Virtualization of physical spaces for online meetings

US9749367B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Shaun Kirby · Pasadena, US
• Bharat Popat · Livermore, US
• Kristopher Charles Linquist · Milpitas, US
• Paul Grey · Sheffield, GB
• David Evans · Los Altos Hills, US
• Rachael McBrearty · Pleasanton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2013
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 29, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L65/1069
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An online collaborative meeting is established, utilizing at least one meeting server, where the meeting includes a plurality of meeting endpoints that communicate with each other via the meeting server. The meeting server establishes a plurality of electronic work spaces that are commonly assigned to each meeting endpoint, where each work space for each meeting endpoint provides different content and each work space that is common to each meeting endpoint provides the same content for real-time display. During the online collaborative meeting, the meeting server facilitates modification to content at any of the work spaces by any meeting endpoint, where modification to content at a work space by one meeting endpoint results in a real-time distribution and display at all other meeting endpoints of the modification to the content at the work space.