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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMichele Covell, Nina Bhatti, Henry Harlyn Baker, W. Bruce Culbertson, Michael Harville, Thomas Malzbender, Susie Wee
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Methods and systems for utilizing a parallel conversational thread during a remote collaboration are described. In one embodiment, a managing entity is utilized to establish a first communications path for a remote collaboration of at least two parties. Then, a request for a parallel conversation is received from at least one of the at least two parties during the remote collaboration. The managing entity then establishes a second communications path for the parallel conversation between the at least two parties. Wherein, the enabling of the parallel conversation on the second communications path is performed without inhibiting the first communications path, such that a portion of a first party can have a parallel conversation with a portion of a second party on the second communications path while the first communications path for the remote collaboration remains active.
A method for supporting parallel conversational threads during a remote collaboration, said method comprising:
A managing entity for establishing a parallel conversational thread during a remote collaboration comprising:
A computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a managing entity to perform a method of utilizing a parallel conversation thread during a remote conference, said method comprising:
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