Patent ID: 8838689
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A web conferencing server, comprising: a processor; a memory operably connected to the processor; a conferencing module for enabling a plurality of participants to attend a web conference and providing a conference fight to only a first participant of said plurality of participants; a monitoring module connected to said conferencing module and configured to monitor a status of said first participant in order to generate a status notification, the monitoring including automatically monitoring a connection status of said first participant; a control module connected to said conferencing module and said monitoring module and configured to issue, in response to said status notification, a control command to said conferencing module, to withhold said conference right from said first participant; and a substitute module connected to said control module, wherein said control command further requires said substitute module to generate a substitute procedure, such that said substitute procedure replaces said first participant and exercises said conference right, wherein said conferencing module, monitoring module, control module, and substitute module are computer program instructions stored on said memory and executable by the processor.