TECHNIQUES TO SELECTIVELY ACCESS MEETING CONTENT

• US 20080263010A1
• Filed: 12/14/2007
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Gudipaty, Ananta, Biswas, Sanjib, Kamalakumar, Pradeep, Roychoudhuri, Subrata
• Application Number:
  US11/957,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20080263010A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2343 involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2387 Stream processing in response to a playback request from an end-user, e.g. for trick-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25808 Management of client data terminal profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/303
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/155 involving storage of or access to video conference sessions tracking arrangements for later retrieval of a computer conference content or participants activities H04L12/1831

Abstract

Techniques to selectively access meeting content are described. An apparatus may comprise a capture module operative to record multiple data tracks from multiple sources for a multimedia event, a publishing module operative to publish the recorded multiple data tracks in a universal format, an authentication module operative to authenticate a client to access the published multiple data tracks, and a recordings management module operative to manage access to meeting content for one or more of the published multiple data tracks on a selective basis in response to client search and retrieval requests. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

recording multiple data tracks from multiple sources for a multimedia event;

publishing the recorded multiple data tracks in a universal format;

authenticating a client to access the published multiple data tracks; and

accessing meeting content for one or more of the published multiple data tracks on a selective basis in response to client search requests and client retrieval requests.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving a client search request with search parameters to search for meeting content and associated metadata for one or more of the published multiple data tracks matching the search parameters.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising searching a recording database for meeting content and associated metadata for one or more of the published multiple data tracks matching search parameters from a client search request.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising displaying a list of published multiple data tracks with meeting content and associated metadata matching search parameters from a client search request.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising selecting one or more of the published multiple data tracks for replay based on one or more indices and a master timeline used to index the published multiple data tracks.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising selecting one or more of the published multiple data tracks for replay based on one or more indices and a master timeline used to index the published multiple data tracks, and a detected bandwidth for a communication channel.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising retrieving one or more of the published multiple data tracks selected for replay based on one or more indices and a master timeline used to index the published multiple data tracks.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising retrieving one or more of the published multiple data tracks selected for replay based on a meeting content type index used to index the published multiple data tracks.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising retrieving portions of one or more of the published multiple data tracks selected for replay based on one or more indices and a master timeline used to index the published multiple data tracks.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising generating a composite media signal having selected published multiple data tracks forming a subset of the published multiple data tracks for the multimedia event.

11. An article comprising a computer-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to:

record multiple data tracks from multiple sources for a multimedia event;

publish the recorded multiple data tracks in a universal format;

authenticate a client to access the published multiple data tracks; and

access meeting content for one or more of the published multiple data tracks on a selective basis in response to client search and retrieval requests.

12. The article of claim 11, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to search a recording database for meeting content and associated metadata for one or more of the published multiple data tracks matching search parameters from a client search request.

13. The article of claim 11, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to retrieve one or more of the published multiple data tracks selected for replay based on one or more indices and a master timeline used to index the published multiple data tracks.

14. The article of claim 11, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to retrieve one or more of the published multiple data tracks selected for replay based on one or more indices and a master timeline used to index the published multiple data tracks, and detected bandwidth for a communication connection.

15. The article of claim 11, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to generate a composite media signal having selected published multiple data tracks forming a subset of the published multiple data tracks for the multimedia event.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

a capture module operative to record multiple data tracks from multiple sources for a multimedia event;

a publishing module operative to publish the recorded multiple data tracks in a universal format;

an authentication module operative to authenticate a client to access the published multiple data tracks; and

a recordings management module operative to manage access to meeting content for one or more of the published multiple data tracks on a selective basis in response to client search and retrieval requests.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, the recordings management module operative to search a recording database for meeting content and associated metadata for one or more of the published multiple data tracks matching search parameters from a client search request.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, the recordings management module operative to retrieve one or more of the published multiple data tracks selected for replay based on one or more indices and a master timeline used to index the published multiple data tracks.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, the recordings management module operative to retrieve one or more of the published multiple data tracks selected for replay based on one or more indices and a master timeline used to index the published multiple data tracks, and detected bandwidth for a communication connection.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, the recordings management module operative to generate a composite media signal having selected published multiple data tracks forming a subset of the published multiple data tracks for the multimedia event.