Patent ID: 9531768
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,G09G,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: in an online meeting including a plurality of attendee devices, wherein an attendee device is designated as a presenter, providing shared content from the presenter to at least one other attendee device engaged in the online meeting; providing, at an attendee device, an option to select a plurality of conditions from a list of conditions that must be satisfied prior to commencing the online meeting, wherein commencing the online meeting includes facilitating viewing of the shared content from the presenter by other attendee devices engaged in the online meeting, and the list of conditions includes a minimum number of attendees or a minimum percentage of attendees that must be engaged in the online meeting before commencement of the meeting, a selection of one or more specific attendees that must be engaged in the online meeting before commencement of the meeting, and a specified time period that must elapse before commencement of the meeting; automatically providing an indicator to at least one attendee device regarding whether one or more of the plurality of selected conditions has been satisfied; via a computing device, automatically pausing the online meeting until at least one of the plurality of selected conditions has been satisfied, wherein the pausing includes automatically displaying a message to the at least one attendee device of the indicator; and in response to the at least one of the plurality of selected conditions being satisfied, automatically un-pausing the online meeting, wherein the un-pausing includes removing the display of the indicator so as to facilitate commencing the meeting.