Patent ID: 9621958
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: providing a collaborative web conferencing session that connects an application server and a plurality of client devices; maintaining presence information associated with the plurality of client devices in the collaborative web conferencing session, the presence information including connection status and metadata associated with each respective client device within the plurality of client devices, wherein the presence information is provided as a list of connected participants in a virtual room of the collaborative web conferencing session; in response to determining that a number of connected participants in the virtual room exceeds a threshold: after receiving the contributory data event from the first client device, receiving a presence request from a second client device for presence information associated with the first client device; and in response to receiving the presence request, transmitting presence information associated with the first client device to the second client device, the presence information including a connection status of the first client device and metadata identifying the first client device.