System and method for collaboration summarization playback

• US 20040114541A1
• Filed: 12/11/2002
• Published: 06/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unify Inc. (Atos SE)
• Original Assignee: Communication Networks, Inc., Siemens Information
• Inventors: Beyda, William J., Caspi, Rami
• Granted Patent: US 7,545,758 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/260
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/42 Graphical user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/60 Medium conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4536 Voicemail combined with text-based messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/203 composed of PSTN and data network, e.g. the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/382 using authorisation codes or passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5307 for recording messages comprising any combination of audio and non-audio components
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

A system for collaboration summarization playback includes a graphical user interface (950) for displaying summarization categories (952) associated with recording cues and clips of the multimedia conference. The categories may be arranged as a list or as thumbnails and typically includes a length of time for each category; a time during the conference when the associated clip was recorded; and a media type. The categories are clickable and allow the associated clip to be played or displayed as recorded. In addition, in certain embodiments, a voice recognition transcription of audio clips may be provided.

Claims

1. A telecommunications method, comprising:

storing a plurality of recording cues, said recording cues adapted for marking a predetermined time period around which a portion of a multimedia conference is to be recorded;

capturing portions of said multimedia conference responsive to execution of said plurality of recording cues; and

storing said portions according to user-defined categories.

2. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising playing said portions back based on particular categories.

3. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 2, said playing back further comprising playing back based on said particular categories and a relevance probability determination.

4. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 2, further comprising rendering said categories as audio cues.

5. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising arranging said audio cues an interactive voice response menu.

6. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 5, further comprising playing back captured portions having a selectable probability.

7. A telecommunications system, comprising:

a local area network (LAN);

a multimedia server operably coupled to said network, said multimedia server adapted to manage a multimedia conference and including a memory for storing selectable portions of said multimedia conference;

one or more client devices operably coupled to said LAN and adapted to set recording cues for choosing said portions of said multimedia conference for playback and indexing said portions according to user-defined categories.

8. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 7, said one or more clients adapted to select for storing a transcription of an audio portion of said multimedia conference.

9. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 7, wherein said one or more client devices are adapted to set probabilities of recognition of said recording cues.

10. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 7, wherein said recording cues comprise audio recording cues.

11. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 7, wherein said recording cues comprise video recording cues.

12. A telecommunications server, comprising:

a multimedia communication controller for interfacing multimedia conferences; and

a collaboration controller operably coupled to said multimedia communication controller, said collaboration controller adapted to store a multimedia conference and play back selected portions of said multimedia conference according to user selected criteria based on recording cues and responsive to a user-defined index.

13. A telecommunications server in accordance with claim 12, said collaboration controller adapted to select for storing a transcription of an audio portion of said multimedia conference

14. A telecommunications server in accordance with claim 12, wherein said collaboration controller is adapted to play back said portions based on probabilities of recognition of said recording cues.

15. A telecommunications server in accordance with claim 12, wherein said recording cues comprise audio recording cues.

16. A telecommunications server in accordance with claim 12, wherein said recording cues comprise video recording cues.

17. A telecommunications server in accordance with claim 16, wherein said recording cues comprise whiteboard recording cues

18. A telecommunications device, comprising an interaction center adapted to conduct a multimedia conference including instant messaging and adapted to allow defining recording cues for playing back portions of said multimedia conference based on an index of said recording cues.

19. A telecommunications device in accordance with claim 18, said interaction center further adapted to specify a playback content by selecting a recording cue match probability.

20. A telecommunications device in accordance with claim 19, wherein said recording cues comprise audio recording cues.

21. A telecommunications device in accordance with claim 19, wherein said recording cues comprise video recording cues.

22. A telecommunications device in accordance with claim 19, wherein said recording cues comprise instant messaging recording cues.