Sharing location information for locations accessed during a conference

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10021152-B2
Application number	US-201514614717-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2015
Priority date	Feb 5, 2015
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing a location sharing service. A server computer executing a location sharing service can identify a presenter for a location sharing session and a participant in the location sharing session. The server computer can receive location information from the presenter. The location information can identify a location accessed at a computing device associated with the presenter during a conference. The server computer can provide the location information to a user device associated with the participant during the conference. The server computer also can provide a log including the location information to the user device during or after the conference.

First claim

I claim:

1. A method comprising:
identifying, at a server computer that executes a location sharing service and a conferencing application, a presenter for a location sharing session and a participant in the location sharing session, wherein the presenter corresponds to a first entity that shares location information, and wherein the participant corresponds to a second entity that receives the location information;
receiving, at the server computer and during a conference comprising the location sharing session, the location information from a computing device that is associated with the presenter, wherein the location information identifies a location accessed by the computing device during the conference, and wherein the location information comprises data that identifies the location accessed by the computing device during the conference;
providing, by the server computer and during the conference and during the location sharing session, the location information to a user device that is associated with the participant, wherein the user device presents a conference view display, and wherein the user device presents a prompt in response to receiving the location information, wherein the prompt comprises a first option to access the location with the user device and a second option to store the location information in a log; and
transmitting, by the server computer and to the computing device, a status that comprises first information that indicates whether or not the location was received by the user device and second information that indicates whether or not the location associated with the location information was accessed by the user device, wherein the status is transmitted for presentation of a user interface at the computing device, the user interface comprising
a first total number of instances of location information that have been shared with conference participants during the conference,
a second total number of instances of location information that have been received by the conference participants during the conference, and
a third total number of locations that have been accessed by the conference participants during the conference.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving the status from the user device, the status comprising the first information and the second information.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the user interface comprises
a first indication that indicates whether or not the user device received the location information; and
a second indication that indicates whether or not the user device accessed the location.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location comprises a web page, and wherein the computing device provides, to the server computer, the location information as an address of the web page.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location comprises a file, and wherein the computing device provides, to the server computer, the location information as an address of a file location at which the computing device accessed the file.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the prompt comprises a third option to ignore the location information.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location information is extracted from a location stream.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location information is provided as an address.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location information is provided as a data packet.

10. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising
identifying a presenter for a location sharing session and a participant in the location sharing session, wherein the presenter corresponds to a first entity that shares location information, and wherein the participant corresponds to a second entity that receives the location information,
receiving, during a conference comprising the location sharing session, the location information from a computing device that is associated with the presenter, wherein the location information identifies a location accessed by the computing device during the conference, and wherein the location information comprises data that identifies the location accessed by the computing device during the conference,
providing the location information to a user device associated with the participant during the conference and during the location sharing session, wherein the user device presents a conference view display, and wherein the user device presents a prompt in response to receiving the location information, wherein the prompt comprises a first option to access the location with the user device and a second option to store the location information in a log, and
transmitting, to the computing device, a status that comprises first information that indicates whether or not the location was received by the user device and second information that indicates whether or not the location associated with the location information was accessed by the user device, wherein the status is transmitted for presentation of a user interface at the computing device, the user interface comprising
a first total number of instances of location information that have been shared with conference participants during the conference,
a second total number of instances of location information that have been received by the conference participants during the conference, and
a third total number of locations that have been accessed by the conference participants during the conference.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:
receiving the status from the user device, the status comprising the first information and the second information.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the computing device displays a location sharing service options display that comprises a first user interface control that is selectable to cause the computing device to stream location information relating to accessed locations to the participant, a second user interface control that is selectable to cause the computing device to provide the user interface, and a third user interface control that is selectable to cause the computing device to store a log of location information relating to accessed locations.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the prompt further comprises:
a third option to ignore the location information that was shared.

14. A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
identifying a presenter for a location sharing session and a participant in the location sharing session, wherein the presenter corresponds to a first entity that shares location information, and wherein the participant corresponds to a second entity that receives the location information;
receiving, during a conference comprising the location sharing session, the location information from a computing device that is associated with the presenter, wherein the location information identifies a location accessed by the computing device during the conference, and wherein the location information comprises data that identifies the location accessed by the computing device during the conference;
providing the location information to a user device associated with the participant during the conference and during the location sharing session, wherein the user device presents a conference view display, and wherein the user device present

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Lohe Sachin

Classifications

• H04L65/403 Primary

  Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• H04L51/20

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L12/1822

  Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission · CPC title

• H04L51/222

  using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area · CPC title