System and method for collaboration summarization playback

• US 7,545,758 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2002
• Issued: 06/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Unify Inc. (Atos SE)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Communications Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Caspi, Rami, Beyda, William J.
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, QUOC DUC
• Application Number:
  US10/316,567
• Publication Number:
  US 20040114541A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,372 Days
• Field of Search: 370/260, 370/263, 370/265, 370/271, 709/204, 379/202.01, 379/207.01, 379/67.1, 379/68, 379/87, 379/88.13, 348/14.08, 348/14.09, 348/211.12
• US Class Current: 370/260
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• 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: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/42 Graphical user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/60 Medium conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4536 Voicemail combined with text-based messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/203 composed of PSTN and data network, e.g. the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/382 using authorisation codes or passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5307 for recording messages comprising any combination of audio and non-audio components
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

A system for collaboration summarization playback includes a graphical user interface (950) for displaying summarization categories (952) associated with recording cues and clips of the multimedia conference. The categories may be arranged as a list or as thumbnails and typically includes a length of time for each category; a time during the conference when the associated clip was recorded; and a media type. The categories are clickable and allow the associated clip to be played or displayed as recorded. In addition, in certain embodiments, a voice recognition transcription of audio clips may be provided.

Claims

1. A telecommunications method, comprising:

storing a plurality of user-defined recording cues, said recording cues adapted for marking a predetermined time period around which a portion of a multimedia conference is to be recorded, said storing including training a conferencing system to recognize the user-defined recording cues;

capturing portions of said multimedia conference responsive to execution of said plurality of recording cues, said execution including user invocation of the user-defined recording cue during the conference; and

storing said portions according to user-defined categories.

2. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising playing said portions back based on particular categories.

3. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 2, said playing back further comprising playing back based on said particular categories and a relevance probability determination.

4. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 2, further comprising rendering said categories as audio cues.

5. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising arranging said audio cues an interactive voice response menu.

6. A telecommunications method in accordance with claim 5, further comprising playing back captured portions having a selectable probability.

7. A telecommunications system, comprising:

a local area network (LAN);

a multimedia server operably coupled to said network, said multimedia server adapted to manage a multimedia conference and including a memory for storing selectable portions of said multimedia conference;

one or more client devices operably coupled to said LAN and adapted to set user-defined recording cues for choosing said portions of said multimedia conference for playback, wherein setting user-defined recording cues includes training the multimedia server to recognize said recording cues prior to a multimedia conference and automatically recognize participant invocation of a recording cue while a conference is ongoing; and

indexing said portions according to user-defined categories.

8. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 7, said one or more clients adapted to select for storing a transcription of an audio portion of said multimedia conference.

9. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 7, wherein said one or more client devices are adapted to set probabilities of recognition of said recording cues.

10. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 7, wherein said recording cues comprise audio recording cues.

11. A telecommunications system in accordance with claim 7, wherein said recording cues comprise video recording cues.

12. A telecommunications server, comprising:

a multimedia communication controller for interlacing multimedia conferences; and

a collaboration controller operably coupled to said multimedia communication controller, said collaboration controller adapted to store a multimedia conference and play back selected portions of said multimedia conference according to user selected criteria based on user-defined recording cues and responsive to a user-defined index based on said user-defined and invocable recording cues, said recording cues being trainable to the collaboration controller by the user, the collaboration controller configured to mark a predetermined period around which the selected portions are recorded.

13. A telecommunications server in accordance with claim 12, said collaboration controller adapted to select for storing a transcription of an audio portion of said multimedia conference.

14. A telecommunications server in accordance with claim 12, wherein said collaboration controller is adapted to play back said portions based on probabilities of recognition of said recording cues.

15. A telecommunications server in accordance with claim 12, wherein said recording cues comprise audio recording cues.

16. A telecommunications server in accordance with claim 12, wherein said recording cues comprise video recording cues.

17. A telecommunications server in accordance with claim 16, wherein said recording cues comprise whiteboard recording cues.