Method and apparatus for reconstructing a communication session
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of reconstructing at least a portion of a communication session, the method comprising the steps of:
- recording contributions of a plurality of participants to a communication session as a plurality of independently recorded participant contributions during the communication session, each independently recorded participant contribution containing content contributed only by a respective participant during the communication session;
maintaining each of the independently recorded participant contributions under control of the respective participant who contributed the content of the independently recorded participant contribution;
after the communication session has begun, transmitting a request to at least a subset of the plurality of the participants for permission to include the independently recorded participant contributions of the subset of the plurality of participants in a reconstructed portion of the communication session;
receiving permission from respective participants to include at least a subset of the requested independently recorded participant contributions in the reconstructed portion of the communication session; and
after receiving permission to include the subset of requested independently recorded participant contributions, combining only the subset of the requested independently recorded participant contributions for which permission has been received to create the reconstructed portion of the communication session, the created reconstructed portion of the communication session including portions of at least two of the independently recorded participant contributions.
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Abstract
Each person to a communication session records their contributions to the communication session. Metadata is maintained for each contribution to identify the time of the contribution and any other useful information to enable the content of the contribution to be accessed at a later point in time. When a portion of the communication session is to be recreated, the people involved in the communication session are requested to provide their contributions for a particular period of time or all contributions associated with a particular topic. Users will then select and forward previously recorded contributions that they are willing to have included in the recreation. By collecting contributions from the individuals involved in the communication session, the intended portion of the communication session may be recreated. Since each person is recording their own contribution to the communication session, no explicit permission is required to record the conversation.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of reconstructing at least a portion of a communication session, the method comprising the steps of:
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recording contributions of a plurality of participants to a communication session as a plurality of independently recorded participant contributions during the communication session, each independently recorded participant contribution containing content contributed only by a respective participant during the communication session; maintaining each of the independently recorded participant contributions under control of the respective participant who contributed the content of the independently recorded participant contribution; after the communication session has begun, transmitting a request to at least a subset of the plurality of the participants for permission to include the independently recorded participant contributions of the subset of the plurality of participants in a reconstructed portion of the communication session; receiving permission from respective participants to include at least a subset of the requested independently recorded participant contributions in the reconstructed portion of the communication session; and after receiving permission to include the subset of requested independently recorded participant contributions, combining only the subset of the requested independently recorded participant contributions for which permission has been received to create the reconstructed portion of the communication session, the created reconstructed portion of the communication session including portions of at least two of the independently recorded participant contributions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented method of participating in a communication session by a user to enable later reconstruction of the communication session;
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the method comprising the steps of; independently recording, by the user, audio contributions made by the user to the communication session; maintaining, by the user, the audio contributions under the control of the user; after the communication session has started, selecting, by the user, a subset of the independently recorded audio contributions for inclusion in a reconstruction of the communication session; and providing permission, by the user, for the selected subset of the independently recorded audio contributions to be included in the reconstruction of the communication session; and after receiving permission to include the subset of requested independently recorded participant contributions, combining the subset of the requested independently recorded participant contributions for which permission has been received with independently recorded participant contributions from at least one other user to create the reconstructed portion of the communication session. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented method of enabling a plurality of participants in a communication session to collectively record the communication session, the method comprising the steps of:
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independently recording, by each of the participants to the communication session, the participant'"'"'s respective contributions to the communication session as independently recorded contributions; maintaining, by each of the participants to the communication session, control over the participant'"'"'s independently recorded contributions; upon completion of the communication session, selecting, by at least a subset of the participants to the communication session, independently recorded contributions to be included in a collective recreation of the communication session; providing permission, by the subset of the participants to the communication session, to allow only the selected independently recorded contributions to be included in the collective recording; and after receiving permission to include the selected independently recorded contributions, combining only the selected independently recorded contributions for which permission has been received to create a reconstructed portion of the communication session, the created reconstructed portion of the communication session including selected independently recorded contributions of at least two of the participants. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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