1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a web conferencing server and a method of holding a web conference.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Web conferencing or webinar enables participants based at different places to attend a conference held online. Existing web conferencing tools include IBM's LOTUS®, SAMETIME®, and UNYTE® (“LOTUS,” “SAMETIME,” and “UNYTE” are registered trademarks in the possession of IBM in the United States and/or other countries), Cisco's WEBEX® (“WEBEX” is a registered trademark in the possession of Cisco in the United States and/or other countries), and Microsoft's NETMEETING® (NETMEETING is a registered trademark in the possession of Microsoft in the United States and/or other countries). The particulars of IBM's UNYTE® are available at ***conferenceservers.com/docs/user/?brand=SametimeUnyteMeetingPro, and thus are not repeatedly described herein for the sake of brevity.
In general, each of the existing web conferencing tools provides a virtual conference room and enables conference participants to enter the virtual conference room to chat therein online. However, given a large number of participants (which total in hundreds or thousands, for example), it will be necessary that the conference should be smoothly held and will not be impeded by a specific participant's problem. The aforesaid necessity is of vital importance, especially when the specific participant happens to be the chairperson or a participant in charge of a specific duty.