Patent ID: 8600026

Claim:
A method of administering access to an electronic conference, the method comprising: establishing an initial configuration for an electronic conference on a host device; sending an invitation to multiple client devices to participate in the electronic conference, wherein the invitation includes the initial configuration comprising at least one of capture and archive restrictions on content generated and exchanged by the client devices during the electronic conference; receiving a first response to the invitation from a first client device in the multiple client devices, the first response including a first revised configuration that differs from the initial configuration and the first revised configuration comprising at least one of capture and archive restrictions on content provided by the first client device in a first mode; receiving a second response to the invitation from a second client device in the multiple client devices, the second response including a second revised configuration that differs from the initial configuration and the first revised configuration in at least one parameter and the second revised configuration comprising at least one of capture and archive restrictions on content provided by the second client device in a second mode that is different than the first mode, at least one of the first mode or the second mode prohibiting the use of at least one of stream ripping programs, screen capture, or archiving of the electronic conference; generating a revised configuration from the initial configuration to reflect the first revised configuration and the second revised configuration; and establishing the electronic conference using the revised configuration for the multiple client devices, wherein the electronic conference distributes content provided by the first client device in the first mode and content provided by the second client device in the second mode.