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US 2019/0173926 A1Published application
Method and system for participating in an electronic communication using virtual presense
AssigneeMitel Networks Corporation
InventorSachin Kumar Lal
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Abstract
Systems and methods for virtual conferencing that allow a missing participant to provide information to active participants in a conference session in real time are disclosed. The systems and methods can be used to allow a missing participant to respond to queries submitted in a query bucket by one or more active participants. Responses provided by the missing participant can be viewed by active participants during the virtual conference session.
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A communication system comprising:
- a communication network comprising a conference server;
- one or more active participant devices coupled to the communication network during a conference session;
- and
- one or more missing participant devices coupled to the communication network during the conference session, wherein the one or more missing participant devices do not participate in at least a portion of the conference session,
- wherein, during the conference session, the conference server generates or causes to be generated a query bucket for at least one missing participant, and
- wherein the conference server receives a query form one or more active participant devices and pushes one or more of the query and a link to the query to at least one of the one or more missing participant devices.
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A communication method comprising the steps of:
- using a conference server, establishing a conference session to one or more active participant devices;
- using the conference server, creating a query bucket for a missing conference participant;
- using one or more active participant devices, adding a query to the query bucket;
- using the conference server, determining a communication method to use to send the query bucket to a missing participant device;
- using the conference server, pushing one or more of the query and a link to the query to the missing participant device;
- receiving at the conference server, a response to the query from the missing participant device;
- and
- using the conference server, sending the response to the one or more active participant devices.
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A communication method comprising the steps of:
- using a conference server, establishing a conference session to one or more active participant devices;
- using an active participant device, requesting a missing participant participate in the conference session in virtual presence mode;
- using a missing participant device, accepting an invitation to a first portion of the conference session;
- using the conference server, creating a query bucket for the missing participant;
- using one or more active participant devices, adding a query to the query bucket;
- using the conference server, determining a communication method to use to send one or more of the query bucket and a link to the query bucket to a missing participant device;
- using the conference server, pushing the query to the missing participant device;
- receiving at the conference server, a response to the query from the missing participant device;
- and
- using the conference server, sending the response to the one or more active participant devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.