Appeal No. 1999-2057
Application 08/405,062
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 1-18.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention relates to a multimedia
communications network capable of establishing a controllably
persistent virtual meeting room. This virtual meeting room
may be used to create voice, video, and data connections
between multimedia meeting participants during a communication
session.
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A multimedia communications network, comprising:
a plurality of multimedia ports, each for connecting
the network to a user terminal;
at least one meeting room server connected to the
ports for creating an electronic circuit configuration in
the network representing a controllably persistent
virtual meeting room in response to commands from any of
the user terminals, the virtual meeting room being
controllably persistent such that it can exist in the
network independent of participants of a meeting being
connected to the network; and
means responsive to the meeting room server for
effectuating connections in one or more selected media
between selected ones of the plurality of ports.
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