Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac – Task management or control – Process scheduling
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-02
2005-08-02
Banankhah, Majid A. (Department: 2127)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: virtual mac
Task management or control
Process scheduling
C718S101000, C718S107000, C719S323000, C709S201000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06925645
ABSTRACT:
A distributed collaborative computer system is provided that comprises a plurality of server computers interconnected via a high-speed link. Client computers can connect to any available server computer and start or join a conference hosted on either the server computer to which the client computer is connected or any other server in the system. As a result, the system and method of the present invention is easily scalable to support an arbitrary number of participants to a conference by merely adding the appropriate number of server computers to the system. In addition, by replicating the conference information on more than one server computer, the single point of failure limitation is eliminated. In fact, if a server hosting or participating in a conference malfunctions, the failure is detected by other server computers and the client computer is able to reconnect to the conference through a new server computer.
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Zhao Bin
Zhu Min
Banankhah Majid A.
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
Webex Communications, Inc.
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