Conferencing with error state HID notification

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11552811-B2
Application number	US-201817048118-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 14, 2018
Priority date	Jun 14, 2018
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

A conferencing system may include a data input port and an ingest system to receive signals through the data input port from a separate conference data source. The ingest system may include a notification subsystem to: identify an error state with respect to the signals received through the data input port; and output a human interface device (HID) notification to a conferencing application, wherein the HID notification includes the identified error state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A conferencing system comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory storage medium storing a conferencing application and error notification instructions;
input connector pins to receive signals from a separate conference data source, the signals comprising conference data,
wherein the conferencing application is executable on the processor to transmit the conference data in a conference session to a plurality of conference participants;
wherein the error notification instructions are executable on the processor to:
identify an error state with respect to the signals comprising the conference data received at the input connector pins, the identified error state representing a fault of a connection to the input connector pins; and
output a human interface device (HID) notification to the conferencing application, the HID notification including the identified error state,

wherein the conferencing application is executable on the processor to transmit the HID notification to the plurality of conference participants that notifies the plurality of conference participants of the identified error state.

2. The conferencing system of claim 1 , wherein the HID notification comprises an indicator indicating an on-off state of the separate conference data source.

3. The conferencing system of claim 2 , wherein the HID notification comprises a further indicator indicating the identified error state.

4. The conferencing system of claim 1 , wherein the identified error state is binary, comprising either an error indication or a no error indication.

5. The conferencing system of claim 1 , wherein the identified error state comprises an error classification indication.

6. The conferencing system of claim 1 , wherein the identifying of the error state comprises a comparison of a number of errors against a threshold.

7. The conferencing system of claim 1 , wherein the identified error state represents a fault of a cable connected to the input connector pins.

8. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that upon execution cause a system to:
receive, via signals received at input connector pins, conference data from a conference data source;
transmit, with a conferencing application, the conference data in a conference session to a plurality of conference participants;
identify an error state with respect to the signals comprising the conference data received at the input connector pins, the identified error state representing a fault of a connection to the input connector pins;
output a human interface device (HID) notification to the conferencing application, the HID notification including the identified error state; and
transmit, with the conference application, the HID notification to plurality of conference participants that notifies the plurality of conference participants of the identified error state.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the HID notification comprises an indicator indicating an on-off state of the conference data source.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the HID notification comprises a further indicator indicating the identified error state.

11. A method comprising:
receiving signals from a conference data source through a data input port, wherein the signals comprise conference data;
transmitting, by a conferencing application in a conference session involving a plurality of conference participants, the conference data to the plurality of conference participants;
identifying, by a system, an error state with respect to the signals comprising the conference data received through the data input port, wherein the identified error state represents a fault of a connection to the input data port;
outputting, by the system, a human interface device (HID) notification to the conferencing application, the HID notification including the identified error state; and
transmitting, by the conferencing application, the HID notification to the plurality of conference participants that notifies the plurality of conference participants of the identified error state.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the identified error state represents a fault of a cable connected to the data input port.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the HID notification comprises a first indicator indicating an on-off state of the conference data source, and a second indicator indicating the identified error state.

14. The conferencing system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a converter to convert the signals to a format of the conferencing application,
wherein the error notification instructions are executable on the processor to identify the error state based on an analysis of the signals after the conversion.

15. The conferencing system of claim 14 , comprising:
a chip to perform the analysis of the signals after the conversion.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the identified error state represents a fault of a cable connected to the input connector pins.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• Brooks Robert C
• Braden Daniel J
• So Chi

Classifications

• H04N7/147 Primary

  Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q) · CPC title

• H04L12/1818 Primary

  Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties · CPC title