Meeting system and information storage medium

A meeting system in which supplied-data convertible using a virtual machine is transmitted and received among a plurality of processing apparatuses interconnected via a transmission line, and in which meeting data is generated,

• at least two of said plurality of processing apparatuses comprising a meeting data generating apparatus respectively, each meeting data generating apparatus generating meeting data that includes fixed presentation data and supplied-data, and the presentation data including at least one pointer indicating an address of the supplied-data so that a portion of the meeting data may be reproduced by specifying at least one of a particular presenter, a meeting participant or time:
• at least one meeting data generating apparatus comprising:
• a conversion unit including a virtual machine that receives the supplied-data from another one of the plurality of processing apparatuses, reads files in a common format and performs operations specified in the files, the virtual machine converting said supplied-data into a data format which allows said meeting data to be generated, the meeting data being stored in units based on corresponding units of the supplied-data, each unit of the meeting data being identifiable by a specific processing apparatus that supplied a corresponding unit of the supplied-data;
• a communication interface unit that receives said supplied-data convertible by said convertion unit means from another processing apparatus;
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• a storage unit that stores generated meeting data, which is accessible by the other processing apparatus via said communication interface unit, and
• each of said at least one meeting data generating apparatus and the other meeting data generating apparatus including said conversion unit and said communication interface unit accessing said storage unit and generating meeting data in a task-distributed fashion.

A meeting system in which supplied-data convertible using a virtual machine is transmitted and received among a plurality of processing apparatuses interconnected via a transmission line, and in which meeting data is generated and reproduced,

• at least one of said plurality of processing apparatuses comprising a meeting data generating apparatus,
• at least one of said plurality of processing apparatuses comprising a meeting data reproducing apparatus, each meeting data reproducing apparatus reproducing meeting data that includes fixed presentation data and supplied-data, and the presentation data including at least one pointer indicating an address of the supplied-data so that a portion of the meeting data may be reproduced by specifying at least one of a particular presenter, a meeting participant or time;
• said meeting data reproducing apparatus comprising:
• a conversion unit including a virtual machine that receives the supplied-data from another one of the plurality of processing apparatuses, reads files in a common format and performs operations specified in the files, the virtual machine converting said supplied-data into a data format which allows said meeting data to be reproduced, the meeting data being stored in units based on corresponding units of the supplied-data, each unit of the meeting data being identifiable by a specific processing apparatus that supplied a corresponding unit of the supplied-data;
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• a communication interface unit that receives said supplied-data, which is convertible by said conversion unit, from another processing apparatus;
• said meeting data generating apparatus comprising:
• a supplied-data generation unit that generates supplied-data, which is convertible by said conversion unit, in accordance with generated meeting data;
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• a communication interface unit that transmits supplied-data including generated meeting data to said meeting data reproducing apparatus via said transmission line,
• at least one of said meeting data generating apparatus and said meeting data reproducing apparatus comprising a storage unit that stores generated meeting data, which is accessible by another processing apparatus via said communication interface unit, and
• said meeting data generating apparatus and said meeting data reproducing apparatus accessing said storage unit and generating and reproducing meeting data.

An information storage medium readable by a computer including a storage unit and that stores information for generating meeting data while a plurality of processing apparatuses interconnected via a transmission line transmit and receive, and perform distributed processing on, supplied data in a common format interpretable by a virtual machine, the meeting data being stored in units based on corresponding units of the supplied-data, each unit of the meeting data being identifiable by a specific processing apparatus that supplied a corresponding unit of the supplied-data, said information comprising:

• information for implementing a communication interface unit which allows said storage unit to be shared by other processing apparatuses via the transmission line;
• information for reproducing meeting data by a meeting data reproducing apparatus of each of the plurality of processing apparatuses, each of the meeting data information including fixed presentation data and supplied-data, and the presentation data including at least one pointer indicating an address of the supplied-data so that a portion of the meeting data may be reproduced by specifying at least one of a particular presenter, a meeting participant or time;
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• information for implementing said virtual machine to receive the supplied-data from another one of the plurality of processing apparatuses, read files in the common format, perform operations specified in the files, and convert said supplied-data into a data format which allows said meeting data to be reproduced.

An information storage medium which is readable by a computer and which stores information for generating meeting data while a plurality of processing apparatuses interconnected via a transmission line transmit and receive, and perform distributed processing on, supplied data in a common format interpretable by a virtual machine, the meeting data being stored in units based on corresponding units of the supplied-data, each unit of the meeting data being identifiable by a specific processing apparatus that supplied a corresponding unit of the supplied-data, said information comprising:

• information for generating supplied-data in said common format;
• information for transmitting said generated supplied-data to at least one of said processing apparatuses having storage unit accessible by the respective processing apparatuses via the transmission line;
• information for reproducing meeting data by a meeting data reproducing apparatus of each of the plurality of processing apparatuses, each of the meeting data information including fixed presentation data and supplied-data, and the presentation data including at least one pointer indicating an address of the supplied-data so that a portion of the meeting data may be reproduced by specifying at least one of a particular presenter, a meeting participant or time;
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• information for implementing the virtual machine to receive the supplied-data from another one of the plurality of processing apparatuses, read files in the common format, perform operations specified in the files, and convert said supplied-data into a data format which allows said meeting data to be reproduced.

An information storage medium which is readable by a computer and which stores information for reproducing meeting data while a plurality of processing apparatuses interconnected via a transmission line transmit and receive, and perform distributed processing on, supplied-data in a common format interpretable by a virtual machine,

• said information comprising:
• reading information for accessing at least one of said processing apparatuses having a storage unit which stores said meeting data and which is accessible by the respective processing apparatuses to read said meeting data stored in said storage unit, the meeting data being stored in units based on corresponding units of the supplied-data, each unit of the meeting data being identifiable by a specific processing apparatus that supplied a corresponding unit of the supplied-data;
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• reproducing information for reproducing read image data,
• said reading information comprising:
• information for generating supplied-data indicating a reading request and for converting said supplied-data into said common format;
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• information for transmitting said converted supplied-data via the transmission line to a processing apparatus having said storage unit to receive supplied-data including meeting data from said processing apparatus,
• said reproducing information comprising:
• information for reproducing meeting data by a meeting data reproducing apparatus of each of the plurality of processing apparatuses, each of the meeting data information including fixed presentation data and supplied-data, and the presentation data including at least one pointer indicating an address of the supplied-data so that a portion of the meeting data may be reproduced by specifying at least one of a particular presenter, a meeting participant or time;
• information for implementing said virtual machine to receive the supplied-data from another one of the plurality of processing apparatuses, read files in the common format and perform operations specified in the files;
• convert said supplied-data including said meeting data to be reproduced;
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• information for converting supplied-data, using said virtual machine in accordance with the received supplied-data, into a data format so as to reproduce the meeting data.

An information storage medium which is readable by a computer and which stores information for generating meeting data while a plurality of processing apparatuses interconnected via a transmission line transmit and receive, and perform distributed processing on, supplied-data in a common format interpretable by a virtual machine, the meeting data being stored in units based on corresponding units of the supplied-data, each unit of the meeting data being identifiable by a specific processing apparatus that supplied a corresponding unit of the supplied-data, said information comprising:

• requesting information for requesting a particular service to another processing apparatus;
• providing information for providing a particular service to another processing apparatus,
• said requesting information comprising:
• information for generating supplied-data indicating a request for said particular service and converting said supplied-data into said common format;
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• information for transmitting said converted supplied-data to another processing apparatus via the transmission line,
• said providing information comprising:
• information for reproducing meeting data by a meeting data reproducing apparatus of each of the plurality of processing apparatuses, each of the meeting data information including fixed presentation data and supplied-data, and the presentation data including at least one pointer indicating an address of the supplied data so that a meeting scene may be reproduced by specifying at least one of a particular presenter, a meeting participant or time;
• information for implementing said virtual machine to receive the supplied data from another one of the plurality of processing apparatuses, read files in the common format and perform operations specified in the files;
• convert said supplied-data including said meeting data to be reproduced;
• information for receiving supplied-data indicating a request for a service from another processing apparatus and converting, using said virtual machine, said supplied-data into a data format which allows said meeting data to be reproduced;
• information for determining whether it is possible to provide said service in accordance with said converted supplied-data;
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• information for, if it is possible to provide said service, providing said service.