SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING VIDEO DATA

• US 20130063542A1
• Filed: 09/14/2011
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bhat, Raghurama, Chirputkar, Ashish S., Sitaram, Muralidhar K., Khouri, Joseph Fouad
• Application Number:
  US13/232,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20130063542A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/14.03
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1089 by adding media; by removing media
• 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: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/301 Management of recordings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/6009 Personal information, e.g. profiles or personal directories being only provided to authorised persons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

A method is provided in one example implementation and includes receiving video data associated with a plurality of video streams during a communication session; receiving a rule selection for a particular video stream that is selected from the plurality of video streams; and displaying the particular video stream based on the rule selection. In more specific examples, the rule selection includes a designation for a video stream corresponding to an active speaker in the communication session, or a designation for a video stream associated with speech that is spoken prior to the active speaker in the communication session, or a designation for a video stream associated with a particular word recited in the communication session, or a designation for a video stream associated with a profile, which identifies an expertise of a participant of the communication session.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving video data associated with a plurality of video streams during a communication session;

receiving a rule selection for a particular video stream that is selected from the plurality of video streams; and

displaying the particular video stream based on the rule selection.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the rule selection includes a designation for a video stream corresponding to an active speaker in the communication session.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the rule selection includes a designation for a video stream associated with speech that is spoken prior to the active speaker in the communication session.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the rule selection includes a designation for a video stream associated with a particular word recited in the communication session.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the rule selection includes a designation for a video stream associated with a profile, which identifies an expertise of a participant of the communication session.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the rule selection includes a designation for a video stream associated with a profile, which identifies a job characteristic of a participant of the communication session.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the rule selection is included as part of a default rule setting for which predetermined video streams are designated for particular video panels of the graphical user interface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the rule selection includes a designation for a video stream associated with a profile, which identifies a social networking characteristic of a participant of the communication session.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a recording is generated for the communication session, and the rule selection is maintained for playback of the recording.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the rule selection is provided in a video display manager configured to offer options for provisioning rules during the communication session.

11. Logic encoded in one or more non-transitory media that includes instructions for execution and when executed by a processor operable to perform operations, comprising:

receiving video data associated with a plurality of video streams during a communication session;

receiving a rule selection for a particular video stream that is selected from the plurality of video streams; and

displaying the particular video stream based on the rule selection.

12. The logic of claim 11, wherein the rule selection includes a designation for a video stream corresponding to an active speaker in the communication session.

13. The logic of claim 12, wherein the rule selection includes a designation for a video stream associated with speech that is spoken prior to the active speaker in the communication session.

14. The logic of claim 11, wherein the rule selection includes a designation for a video stream associated with a particular word recited in the communication session.

15. The logic of claim 11, wherein the rule selection includes a designation for a video stream associated with a profile, which identifies an expertise of a participant of the communication session.

16. The logic of claim 11, wherein a recording is generated for the communication session, and the rule selection is maintained for playback of the recording.

17. An endpoint, comprising:

a memory element configured to store electronic instructions;

a processor operable to execute the instructions; and

a video display manager module coupled to the memory element and the processor, wherein the endpoint is configured for;

receiving video data associated with a plurality of video streams during a communication session;

receiving a rule selection for a particular video stream that is selected from the plurality of video streams; and

displaying the particular video stream based on the rule selection.

18. The endpoint of claim 17, wherein the rule selection includes a designation for a video stream corresponding to an active speaker in the communication session.

19. The endpoint of claim 18, wherein the rule selection includes a designation for a video stream associated with speech that is spoken prior to the active speaker in the communication session.

20. The endpoint of claim 17, wherein the rule selection includes a designation for a video stream associated with a particular word recited in the communication session.

21. A server, comprising:

a memory element configured to store electronic instructions; and

a processor operable to execute the instructions, wherein the server is configured to receive a request from an endpoint for a software download such that the endpoint is configured for;

receiving video data associated with a plurality of video streams during a communication session;

receiving a rule selection for a particular video stream that is selected from the plurality of video streams; and

displaying the particular video stream based on the rule selection.