US 8,407,356 B1
Real time communications systemGeneral
US 8,407,356 B1
Real time communications system
Tech Center:
2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
Examiner:
Patrice Winder
Art Unit:
2452 Computer Networks
Agent:
Inventors:
Daniel L. MARKS
Assignee:
TRZYNA, PETER
Priority:
04/01/96
Filed:
08/09/07
Granted:
03/26/13
Expiration:
04/28/25
Abstract
A computerized human communication arbitrating and distributing system, including a controller digital computer and a plurality of participator digital computers, each of the participator computers including an input device for receiving human-input information from a human user and an output device for presenting information to the user, each said user having a user identity. A connection, such as Internet, links the controller computer with each of the participator computers. Controller software runs on the controller computer to arbitrate in accordance with predefined rules including said user identity, which ones of the participator computers can interact in one of a plurality of groups through the controller computer and to distribute real time data to the respective ones of the groups. Participator software runs on each of the participator computers to handle a user interface permitting one said user to send a multimedia information message to the controller computer, which arbitrates which of the participator computers receive the multimedia information message and conveys the multimedia information message to the selected participator computers to present the multimedia information to the respective user.