AUTOMATED AND ENHANCED NOTE TAKING FOR ONLINE COLLABORATIVE COMPUTING SESSIONS

• US 20110099006A1
• Filed: 10/27/2009
• Published: 04/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sundararaman, Sujatha, Hariharan, Sundar, Raju, Archana Karchalli, Hariharan, Anand
• Granted Patent: US 8,768,705 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/208
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status

Abstract

In one embodiment, during participation in an online collaborative computing session, a computer process associated with the session may monitor an audio stream of the session for a predefined action-inducing phrase. In response to the phrase, a subsequent segment of the session is recorded, such that a report may be generated containing any recorded segments of the session (e.g., and dynamically sent to participants of the session).

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

participating in an online collaborative computing session;

monitoring, by a computer process associated with the session, an audio stream of the session for a predefined action-inducing phrase;

recording, in response to the phrase, a subsequent segment of the session; and

generating a report of any recorded segments of the session.

2. The method as in claim 1, further comprising:

dynamically emailing the report to one or more participants of the session after conclusion of the session.

3. The method as in claim 2, further comprising:

determining one or more particular owners of each segment in the report; and

emailing, to each of the one or more particular owners, only those segments corresponding to each respective owner.

4. The method as in claim 1, further comprising:

populating the report with presented information selected from a group consisting of;

an audio recording of one or more recorded segments;

a video recording of one or more recorded segments;

one or more presented images of one or more recorded segments;

one or more presented slides of one or more recorded segments;

one or more presented documents of one or more recorded segments;

transcribed text from speech of one or more recorded segments; and

typed text of one or more recorded segments.

5. The method as in claim 1, further comprising:

populating the report with pointers to information presented during one or more recorded segments.

6. The method as in claim 1, further comprising:

ceasing recording of a segment in response to impetus selected from;

a predefined length of time corresponding to the action-inducing phrase;

a predefined length of time without detected speech;

or a subsequent predefined cease-recording phrase.

7. The method as in claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring the audio stream during a recorded segment for a subsequent predefined action-inducing phrase.

8. The method as in claim 7, wherein the subsequent predefined action-inducing phrase is directed to an action selected from:

specifying an owner of the recorded segment;

specifying a date or time; and

specifying a type of presented material to record.

9. The method as in claim 1, wherein the process is executed on a client device of the session.

10. The method as in claim 9, further comprising:

in response to detecting the predefined action-inducing phase by the process executed on the client device, instructing a server of the session to record the subsequent segment, wherein the server generates the report.

11. The method as in claim 1, wherein the process is executed on a server of the session.

12. The method as in claim 1, further comprising:

accessing the generated report either during the session or after completion of the session.

13. The method as in claim 1, wherein monitoring takes place real-time during the session.

14. The method as in claim 1, further comprising:

recording the audio stream of the session, wherein monitoring and recording segments take place after completion of the session.

15. The method as in claim 14, further comprising:

converting the recorded audio stream into text, wherein monitoring is performed by searching the text for keywords indicative of the action-inducing phrase.

16. The method as in claim 1, further comprising:

accessing, by participants of the session, the generated report; and

assigning owners to each recorded segment in the generated report.

17. The method as in claim 1, further comprising:

integrating the generated report with one or more scheduling management applications.

18. The method as in claim 1, further comprising:

providing an indication during the session that action-inducing phrase was detected and that recording the subsequent segment is taking place.

19. A tangible computer-readable media having software encoded thereon, the software when executed operable to:

participate in an online collaborative computing session;

monitor an audio stream of the session for a predefined action-inducing phrase;

record, in response to the phrase, a subsequent segment of the session; and

generate a report of any recorded segments of the session.

20. The tangible computer-readable media as in claim 19, wherein the software when executed is further operable to:

dynamically email the report to one or more participants of the session after conclusion of the session.

21. The tangible computer-readable media as in claim 19, wherein the software when executed is further operable to:

populate the report with presented information selected from a group consisting of;

an audio recording of one or more recorded segments;

a video recording of one or more recorded segments;

one or more presented images of one or more recorded segments;

one or more presented slides of one or more recorded segments;

one or more presented documents of one or more recorded segments;

transcribed text from speech of one or more recorded segments;

typed text of one or more recorded segments; and

pointers to information presented during one or more recorded segments.

22. The tangible computer-readable media as in claim 19, wherein the software when executed is further operable to:

cease recording of a segment in response to impetus selected from;

a predefined length of time corresponding to the action-inducing phrase;

a predefined length of time without detected speech;

or a subsequent predefined cease-recording phrase.

23. The tangible computer-readable media as in claim 19, wherein the software when executed is further operable to:

monitor the audio stream during a recorded segment for a subsequent predefined action-inducing phrase.

24. The tangible computer-readable media as in claim 19, wherein the software when executed is further operable to:

instruct a server of the session to record the subsequent segment and generate the report in response to detecting the predefined action-inducing phase.

25. A method, comprising:

participating in an online collaborative computing session;

monitoring, by a computer process associated with the session, the session for a predefined recording-inducing action;

recording, in response to the action, a subsequent segment of the session; and

generating a report of any recorded segments of the session.

26. The method as in claim 25, wherein the predefined recording-inducing action is a spoken phrase within an audio stream during the session.

27. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more network interfaces adapted to communicate over a computer network;

a processor coupled to the network interfaces and adapted to execute one or more processes; and

a memory configured to store a process executable by the processor, the process when executed operable to;

participate in an online collaborative computing session;

monitor an audio stream of the session for a predefined action-inducing phrase;

record, in response to the phrase, a subsequent segment of the session; and

generate a report of any recorded segments of the session.