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System for dynamically updating information in panels within an attendee bar corresponding to a conference session when selected information regarding to conferencing participants changes

US5889945A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 27, 1995
Grant dateMar 30, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 27, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/10
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for associating user information with conference participants in a conferencing environment generates one or more attendee bars corresponding to the conferencing environment. Each attendee bar includes a plurality of panels corresponding to the conferencing participants, and each of the panels includes information regarding a conferencing participant. The attendee bar is then updated whenever the information regarding one of the plurality of conferencing participants changes.

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