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Method and apparatus for recording and indexing an audio and multimedia conference

  • US 5,710,591 A
  • Filed: 06/27/1995
  • Issued: 01/20/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for recording and indexing information exchanged during a multimedia conference having a plurality of participants at a plurality of spaced apart terminal devices and interacting through a multimedia bridge connected to a computer, each of the terminal devices having audio input means for inputting an audio signal to the each terminal device, and at least one of the each terminal devices having a video input means for inputting a video signal to the at least one terminal device and a data accessing means for accessing stored data files during the multimedia conference, said method comprising the steps of:

  • detecting at the computer an audio signal input to the audio input means of the at least one terminal device;

    identifying the at least one terminal device from which the detected audio signal originated and generating a location signal representative of the identified terminal device; and

    recording the detected audio signal, an address signal identifying any stored data file accessed during the multimedia conference by the at least one terminal device, at least a portion of the video signal and said location signal identifying the at least one terminal device from which the detected audio signal originated to correlate the recorded detected audio signal, the recorded portion of the video signal, the stored data file address signal and the recorded location signal with each other.

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