Managing delivery of electronic meeting content

• US 8,484,293 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2010
• Issued: 07/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Crosbie, Mark, de Prado, Javier Marcos, O'Sullivan, Patrick Joseph, Riffe, Annette S. Hoag
• Primary Examiner(s): WASEL, MOHAMED A
• Application Number:
  US12/982,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20120173621A1
• Time in Patent Office: 922 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/205
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234327 by decomposing into layers, e.g. base layer and one or more enhancement layers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/155 involving storage of or access to video conference sessions tracking arrangements for later retrieval of a computer conference content or participants activities H04L12/1831

Abstract

A first portion of electronic meeting content is transmitted to a first client computing device. The first portion of the electronic meeting content configured to provide a first content resolution that is less than a full content resolution. A second portion of the electronic meeting content is transmitted to the first client computing device. The second portion of the electronic meeting content configured to provide a second content resolution that is greater than the first content resolution. The second portion of the electronic meeting content combined with the first portion of the electronic meeting content provides progressive refinement of electronic meeting content transmitted to the first client computing device.

Claims

1. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

transmitting a first portion of electronic meeting content to a first client computing device, the first portion of the electronic meeting content configured to provide a first content resolution that is less than a full content resolution; and

transmitting a second portion of the electronic meeting content to the first client computing device, the second portion of the electronic meeting content configured to provide a second content resolution that is greater than the first content resolution;

wherein the second portion of the electronic meeting content combined with the first portion of the electronic meeting content provides progressive refinement of electronic meeting content transmitted to the first client computing device.

2. The computer program product according to claim 1, further including instructions for determining a reception capacity associated with the first client computing device.

3. The computer program product according to claim 2, wherein the first portion of the electronic meeting content is based upon, at least in part the determined reception capacity associated with the first client computing device.

4. The computer program product according to claim 1, wherein the first portion of the electronic meeting content is associated with at least a first component of the electronic meeting content.

5. The computer program product according to claim 1, wherein the second portion of the electronic meeting content is associated with at least a second component of the electronic meeting content.

6. The computer program product according to claim 1, wherein the second portion of the electronic meeting content is configured to provide the second content resolution in conjunction with the first portion of the electronic meeting content.

7. The computer program product according to claim 1, further comprising instructions for transmitting one or more additional portions of the electronic meeting content to the first client computing device, wherein the one or more additional portions of the electronic meeting content are configured to provide a content resolution greater than the second content resolution.

8. A system comprising:

a processor;

a memory;

a first software module executable by the processor and the memory, the first software module configured to transmit a first portion of electronic meeting content to a first client computing device, the first portion of the electronic meeting content configured to provide a first content resolution that is less than a full content resolution; and

a second software module executable by the processor and the memory, the second software module configured to transmit a second portion of the electronic meeting content to the first client computing device, the second portion of the electronic meeting content configured to provide a second content resolution that is greater than the first content resolution;

wherein the second portion of the electronic meeting content combined with the first portion of the electronic meeting content provides progressive refinement of electronic meeting content transmitted to the first client computing device.

9. The system according to claim 8, further including a third software module executable by the processor and the memory, the third software module configured to determine a reception capacity associated with the first client computing device.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the first portion of the electronic meeting content is based upon, at least in part the determined reception capacity associated with the first client computing device.

11. The system according to claim 8, wherein the first portion of the electronic meeting content is associated with at least a first component of the electronic meeting content.

12. The system according to claim 8, wherein the second portion of the electronic meeting content is associated with at least a second component of the electronic meeting content.

13. The system according to claim 8, wherein the second portion of the electronic meeting content is configured to provide the second content resolution in conjunction with the first portion of the electronic meeting content.

14. The system according to claim 8, further comprising a fourth software module executable by the processor and the memory, the fourth software module configured to transmit one or more additional portions of the electronic meeting content to the first client computing device, wherein the one or more additional portions of the electronic meeting content are configured to provide a content resolution greater than the second content resolution.