Dynamic media content for collaborators with VOIP support for client communications

• US 8,005,025 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2008
• Issued: 08/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Activision Publishing Incorporated (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bodin, William K., Thorson, Derral C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Chirag G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kang, Suk Jin
• Application Number:
  US12/169,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20080259910A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,140 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/261
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for delivering dynamic media content to collaborators. Embodiments include providing collaborative event media content, wherein the collaborative event media content includes a grammar and a structured document; selecting a VOIP protocol for communications between a client and a dynamic context generation server; generating a dynamic client context for a client by the dynamic context generation server in dependence upon communications from the client through the selected VOIP protocol; detecting an event in dependence upon the dynamic client context; identifying one or more collaborators in dependence upon the dynamic client context and the event; selecting from the structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon an event type and a collaborator classification; and transmitting the selected structural element to the collaborator.

Claims

1. A system for delivering dynamic media content to collaborators, the system comprising a computer processor operatively couple to a computer memory, the computer memory including computer program instructions that, upon being executed by the computer processor, cause the system to carry out the steps of:

providing collaborative event media content, wherein the collaborative event media content further comprises a grammar and a structured document;

selecting a VOIP protocol for communications between a client and a dynamic context generation server;

generating a dynamic client context for a client by the dynamic context generation server in dependence upon communications from the client through the selected VOIP protocol;

detecting an event in dependence upon the dynamic client context;

identifying one or more collaborators in dependence upon the dynamic client context and the event;

selecting from the structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon an event type and a collaborator classification; and

transmitting the selected structural element to the collaborator.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein selecting a VOIP protocol further comprises selecting a VOIP protocol for a voice response server by the context server, the voice response server supporting voice communications with the client and supporting data communications with the context server.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein selecting a VOIP protocol further comprises selecting a VOIP protocol for a voice response server by the voice response server, the voice response server supporting voice communications with the client and supporting data communications with the context server.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein selecting a VOIP protocol further comprises:

requesting by the client a list of supported VOIP protocols;

receiving by the client the list of supported VOIP protocols; and

selecting by the client a supported VOIP protocol.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein selecting a VOIP protocol further comprises:

requesting by the client a list of supported VOIP protocols;

receiving by the client the list of supported VOIP protocols;

selecting by the client a supported VOIP protocol;

requesting by the client use of the selected VOIP protocol; and

receiving by the client acknowledgment of the selected VOIP protocol.

6. A computer program product for delivering dynamic media content to collaborators, the computer program product disposed upon a non-transitory recording medium, the computer program product including computer program instructions recorded on the non-transitory recording medium that, upon being executed by a computer processor, cause the computer processor to carry out the steps of:

providing collaborative event media content, wherein the collaborative event media content further comprises a grammar and a structured document;

selecting a VOIP protocol for communications between a client and a dynamic context generation server;

generating a dynamic client context for a client by the dynamic context generation server in dependence upon communications from the client through the selected VOIP protocol;

detecting an event in dependence upon the dynamic client context;

identifying one or more collaborators in dependence upon the dynamic client context and the event;

selecting from the structured document a classified structural element in dependence upon an event type and a collaborator classification; and

transmitting the selected structural element to the collaborator.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein selecting a VOIP protocol further comprises selecting a VOIP protocol for a voice response server by the context server, the voice response server supporting voice communications with the client and supporting data communications with the context server.

8. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein selecting a VOIP protocol further comprises selecting a VOIP protocol for a voice response server by the voice response server, the voice response server supporting voice communications with the client and supporting data communications with the context server.

9. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein selecting a VOIP protocol further comprises:

requesting by the client a list of supported VOIP protocols;

receiving by the client the list of supported VOIP protocols; and

selecting by the client a supported VOIP protocol.

10. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein selecting a VOIP protocol further comprises:

requesting by the client a list of supported VOIP protocols;

receiving by the client the list of supported VOIP protocols;

selecting by the client a supported VOIP protocol;

requesting by the client use of the selected VOIP protocol; and

receiving by the client acknowledgment of the selected VOIP protocol.

11. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein generating a dynamic client context further comprises:

acquiring data that describes the client and the client'"'"'s environment; and

storing the data describing the client and the client'"'"'s environment in a context server.

12. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein detecting an event in dependence upon the dynamic client context further comprises:

detecting a change in a value of a data element in the dynamic client context; and

applying event detection rules base to the dynamic client context.