Event-based system and process for recording and playback of collaborative electronic presentations

• US 20060167662A1
• Filed: 03/27/2006
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Rui, Yong, Yu, Bin
• Granted Patent: US 7,379,848 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/186
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

An event-based system and process for recording and playback of collaborative electronic presentations is presented. The present system and process includes a technique for recording collaborative electronic presentations by capturing and storing the interactions between each participant and presentation data where each interaction event is timestamped and linked to a data file comprising the presentation data. The present system and process also includes a technique for playing back the recorded collaborative electronic presentation, which involves displaying the presentation data in an order it was originally presented and reproducing the recorded interactions between each participant and the displayed presentation data at the same point in the presentation that they were originally performed, based on the aforementioned timestamps.

Claims

1. In a computer system comprising a display, user interface selection device and user interface data entry device, a process for playing back a recorded collaborative electronic presentation in which a plurality of participant'"'"'s interacted with displayed presentation data via an interactive virtual team worksite over a distributed computer network, wherein the collaborative electronic presentation was recorded by capturing and storing the interactions between each participant and the displayed presentation data, wherein each interaction event is timestamped and linked to a data file comprising the presentation data, said playback process comprising the process actions of:

displaying a worksite window on the display to a team member logged onto said team worksite, wherein the worksite window comprises a plurality of sectors;

inputting data and implementing commands entered by the team member playing back a recorded collaborative electronic presentation via said selection and data entry devices to,

display a list of recorded collaborative electronic presentation sessions in the worksite window in response to a team member command to do so,

upon selection of a displayed recorded presentation session by the team member, display information about the session in the worksite window,

play back the recorded collaborative electronic presentation session selected by the team member in the worksite window in response to the team member'"'"'s command to do so, wherein playing back the selected presentation session comprises displaying the presentation data from the associated data file in an order the presentation data was originally presented and reproducing the recorded interactions between each participant and the displayed presentation data at the same point in the presentation that they were originally performed, based on the timestamps.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein the process action of displaying the list of recorded collaborative electronic presentation sessions in the worksite window, comprises:

assigning a name to each session for display purposes; and

displaying a history sector of the window comprising a display area in which the list of recorded collaborative electronic presentation sessions is displayed by their assigned names.

3. The process of claim 2, wherein the process action of assigning a name to each session comprises assigning the name of the data file comprising the presentation data as the session name.

11. The process of claim 1, wherein the process action of playing back the recorded collaborative electronic presentation session in the worksite window comprises an action of displaying a collaborative presentation sector comprising a display area in which the presentation data and participant interactions associated with a current portion of the presentation session being played back are displayed.

13. The process of claim 1, wherein the process action of inputting data and implementing commands entered by the team member playing back a recorded collaborative electronic presentation, further comprises stopping the playback of the presentation in response to the team member'"'"'s command to do so.

14. The process of claim 1, wherein the process action of inputting data and implementing commands entered by the team member playing back a recorded collaborative electronic presentation, further comprises pausing the playback of the presentation in response to the team member'"'"'s command to do so, and continuing a paused playback in response to the team member'"'"'s command to do so.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein the program module for initiating the collaborative electronic presentation comprises a sub-module for inquiring of a participant who is presenting the collaborative electronic presentation to the other participants whether the presentation session is to be recorded or not, and capturing and storing the interactions between each participant and the displayed presentation data only if the presenting participant elects to do so.

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22. An event-based recording system for recording collaborative electronic presentations in which a plurality of participant'"'"'s interact with displayed presentation data on one or more computing devices which are in communication with each other, the system comprising:

a general purpose computing device;

a computer program comprising program modules executable by the computing device, wherein the computing device is directed by the program modules of the computer program to,

initiate the collaborative electronic presentation comprising displaying said presentation data on said computing devices of each participant;

capture and store the interactions between each participant and the displayed presentation data, wherein each interaction event is timestamped and linked to a file comprising the presentation data.

24. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for playing back a recorded collaborative electronic presentation in which a plurality of participant'"'"'s interacted with displayed presentation data via an interactive virtual team worksite over a distributed computer network, wherein the collaborative electronic presentation was recorded by capturing and storing the interactions between each participant and the displayed presentation data, wherein each interaction event is timestamped and linked to a data file comprising the presentation data, said computer-executable instructions comprising:

displaying a worksite window on a display to a team member logged onto said team worksite, wherein the worksite window comprises a plurality of sectors;

inputting data and implementing commands entered by the team member playing back a recorded collaborative electronic presentation to,

display a list of recorded collaborative electronic presentation sessions in the worksite window in response to a team member command to do so,

upon selection of a displayed recorded presentation session by the team member, display information about the session in the worksite window, and

play back the recorded collaborative electronic presentation session selected by the team member in the worksite window in response to the team member'"'"'s command to do so, wherein playing back the selected presentation session comprises displaying the presentation data from the associated data file in an order it was originally presented and reproducing the recorded interactions between each participant and the displayed presentation data at the same point in the presentation that they were originally performed, based on the timestamps.