Replaying content of a virtual meeting
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating re-joining of a virtual meeting having a plurality of participants, the method comprising:
- using, by one or more virtual-meeting processing devices, collected network information to determine whether any participant in the plurality of participants was disconnected from the virtual meeting;
in response to determining that a participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting, performing by the one or more virtual-meeting processing devices;
determining a time at which the participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting;
determining whether or not the participant was talking within a time period containing the time at which the participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting; and
if it is determined that the participant was talking within the time period, then, consequently, deciding not to enable the participant to replay stored data representative of a missed portion of the virtual meeting.
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Abstract
A method of facilitating the re-joining of a virtual meeting by a participant. The method comprises determining at what time the participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting; and determining whether or not the participant was talking within a time period containing the time at which the participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting. If it is determined that the participant was talking within the time period, then, consequently, the method comprises deciding not to enable the participant to replay stored data representative of a missed portion of the virtual meeting. As well as the method, related apparatuses, systems and computer readable storage media are disclosed.
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1. A method of facilitating re-joining of a virtual meeting having a plurality of participants, the method comprising:
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using, by one or more virtual-meeting processing devices, collected network information to determine whether any participant in the plurality of participants was disconnected from the virtual meeting; in response to determining that a participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting, performing by the one or more virtual-meeting processing devices; determining a time at which the participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting; determining whether or not the participant was talking within a time period containing the time at which the participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting; and if it is determined that the participant was talking within the time period, then, consequently, deciding not to enable the participant to replay stored data representative of a missed portion of the virtual meeting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a sequence of instructions which, when performed by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform a method comprising:
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using, by one or more virtual-meeting processing devices, collected network information to determine whether any participant in a plurality of participants in a virtual meeting was disconnected from the virtual meeting; in response to determining that a participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting, performing by the one or more virtual-meeting processing devices; determining a time at which the participant was disconnected from a virtual meeting; determining whether or not the participant was talking within a time period containing the time at which the participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting; and if it is determined that the participant was talking within the time period, then, consequently, deciding not to enable the participant to replay stored data representative of a missed portion of the virtual meeting. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for facilitating re-joining of a virtual meeting having a plurality of participants, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more processing devices; a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a sequence of instructions which, when performed by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform a method comprising; using, by one or more virtual-meeting processing devices, collected network information to determine whether any participant in the plurality of participants was disconnected from the virtual meeting; in response to determining that a participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting, performing by the one or more virtual-meeting processing devices; determining a time at which the participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting; determining whether or not the participant was talking within a time period containing the time at which the participant was disconnected from the virtual meeting; and if it is determined that the participant was talking within the time period, then, consequently, deciding not to enable the participant to replay stored data representative of a missed portion of the virtual meeting. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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