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Electronic media for communicating information among a group of participants

US6496849B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 25, 1999
Grant dateDec 17, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L51/42
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic medium is described that can be used to communicate information among a group of participants. The electronic medium includes a transport envelope having a plurality of network address. An encoding layer may be contained in the transport envelope to support a plurality of content-types. Each of the plurality of content-types may include a plurality of dynamic and static content. An interface region may be configured in the electronic medium to accept input from at least a user of the electronic medium or from an external source in data communication with the electronic medium. The dynamic content may be dynamically asynchronously updated based on the input from at least the user or the external source.

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