Computer-implemented methods and systems for control of video event and phone event

• US 20050132265A1
• Filed: 11/15/2004
• Published: 06/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Media Platform On-Demand, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Media Platform On-Demand, Inc.
• Inventors: Law, Brett Charles, Busfield, John David, Pulier, Gregory
• Application Number:
  US10/989,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20050132265A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/202
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0027 Collaboration services where a computer is used for data transfer and the telephone is used for telephonic communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234318 by decomposing into objects, e.g. MPEG-4 objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43074 of additional data with content streams on the same device, e.g. of EPG data or interactive icon with a TV program

Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method for controlling events related to presentations delivered over one or more networks. Video of a presentation is started and a phone call is made by the presenter. A live editor program pushes events as the presenter is speaking. These events are synchronized to the presentation. If synched in real time, the events are sent from live event servers directly to end viewers in real time. The end users are listening to the presentation on the conference call, and viewing the presentation on the web at the same time. The web page is updated in real time as events happen.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for controlling events related to presentations delivered over one or more networks, said method comprising:

generating video of a presentation;

using a conference phone call to provide audio content for the presentation;

using a presentation program to push events as the presenter is speaking;

wherein the events are synchronized to the video of the presentation;

wherein when synched in real time, the events are sent from servers directly to end viewers in real time;

wherein the end viewers listen to the presentation on the conference phone call and view the presentation through a web browser at about the same time;

wherein the web page is updated in about real time as events happen, thereby establishing synchronization to the conference phone communication.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentation program is used to push presentation slide changes as events as the presenter is speaking;

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentation program includes a single live control page that is configured to control both synchronized video presentation and live phone presentation.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein controls manipulated by a presenter by the single interface affect both the streamed video presentation as well as any phone presentations.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the single interface pushes a presentation event both to the end users listening on the phone as well as end users viewing the presentation via a video stream that contains the video.

6. A data signal that is transmitted using a network, wherein the data signal includes the video of the presentation and the synchronized video of claim 1;

wherein the data signal comprises packetized data that is transmitted through the network.

7. Computer-readable medium capable of causing a computing device to perform the method of claim 1.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentation program includes a single live control page that is configured to control both synchronized video presentation and live phone presentation;

wherein simultaneous control of presentation video events and phone events occur using the single interface.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the web page is updated in about real time as events happen, thereby allowing simultaneous control of presentation video events and phone events to occur.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the single interface provides control of events for a presentation that is about simultaneously being delivered both to users watching a video-based web presentation and to users calling in by phone to listen to audio only and viewing a presentation event in a web browser.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein a wizard program is used to create web pages for use by end users in order to access presentation phone and video content.