System and method for intelligent multimedia conference collaboration summarization

• US 20040246331A1
• Filed: 12/11/2002
• Published: 12/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unify Inc. (Atos SE)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc. (Atos SE)
• Inventors: Beyda, William J., Caspi, Rami
• Granted Patent: US 7,756,923 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4038 with floor control
• 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 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 3/565 relating to time schedule aspects
• 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 telecommunications system includes a network (102) and a multimedia server (104) operably coupled to the network. The multimedia server (104) is adapted to manage a multimedia conference and includes a memory (103) for storing selectable portions of the multimedia conference. The system further includes one or more client devices (122) operably coupled to the network and adapted to set recording cues for choosing portions of said multimedia conference for playback. The multimedia server or clients may include a voice recognition system (114) for transcribing audio portions of the conference. The voice recognition system may further be used to detect instances of the recording cues.

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; and

capturing sequentially portions of said multimedia conference responsive to execution of said plurality of recording cues.

2. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 1, wherein said recording cues comprise one or more audio cues.

3. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 1, wherein said recording cues comprise one or more visual cues.

4. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising

transcribing an audio portion of said multimedia conference;

and

wherein said capturing comprises capturing an associated transcribed audio portion.

5. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising assigning a probability of recognition when capturing occurs.

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; and

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.

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.

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.

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.