Record and playback in a conference
First Claim
1. A method for recording and playing back an online conference, the method comprising:
- a conferencing system establishing an audio conference between a plurality of participants accessing the conferencing system via a communication network;
the conferencing system presenting participant audio streams comprising the audio conference and a conference interface to the participants during the audio conference, the conference interface comprising a display region for displaying a unique interactive participant object identifying each of the participants in the audio conference, the conference interface configured to enable one or more of the participants in the audio conference to select and share content with the other participants in the display region of the conference interface;
during the audio conference, synchronously recording the participant audio streams comprising the audio conference with the display region of the conference interface comprising the shared content and the participant objects;
storing in real-time during the audio conference the synchronized participant streams comprising the audio conference and the display region of the conference interface comprising the shared content and the participant objects; and
during the audio conference, presenting a navigation controller in association with the conference interface for enabling currently active participants in the conference to selectively navigate to earlier and later temporal locations along a master timeline and play back the corresponding synchronized participant streams comprising the audio conference and the display region of the conference interface comprising the shared content and the participant objects, the navigation controller further comprising a text insertion component for enabling the currently active communicating participants in the conference to specify and record a comment to the master timeline while playing back the synchronized participant audio streams and display region.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for recording and playing back an online conference. One such method comprises: a conferencing system establishing an audio conference between a plurality of participants accessing the conferencing system via a communication network; the conferencing system presenting the audio conference and a conference interface displaying a participant object identifying each of the participants in the audio conference; synchronously recording the audio conference with content presented in the conference interface; storing the synchronized audio conference and content; and playing back the synchronized audio conference and content.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for recording and playing back an online conference, the method comprising:
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a conferencing system establishing an audio conference between a plurality of participants accessing the conferencing system via a communication network; the conferencing system presenting participant audio streams comprising the audio conference and a conference interface to the participants during the audio conference, the conference interface comprising a display region for displaying a unique interactive participant object identifying each of the participants in the audio conference, the conference interface configured to enable one or more of the participants in the audio conference to select and share content with the other participants in the display region of the conference interface; during the audio conference, synchronously recording the participant audio streams comprising the audio conference with the display region of the conference interface comprising the shared content and the participant objects; storing in real-time during the audio conference the synchronized participant streams comprising the audio conference and the display region of the conference interface comprising the shared content and the participant objects; and during the audio conference, presenting a navigation controller in association with the conference interface for enabling currently active participants in the conference to selectively navigate to earlier and later temporal locations along a master timeline and play back the corresponding synchronized participant streams comprising the audio conference and the display region of the conference interface comprising the shared content and the participant objects, the navigation controller further comprising a text insertion component for enabling the currently active communicating participants in the conference to specify and record a comment to the master timeline while playing back the synchronized participant audio streams and display region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by a processor, the computer program for recording and playing back an audio conference established by a conferencing system between a plurality of participants, the computer program comprising logic configured to:
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present a conference interface to one or more participants participating in an audio conference, the conference interface comprising a display region for displaying a unique interactive participant object identifying each of the participants in the audio conference, the conference interface configured to enable one or more of the participants in the audio conference to select and share content with the other participants in the display region of the conference interface; during the audio conference, synchronously record participant audio streams comprising the audio conference with the display region of the conference interface comprising the shared content and the participant objects; store in real-time during the audio conference the synchronized participant audio streams comprising the audio conference and the display region of the conference interface comprising the shared content and the participant objects; during the audio conference, present a navigation controller in association with the conference interface for enabling currently active participants in the conference to selectively navigate to earlier and later temporal locations along a master timeline and play back the corresponding synchronized participant audio streams and display region, the navigation controller further comprising a text insertion component for enabling the currently active participants actively communicating participants in the conference to specify and record a comment to the master timeline while playing back the synchronized participant audio streams and the display region. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by a processor, the computer program for recording and playing back an online conference, the computer program comprising logic configured to:
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present a conference interface to one or more participants in an online conference, the conference interface comprising a display region for displaying a unique interactive participant object identifying each of the participants in the audio conference, the conference interface configured to enable the one or more participants to share content with the other participants during the online conference in display region of the conference interface; synchronously record, during the online conference, participant audio streams with the display region of the conference interface comprising the shared content; store in real-time the synchronized participant audio streams and the display region; and during the online conference, one or more of currently active participants in the conference selectively navigating to earlier and later temporal locations along a master recorded conference timeline and playing back the synchronized participant audio streams and the display region from the locations in the master recorded conference timeline; and during the play back, the one or more of the currently active participants in the conference inserting a comment, via the conference interface, and adding the comment to the master recorded conference timeline.
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