Patent ID: 9723034
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for conducting an online meeting, the method comprising the steps of: indexing information to provide indexed information; prior to initiating the meeting, storing the indexed information on a server; sending a meeting invitation comprising one or more of a link and a location of the indexed information to one or more participants; initiating the online meeting comprising an audio transmission from a presenter device used by a presenter to one or more participant devices used by the one or more participants; using the one or more participant devices to link to the indexed information on the server, sending synchronizing signals corresponding to indexed locations within the indexed information from the presenter device to the server during the meeting; selecting a synchronizing option on an application on at least one of the one or more participant devices; and synchronizing the indexed information viewed on the at least one participant device with the information viewed on the presenter device, wherein, during the online meeting, the audio transmission from the presenter device to the one or more participant devices is transmitted independent of the indexed information viewed on the at least one participant device.