Distributing Information Between Participants in a Conference via a Conference User Interface

Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for distributing information between participants in an online conference via a graphical user interface. One such method comprises: a conferencing system establishing a conference between a plurality of participants access...

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Main Authors FROHWEIN ROBERT J, JONES BOLAND T, GUTHRIE DAVID MICHAEL
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.11.2011
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for distributing information between participants in an online conference via a graphical user interface. One such method comprises: a conferencing system establishing a conference between a plurality of participants accessing the conferencing system via a communication network; presenting a conference interface via a graphical user interface to a client device operated by one of the participants; displaying in the conference interface a participant object identifying each of the plurality of participants in the conference, each participant object having corresponding profile information; selecting one of the participant objects via the graphical user interface; moving the selected participant object via the graphical user interface to a contact capture location in the conference interface; and creating a new contact containing at least a portion of the profile information associated with the selected participant object.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20100790153