Cross-Platform Conferencing Interface

摘要

A cross-platform conferencing interface includes a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays multiple conferencing options, including a web conferencing option. Beginning at a home screen of the conferencing interface, a user can connect a web conference call through one of multiple web conference applications, or providers, in as few as two clicks. A first click can cause a web conference screen usable with multiple different conferencing applications to be displayed. The second click can initiate a call to a selected contact associated with the particular web conferencing application. The web conference screen acts as a front-end application program interface (API) for the web conferencing application or provider, but the call is connected using the application's resources. The interface can be implemented as a dedicated conferencing device that provides video conferencing, audio conferencing, web conferencing, and an interactive whiteboard.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions configured to be stored in a memory and executed by a processor, the program of instructions comprising:
at least one instruction configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) including a plurality of conferencing options including at least a web conferencing option; at least one instruction configured to receive first user input selecting the web conferencing option; at least one instruction configured to display a web conference screen associated with a web conference provider of a plurality of web conference providers, wherein the web conference screen has a uniform layout configured for use with at least two different web conferencing providers of a plurality of web conferencing providers; at least one instruction configured to receive, via the a web conference screen, second user input associated with the preselected one of the plurality of a web conferencing providers; and at least one instruction configured to attempt to establish a conference, associated with a user contact, using resources of the preselected one of the plurality of a web conferencing providers.