Application and method for conducting group video conversations and meetings on mobile communication devices

摘要

A downloadable application for mobile communication devices and a method of using said application which moderates and controls the activities of participants in a virtual meeting or videoconference by limiting the number of speakers to one at a time, establishing the order in which the speakers will speak, limiting the amount of time each speaker has to speak, and providing for the entry of a moderator to take direct control over the virtual meeting or videoconference.

主权项

1. An application for moderating and controlling a group video conversation on mobile communication devices having an integral screen, a keypad, a microphone, a digital camera and a speaker embedded therein, said application downloaded into or imbedded in said mobile communication device's memory storage said application comprising the following moderating and controlling functions which permit a plurality of participants to engage in said group video conversation in an orderly manner:
(1) electronically providing said participants with access to an Internet site streaming said group video conversation, (2) electronically allowing said participants to enter a virtual meeting room located on said Internet site, said virtual meeting room being where said group video conversation is taking place, and at least one of the following additional moderating and controlling functions: (1) electronically providing said participants engaged in said group video conversation with an ability to request to speak to all other said participants, (2) electronically and automatically placing said participants so requesting to speak in a speakers queue in chronological order of when said participants requested to speak, (3) a means of electronically and automatically removing said participants individually and in chronological order on a one-by-one basis from said speakers' queue when it is said participant's turn to speak, (4) electronically and automatically moving each of said participants so removed from said speaker's queue into a speaker's box which holds only one said participant at a time, (5) electronically and automatically activate only one of said microphones on said mobile communication devices at a time, said activated microphone being that being used by said participant situated in said speaker's box, (6) automatically and electronically display a live digital image of said participant in said speaker's box for the duration of said speaker's time in said speaker box, (7) automatically and electronically deliver live audio from said microphone on said mobile communication device being used by said participant in said speaker's box to speakers located in said devices being used by all other said participants, (8) electronically control how much time said participant will be allowed to speak in said speaker's box, and (9) electronically and automatically terminate said participant's time in said speaker's box after said participant's allotted time for speaking has expired.