Patent ID: 9749367
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: establishing, via at least one meeting server, an online collaborative meeting comprising a plurality of separate meeting endpoints that communicate with each other via the at least one meeting server, wherein at least one meeting endpoint comprises a physical meeting room and at least one computing device operable by at least one meeting participant; establishing for the online collaborative meeting, via the at least one meeting server, a plurality of electronic work spaces that are commonly assigned to each meeting endpoint, wherein each work space for each meeting endpoint provides different content and each work space that is common to each meeting endpoint provides the same content for real-time display, wherein the establishing a plurality of electronic work spaces comprises: facilitating during the online collaborative meeting, via the at least one meeting server, modification to content at any of the work spaces by any meeting endpoint and via an avatar controlled by a computing device at the meeting endpoint, wherein modification to content at a work space by one meeting endpoint results in a real-time distribution and display of the modification to the content at the common work space at all other meeting endpoints; determining, via information provided by at least one sensor within the physical meeting room, a presence of at least one participant within the room; and based upon a detection of the presence of the at least one participant utilizing information provided by the at least one sensor, implementing an action via the at least one meeting server, the action comprising determining content or work spaces to be utilized for the online collaborative meeting.