Patent ID: 7634533

Claim:
A system that facilitates real-time information exchange between users in a conference environment, comprising: at least two Data Clients that received conference-related information and present it to respective users, each Date Client comprising a user interface with a Presentation Chute icon therein, wherein, at least one Data Client of the at least two Data Clients comprises a receiving Data Client; and a Room Server comprising a Data Server that communicates with each of the at least two Data Clients and permit data transfer over at least on real-time communication channel; wherein: the Presentation Chute icon permits a user of a sending Data Client to drag-and-drop a file over the Presentation Chute icon to immediately upload the file to the Data Server, from which the Data Server facilitates presentation of the file to each particular receiving Data Client based on the viewer capabilities of each particular receiving Data Client such that, based on the file format, each particular receiving Data Client will launch an appropriate Data Viewer; and the Presentation Chute enables sharing an imaged, non-editable version of the file over which the user retains control with each particular receiving Data Client; and wherein the Data Server determines viewer capabilities of each particular receiving Data Client and formats a respective file for each particular receiving Data Client for a respective viewer based upon the viewer capabilities of each particular receiving Data Client.