Automated conference recording for missing conference participants
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1. A method for automated recording of conference media comprising:
- determining key invitees for a scheduled conference;
connecting to the scheduled conference;
initiating recording of conference media from the scheduled conference into a conference media file;
monitoring participants in the scheduled conference;
determining whether all of the key invitees have joined as participants in the scheduled conference; and
if all of the key invitees have joined the scheduled conference, stopping the recording of the conference media and deleting the conference media file.
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Abstract
A conferencing system provides automated recording of conference media using a recording module. The recording module connects with conferences and records these conferences automatically. In certain circumstances, such as when all key invitees have joined a conference, the recording module stops recording and deletes recorded media for the conference.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for automated recording of conference media comprising:
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determining key invitees for a scheduled conference; connecting to the scheduled conference; initiating recording of conference media from the scheduled conference into a conference media file; monitoring participants in the scheduled conference; determining whether all of the key invitees have joined as participants in the scheduled conference; and if all of the key invitees have joined the scheduled conference, stopping the recording of the conference media and deleting the conference media file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An automated conference media recording module comprising:
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a memory operable to maintain conference information, the conference information identifying a scheduled conference and key invitees for the scheduled conference; an interface operable to connect to the scheduled conference; a controller operable to initiate recording of conference media from the scheduled conference into a conference media file, to monitor participants in the scheduled conference, to determine whether all of the key invitees have joined as participants in the scheduled conference, and, if all of the key invitees have joined the scheduled conference, to stop the recording of the conference media and delete the conference media file. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Logic for automated recording of conference media, the logic encoded in media and operable when executed to perform the steps of:
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determining key invitees for a scheduled conference; connecting to the scheduled conference; initiating recording of conference media from the scheduled conference into a conference media file; monitoring participants in the scheduled conference; determining whether all of the key invitees have joined as participants in the scheduled conference; and if all of the key invitees have joined the scheduled conference, stopping the recording of the conference media and deleting the conference media file. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An automated conference media recording module comprising:
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means for determining key invitees for a scheduled conference; means for connecting to the scheduled conference; means for initiating recording of conference media from the scheduled conference into a conference media file; means for monitoring participants in the scheduled conference; means for determining whether all of the key invitees have joined as participants in the scheduled conference; and means for, if all of the key invitees have joined the scheduled conference, stopping the recording of the conference media and deleting the conference media file.
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29. A method for automated recording of conference media comprising:
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determining key invitees for a scheduled conference; connecting to the scheduled conference; initiating recording of conference media from the scheduled conference into a conference media file; monitoring participants in the scheduled conference; determining that all of the key invitees have not joined as participants in the scheduled conference after a predetermined period of time following a scheduled time for the schedule conference; detecting completion of the scheduled conference; determining missing ones of the key invitees that did not join the scheduled conference; and communicating an electronic mail message to each of the missing invitees, wherein each of the electronic mail messages comprises a copy of the conference media file.
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