Methods and apparatuses for recording and viewing a collaboration session

• US 8,312,081 B2
• Filed: 04/26/2011
• Issued: 11/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Yuan, Zheng, Knight, David, Deep, Rohit
• Primary Examiner(s): Yohannes, Tesfay
• Application Number:
  US13/094,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20110202599A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/205, 379/202
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

In one embodiment, a collaboration session is maintained among a plurality of participant devices, at least one participant device operating as a presenter device that shares content during the collaboration session. Content shared during the collaboration session is recorded. A request is detected during the collaboration session from a particular participant device of the plurality of participant devices to view at least a portion of the recorded content. In response to the request during the collaboration from the particular participant device to view the at least a portion of the recorded content, the at least a portion of the recorded content is played back while the collaboration session is still ongoing, wherein the particular participant device remains an active participant in the ongoing collaboration session during playback of the at least a portion of the recorded content. Eventually, playback of the at least a portion of the recorded content is ceased.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

maintaining a collaboration session among a plurality of participant devices, at least one participant device of the plurality of participant devices operating as a presenter device that shares content during the collaboration session;

recording the content shared during the collaboration session;

assigning one or more time stamps to the recorded content;

detecting a request during the collaboration session from a particular participant device of the plurality of participant devices to view at least a portion of the recorded content;

identifying the at least portion of the recorded content based on the one or more time stamps;

in response to the request during the collaboration session from the particular participant device to view the portion of the recorded content, playing back the portion of the recorded content, based on a selected at least one of the one or more time stamps, while the collaboration session is still ongoing, wherein the particular participant device remains an active participant in the ongoing collaboration session during playback of the portion of the recorded content; and

ceasing to playback the portion of the recorded content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the recording further comprises:

detecting the content shared during the collaboration session;

applying time stamps to the content; and

recording the content in association with the time stamps.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises audio shared during the collaboration session.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises text messages shared during the collaboration session.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises documents or applications shared during the collaboration session.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

pausing, rewinding or fast forwarding the playback of the at least a portion of the recorded content.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recording the recorded content at a recording server.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the playing back further comprises:

streaming the recorded content to the particular participant device from the recording server.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a request during the collaboration session from the particular participant device to also view recorded content from one or more second collaboration sessions;

in response to the request during the collaboration from the particular participant device to also view recorded content from one or more second collaboration sessions, also playing back recorded content from the one or more second collaboration sessions while the collaboration session is still ongoing.

10. A method comprising:

maintaining a first collaboration session among a plurality of participant devices, at least one participant device of the plurality of participant devices operating as a presenter device that shares content during the first collaboration session;

detecting a request during the first collaboration session from a particular participant device of the plurality of participant devices to view at least a portion of recorded content from multiple collaboration sessions;

identifying the at least portion of the recorded content based on one or more time stamps assigned to the recorded content;

in response to the request during the first collaboration session from the particular participant device to view recorded content from multiple sessions, playing back recorded content from the multiple collaboration sessions, based on a selection of at least one of the one or more time stamps previously assigned to the recorded content, while the first collaboration session is still ongoing, wherein the particular participant device remains an active participant in the ongoing collaboration session during playback of the recorded content from the multiple collaboration sessions.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first collaboration session is one of the multiple collaboration sessions whose recorded content is played back.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein each of the multiple collaboration sessions are ongoing collaboration sessions.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

ceasing the playback of recorded content from the multiple collaboration sessions.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store instructions for execution on the processor, the instructions including instructions that when executed are operable to;

maintain a collaboration session among a plurality of participant devices, at least one participant device of the plurality of participant devices to operate as a presenter device that shares content during the collaboration session,

record the content shared during the collaboration session,

assign one or more time stamps to the recorded content;

detect a request during the collaboration session from a particular participant device to view at least a portion of the recorded content, content, and

identify the at least portion of the recorded content based on the one or more time stamps, and

in response to the request during the collaboration session from the particular participant device to view the portion of the recorded content, play back the portion of the recorded content, based on a selected at least one of the one or more time stamps, while the collaboration session is still ongoing,

wherein the particular participant device remains an active participant in the ongoing collaboration session during playback.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions to record further comprise instructions that when executed are operable to:

detect the content shared during the collaboration session, apply the one or more time stamps to the content, and record the content in association with the one or more time stamps.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions to record further comprise instructions that when executed are operable to:

stream the recorded content to the particular participant device.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions comprise instructions that when executed are operable to:

detect a request during the collaboration session from the particular participant device to also view recorded content from one or more second collaboration sessions, and in response to the request during the collaboration session from the particular participant device to also view recorded content from one or more second collaboration sessions, also play back recorded content from the one or more second collaboration sessions while the collaboration session is still ongoing.