MANAGING SHARED CONTENT IN VIRTUAL COLLABORATION SYSTEMS

• US 20120016960A1
• Filed: 04/16/2009
• Published: 01/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daniel G. Gelb, Ian N. Robinson, Kar-Han Tan
• Original Assignee: Daniel G. Gelb, Ian N. Robinson, Kar-Han Tan
• Inventors: Gelb, Daniel G., Robinson, Ian N., Tan, Kar-Han
• Application Number:
  US13/259,750
• Publication Number:
  US 20120016960A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

Abstract

Systems and methods for modifying content of a media stream (24) based on a user'"'"'s one or more gestures are disclosed. A node (22) configured to transmit a media stream (24) having content to one or more other nodes includes a media device (36) configured to capture an image of one or more gestures of a user of the node (22); a media analyzer (38) configured to identify the one or more gestures from the captured image; and a node manager (44) configured to modify the content of the media stream (24) based, at least in part, on the identified one or more gestures,

Claims

1. A node (22) configured to transmit a media stream (24) having content to one or more other nodes (22), comprising:

a media device (36) configured to capture an image of one or more gestures of a user of the node (22);

a media analyzer (38) configured to identify the one or more gestures from the captured image; and

a node manager (44) configured to modify the content of the media stream based, at least in part, on the identified one or more gestures.

2. The node (22) of claim 1, wherein the node manager (44) is configured to send an instruction to the one or more other nodes (22) based, at least in part, on the identified one or more gestures, the instructions configured to modify the content of the media stream (24) received from the node (22) at the one or more other nodes (22).

3. The node (22) of claim 1, wherein the node manager (44) is configured to modify the content of the media stream (24) prior to transmitting that media stream (24) to the one or more other nodes (22).

4. The node (22) of claim 1, wherein the media stream (24) includes video of the user of the node (22) and the content composited within the video of the user of the node (22), and the node manager (44) is configured to modify how the content is displayed within the video of the user of the node (22) in the media stream (24) based, at least in part, on the identified one or more gestures.

5. The node (22) of claim 4, wherein the node manager (44) is configured to modify at least one of a display size and a position of the content within the video of the user of the node (22) in the media stream (24) based, at least in part, on the identified one or more gestures.

6. The node (22) of claim 4, wherein the one or more other nodes (22) include an environmental device, and wherein the node manager (44) is configured to modify a setting of the environmental device based, at least in part, on the identified one or more gestures.

7. The node (22) of claim 1, wherein the media device (36) is further configured to capture audio of one or more voice commands from the user, the media analyzer (38) is further configured to identify the one or more voice commands, and the node manager (44) is further configured to modify the content of the media stream (24) based, at least in part, on the identified one or more voice commands.

8. The node (22) of claim 1, further comprising a feedback system (54) configured to provide visual feedback of the one or more gestures to the user of the node (22).

9. The node (22) of claim 8, wherein the feedback system (54) is further configured to provide visual feedback of the identified one or more gestures to the user of the node (22).

10. A method (300) of modifying content of a media stream (24) based on a user gesture, comprising:

capturing (302) an image of the user gesture;

identifying (304) the user gesture in the captured image; and

modifying (306) the content of the media stream (24) based on the identified user gesture.

11. The method (300) of claim 10, where the content of the media stream (24) includes a visual representation of an object, and wherein modifying the content of the media stream (24) includes modifying the orientation of the object based on the identified user gesture.

12. The method (300) of claim 10, where the media stream (24) includes video of the user and the content composited within the video of the user, and wherein modifying the content of the media stream (24) includes modifying how the content is displayed within the video of the user based on the identified user gesture.

13. The method (300) of claim 10, further comprising providing (310) visual feedback to the user of the user gesture.

14. The method (300) of claim 10, further comprising providing (312) visual feedback to the user of the identified user gesture.

15. Computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions for modifying content of a media stream (24) using a user gesture, the computer-executable instructions being configured to:

capture (302) an image of the user gesture;

identify (304) the user gesture in the captured image; and

modify (306) the content of the media stream (24) based on the identified user gesture.