Patent ID: 8095409
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for organizing a virtual meeting between a plurality of attendees on a computer network, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a meeting date, a meeting start time, meeting duration, and a meeting code, storing said meeting date, said meeting start time, said meeting duration, and said meeting code in a meeting file; storing said meeting file in a memory accessible to the network; communicating a meeting invitation to said plurality of attendees over the network, said invitation including at least said meeting date, said meeting start time, said meeting code, and a meeting entry portal, receiving a request to join the meeting from a first of said plurality of attendees; allocating network resources for said meeting after receiving said request to join said meeting from said first of said plurality of attendees, said network resources including at least one IP address and at least one port for a network interface connected to the network for connecting said plurality of attendees for communication with one another during the meeting, said network resources sufficient to communicate a plurality of real time data streams over the network, said plurality of real time data streams including at least one real time video data stream and at least one real time audio data stream determining the total bandwidth available to communicate with each of said plurality of attendees through consideration of whether additional traffic unrelated to the virtual meeting will be carried over a linkage connecting said each of said plurality of attendees to the virtual meeting wherein the virtual meeting is a first virtual meeting, and wherein the step of determining the total bandwidth to communicate with each of said plurality of attendees includes determining whether a second virtual meeting may consume bandwidth resources of said attendee, and wherein said first and second meetings are different from one another.