Telecommunication and multimedia management method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A method for consecutively rendering two or more conversations on a communication device, comprising:
- defining a priority hierarchy for rendering media associated with a defined set of two or more conversations as media associated with the two or more conversations is received at the communication device;
sequencing, on the communication device, the media associated with the defined set of conversations into a sequence order at least partially based on the defined priority hierarchy; and
consecutively rendering, on the communication device, the media associated with the defined set of conversations in the sequence order on the communication device, wherein available media associated with the conversation first in the sequence order is selectively rendered in (i) a near real-time mode and (ii) a time-shifted mode; and
wherein the available media for the other conversations not first in the sequence order is selectively rendered in the time-shifted mode.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for consecutively rendering one or more conversations on a first communication device. The method includes defining a set of conversations to be consecutively rendered among the one or more conversations and defining a priority hierarchy for rendering the media associated with the defined set of conversations. During operation, media associated with the defined set of conversations is received at the first communication device over a network. In accordance with the method, the available media is continually sequenced into a sequence order at least partially based on the hierarchy priority. The one or more conversations are consecutively rendered by continually rendering the media in the sequence order.
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91 Claims
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1. A method for consecutively rendering two or more conversations on a communication device, comprising:
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defining a priority hierarchy for rendering media associated with a defined set of two or more conversations as media associated with the two or more conversations is received at the communication device; sequencing, on the communication device, the media associated with the defined set of conversations into a sequence order at least partially based on the defined priority hierarchy; and consecutively rendering, on the communication device, the media associated with the defined set of conversations in the sequence order on the communication device, wherein available media associated with the conversation first in the sequence order is selectively rendered in (i) a near real-time mode and (ii) a time-shifted mode; and wherein the available media for the other conversations not first in the sequence order is selectively rendered in the time-shifted mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A communication device, comprising:
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a memory element; and a render element configured to; define a priority hierarchy for rendering the media associated with a defined set of two or more conversations as media associated with the two or more conversations is received at the communication device; sequence the media associated with the defined set of conversations into a sequence order at least partially based on the defined priority hierarchy; and consecutively render the media associated with the defined set of conversations in the sequence order, wherein available media associated with the conversation first in the sequence order is selectively rendered in (i) a near real-time mode and ii) a time-shifted mode out of the memory element; and wherein the available media for the other conversations not first in the sequence order is selectively rendered in the time-shifted mode. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer code configured to be executed on a communication device, the computer code configured to:
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define on the communication device a priority hierarchy for rendering the media associated with a defined set of two or more conversations as media associated with the two or more conversations is received at the communication device; sequence on the communication device the media associated with the defined set of conversations into a sequence order at least partially based on the defined priority hierarchy; and consecutively render the media associated with the defined set of conversations in the sequence order on the communication device, wherein available media associated with the conversation first in the sequence order is selectively rendered in (i) a near real-time mode and ii) a time-shifted mode; and wherein the available media for the other conversations not first in the sequence order is selectively rendered in the time-shifted mode. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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