Talking Stick, Inc.

Bryan Eaton

Theodore A Stoner

Jacob Quattrocchi

Benjamin Gauthier

Embodiments provide systems and methods for conducting a media-based interaction between a host user and a plurality of audience users. According to one embodiment, conducting a media-based interaction between a host user and a plurality of audience users can comprise managing a queue of a plurality of questions. Each question of the plurality of questions can be presented by one of the plurality of audience users. An interactive media session can be initiated between the host user and the plurality of audience users and a question from the queue of the plurality of questions can be presented to the host user. An answer to the question provided by the host user can be streamed in the interactive media session and recorded and the queue of the plurality of questions can be updated to remove the question provided to the host user.

Joint media broadcasting and live media methods and systems

Once a group communication such as a video conference has been initiated, embodiments of the present disclosure provide for equitably managing the conference so that each participant can be given a chance to speak or contribute. For example, and according to one embodiment, the participants can be placed into a rotating queue based upon the order in which they joined the conference. As the conference progresses, each participant can be allowed to speak, while the other participants are muted, for up to a predetermined amount of time. Once that time expires, or the speaker yields the remaining time, the next participant in the rotating queue can be allowed to speak for up to the same predetermined amount of time. This rotation can continue for up to a predetermined number of rotations, a predetermined amount of time for the conference, or until the participants otherwise end the conference.

Methods and systems for managing an electronic group communication in an equitable manner

Equitable electronic group communication session management using an ordered list to provide predetermined equal amount of exclusive time to each of the participants

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Winter Park, FL, United States of America

Bryan Eaton