Providing an interactive presentation environment

• US 9,037,973 B1
• Filed: 06/02/2014
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Hintermeister, Gregory Richard, Rahn, Michael D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu, Tadeese
• Application Number:
  US14/294,077
• Time in Patent Office: 351 Days
• Field of Search: 715/716, 715/727, 715/728, 348/14.09, 348/14.1
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4852 for modifying audio parameters, e.g. switching between mono and stereo
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

Abstract

An interactive presentation environment for eMeetings or the like that provides participants with more control over what they see and hear. The interactive presentation environment may comprise a meeting recorder adapted to create a recording of a live meeting and a navigation control for selecting a portion of the recording to view during the live meeting. The interactive presentation environment may further comprise a timeline control containing a first graphical indicator associated with a live position and a second graphical indicator associated with a current position, a bookmark control adapted to mark a portion of the recording for archiving, and a display operatively connected to the meeting recorder and the navigation control.

Claims

1. A system for providing an interactive presentation environment, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

record a live meeting, wherein the live meeting includes audio content and visual content such that the audio and visual content is recorded at a respective time of presentation during the live meeting;

provide for display a navigation control for selecting a currently presented portion of the visual content of the live meeting and for selecting a previously recorded portion of the visual content of the live meeting;

provide for display a first volume control for adjusting a volume of the previously recorded portion of the audio content of the live meeting; and

provide for display a second volume control for adjusting a volume of the currently presented portion of the audio content of the live meeting.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

provide for display, in response to selecting the currently presented portion of the visual content of the live meeting, the currently presented portion of the visual content of the live meeting during the live meeting.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

provide for display, in response to selecting the previously recorded portion of the visual content of the live meeting, the previously recorded portion of the visual content of the live meeting during the live meeting.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the currently presented portion of the visual content of the live meeting includes a currently presented image and the previously recorded portion of the visual content of the live meeting includes a previously recorded image different from the currently presented image.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

provide for display a timeline control including a current position slider for selecting a portion of the live meeting being recorded.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

provide for display a bookmark control for identifying a bookmarked portion of the live meeting being recorded.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

provide for display a snap-to-present control for selecting a live position of the live meeting.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

provide for display a prompt for user selection indicating at least one of an option to display only the currently presented portion of the live meeting, an option to display only the previously recorded portion of the live meeting, and an option to display both the currently presented portion of the live meeting and the previously recorded portion of the live meeting simultaneously.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

simultaneously play the previously recorded portion of the audio content of the live meeting and the currently presented portion of the audio content of the live meeting.

10. A method for providing an interactive presentation environment, the method comprising:

recording a live meeting, wherein the live meeting includes audio content and visual content such that the audio and visual content is recorded at a respective time of presentation during the live meeting;

providing for display a navigation control for selecting a currently presented portion of the visual content of the live meeting and for selecting a previously recorded portion of the visual content of the live meeting;

providing for display a first volume control for adjusting a volume of the previously recorded portion of the audio content of the live meeting; and

providing for display a second volume control for adjusting a volume of the currently presented portion of the audio content of the live meeting.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

providing for display, in response to selecting the currently presented portion of the visual content of the live meeting, the currently presented portion of the visual content of the live meeting during the live meeting.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

providing for display, in response to selecting the previously recorded portion of the visual content of the live meeting, the previously recorded portion of the visual content of the live meeting during the live meeting.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the currently presented portion of the visual content of the live meeting includes a currently presented image and the previously recorded portion of the visual content of the live meeting includes a previously recorded image different from the currently presented image.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

providing for display a timeline control including a current position slider for selecting a portion of the live meeting being recorded.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

providing for display a bookmark control for identifying a bookmarked portion of the live meeting being recorded.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

providing for display a snap-to-present control for selecting a live position of the live meeting.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

providing for display a prompt for user selection indicating at least one of an option to display only the currently presented portion of the live meeting, an option to display only the previously recorded portion of the live meeting, and an option to display both the currently presented portion of the live meeting and the previously recorded portion of the live meeting simultaneously.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

simultaneously playing the previously recorded portion of the audio content of the live meeting and the currently presented portion of the audio content of the live meeting.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a computer, case the computer to perform operations, the computer-readable medium comprising:

instructions for recording a live meeting, wherein the live meeting includes audio content and visual content such that the audio and visual content is recorded at a respective time of presentation during the live meeting;

instructions for providing for display a navigation control for selecting a currently presented portion of the visual content of the live and for selecting a previously recorded portion of the visual content of the live meeting;

instructions for providing for display a first volume control for adjusting a volume of the previously recorded portion of the audio content of the live meeting; and

instructions for providing for display a second volume control for adjusting a volume of the currently presented portion of the audio content of the live meeting.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising:

instructions for simultaneously playing the previously recorded portion of the audio content of the live meeting and the currently presented portion of the audio content of the live meeting.