Multi-media conferencing system

摘要

A multi-media conferencing system that integrates visual, audio, independent data interaction and modification, collaboration of information, independent video and 3D model viewing and manipulation, and networking among all participants in the meeting. Each participant conference display typically shows two content sectors under the control of the presenter and a selectable number of other content sectors under the control of the participant. The presenter conference display selectively includes a presenter dashboard for managing the presentation. Each content sector on the participant and attendee conference displays may be enlarged to full screen or reduced to a sector display or an icon with a simple command. The system also includes geo-location display functionality, participant monitoring, attendee chat functionality, and a wide range of additional functionality under the control of the conference presenter and attendees.

主权项

1. A multi-media conferencing system for conducting an electronic meeting for meeting participants including at least one meeting presenter and a plurality of attendees through a plurality of computer stations interconnected by a communication network, comprising:
a conference server, coupled to the communication network and configured to receive from the presenter prior to the meeting a plurality of different conference material files, including a plurality of different types of information resources; a presenter computer station, coupled to the conference server via the communication network, configured to present a presenter conference display; a plurality of attendee computer stations, each coupled to the conference server via the communication network, configured to present an attendee conference display; a reporting system configured to maintain a record of the meeting, in which the record of the meeting includes: an identity of each meeting participant, a length of the meeting, means for presenting on a presenter display a map showing a physical location of each of the participants; means for receiving an indication from the presenter that allows the attendees to access at least one information resource during a presenter-defined portion of the meeting: means for presenting at least one quiz on each attendee conference display, receiving responses from each attendee to the quiz and displaying results of the quiz on the presenter display in real time; and means for presenting on each attendee conference display an item requiring a response from the attendee within a predetermined time and disconnecting any attendee from the meeting who fails to generate the response within the predetermined time, each attendee conference display including at least a first presenter-controlled sector, a second presenter-controlled sector and an attendee-controlled sector, the first presenter-controlled sector and the second presenter-controlled sector of each of the plurality of attendee computer stations each displaying a different set of information simultaneously under control of the presenter so that identical content is presented in each presenter-controlled sector of each of the plurality of attendee computer stations simultaneously, each attendee computer station configured to permit a corresponding attendee individually to select content in the attendee-controlled sector selected from a plurality of different content options selected from the plurality of different conference material files and to manipulate the selected content individually.