Accelerated instant replay for co-present and distributed meetings

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018232129-A1
Application number	US-201815953219-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 13, 2018
Priority date	Apr 30, 2010
Publication date	Aug 16, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

Techniques for recording and replay of a live conference while still attending the live conference are described. A conferencing system includes a user interface generator, a live conference processing module, and a replay processing module. The user interface generator is configured to generate a user interface that includes a replay control panel and one or more output panels. The live conference processing module is configured to extract information included in received conferencing data that is associated with one or more conferencing modalities, and to display the information in the one or more output panels in a live manner (e.g., as a live conference). The replay processing module is configured to enable information associated with the one or more conferencing modalities corresponding to a time of the conference session prior to live to be presented at a desired rate, possibly different from the real-time rate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A conferencing system, comprising:
a conference server configured to collect conferencing data associated with a multi-party conference session, the multi-party conference session having participants including a first participant and a second participant, the conferencing data including content from the participants, the conference server configured to combine and redistribute the content back to the participants; and the conference server configured to generate from the conferencing data a keyword cloud that includes a display of weighted textually descriptive keywords based at least in part on the collected content, and to display the keyword cloud in a first output panel, the displayed keyword cloud being interactive such that keywords in the keyword cloud are selectable.

2 . The conferencing system of claim 1 , wherein the conference server is configured to generate and display the keyword cloud in a live manner during the multi-party conference session.

3 . The conferencing system of claim 1 , wherein the conference server generates weights for the keywords in the keyword cloud to indicate relative importance of the keywords.

4 . The conferencing system of claim 3 , wherein the conference server distinguishes a first keyword in the keyword cloud from a second keyword in the keyword cloud based on a frequency of the first and second keywords present in the collected content.

5 . The conferencing system of claim 1 , wherein the conference server is further configured to display a first conferencing modality associated with the multi-party conference session in a user interface in a live manner.

6 . The conferencing system of claim 1 , wherein the conference server is further configured to include a replay control panel in a user interface, the replay control panel being configured to enable a user to select a replay mode by interacting with the replay control panel.

7 . The conferencing system of claim 6 , the conference server is configured to generate a second output panel if a replay mode is selected; and
the conferencing server further comprising:
a replay processing module configured to display a conferencing modality in the second output panel in a replay manner occurring simultaneous with display of the keyword cloud in the first output panel in a live manner.

8 . A method, comprising:
collecting conferencing data associated with a multi-party conference session, the multi-party conference session having participants that include a first participant and a second participant, the conferencing data including content from the participants; and combining and redistributing the content back to the participants, including:
generating from the conferencing data a keyword cloud that includes a display of textually descriptive keywords based at least in part on the collected content,
generating a user interface that includes a first output panel, and
displaying the generated keyword cloud in the first output panel, the displayed keyword cloud being interactive such that keywords in the keyword cloud are selectable.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein said displaying the generated keyword cloud comprises:
displaying the keyword cloud in a live manner during the multi-party conference session.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein said generating from the conferencing data a keyword cloud that includes a display of textually descriptive keywords based at least in part on the collected content comprises:
generating weights for the keywords in the keyword cloud to indicate relative importance of the keywords.

11 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
distinguishing a first keyword in the keyword cloud from a second keyword in the keyword cloud based on a frequency of the first and second keywords present in the collected content.

12 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
displaying a first conferencing modality associated with the multi-party conference session in a user interface in a live manner.

13 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
displaying a replay control panel configured to enable selection of a replay mode by user interaction with the replay control panel.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
generating a second output panel if a replay mode is selected; and displaying a conferencing modality in the second output panel in a replay manner occurring simultaneous with display of the keyword cloud in the first output panel in a live manner.

15 . A conferencing device, comprising:
at least one storage device configured to store collected conferencing data associated with a conference session; a display device; a live conference conferencing module configured to collect conferencing data associated with a multi-party conference session, the multi-party conference session having participants including a first participant and a second participant, the conferencing data including content from the participants; and a conference summary generator configured to generate from the conferencing data a keyword cloud that includes a display of weighted textually descriptive keywords based at least in part on the collected content, and to display the generated keyword cloud in a first output panel displayed by the display device, the displayed keyword cloud being interactive such that keywords in the keyword cloud are selectable.

16 . The conferencing device of claim 15 , wherein the conference summary generator generates weights for the keywords in the keyword cloud to indicate relative importance of the keywords.

17 . The conferencing device of claim 15 , wherein the conference summary generator distinguishes a first keyword in the keyword cloud from a second keyword in the keyword cloud based on a frequency of the first and second keywords present in the collected content.

18 . The conferencing device of claim 15 , further comprising:
a user interface generator configured to include a replay control panel in a user interface, the replay control panel configured to enable a user to select a replay mode by interacting with the replay control panel.

19 . The conferencing device of claim 15 , further comprising:
a replay processing module configured to display a replay control panel configured to enable selection of a replay mode by user interaction with the replay control panel.

20 . The conferencing device of claim 19 , wherein the replay processing module is configured to display a conferencing modality in a second output panel in a replay mode simultaneous with display of the keyword cloud in the first output panel in a live manner.

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Quinn Kori Inkpen
• Hegde Rajesh
• Zhang Zhengyou
• Tang John
• Junuzovic Sasa
• Brooks Christopher

Classifications

• G10L25/78

  Detection of presence or absence of voice signals (switching of direction of transmission by voice frequency in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/10) · CPC title

• H04N7/155

  involving storage of or access to video conference sessions (tracking arrangements for later retrieval of a computer conference content or participants activities H04L12/1831) · CPC title

• H04N21/2387

  Stream processing in response to a playback request from an end-user, e.g. for trick-play · CPC title

• H04N21/47202

  for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand · CPC title

• H04N7/15 Primary

  Conference systems · CPC title