Web Conferencing
Law firms and other legal services are increasingly turning to web conferencing as a way to reduce travel costs and lost production while at the same time sharing documents securely with more clients. Our web conferencing solution is a reliable and affordable service that can help you meet those goals.
Our service utilizes a web-based application that allows users to conduct web conferences anywhere an Internet connection is available.
- 100% Web-based
- Publish Documents
- Desktop Sharing
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- Audience Polling
- Live Chat Features
- Secure (128 SSL)
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Utilize a web conference to conduct an effective online meeting when distance is an issue. Share desktop applications, web content and documents online with multiple participants in varied locations.
Service Features
Our web conferencing service comes with many useful and easy to use features.
- Web-based Application.
- Annotate Documents - The conference host has a pen, pointer and 15-color marker tools to annotate documents for all to see.
- Chat (host or participant initiated) - Chat with individuals or send broadcast messages. Designate an individual participant or a group to answer Q&A.
- Application and Desktop Sharing - Share an application or document with meeting participants in real time. Optionally choose to share select documents and applications or entire desktop.
- Remote Control - Request control of a participant desktop or application. Give control of desktop or application to participant in the meeting.
- Roster with Controls - Manage Web conference from single point within application. View participants as they join and leave meetings. Capture key participant information (e.g., name, email).
- Live Polling - The polling feature allows the host to ask poll questions of the audience. The system tallies those responses and presents the results to the host while online and to the participants, if you choose.
- Publish Documents - Publish Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel and Word) documents for all participants to view.
- Multiple Presenters/Control Passing - Share presenting responsibilities with other participants.
- Hand Raising - Enable participants to "raise hand" in response to question or to get host attention.
- File Transfer - File transfer allows for the transfer of files to one or all of the participants.
- Invitations / Reminders - Invite users not present by sending them a link right to the conference via email or Yahoo! Messenger from within the conferencing application.
- Outlook® Integration - The Law Conferencing Plugin for Microsoft Outlook® integrates with email and calendar invitations to add convenience and accuracy to conference scheduling.
- Full Screen Mode - Full screen allows you to enlarge the presentation to the size of the application window.
- Optimized Slide Presentations - Caches slides to improve transitions for slower connections. Displays fixed dimension slides when slow connections are detected.
- Lock/Unlock - You can lock and unlock the conference at any time. This stops users from attempting to join the conference.
- Smart Scrolling - Synchronize participant view of a document with the presenter's view.
- Email Meeting Summary - Choose to receive a summary of the meeting (e.g., duration, participants) via email after the session has concluded.
- Billing Memo Field - Assign the session to a department, client or group.
- SSL Encryption - Provides robust security features.
Technical Requirements
Moderator and Participant systems must meet the following minimum requirements:
- Network connection to the Web Interpoint system through HTTP and HTTPS
- Internet connection speed of 128 kbps or higher is recommended
- Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista or Server2003
- Internet Explorer 6.0 and 7.0, Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 browser
- Mac OS X with Firefox or Apple Safari 1.1
- Linux, Unix, or Solaris with Mozilla 1.0+
- Macromedia Flash 8.0 or higher
- Cookies and Scripting enabled in browser
Application Sharing and Desktop Sharing requirements:
- Microsoft Windows, Microsoft IE, and Web Interpoint Conference Plug-In for Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows, Firefox, and Web interpoint Conference Plug-In for Microsoft Windows
- Internet connection speed of 240 Kbps on average (Auto setting and typical user interface updates)
When Sharing is initiated, a browser plug-in component is installed if it is not already present. If your system security settings prevent you from installing browser plugins you can install the necessary components via the Options Kit. On the Web Conferencing login page.
Participant Application Viewing Requirements:
- Web Interpoint Conference Plug-In or a Java Virtual Machine version 1.5 or higher (Please note that the Microsoft VM is not supported)
- Internet connection speed of 240 Kbps on average (Auto setting and typical user interface updates)
Document Publishing:
- No downloads or plug-ins are required for presentations limited to document publishing
- Only the basic system requirements must be met by Moderators and participants
- Download rate of slide presentation content is proportional to the available bandwidth. The basic 128 Kbps requirement will provide reasonable performance.
Schedule a Web Conferencing Demonstration
One of our conferencing specialists can provide you with a thorough demonstration of our web conferencing solution and show you how your organization can best utilize it.
Schedule a Web Conferencing Demo.