Method and apparatus for providing an interactive presentation environment

• US 20060171515A1
• Filed: 01/14/2005
• Published: 08/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hintermeister, Gregory Richard, Rahn, Michael D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,395,508 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/110.10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• 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 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/16 Sound input; Sound output speech processing G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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 21/4325 by playing back content from the storage medium reproduction of recorded television signals H04N5/76; reproduction of recorded television signals H04N9/79
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4852 for modifying audio parameters, e.g. switching between mono and stereo
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

Abstract

An interactive presentation environment for eMeetings or the like that provides participants with more control over what they see and hear. One embodiment of the interactive presentation environment comprises a meeting recorder adapted to create a recording of a live meeting and a navigation control for selecting a portion of the recording to view during the live meeting. Some embodiment may further comprise a timeline control containing a first graphical indicator associated with a live position and a second graphical indicator associated with a current position, a bookmark control adapted to mark a portion of the recording for archiving, and a display operatively connected to the meeting recorder and the navigation control.

Claims

1. An interactive presentation environment, comprising

a meeting recorder adapted to create a recording of a live meeting;

and

a navigation control for selecting a portion of the recording to view during the live meeting.

2. The interactive presentation environment of claim 1, further comprising:

a timeline control containing a first graphical indicator associated with a live position and a second graphical indicator associated with a current position.

3. The interactive presentation environment of claim 2, further comprising a bookmark control adapted to mark a portion of the recording for archiving.

4. The interactive presentation environment of claim 1, further comprising a display operatively connected to the meeting recorder and the navigation control.

5. The interactive presentation environment of claim 4, further comprising a control adapted to switch the display between the recording and the live meeting.

6. The interactive presentation environment of claim 1, further comprising a relative volume control adapted for adjusting a relative volumes of the live meeting and the recorded meeting.

7. The interactive presentation environment of claim 1, wherein the meeting recorder comprises a general purpose computing device.

8. A method of presenting an electronic meeting, comprising:

receiving a live meeting signal;

recording the live meeting signal;

presenting a navigation control that allows a user to select a portion of the recorded signal to view during the live meeting.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the live meeting signal and the recorded signal each comprise an audio component and a visuals component.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising presenting an audio control that allows the user to adjust the relative volumes of the audio components.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the visuals comprise a plurality of static images.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising presenting a bookmark control that allows the user to mark portions of the recorded signal.

13. A computer program product, comprising:

(a) a program configured to perform a method of presenting an electronic meeting, comprising;

receiving a live meeting signal;

recording the live meeting signal; and

presenting a navigation control that allows a user to select a portion of the recorded signal to view during the live meeting.

(b) a signal bearing media bearing the program.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the program comprises an application server.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the signal bearing media is chosen from the group consisting of:

information permanently stored on non-writable storage media;

alterable information stored on writable storage media; and

information conveyed to a computer by a communications medium.

16. A method for deploying computing infrastructure, comprising integrating computer readable code into a computing system, wherein the code in combination with the computing system is capable of performing a method of presenting an electronic meeting, the method comprising:

receiving a live meeting signal;

recording the live meeting signal;

presenting a navigation control that allows a user to select a portion of the recorded signal to view during the live meeting.

17. The method of claim 16, providing an eMeeting user interface adapted to present the navigation control.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

associating the eMeeting user interface with a first user;

metering use of the eMeeting user interface; and

charging the first user a fee based at least in part on the metered use.