Patent ID: 9280760
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a workspace, the method comprising: providing, to a client computing device, access to a workspace, the workspace comprising one or more members and one or more content items, the workspace being a first web-delivered shared environment for the members of the workspace to collaborate asynchronously by sharing access to the content items, the access being provided in response to verifying that the client computing device is associated with one of the one or more members of the workspace; providing, to the client computing device, a workspace display associated with the workspace, the workspace display including (1) a representation of remote resources of the workspace including the content items, (2) a representation of the members of the workspace, and (3) a representation of meeting resources for online meetings that can be initiated and joined by the one member via the workspace display, the online meetings provided by an online meeting tool in a second web-delivered shared environment providing real-time video and/or audio interaction among online meeting participants, the representation of the meeting resources in the workspace display being connected to receive online meeting information from the second web-delivered shared environment and including (a) in a first operating condition, a first user interface element to initiate an online meeting in the second web-delivered shared environment with a first portion of the one or more members of the workspace, and (b) in a second operating condition, a second user interface element to join an ongoing online meeting in the second web-delivered shared environment with a second portion of the one or more members; and in response to initiation of an online meeting by activation of the first user interface element and to joining of an online meeting by activation of the second interface element, receiving meeting descriptive information and meeting content for the online meeting from the second web-delivered shared environment and displaying the meeting descriptive information and meeting content for the online meeting in the representation of the meeting resources of the workspace display, wherein the second user interface element is coupled with a thumbnail of a screen sharing view or webcam view from the ongoing online meeting.