543 results about "Conference management" patented technology

The present invention allows administrators of conference equipment, remotely localized from the ordinary managing interface, to execute simple commands for solving a problem that may have occurred during a conference or at conference set up. This is provided by a parser translating user terminal commands transmitted from the user terminal (e.g. a cellular phone) of the system administrator to Conference Management System codes, which are executed on the conference equipment in question from the Conference Management System. The present invention also allows system administrators to be alerted by a message (e.g. SMS) at any errors occurring during a conference or conference set up, and to correct the errors by responding to the alert without the need of addressing the equipment in which the errors occur

A meeting management system for managing the conduct of a meeting online provides the functionality to arrange order of the presenters during a meeting (208), to show the participants in the meeting (206-213) and the content presented by them (216), the 5 relative order of the participants as regards the meeting progress, the timeline of the meeting, and to legally record the total proceedings of the meeting. The participants appear as a rotatable “carousel” of icons.

Various electronic equipments used in a network conferencing system are integrally managed and presentation is made in a simple manner. When each attendant electronic equipment becomes a chairman terminal having an equipment management function, it inquires the availability of an electronic equipment used for a conference, then obtains information related to an available equipment from a client control section of a conference management server, and determines whether the electronic equipment used for the conference is an output electronic equipment such as a projector or a generating electronic equipment such as a scanner. Thus, an icon display of the generating electronic equipment and an icon display of the output electronic equipment are provided while separating an area for the icon display of the generating electronic equipment and an area for the icon display of the output electronic equipment, by the display function of each attendant electronic equipment.

A method in a mobile communication device for communication over a wireless network for managing conference equipment, including: establishing a connection with a video conferencing management server via the wireless network; receiving information from the video conferencing management server, the information including one or more lists of entries from one or more phone books or personal information of a user of the mobile device; generating a user interface to allow the user to select one or more of the entries from the one or more phone books or personal information; and creating a control message, based on at least a selected one or more of the entries from the one or more phone books or personal information, that instructs the video conferencing management server to initiate or schedule a videoconference.

In an illustrative embodiment, a method comprises displaying at least one preset parameter associated with a conference type. The conference type is associated with preset resources. The method further comprises accepting information defining the conference type, receiving preset information from the at least one displayed preset parameter, automatically determining a room by communicating with a scheduling server the availability of the preset resources based on the received preset information, and sending at least one command to control the associated preset resources in response to the start time and end time.

The invention discloses a meeting management method. The method is characterized in that a meeting server is in API connection with a WeChat public service platform; the meeting server receives meeting room application information sent by a first WeChat client side and sends information for succeeding in apply for a meeting room to the first WeChat client side; the meeting server sends meeting invitation information to second WeChat client sides, receives feedback information from the second WeChat client sides, the feedback information comprises meeting invitation acceptation information and meeting invitation rejection information, the meeting server sends the feedback information to the first WeChat client side, and the meeting server receives meeting confirmation information sent by the first WeChat client side. According to the meeting management method, the meeting server is in API connection with the WeChat public service platform, so that the meeting room application and meeting participant invitation are conducted through WeChat, the meeting room application efficiency is raised, participant invitation is conducted conveniently and rapidly, the communication is facilitated, interaction is conducted by means of the WeChat platform which is already available, and the research and development cost is reduced.

An apparatus for controlling a shared screen for shared applications, which can be shared, in a network system of a plurality of connected communication terminals, with other communication terminals when running on the terminals. The communication terminals include a window information acquiring portion for acquiring window information of the application to be shared while running on the terminals. Window controlling portion controls how windows are displayed on the communication terminals. The window controlling portion displays a window of shared space for displaying windows of shared applications collectively on the communication terminals. The windows of the shared applications are displayed as sub-windows in the window of shared space. For the “entire screen sharing type”, the apparatus includes a conference managing device having a conference information managing portion for managing information about communication terminals participating in those conferences, and shared screen controlling portion. An unused terminal for providing a shared screen is dynamically selected and provided. With the “application sharing method”, it can be recognized easily, whether a displayed application window is shared or unshared, and with the “entire screen sharing method”, a terminal for providing a shared screen can be selected optimally, so that the system resource can be used efficiently.

This invention discloses a method for realizing a multiparty conference by NGN, in which, an IT network user sets multiparty conference information by a conference management customer end and initiates the conference to a conference management server including: A, the server converts the received information to that of a created conference request to be sent to an AS via a Web Portal, B, the AS verifies the authority of the manager of the session conference based on the required information and calls the manager by soft switch and applies for a multiparty conference to the MRS and takes the manager in the conference hall, C, the AS calls the participants by the soft switch and reports to the MRS to take the successfully called participants in said applied conference hall.

A method for scheduling a meeting based on data collected from previous meetings includes: creating an agenda for a meeting with a computerized meeting management system, the agenda having at least one recurring agenda item; presenting a suggested amount of time for the at least one recurring agenda item to a user through the computerized meeting management system, the suggested amount of time being based on data regarding the recurring agenda item from at least one previous meeting.

Methods for entering hosts and participants into new or existing conference calls. The method can include receiving a call from a given caller at a VRU. The caller may be either a conference host or participant. The VRU obtains a conference code from the caller and forwards it to a proxy server, along with a request to the proxy server to enter the given caller into a conference call. The proxy server determines that the request from the VRU relates to conferencing services, and forwards the request from the VRU to a conference management system (CMS). The CMS determines whether the given caller is a conference host or a participant, and determines whether a participant has called in before the given caller and has provided a conference code that is related to the conference code entered by the given caller. Depending on the circumstances, the CMS can request either that a new conference be created relating to the conference code as entered by the given caller, or that the caller be entered into an existing conference. If a new conference is being created, it is assigned to one of a plurality of mixers, and a unique identifier is generated for the new conference and provided to the mixer and the VRU. A mixer identifier that uniquely identifies the mixer hosting the conference is provided to the VRU. A data store is loaded with the conference code, the unique identifier for the new conference, and the mixer identifier, and the VRU and the mixer are placed in audio communication to place the caller in the conference.

Principles of the invention provide one or more secure key management protocols for use in a communication environment such as a conferencing system. For example, a method for managing a conference between two or more parties in a communication system comprises the following steps. An identity based authenticated key exchange operation is performed between a conference management element of the communication system and each of the two or more parties seeking to participate in the conference, wherein messages exchanged between the conference management element and the two or more parties are encrypted based on respective identities of recipients of the messages, and further wherein the conference management element receives from each party during the key authentication operation a random key component that is computed based on a random number selected by the party. The conference management element sends to each party a set comprising the random key components computed by the parties. The conference management element receives from each party a random group key component, wherein the random group key component is computed by each party via a computation based on the random number used by the party during the key authentication operation and the random key components computed by a subset of others of the two or more parties seeking to participate in the conference. The conference management element sends to each party a set comprising the random group key components computed by the parties such that each party can compute the same group key for use in communicating with each other party through the conference management element.

A computer system has a presence server having a presence management unit that carries out a processing associated with presence data; and a conference management server that carries out a control processing of a conference. Then, when a request of an image delivery to another participant of a voice-based teleconference is received from a terminal of a first participant of the voice-based teleconference, the conference management server secures a resource for the image delivery, and transmits a presence setting request to the presence server so that the first participant and another participant can subscribe data concerning the resource for the image delivery. In addition, in response to the presence setting request, the presence management unit of the presence server carries out a setting so that the first participant and another participant can subscribe the data concerning the resource for the image delivery as presence data, which is delivered to subscribers when updated.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a multimedia session management method, network equipment and a network system thereof. The multimedia session management method provided comprises the following steps: a first session server receives the request of a participant; the first session server judges whether the meeting in which the participant requires to participate is managed by the first session server or not according to the request thereof; if so, the first session server accepts the participant; or otherwise, a second session server managing the meeting is determined; and the first session server initiates the shift of the participant towards the second session server so as to cause the participate to be shifted to the second session server. The technical proposal is used for causing the participants corresponding to the same meeting to be managed by the session server managing the meeting, reducing the impact on the whole cluster system when any session server breaks down and improving system performance.

A meeting manager specifies controlled access to the use of an electronic device by sending a meeting request to at least one invitee, wherein the meeting request specifies access rights to control use during the meeting of least one feature of a plurality of features of at least one electronic device associated with the at least one invitee. The meeting manager requires the at least one invitee accept the access rights specified in the meeting request for controlling use at the at least one electronic device in order for the invitee to accept the meeting request.

The conference system includes a plurality of terminal apparatuses and a conference management apparatus. The terminal apparatus has an access privilege granting unit, a permission information storage device, and an access privilege setting unit. The conference management apparatus has an access control information updating unit and an access restriction management unit. The access privilege granting unit generates permission information, and send the permission information to a target terminal apparatus. Upon receiving the permission information, the access privilege setting unit causes the permission information to be stored in the permission information storage device, and also sends the permission information to the conference management apparatus. Then, the access control information updating unit updates access control information according to the permission information. The access restriction management unit performs access restriction to system resources based on the updated access control information.

The invention discloses an electronic conference plate system based on a ZigBee wireless technology network, which consists of an identity recognizer, a control server, a wireless positioning data transmission host and an electronic conference plate. The identity recognizer comprises a control chip, a periphery circuit, a recognition sensor, an electronic screen, a wireless data transmission module and the like; the electronic conference plate comprises a control chip, a periphery circuit, a front screen, a back screen, a wireless data transmission extension and the like. A participant is recognized by the identity recognizer at the entrance through an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification Device) card that worn by the participant, and the electronic screen displays the seat and prompts the participant to find the seat; meanwhile, the information is transmitted to the electronic conference plate of the corresponding seat in a wireless manner, and the name is displayed on the electronic conference plate. The invention has the advantages of automatically recognizing the identity of the participant, realizing automatic registration sign-in and wireless management, ensuring good anti-counterfeiting function, saving a great deal of labor and resources, and the like; moreover, the invention achieves real informatization and intellectualization of conference management and is widely applied to various conference rooms and large and medium-sized conferences of various levels and classes.

A remote conference management system includes a conferencing control terminal and a conferencing terminal in electronic communication with the conferencing control terminal. The conferencing control terminal includes a multipoint control unit that stores a plurality of predetermined face images of anticipated meeting participants. The conferencing terminal includes an image recording unit and a signal control unit. The image recording unit records face images of current participants. The signal control unit receives the face images from the image recording unit and transmits the face image to the MCU. The MCU compares the received face images with the prestored face images, and creates and communicates attendance information of the current participants according to the comparison.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a system for controlling a conference over the articulated naturality web. The method is applied to the Internet. The method comprises the following steps: a user terminal scans a preset two-dimensional code and jumps to a video conference management page; The user terminal receives the selection operation of the target video network terminal,the target conference and the target service in the video network conference management page, and generates a conference control instruction according to the selection operation. The user terminal sends the conference control command to the video network server through the protocol conversion server. The video networking server forwards the conference control command to the selected target video networking terminals. After receiving the conference control command, the target video network terminal responds to the conference control command and replies the confirmation message to the video network server. The video network server transmits the confirmation information sent by each target video network terminal to the user terminal through the protocol conversion server. The method is convenient to operate and can improve the user's experience by controlling the videoconferencing.

The embodiments of the invention disclose a video conference method, apparatus and system. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining a speaking request of at least one attendant; according to the speaking request, generating a speaking sequence list of attendants; and sending the speaking sequence list to at least two conference places of a video conference so as to enable the attendants of the conference places to see a speaking sequence. According to the embodiments of the invention, the attendants can clearly see the speaking sequence, and speaks according to the speaking sequence presented by the speaking sequence list so that the convenience of conference management can be substantially improved, and experience of the attendants is improved.