Selectively porting meeting objects

Abstract

Customizing an electronic meeting broadcast is described in which the meeting canvas is customized to the capabilities of the device of the participating user. The meeting server manages the electronic meeting including each of the participants' connections into the electronic collaboration space. As a part of the connection mechanism, the meeting server or a proxy/gateway connected to the meeting server has information on the capabilities of individual devices accessing the electronic meeting. Based on these capabilities and/or selections made by the meeting participant, the meeting server or proxy/gateway connected to the meeting server selectively identifies zero or more meeting objects from a collection of meeting objects supporting the meeting canvas of an electronic meeting and transmits only those meeting objects to the participant's device.

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         25 . A method comprising:
 receiving device display and bandwidth capabilities from a device participating in a meeting, the meeting comprising meeting objects that are containers for presenting information from separate data streams;   selecting, by a processor, a reduced set of the meeting objects based on the display and bandwidth capabilities of the device, the reduced set of the meeting objects supported by a reduced set of the separate data streams, each of the reduced set of the meeting objects presenting information based on a respective separate data stream; and   transmitting the reduced set of data streams to the device, wherein the device displays information from the reduced set of data streams for the reduced set of the meeting objects.   
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 25  further comprising:
 providing a list of the meeting objects of the meeting to the device; 
 receiving a selection from the device; 
 determining a different reduced set of the meeting objects based on the selection, the different reduced set of the meeting objects supported by a different reduced set of the separate data streams; and 
 transmitting the different reduced set of data streams to the device, wherein the device presents information from the different reduced set of data streams for the different reduced set of the meeting objects. 
 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 25  further comprising maintaining separate records for each of the separate data streams in a meeting archive, where in each of the separate records can be replayed individually. 
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the display and bandwidth capabilities comprise one or more of: bandwidth, network latency, display size, display resolution, and user interface. 
     
     
         29 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium with computer program logic recorded thereon, the medium comprising:
 code for receiving device display and bandwidth capabilities from a device participating in a meeting, the meeting comprising meeting pods that are containers for presenting information from separate data streams;   code for selecting, by a processor, a reduced set of the meeting pods based on the display and bandwidth capabilities of the device, the reduced set of the meeting pods supported by a reduced set of the separate data streams, each of the reduced set of the meeting pods presenting information based on a respective separate data stream; and   code for transmitting the reduced set of data streams to the device, wherein the device displays information from the reduced set of data streams for the reduced set of the meeting pods.   
     
     
         30 . A system comprising:
 a processor configured process instructions stored on a computer readable medium to:
 receive device display and bandwidth capabilities from a device participating in a meeting, the meeting comprising meeting objects that are containers for presenting information from separate data streams; 
 selecting a reduced set of the meeting objects based on the display and bandwidth capabilities of the device, the reduced set of the meeting objects supported by a reduced set of the separate data streams, each of the reduced set of the meeting objects presenting information based on a respective separate data stream; and 
 and transmit the reduced set of data streams to the device, wherein the device displays information from the reduced set of data streams for the reduced set of the meeting objects.