METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO IN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A method for designating an aural position of an audio stream in a collaboration environment, comprising:
- displaying in a first display area of a user interface on a display device a plurality of participant icons;
receiving a first outgoing audio stream corresponding to a first participant icon of the plurality of participant icons, wherein the first outgoing audio stream includes aural position characteristics that aurally position the first outgoing audio stream at a first aural position corresponding to a first position of the first participant icon in the first display area;
receiving first input indicating the first participant icon has been moved from the first position to a second position in the first display area;
in response to the first input, determining a second aural position of the first participant icon corresponding to the second position based on the second position and a reference position;
sending a control signal to a conference processor including an audio stream identifier identifying the first outgoing audio stream and an aural position identifier identifying the second aural position; and
receiving the first outgoing audio stream wherein the first outgoing audio stream includes aural position characteristics that aurally position the first outgoing audio stream at the second aural position.
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Abstract
A method and system for designating an aural position of an audio stream in a collaboration environment. A plurality of icons corresponding to participants are displayed in a user interface. A moderator may move the icons from a first position in the user interface to a second position in the user interface. Upon moving an icon from a first position to a second position, an aural position identifier corresponding to the second position is generated and sent to a conference processor. The conference processor uses the aural position identifier to generate an outgoing audio stream that aurally positions the audio stream generated by the participant corresponding to the icon at the aural position. The outgoing audio stream is provided to the moderator, who uses a multi-channel capable device to perceive the audio stream at the designated aural position.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for designating an aural position of an audio stream in a collaboration environment, comprising:
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displaying in a first display area of a user interface on a display device a plurality of participant icons; receiving a first outgoing audio stream corresponding to a first participant icon of the plurality of participant icons, wherein the first outgoing audio stream includes aural position characteristics that aurally position the first outgoing audio stream at a first aural position corresponding to a first position of the first participant icon in the first display area; receiving first input indicating the first participant icon has been moved from the first position to a second position in the first display area; in response to the first input, determining a second aural position of the first participant icon corresponding to the second position based on the second position and a reference position; sending a control signal to a conference processor including an audio stream identifier identifying the first outgoing audio stream and an aural position identifier identifying the second aural position; and receiving the first outgoing audio stream wherein the first outgoing audio stream includes aural position characteristics that aurally position the first outgoing audio stream at the second aural position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A media server comprising:
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a communication interface adapted to communicate with a moderator communication session, a first participant communication session, and a second participant communication session; and a conference processor, wherein the conference processor is adapted to; receive first aural position data associated with the first participant communication session and second aural position data associated with the second participant communication session from a moderator; receive a first incoming audio stream from the first communication session and a second incoming audio stream from the second participant communication session; generate a first outgoing audio stream based on the first incoming audio stream and the second incoming audio stream, wherein the first outgoing audio stream aurally positions the first incoming audio stream at an aural position indicated by the first aural position data and the second incoming audio stream at an aural position indicated by the second aural position data; and provide the first outgoing audio stream to the moderator communication session. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for designating an aural position of an audio stream, said method comprising:
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displaying, in a first display area of a user interface on a display device, a plurality of participant icons; receiving a first outgoing audio stream corresponding to a first participant icon of the plurality of participant icons, wherein the first outgoing audio stream includes aural position characteristics that aurally position the first outgoing audio stream at a first aural position corresponding to a first position of the first participant icon in the first display area; receiving first input indicating that the first participant icon has been moved from the first position to a second position in the first display area; in response to the first input, determining a second aural position of the first participant icon corresponding to the second position based on the second position and a reference position; sending a control signal to a conference processor including an audio stream identifier identifying the first outgoing audio stream and an aural position identifier identifying the second aural position; and receiving the first outgoing audio stream wherein the first outgoing audio stream includes aural position characteristics that aurally position the first outgoing audio stream at the second aural position. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-implemented method of controlling a collaboration environment, comprising:
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displaying in a first display area a first participant icon and a second participant icon, wherein the first participant icon is associated with a first communication session and the a second participant icon is associated with a second communication session; detecting movement of the first participant icon from the first display area to a location in a second display area; determining aural position data associated with the location with respect to a reference location; providing the aural position data to a conference processor; receiving an audio stream aurally positioning a first participant audio stream corresponding to the first communication session at an aural position identified by the aural position data; and providing the audio stream to an output device.
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