Patent ID: 9344396
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: establishing, via a processor, a persistent virtual meeting room communication session, the persistent virtual meeting room communication session comprising shared resources available to virtual meeting room communication session participants, wherein the persistent virtual meeting room communication session and the shared resources persist when no participants are in the virtual meeting room communication session; displaying to meeting participants a set of connected graphical elements representing a structure of the persistent virtual meeting room communication session via a graphical user interface, wherein the set of connected graphical elements comprises a hub graphical element representing a virtual meeting room, a set of participant graphical elements representing the meeting participants, and a set of resource graphical elements representing the shared resources, and wherein the set of participant graphical elements and the set of resource graphical elements are connected to the hub graphical element; receiving, via the processor, from a meeting participant, input associated with the set of connected graphical elements, the input having an action associated with the persistent virtual meeting room communication session; and performing, via the processor, the action based on the received user input.