Patent ID: 6373936
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N,H04Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of conferencing among a plurality of user sites, comprising the steps of:storing a common set of data objects in a plurality of digital computers, each of the digital computers located at a respective user site and having a memory for data object storage and a monitor for data object display, wherein the storing step occurs prior to a conference among the user sites; interconnecting the plurality of user sites into the conference via a wide area network; at an individual user site, selecting a data object from the common set of data objects and transmitting a control signal to the other user sites via the network to indicate the selected data object; and at each of the other user sites, receiving the control signal and displaying the selected data object on the respective digital computer monitor in response to the control signal.