Audio/video conferencing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9250777-B2
Application number	US-201414188888-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2014
Priority date	Jul 15, 2003
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention may be found in a system and method to effectively schedule and configure video and audio conferences. In one embodiment, the system comprises a server and one or more audio/video conferencing devices interconnected through a public or private data network. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface (GUI) provides for an intuitive means to graphically view and configure one or more conferences, participants, and conference call configuration settings.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a computing device configured to interact with a video conference via a server, the video conference comprising a video feed, the computing device comprising processing circuitry configured to:
render a participant identifier in at least one user interface, wherein the participant identifier represents a participant interacting with the video conference via the server;
receive a selection of the participant identifier, wherein the selection is facilitated via the at least one user interface;
associate the participant with a side video conference responsive to the selection and responsive to authenticating the participant for the side video conference;
render the participant identifier in the at least one user interface to indicate that the participant is associated with the side video conference;
receive a previously recorded portion of the video feed from the server for consumption by the authenticated participant in the side video conference, wherein the previously recorded portion of the video teed includes an aspect enhanced at the server; and
render the previously recorded portion of the video feed in a region of the at least one user interface assigned to the side video conference.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to authenticate the participant.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the selection is made with a user action via the at least one user interface.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the user action comprises a point, click and drag action on an object of the at least one user interface corresponding to the participant identifier.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the participant operates a second computing device to interact with the video conference via the server.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is operated by an administrator of the video conference.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to render a plurality of additional participant identifiers in the at least one user interface.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein individual ones of the additional participant identifiers are associated with individual ones of a plurality of side video conferences.

9. A method comprising:
receiving, in at least one computing device, a previously recorded portion of a video feed for a video conference, wherein the previously recorded portion of the video teed is received from at least one server;
rendering, using the at least one computing device, a participant identifier in at least one user interface, wherein the participant identifier represents a participant interacting with the video conference via the at least one server;
receiving, in the at least one computing device, a selection of the participant identifier, wherein the selection is facilitated via the at least one user interface;
associating, using the at least one computing device, the participant with a side video conference responsive to the selection and responsive to authenticating the participant for the side video conference;
rendering, using the at least one computing device, the participant identifier in the at least one user interface to indicate that the participant is associated with the side video conference; and
rendering, using the at least one computing device, the previously recorded portion of the video feed in a region of the at least one user interface assigned to the side video conference for consumption by the authenticated participant, wherein the previously recorded portion of the video feed includes an aspect enhanced at the server.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising receiving, in the at least one computing device, a request from the participant to be associated with the side video conference.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising receiving, in the at least one computing device, an authentication of the participant.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one computing device is operated by an administrator for the video conference.

13. The method of claim 9 ,
wherein the participant is associated with the side video conference further responsive to a drag movement that associates the participant identifier with the region of the at least one user interface assigned to the side video conference.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the previously recorded portion of the video feed includes a language translation for the participant.

15. The method of claim 9 wherein the aspect of the previously recorded portion of the video feed is enhanced by the server comprises at least one of an audio quality or an image quality.

16. A system, comprising:
a display device; and
a computing device in communication with the display device, wherein the computing device is further in communication with at least one server to interact with a video conference, wherein the computing device is configured to:
receive a previously recorded portion of a video feed for the video conference, wherein the previously recorded portion of the video feed is received from a server;
render at least one user interface for display in the display device, wherein the at least one user interface comprises a participant identifier that represents a participant interacting with the video conference via the at least one server;
receive a selection of the participant identifier, wherein the selection is facilitated via the at least one user interface;
associate the participant with a side video conference responsive to the selection and responsive to authenticating the participant for the side video conference;
indicate that the participant is associated with the side video conference in the at least one user interface; and
render the previously recorded portion of the video feed in a region of the at least one user interface assigned to the side video conference for consumption by the authenticated participant, wherein the previously recorded portion of the video feed includes an aspect enhanced at the server.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the computing device is configured to authenticate the participant.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the previously recorded portion of the video feed includes a language translation for the participant.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the computing device is configured to indicate that the participant is associated with the side video conference by rendering the participant identifier within the side video conference region.

20. The system of claim 16 , wherein the aspect of the previously recorded portion of the video feed that is enhanced comprises an audio quality.

Assignees

• Broadcom Corp

Inventors

• Rambo Darwin

Classifications

• G06F3/04842 Primary

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N7/15 Primary

  Conference systems · CPC title

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• H04N7/155 Primary

  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