Method and System For Context Sensitive Content and Information in Unified Communication and Collaboration (UCC) Sessions

• US 20120233155A1
• Filed: 03/12/2012
• Published: 09/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Polycom Incorporated (Plantronics, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Polycom Incorporated (Plantronics, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gallmeier, Jonathan, Sai, Krishna, Tucker, Michael, Brakus, Ed
• Application Number:
  US13/417,561
• Publication Number:
  US 20120233155A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/685 using automatically derived transcript of audio data, e.g. lyrics speech recognition G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7844 using original textual content or text extracted from visual content or transcript of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• 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: 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

Systems and methods are disclosed to identify and generate keyword searches in real-time or near real-time for active participants in an on-going Audio, Video and Data Collaboration meeting (also referred to as “Unified Communications and Collaboration” or UCC). In one embodiment, multiple input sources are screened to detect text data and generate search strings from the deciphered keywords. Keywords are deciphered from presentation materials and other forms of data input to a UCC (e.g., documents, video, and audio). Keywords and generated search strings can then be presented to one or more participants for selection (e.g., hyperlink) to retrieve and present supporting material relative to a topic of discussion or point of interest in the UCC. Alternatively, recorded content can be search during or prior to playback to allow incorporation of disclosed embodiments and concepts.

Claims

1. A method of automatically generating and presenting selection links to supporting data relative to information being presented in a unified communications and collaboration (UCC) session, the method comprising:

obtaining presentation material from one or more sources;

processing, on a processing device, at least a portion of the obtained presentation material to extract keywords pertaining to subject matter contained in the processed presentation material;

providing one or more of the extracted keywords to a search engine function;

receiving results from the search engine function;

processing, on the processing device, at least a portion of the received results; and

providing one or more selection links for presentation wherein the one or more selection links are based on the processed results and wherein a selection of the one or more selection links initiates presentation of information referenced by the selection link.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein processing results returned from the search engine function comprises performing a mashup function.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein user provided filters are applied to results returned from the mashup function prior to presenting one or more selection links.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

obtaining a user profile defining levels of expertise for an associated user; and

applying a filter based on the user profile prior to presenting the one or more selection links.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein user provided filters are applied to extracted keywords prior to providing the one or more extracted keywords to a search engine function.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein user provided filters are provided to the search engine function to limit search results based on an information category or a result type.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more sources are selected from the group consisting of electronic documents, audio data, video data, image data, and whiteboard data.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein processing at least a portion of the obtained presentation materials further comprises performing speech to text conversion on audio data.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein processing at least a portion of the obtained presentation materials further comprises using software to perform object recognition on video data or image data.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising invoking the search engine function to search one or more of a content distribution system, Internet sites, or an enterprise workspace.

11. A computer system configured to automatically provide selection links determined from presented content, the computer system comprising:

a programmable control device;

a network interface communicatively coupled to the program control device; and

a display device communicatively coupled to the program control device;

wherein the programmable control device is configured with executable instructions to cause the programmable control device to;

obtain information pertaining to presentation material from one or more sources;

process at least a portion of the obtained information to extract keywords pertaining to subject matter contained in the processed information;

provide one or more of the extracted keywords to a search engine function;

receive results from the search engine function;

process at least a portion of the received results; and

provide one or more selection links for presentation, wherein the one or more selection links are based on the processed results and wherein a selection of the one or more selection links initiates presentation of information referenced by the selection link.

12. The computer system of claim 11 wherein the information pertaining to presentation material is obtained via the network interface.

13. The computer system of claim 11 wherein the information pertaining to presentation material is obtained via an audio interface.

14. The computer system of claim 11 wherein the information pertaining to presentation material is obtained via a video interface.

15. The computer system of claim 13 wherein the executable instructions to cause the programmable control device to process at least a portion of the obtained information comprise executable instructions to cause the programmable control device to perform speech to text conversion on audio data.

16. The computer system of claim 14 wherein the executable instructions to cause the programmable control device to process at least a portion of the obtained information comprise executable instructions to cause the programmable control device to perform object recognition on video or image data.

17. The computer system of claim 11 wherein the presentation material comprises audio information.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions tangibly embodied thereon to cause one or more programmable processing units to:

obtain information pertaining to presentation material from one or more sources;

process at least a portion of the obtained information to extract keywords pertaining to subject matter contained in the processed information;

provide one or more of the extracted keywords to a search engine function;

receive results from the search engine function;

process at least a portion of the received results; and

provide one or more selection links for presentation, wherein the one or more selection links are based on the processed results and wherein a selection of the one or more selection links initiates presentation of information referenced by the selection link.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 wherein the executable instructions to process at least a portion of the obtained presentation material further comprise executable instructions to perform speech to text conversion on audio data.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 wherein the executable instructions to process at least a portion of the obtained presentation material further comprise executable instructions to perform object recognition on video data or image data.