Video conference application for detecting conference presenters by search parameters of facial or voice features, dynamically or manually configuring presentation templates based on the search parameters and altering the templates to a slideshow

• US 9,992,243 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2012
• Issued: 06/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: DeLuca, Lisa Seacat, Price, Dana L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Paula, Cesar
• Assistant Examiner(s): Norris, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US13/621,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20140082485A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,087 Days
• Field of Search: 715273, 715753, 715204, 715756
• 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 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4025 where none of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. downloading a file in a parallel FTP session, initiating an email or combinational services
• 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 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

In a method for customization of contextual information during a web conference presentation, a computer system executes a presentation program during a conference presentation. The computer system receives a request to access presentation templates based on parameters of a presenter, wherein the presentation templates including parameters identifying one or more of template texture, template font, template name of the presenter or template photo of the presenter of the conference presentation. In addition, the computer system determines an identity of the presenter during the conference presentation and matching the identity of the presenter against the parameter of the presenter. Moreover, the computer system extracts the presentation templates in the repository based on the match. The computer system further applies the extracted presentation template to presentation contents of the presentation program. In one aspect, the extracted presentation template alters visual characteristics of the presentation content based on the applied presentation template.

Claims

1. A method for customizing contextual information in a web conference presentation within a computer system, the method comprising the steps of:

executing a presentation program during a conference presentation;

receiving a request to access presentation templates in a repository, wherein the presentation templates comprises one or more of template texture, template font, template name of the presenter or template photo of the presenter of the conference presentation, wherein each conference participant of a plurality of conference participants configures the presentation templates and, wherein one or more conference participants of the plurality of conference participants configures an agenda of the web conference based on the access, and wherein the conference agenda is dynamically configured based on search parameters of the templates and the presenter of the conference presentation;

receiving a conference participant selection input that includes an intention indicator, wherein the intention indicator selectively distinguishes one or more presenters, wherein the intention indicator is based on the search parameters, wherein the selectively distinguished one or more presenters associated with the web conference are identified and selected based on the search parameters of at least one presenter, and wherein the search parameters include an identity of a template texture, template font, template name of the presenter and template photo of the presenter of the conference presentation;

determining an identity of the presenter during the conference presentation, wherein the identity is based on at least one of name of the presenter, presentation dates of the presenters, presentation topics of the presenters and matching the identity of the presenter against search parameters of the presenter, wherein matching the identity includes detecting voice, speech or presentation topics pertaining to the presenter during the conference presentation, wherein a plurality of presenters are distinguished, in response to receiving the conference participant selection input;

extracting the presentation templates in the repository based on the match, wherein a template crawler of the repository periodically collects presentation templates of the presenters, based on a plurality of search parameters of the presenters and, wherein, the collected presentation templates are stored in the repository for extracting presentation templates, based on the match;

applying the extracted presentation templates to presentation contents of the presentation program based on at least the intention indicator of the conference participant selection input, wherein the extracted presentation templates alters visual characteristics of the presentation content based on the applied presentation template, wherein the presentation program is a slideshow presentation, wherein the slideshow presentation comprises a plurality of slides, and wherein portions of the plurality of slides dynamically display contents of the presentation program to the conference participants based on the applied extracted presentation templates for each identified presenter during the conference presentation, and wherein the slidesnow presentation is dynamically configured based on the identity of the plurality of conference participants, and wherein the slideshow presentation is broadcasted over a network to the plurality of conference participants, based on the identity of the plurality of conference participants; and

altering the extracted presentation templates to a slideshow presentation for each of the distinguished presenters of the plurality of distinguished presenters, wherein altering further includes dynamically applying the extracted presentation templates to the slideshow presentation, recording the applied extracted presentation templates In a template database, configuring the applied extracted presentation templates based on one or more of the presenter and the one or more conference participants, and transmitting the applied extracted presentation template to a user device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identity of the presenter is not defined within the presentation program and is unknown to the presentation program at the time the presentation program is executed during the conference presentation.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of receiving the request to access presentation templates in a repository further comprises the steps of:

receiving a request from a participant to access presentation templates containing information of a presenter;

authenticating credentials of the participant based on the request; and

joining the participant to a conference broadcasted over a network based by one or more presenters.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the conference presentation to a conference computer.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the conference computer displays the conference presentation on a projector, and wherein the conference computer transmits the conference presentation to a plurality of client computers over a network.