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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2005
Aseem Asthana, San Jose, CA (US);
Ashish Chotai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sravan Vadlakonda, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shantanu Sarkar, San Jose, CA (US);
Randall Baird, Austin, TX (US);
Aseem Asthana, San Jose, CA (US);
Ashish Chotai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sravan Vadlakonda, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shantanu Sarkar, San Jose, CA (US);
Randall Baird, Austin, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are conferencing systems, devices, architectures, and methods for implementing a trigger-based conferencing system to facilitate increased productivity meeting participation. An exemplary method, in accordance with embodiments, of managing a workflow application in a conference, where the conference includes a plurality of events, can include: (i) creating a trigger by defining a predicate and action for the trigger; (ii) registering the trigger to at least one of a plurality of detection points; (iii) evaluating the trigger's predicate each time any of the detection points against which it is registered are encountered; and (iv) executing actions associated with the trigger if the predicate evaluation is positive, where execution of the actions can result in a state change in the conference.