
- providing the link to said one or more invitees;
- and
- in response to an invitee activating the link, establishing a connection to the interactive session and enabling said invitee to participate in said interactive session.
A system for inviting users to participate in an interactive session, comprising:
- a first server device providing an interactive session and adapted to create a request for a link into said interactive session;
- and
- a second server device adapted to receive the request along with information regarding one or more invitees, and further adapted to create the link from said information regarding one or more invitees and to provide the link to said one or more invitees connected to the second server device via a network;
- wherein the second server device is further adapted to establish a connection to the interactive session in its present state and to enable an invitee to participate in the interactive session in response to the invitee activating the link.
A link server device, comprising:
- a receiver adapted to receive a request along with information regarding one or more invitees for an interactive session;
- a first processing module adapted to create a link from said information regarding one or more invitees and to provide the link to said one or more invitees connected to the link server device via a network;
- and
- a second processing module adapted to establish a connection to the interactive session and to enable an invitee to participate in the interactive session in response to the invitee activating the link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.