Web based conference server and method

1. A video conference server for use in a digital data network having at least one audio channel and at least one video channel comprising:

at least one audio port and at least one video port for connection to at least one client workstation via the digital data network, the at least one client workstation having a video output and an audio output;

a memory unit for associating the least one audio channel and the at least one video channel of the digital data network with the at least one client workstation;

an audio processing unit that receives audio signals from the at least one audio port and that generates at least one broadcast audio signal for transmission to the at least one client workstation via the at least one audio port;

a video processing unit that receives video signals from the at least one video port and that generates at least one broadcast video signal for transmission to the at least one client workstation via the at least one video port;

a control unit that generates control signals, the control signals are able to regulate the video output and the audio output from the at least one client workstations as required by the at least one broadcast audio signal from the audio processing unit and the at least one broadcast signal from the video processing unit, wherein the control unit is adapted to provide a video conference to at least one video conference participant located at the at least one client workstation;

a memory device that stores content provider information for content provided by at least one content provider;

an access program module that provides a link for access to the content provider information that is accepted by the at least one video conference participant; and

a content program module that provides information to the at least one video conference participant upon activation of the link and displays content of the at least one content provider accepted by the at least one video conference participant; and

wherein the video conference server recognizes at least one word in an audio stream of the video conference and evaluates the recognized at least one word such that the content provider information of the at least one content provider accessed via the link is adapted based on the at least one word in the audio stream that is recognized by the video conference server.

2. The video conference server of claim 1 wherein the control unit operates to generate control signals that regulate a billing function.

3. The video conference server of claim 2 wherein the billing function depends on used functionality, wherein the used functionality is selected from the group consisting of a bandwidth of a service of the video conference, a quality of service of the video conference, and at least one accepted promotional content to be displayed or presented on the at least one client workstation.

4. The video conference server of claim 2 wherein the billing function depends on a total number of participants of the video conference.

5. The video conference server of claim 4 wherein the billing function depends on the total number of participants of the video conference that are prepared to accept presentation of promotional contents.

6. The video conference server of claim 2 wherein the billing function depends on a geographical location of the at least one video conference participant.

7. The video conference server of claim 2 wherein the billing function depends on a duration of the video conference.

8. The video conference server of claim 2 wherein the billing function depends on a context of the video conference, wherein the context is defined by recognized key words or buzz-words and the recognized key words or buzz-words are detected in an audio stream of the video conference by a speech recognition algorithm that is adapted to recognize the recognized key words or buzz-words in the audio stream.

9. The video conference server of claim 2 wherein the billing function depends on recognized objects.

10. The video conference server of claim 9 wherein the recognized objects are detected in a video stream of the video conference by an object recognition algorithm that is adapted to recognize the recognized objects in the video stream.

11. The video conference server of claim 1 further comprising at least one audio and video processor and a computer storage device to store audio data and video data, wherein the audio and video processor has at least one audio processing algorithm and at least one video processing algorithm that are configured to process an audio stream and a video stream on the video conference.

12. The video conference server of claim 1 further comprising a teleconferencing protocol that allows a real time synchronized audio transmission and a real time synchronized video transmission to promulgate across the digital data network without using a fixed bandwidth or a dedicated time slot transmission medium.

13. The video conference server of claim 1 further comprising an algorithm that evaluates a domain name of the at least one video conference participant and evaluates a geographical location of the at least one video conference participant.

14. The video conference server of claim 13 wherein the content of the at least one content provider is adapted based on a probable geographical location of the at least one video conference participant.

15. The video conference server of claim 1 wherein the content provider information is adapted based upon the recognized at least one word being one of a plurality of predefined key words associated with a portion of the content provider information so that a portion of the content provider information is shown to the at least one video conference participant upon activation of the link.

16. The video conference server of claim 1 wherein the video conference server evaluates location information of the at least one video conference participant and recognizes a geographical location of the at least one video conference participant.

17. The video conference server of claim 16 wherein the content provider information is adapted based upon the recognized geographical location of the at least one video conference participant so that the content provider information accessible via the link is tailored in accordance with the recognized geographical location and the recognized at least one word so that a portion of the content provider information that is shown to the at least one video conference participant upon activation of the link is associated with the recognized geographical location and the recognized at least one word.

18. The video conference server of claim 17 wherein the geographical location is recognized based on one of an evaluated domain name and an identification of a cell of a cellular network.