Patent ID: 9231901
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing subscriptions to virtual conferences associated with a particular entity within an online community, the method comprising: receiving, using at least one computing device, from one or more users within the online community, one or more requests to subscribe to the virtual conferences associated with the particular entity within the online community; storing, using the computing device, subscription information for the one or more users relating to the virtual conferences associated with the particular entity within the online community, the subscription information being an identification of one or more entities to which a user of the one or more users is subscribed and information for the virtual conferences; receiving, using the computing device, information related to an upcoming virtual conference related to the particular entity; based at least in part on receiving information related to a particular virtual conference related to the particular entity and the stored subscription information for the one or more users, sending a notification, using the computing device, to the one or more users, wherein the notification relates to the upcoming virtual conference related to the particular entity; receiving, using the computing device, a request by the one or more users to join the particular virtual conference; and based at least in part on receiving the request by the one or more users to join the upcoming virtual conference, adding, using the computing device, others of the one or more users to the upcoming virtual conference when in progress.