METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IMPLEMENTING ENHANCED CONFERENCING SERVICES

• US 20080043962A1
• Filed: 08/18/2006
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Daniell, William
• Application Number:
  US11/465,531
• Publication Number:
  US 20080043962A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/202.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4025 where none of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. downloading a file in a parallel FTP session, initiating an email or combinational services
• 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 3/567 Multimedia conference systems

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product for implementing conferencing services is provided. The method includes presenting content frames in a shared communication environment, each of the content frames corresponding to a source device that provides input as a participant in a conference. The method also includes identifying a source device in response to a trigger event caused by the source device. The method further includes modifying presentation of the content frame corresponding to the identified source device.

Claims

1. A method for implementing conferencing services, comprising:

presenting content frames in a shared communication environment, each of the content frames corresponding to a source device that provides input as a participant in a conference;

identifying a source device in response to a trigger event caused by the source device; and

modifying presentation of the content frame corresponding to the identified source device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the source device is a teleconferencing-enabled system comprising at least one of:

a personal computer;

a personal digital assistant;

a cellular telephone;

a television; and

a telephone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger event includes an occurrence of a defined event comprising at least one of:

an audio input;

a video input; and

a static image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the content frame is a video frame, the modifying including enlarging the video frame corresponding to the identified source device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the content frame is a video frame, the modifying including increasing the volume of an audio feed corresponding to the identified source device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting a content frame to modify upon a determination of simultaneously occurring trigger events.

7. A system for implementing enhanced conferencing services, comprising:

a computer processing device; and

a conference manager application executing on the computer processing device, the conference manager application implementing;

presenting content frames in a shared communication environment, each of the content frames corresponding to a source device that provides input as a participant in a conference;

identifying a source device in response to a trigger event caused by the source device; and

modifying presentation of the content frame corresponding to the identified source device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the source device is a teleconferencing-enabled system comprising at least one of:

a personal computer;

a personal digital assistant;

a cellular telephone;

a television; and

a telephone.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the trigger event includes an occurrence of a defined event comprising at least one of:

an audio input;

a video input; and

a static image.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the content frame is a video frame, the modifying including enlarging the video frame corresponding to the identified source device.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the content frame is a video frame, the modifying including increasing the volume of an audio feed corresponding to the identified source device.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the conferencing manager application further implements:

selecting a content frame to modify upon a determination of simultaneously occurring trigger events.

13. A computer program product for implementing enhanced conferencing services, the computer program product executing instructions for implementing a method, the method comprising:

presenting content frames in a shared communication environment, each of the content frames corresponding to a source device that provides input as a participant in a conference;

identifying a source device in response to a trigger event caused by the source device; and

modifying presentation of the content frame corresponding to the identified source device.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the source device is a teleconferencing-enabled system comprising at least one of:

a personal computer;

a personal digital assistant;

a cellular telephone;

a television; and

a telephone.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the trigger event includes an occurrence of a defined event comprising at least one of:

an audio input;

a video input; and

a static image.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the content frame is a video frame, the modifying including enlarging the video frame corresponding to the identified source device.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the content frame is a video frame, the modifying including increasing the volume of an audio feed corresponding to the identified source device.

18. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising instructions for implementing:

selecting a content frame to modify upon a determination of simultaneously occurring trigger events.