ENHANCED COLLECTION ENVIRONMENTS

• US 20140157102A1
• Filed: 11/30/2012
• Published: 06/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Grieb, Doreen N., Gandhi, Jaimin K., Yang, Samantha S., Ng, Isaiah
• Granted Patent: US 10,558,729 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/230
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

Systems, methods, and software for facilitating enhanced collection environments are disclosed. In at least one implementation, a collection environment is presented that includes a presentation recording and a written paragraph. The presentation recording includes presentation sections while the paragraph includes written sections. A user input may be directed to the written paragraph. One of the written paragraphs is identified as corresponding to the user input. In addition, one the presentation sections is identified as corresponding to the written section. A media function can then be applied to the presentation section in the presentation recording.

Claims

1. One or more computer readable storage media having stored thereon program instructions for facilitating control of collection environments that, when executed by a computing system, direct the computing system to at least:

present a collection environment comprising a presentation recording having a plurality of presentation sections and a written paragraph having a plurality of written sections;

identify which written section of the plurality of written sections corresponds to a user input directed to the written paragraph and which presentation section of the plurality of presentation sections corresponds to the written section; and

apply a media function to the presentation section in the presentation recording.

2. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 1 wherein the program instructions, when executed by the computing system, further direct the computing system to:

identify which one of the plurality of presentation sections corresponds to another user input directed to the presentation recording;

identify which one of the plurality of written sections in the written paragraph corresponds to the one of the plurality of presentation sections; and

apply another media function to the one of the plurality of written sections in the written paragraph.

3. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 2 wherein each of the plurality of written sections corresponds to a different one of the plurality of presentation sections.

4. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 3 wherein the program instructions, when executed by the computing system, further direct the computing system to track which of the plurality of written sections corresponds to which of the plurality of presentation sections while generating the written paragraph and the presentation recording.

5. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 4 wherein the media function comprises a jump function and wherein to apply the jump function to the presentation section, the program instructions direct the computing system jump to the presentation section while playing out the presentation recording.

6. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 4 wherein the media function comprises a delete function and wherein to apply the delete function to the presentation section, the program instructions direct the computing system to delete at least a portion of the presentation recording including the presentation section.

7. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 4 wherein the another media function comprises an insert function and wherein to apply the another media function to the one of the plurality of written sections, the program instructions direct the computing system to insert text adjacent to the one of the plurality of written sections.

8. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of written sections of the written paragraph comprises a one of an individual word, line, or phrase in the written paragraph.

9. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 8 wherein the presentation recording comprises one of an audio recording, a video recording, a document presentation recording, an instant message recording, and a virtual white board recording.

10. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 1 wherein the user input comprises a touch gesture and wherein the program instructions direct the computing system to identify the written section in response to the touch gesture and apply the media function to the presentation section in response to a subsequent touch gesture.

11. A computing apparatus comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media; and

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for facilitating control of collection environments that, when executed by a processing system, direct the processing system to at least initiate presentation of a collection page having plurality of collected items comprising a recording and notes while generating at least a portion of the recording, identify a word in the notes selected by the user input, identify a media function selected by a subsequent user input, and initiate application of the media function to a section of the recording that corresponds to the word.

12. The computing apparatus of claim 11 wherein the program instructions, when executed by the processing system, further direct the processing system to track which words of the notes correspond to which sections of the recording.

13. The computing apparatus of claim 12 wherein the words in the notes correspond to different sections of the recording and wherein the program instructions, when executed by the processing system, further direct the processing system to identify which of the sections in the recording corresponds to the word selected by the user input.

14. The computing apparatus of claim 11 wherein the user input comprises a touch gesture and wherein the subsequent user input comprises a subsequent touch gesture.

15. The computing apparatus of claim 11 further comprising the processing system coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media and configured to execute the program instructions.

16. The computing apparatus of claim 11 wherein the recording comprises at least one of an audio recording, a video recording, a document presentation recording, an instant message recording, and a virtual white board recording.

17. A method of operating a collection environment, the method comprising:

initiating presentation of the collection environment, the collection environment comprising a presentation recording having a plurality of presentation sections and a written paragraph having a plurality of written sections;

initiating identification of which written section of the plurality of written sections corresponds to a user input directed to the written paragraph and which presentation section of the plurality of presentation sections corresponds to the written section; and

initiating application of a media function to the presentation section in the presentation recording.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

identifying which one of the plurality of presentation sections corresponds to another user input directed to the presentation recording;

identifying which one of the plurality of written sections in the written paragraph corresponds to the one of the plurality of presentation sections; and

applying another media function to the one of the plurality of written sections in the written paragraph.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein each of the plurality of written sections corresponds to a different one of the plurality of presentation sections and wherein the method further comprising tracking which of the plurality of written sections corresponds to which of the plurality of presentation sections while generating the written paragraph and the presentation recording.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the media function comprises at least one of a play function, a jump function, and a delete function, and wherein the presentation recording comprises at least one of an audio recording, a video recording, a chat recording, a slide show recording, and a virtual white board recording.