Web based conference server and method

A video conference server for use in a digital data network having at least one audio channel and at least one video channel comprising:

• at least one audio port and at least one video port for connection to at least one client workstation via the digital data network, the at least one client workstation having a video output and an audio output;
• a memory unit for associating the least one audio channel and the at least one video channel of the digital data network with the at least one client workstation;
• an audio processing unit that receives audio signals from the at least one audio port and that generates at least one broadcast audio signal for transmission to the at least one client workstation via the at least one audio port;
• a video processing unit that receives video signals from the at least one video port and that generates at least one broadcast video signal for transmission to the at least one client workstation via the at least one video port;
• a control unit that generates control signals, the control signals are able to regulate the video output and the audio output from the at least one client workstations as required by the at least one broadcast audio signal from the audio processing unit and the at least one broadcast signal from the video processing unit, wherein the control unit is adapted to provide a video conference to at least one video conference participant located at the at least one client workstation;
• a memory device that stores content provider information for content provided by at least one content provider;
• an access program module that provides a link for access to the content provider information that is accepted by the at least one video conference participant;
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• a content program module that provides information to the at least one video conference participant upon activation of the link and displays content of the at least one content provider accepted by the at least one video conference participant;
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• wherein the video conference server recognizes at least one word in an audio stream of the video conference and evaluates the recognized at least one word such that the content provider information of the at least one content provider accessed via the link is adapted based on the at least one word in the audio stream that is recognized by the video conference server.