Interactive wireless device communication system for meetings and conferences

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Int. CI.

G06F15/16 (2006.01)

U.S. CI 709/204; 709/213

Field of Classification Search 709/200 253;

705/1, 8, 9, 14 See application file for complete search history.

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Primary Examiner—Bunjob Jaroenchonwanit
Assistant Examiner—Victor Lesniewski
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Imperium Patent Works; T.
Lester Wallace

A conference organizer uses conference software to define a conference and to store conference information on the organizer's computer system. The stored conference information includes a list of attendees, and a personal proxy mailbox for each attendee. Each attendee has a wireless device, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA). The organizer's computer system includes a wireless communication station that can communicate in wireless fashion with the wireless devices of the attendees at the conference. During the conference, an attendee uses his/her wireless device to access the conference information, select another attendee from the list of attendees, and send the selected attendee a message such that the message is stored in the personal proxy mailbox of the selected attendee. The use of personal proxy mailboxes allows attendees to send messages to one another and to receive messages from one another without divulging their primary email addresses.

29 Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets

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