CHAT AND NOTIFICATION SERVICES FOR A WEB-BASED CONFERENCE COLLABORATION TOOL
A conference collaboration system has a server connected to a network and configured to generate a page view requested by a client device over the network and provide dynamic content associated with the requested page view for display on the device; and a database configured to store the dynamic content, update the dynamic content in response to commands from the server, and provide the dynamic content to the server in response to requests from the server, wherein the dynamic content is associated with a plurality of services, each shown in a page view, and the dynamic content and the services are associated with a conference. The server can determine an authorization level of a user interacting with the client device and provide a page view and dynamic content in response to the authorization level, and the dynamic content is updated or created in response to or for actions during the conference.
1 . A computer implemented method of providing a chat service for a conference collaboration tool, the method comprising:
generating, by a server, a chat service page view in response to a request for the chat service from a client device of an attendee of a conference;
retrieving, by a server, all messages that are stored in a database for a conversation history of the chat service associated with the conference and are compiled from at least one attendee or organizer in preparation of the conference and during the conference; and
sending, by a server, the conversation history to the client device.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by a server, a new message for the chat service from the client device;
writing, by a server, the new message in the database;
associating, by a server, the conference with the new message in the database by assigning an event identification key to the new message;
appending, by a server, the conversation history to include the new message; and
rendering, by a server, the chat service page view to include the appended conversation history during a next page rendering cycle.
3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
comparing the rendered chat service page view to a current page view displayed on the client device; and
displaying the new message on the client device as a result of the comparison.
4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the new message includes a time stamp of when the new message was sent to the server.
5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the new message includes a name or username of a user who sent the new message to the server, and the name or username provides a link to the profile of the user who sent the new message to the server.
6 . The method of claim 2 , wherein a font color of the new message is determined in response to a user role of a user who sent the new message to the server.
7 . A computer implemented method of providing a notification service for a conference collaboration tool, the method comprising:
receiving, by a server, a notification from a client device;
writing, by a server, the notification in a database;
associating a notification with a conference in the database, wherein the notification is stored on a database and is compiled from at least one attendee or organizer in preparation of the conference and during the conference;
retrieving, by a server, the notification associated with the conference from the database; and
transmitting, by a server, the notifications associated with the conference to an authorized client device for display on the client device, wherein the authorized client device has permission to view dynamic content associated with the conference as an attendee of the conference or as an organizer.
8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
appending, by a server, a list of notifications to include a new notification when the new notification is received by the server; and
rendering, by a server, the notification service page view to include the appended list of notification during a next page rendering cycle.
9 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
sending, by a server, a command to the client device to generate a pop-up alert that includes the new notification.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the server checks for new notifications from the database in the background of all page views included in the conference collaboration tool.
12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the pop-up alert includes a button to view a sender of the notification and a button to respond to the notification.
13 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the new notification may be sent to all users subscribed to the server or to a specific user subscribed to the server.
14 . A computer implemented method of providing a notification service for a conference collaboration tool, the method comprising:
retrieving, by a server, all notifications associated with a conference from a database, wherein the notifications are dynamic content stored in the database compiled from at least one attendee or organizer in preparation of the conference and during the conference, and all dynamic content is stored on the database through a method that associates the dynamic content with the conference; and
transmitting, by a server, the notifications associated with the conference after a conference to an authorized client device for display on the client device, wherein the authorized client device has permission to view dynamic content associated with the conference as an attendee of the conference or as an organizer.
15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
sending, by a server, a command to the client device to generate a pop-up alert that includes the new notification.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the server checks for new notifications from the database in the background of all page views included in the conference collaboration tool.
17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the pop-up alert includes a button to view a sender of the notification and a button to respond to the notification.
18 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the new notification may be sent to all users subscribed to the server or to a specific user subscribed to the server.