Techniques to manage recordings for multimedia conference events

• US 9,705,691 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2014
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Roychoudhuri, Subrata, Tripathi, Ashutosh, Pabbisetty, Nagesh
• Primary Examiner(s): PITARO, RYAN F
• Application Number:
  US14/508,353
• Publication Number:
  US 20150026603A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,008 Days
• 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: H04L 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• 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: 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 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/305 Recording playback features, e.g. increased speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42374 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems

Abstract

Techniques to manage recordings for multimedia conference events are described. An apparatus may comprise a recording management component operative to manage recording and reproduction operations for a multimedia conference event. The recording management component may comprise an event capture module operative to record a multimedia conference event to form a recorded meeting event. The recording management component may comprise an event entity module communicatively coupled to the event capture module, the event entity module operative to generate an entity event list for the recorded meeting event. The recording management component may comprise an event reproduction module communicatively coupled to the event entity module, the event reproduction module operative to reproduce the recorded meeting event. The recording management component may comprise an event interface module communicatively coupled to the event reproduction module, the event interface module operative to display presence information for one or more entities from the entity event list while reproducing the recorded meeting event. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

recording a multimedia conference event to form a recorded meeting event;

generating an entity event list for the recorded meeting event comprising participant identifying information for participants of the conference event and viewer identifying information for previous viewers of the recorded meeting event;

displaying viewer presence information from the entity event list while reproducing the recorded meeting event for a current viewer;

adding viewer identifying information for the current viewer to the entity event list; and

recording post-event communications between the current viewer and one or more entities from the entity event list.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising generating the entity event list with participant information for participants of the multimedia conference event and viewer information for viewers of the recorded meeting event.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising displaying participant presence information from the entity event list while reproducing the recorded meeting event.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising storing participant contact information and viewer contact information with the recorded meeting event.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising recording event communications between participants of the multimedia conference event.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising recording post-event communications between a participant in the multimedia conference event and a viewer of the recorded meeting event.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising recording post-event communications between viewers of the recorded meeting event.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising generating a recorded meeting view having a first window to reproduce the recorded meeting event of the multimedia conference event, a second window to display participant presence information, a third window to display the viewer presence information, and a fourth window to display multimedia content representing previous and current communications between viewers and participants.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising recording the post-event communications while reproducing the recorded meeting event.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising processing the post-event communications via a question and answer pane.

11. An article comprising a storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to:

record a multimedia conference event to form a recorded meeting event;

generate an entity event list, post-recording, for the recorded meeting event comprising participant identifying information for participants of the conference event and viewer identifying information for previous viewers of the recorded meeting event;

reproduce the recorded meeting event for a current viewer;

displaying viewer presence information for online current viewers of the recorded meeting event and the previous viewers from the entity event list;

add viewer identifying information for the current viewer to the entity event list; and

record post-event communications between the current viewer and one or more entities from the entity event list.

12. The article of claim 11, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to generate the entity event list with participant information for participants of the multimedia conference event and viewer information for viewers of the recorded meeting event.

13. The article of claim 11, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to record event communications between participants of the multimedia conference event, post-event communications between a participant in the multimedia conference event and a viewer of the recorded meeting event, or post-event communications between viewers of the recorded meeting event.

14. The article of claim 11 further comprising instructions that if executed cause the system to record the post-event communications while reproducing the recorded meeting event.

15. The article of claim 11 further comprising instructions that if executed cause the system to processing the post-event communications via a question and answer pane.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

a recording management component operative to manage recording and reproduction operations for a multimedia conference event, the recording management component comprising;

an event capture module operative to record a multimedia conference event to form a recorded meeting event;

an event entity module communicatively coupled to the event capture module, the event entity module operative to generate an entity event list, post-recording, for the recorded meeting event comprising participant identifying information for participants of the conference event and viewer identifying information for previous viewers of the recorded meeting event;

an event reproduction module communicatively coupled to the event entity module, the event reproduction module operative to reproduce the recorded meeting event for a current viewer and display viewer presence information for one or more other current viewers while reproducing the recorded meeting event; and

an event interface module communicatively coupled to the event reproduction module, the event interface module operative to add viewer identifying information for the current viewer to the entity event list, wherein the event capture module is further operative to record post-event communications between the current viewer and the one or more current viewers.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, the event entity module operative to generate the entity event list with participant information for participants of the multimedia conference event and viewer information for viewers of the recorded meeting event.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, comprising a multimedia conference server having a server meeting component and the recording management component, the multimedia conference server operative to host the multimedia conference event.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the event capture module records the post-event communications while the event reproduction module reproduces the recorded meeting event.

20. The apparatus of claim 16 further comprising a display frame including a GUI element representing a question and answer pane, wherein the recording management component is further operative to process the post-event communications using the question and answer pane.