Patent ID: 9165073
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a controller comprising a processor and a memory, the controller configured to broadcast a web-based meeting between a plurality of audience members and a second user, the plurality of audience members comprising a first user; and a graphical user interface configured to display the broadcasted web-based meeting, wherein the controller is configured to: receive, from the first user through the graphical user interface, a request from the first user to present a live video question to the second user, broadcast, through the graphical user interface, a real time video feed of the first user, so that the first user can ask the question in real time and the second user can respond to the first user's question in real time, receive, through the graphical user interface, a role assignment command that assigns a third user the role of a screener in the web based meeting, initiate a private discussion between the first user and the third user so that the third user can screen the first user and the question before the controller broadcasts the real time video feed of the first user, and provide an annotation to the second user, the annotation being about the first user or the question.