Method and Apparatus For Information exchange Over a Web Based Environment

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  "publication_number": "US2024098136A1",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "A1",
  "title": "Method and Apparatus For Information exchange Over a Web Based Environment",
  "abstract": "Group online communication and collaboration has become part of people's daily life. Therefore, it is critical to provide a meeting initiator to efficiently present his/her information, and control his/her presented information. It is also critical for the speed and efficiently to process the meeting initiator's requests for his/her presented information to be quickly reaching to other meeting participants during a meeting. This invention facilitates a unique user interface (UI) for the meeting initiator to efficiently present information and to control presented information through a unique withdrawing (un-post) operation. Specially, this invention deploys dynamic workspaces technology together with post and un-post (withdraw) operations that greatly improves the speed and efficiency for processing the meeting initiator's requests and for monetizing the meeting activities.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A method for a system controlling online group meeting, comprising: configuring a network to facilitate communication between a control server and a plurality of user devices through a first network link and communication between the user devices through a second network link; configuring the control server to: register, for a group meeting. at least a first user from a first device and a second user from a second device, including provisioning internet protocol (IP) address and resources information associated with each of the first and second devices; store registered information into a workspace; facilitate a user interface (“UI”) with multiple sections, including a first section for access streaming video, and a second section comprising a message input subsection for inputting and posting messages and a message display subsection section for displaying posted messages in group communication; cause displaying the UI on the first device; receive a first request, for sharing a video, from the first device when the first user through the UI displayed submits the request; identify accessibility of the first request and storing information, but not content, of the video into the workspace according to the accessibility identified; and cause displaying, via the first network link, the stored information of the video onto the UI on the second device to facilitate the second user thereof directly accessing, through the second network link, the content of the video from the first device independent of the control server. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: assigning each registered user a private workspace and assigning the group meeting a group workspace, where each workspace comprises with a message area, a file area, a network information area, where the group workspace includes a user area. 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising: storing information related to each of the first and second users into the user area of the group workspace, and storing the provisioned information associated with each of the first and second devices, including provisioned IP address, into the network area in the group workspace. 4. The method of claim 2 comprising: encoding the first section in the UI with a link being used as an entry point for accessing a video camera application located on the first device. 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising: identifying accessibility through parsing the first request to determine original user, operation of sharing or stop sharing, source location of the video camera application, target user, and security of permitting or denying access of the users, and workspaces. 6. The method of claim 5, further comprising: when receiving the first request for sharing the video, storing the video information, including information of the video camera application, into the file area of the group workspace without storing contents of the video; and when receiving a second request from the first device for stop sharing the video, deleting the information of the video from the file area of the group workspace. 7. The method of claim 2 further comprising: configuring the message display subsection of the second section in the UI with menu option for facilitating the first user to select his/her a posted/shared message in the message display subsection to perform task of stop sharing the message. 8. The method of claim 7, further comprising: when receiving a request for sharing/posting a message, storing the message into the message area in the group workspace; when receiving a request for stop sharing a shared/posted message, searching a message in the message area of the group workspace to determine if the message matches with the selected shared/posted message, and deleting the message from the message area when the matching is found. 9. The method of claim 6, further comprising: permitting live streaming video generated by the video camera application to be delivered from the first device directly to the UI on the second device. 10. A method, implemented by a server device for controlling online meeting, comprising: registering, for a group meeting. at least a first user from a first device and a second user from a second device, including provisioning information of internet protocol (IP) address and resources associated with each of the first and second devices; storing the registered information into a workspace; facilitating a user interface (“UI”) to comprise multiple sections for an online meeting, including a first section for accessing streaming video, and a second section comprising a subsection for inputting and posting message and a subsection for displaying posted messages; causing displaying the UI on the first device and receiving a first request for sharing a video from the first device when the first user through the UI submit the request; identifying accessibility of the first request and storing information, but not content, of the video into the workspace according to the accessibility identified; and causing to display, via a first network link, the stored information of the video onto the UI on the second device to facilitate the second user thereof directly access the contents of the video from the first device through a second network link independent of the server. 11. The method of claim 10, comprising: configuring the control server to communicate with each of user devices through the first network link and permitting communication between each of the user devices, including between the first and second devices, through the second network link. 12. The method of claim 10, comprising: assigning each registered user a private workspace and assigning the group meeting a group workspace, wherein each workspace comprises with a message area, a file area, a network and storage information area, where the group workspace includes a user area. 13. The method of claim 12, comprising: storing information related to each of the registered first and second users into the user area in the group workspace, and storing the provisioned information associated with each of the first and second user devices, including provisioned IP address, into the network area in the group workspace. 14. The method of claim 10, further comprising: encoding the first section in the UI with a link being used as an entry point for accessing a video camera application located on the first device. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising: identifying accessibility through parsing the first request to determine original user, operation of sharing or stop sharing, source location of the video camera application, target user, and security of permitting or denying access of users, and workspaces. 16. The method of claim 13, further comprising: when receiving the first request for sharing the video, storing the video information, including information of the video camera application, into the file area of the group workspace without storing contents of the video; and when receiving a second request from the first device for stop sharing the video, deleting the information of the video from the file area of the group workspace. 17. The method of claim 12, further comprising: configuring the message display subsection of the second section in the UI with menu option for facilitating the first user to select his/her a posted/shared message displayed thereof to perform task of stop sharing the posted message. 18. The method of claim 17, further comprising: when receiving a request for sharing/posting a message, storing the message into the message area in the group workspace; and when receiving a request for stop sharing a shared/posted message, searching a message in the message area to determine if the message matching with the posted/shared message, and deleting the message from the message area when the match is found. 19. The method of claim 14, further comprising: permitting a live streaming video or a video file generated by the video camera application to be delivered from the first device directly to the UI on the second device. 20. A control server comprising: at least one hardware processor and one computer-readable storage device comprising program instructions, that when executed by the hardware processor, cause the control server to: register, for a first group meeting. at least a first user from a first device and a second user from a second device, including provisioning information of internet protocol (IP) address and resources associated with each of the first and second devices; facilitate a user interface (“UI”) to comprise multiple section for an online meeting, including a first section for accessing streaming video, and a second section comprising a subsection for inputting and posting message and a subsection for displaying posted messages; cause displaying the UI on the first device and receive a first request for sharing a video from the first device when the first user through the UI submit the request; identify accessibility of the first request and store information, but not content, of the video into a workspace according to the accessibility identified; and cause to display, via a first network link, the stored information of the video onto the UI on the second device to facilitate the second user thereof directly access the contents of the video from the first device through a second network link independent of the server; wherein the control server is configured to communicate with each of user devices through the first network link and permitting communication between each of the user devices, including between the first and second devices, through the second network link; wherein the control server assigns each registered user a private workspace and the group meeting a group workspace, where each workspace comprises with a message area, a file area, a network and storage information area, where the group workspace includes a user area; wherein the control server stores information related to each of the registered first and second users into the user area in the group workspace, and stores the information associated with each of the first and second user devices, including provisioned IP address, into the network area in the group workspace. wherein the first section in the UI is encoded with a link being used as an entry point for accessing a video camera application located on the first device; wherein the control server identifies the accessibility through parsing the first request to determine original user, operation of sharing or stop sharing, source location of the video camera application, target user, and security of permitting or denying access of users, and workspaces; and wherein the control server stores the video information, including information of the video camera application, into the file area of the group workspace without storing contents of the video when receiving the first request for sharing the video; and deletes the information of the video from the file area of the group workspace when receives a second request from the first device for stop sharing the video; wherein the control server permits a live streaming video or a video file generated by the video camera application to be delivered from the first device directly to the UI on the second device; wherein the control server further registers a second group online meeting with at least a third user from a third device and a fourth user from a fourth device and facilitating the second group online meeting the same as facilitating the first group online meeting."
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  "description_excerpt": "The present invention generally relates to communication network. More specifically, the present invention relates to a web based communication system.\n\nWith the increasing popularity of using the Internet and World Wide Web (“the Web”) for the rapidly changing digital world, individuals as well as enterprises, exchange (or swap) large volumes of information through the Web. The demand for larger and faster information exchange has increasingly grown in recent years. For example, various business meetings and conferences are conducted over the Web with attendees scattered around the world. To enhance the communication between the meeting attendees, not only voice (and/or image) information is important, but also information exchange can be critical. Fast, volume, and secure information exchange is important in enhancing the efficiency of a communication network. At Internet era, the web portals become a means for personal, group, or organizational communication. Therefore, an efficiency and cost effective method of creating and updating the web portal becomes critical to each business and individual. Accordingly, there is a need in the art to provide faster, more secure, volume information exchange over the Web.\n\nThe present invention relates to a method and apparatus for fast and secure information exchange over a web environment.",
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  "assignees": [
    "TSAO SHENG TAI TED"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "TSAO SHENG TAI"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2023-11-29",
  "publication_date": "2024-03-21",
  "priority_date": "2006-03-31",
  "application_number": "US-202318523740-A",
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