Apparatus and method for managing events in a computer supported collaborative work environment

US11477250B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Douglas Riecken · Plainfield, US
• James Gordon Beattie, Jr. · Bergenfield, US
• Amee Fontanetta · Cliffwood Beach, US
• Luis Ramos · Columbia, US
• Roque Rios, III · Middletown, US
• Stephen Francis Triano · Fryeburg, US
• Eshrat Huda

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 9, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 18, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/14
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, participating in a communication session over a network with a second communication device that is remote from the communication device where the communication session includes a computer supported collaborative work environment utilizing a non-baton passing protocol, presenting content at a display device where the content is presented by the second communication device at a second display device, receiving first user input at the user interface where second user input is received by the second communication device where a conflict resolution is applied to events associated with the first and second user input, and presenting adjusted content at the display device. Other embodiments are disclosed.