U.S. patent application number 15/442422 was filed with the patent office on 2018-08-30 for concurrent viewing of live content and recorded content.
The applicant listed for this patent is Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC. Invention is credited to Jason Thomas Faulkner.
Application Number | 20180249113 15/442422 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 61527571 |
Filed Date | 2018-08-30 |
United States Patent
Application |
20180249113 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Faulkner; Jason Thomas |
August 30, 2018 |
CONCURRENT VIEWING OF LIVE CONTENT AND RECORDED CONTENT
Abstract
Described herein are techniques to display live content of a
teleconference session and recorded content of a teleconference
session concurrently, in the same user interface. The recorded
content and the live content can be part of the same teleconference
session. Consequently, if a user joins the teleconference session
late, the use can catch-up on missed activity of the teleconference
session by viewing the recorded content while also staying engaged
with the live content of the teleconference session as the
teleconference session progresses. The live content and the
recorded content can be respectively displayed in a first display
area and a second display area. The live content and the recorded
content switched, toggled, in response to an event. Subsequent to
the switch, the system can visually share a portion of the recorded
content with participants of the live communication session.
Inventors: |
Faulkner; Jason Thomas;
(Seattle, WA) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC |
Redmond |
WA |
US |
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Family ID: |
61527571 |
Appl. No.: |
15/442422 |
Filed: |
February 24, 2017 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
H04N 21/4316 20130101;
H04L 12/1831 20130101; G11B 27/002 20130101; G06F 3/04847 20130101;
H04L 65/4023 20130101; H04N 7/155 20130101; G06F 3/0483 20130101;
H04N 21/47 20130101; H04L 12/1895 20130101; H04N 7/15 20130101 |
International
Class: |
H04N 5/445 20060101
H04N005/445; H04L 29/06 20060101 H04L029/06; H04L 12/18 20060101
H04L012/18; H04N 7/15 20060101 H04N007/15; G11B 27/00 20060101
G11B027/00 |
Claims
1-17. (canceled)
18. A method comprising: causing live content associated with a
live communication session to be displayed in a first display area
of a user interface; configuring a first interactive timeline
associated with the live communication session for display in the
user interface; receiving a request to access a recording of a
completed communication session; configuring a second interactive
timeline associated with the completed communication session for
display in the user interface; causing, based at least in part on
interaction with the second interactive timeline, recorded content
associated with the completed communication session to be displayed
in a second display area of the user interface concurrently with
the displaying of the live content associated with the live
communication session in the first display area of the user
interface; causing the display of the live content in the first
display area to be switched with the display of the recorded
content in the second display area; and subsequent to switching the
display of the live content in the first display area with the
display of the recorded content in the second display area,
visually sharing a portion of the recorded content displayed in the
first display area with participants of the live communication
session.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first interactive timeline
associated with the live communication session and the second
interactive timeline associated with the completed communication
session are configured to be displayed concurrently.
20. The method of claim 18, wherein the first interactive timeline
associated with the live communication session and the second
interactive timeline associated with the completed communication
session are configured to be displayed alternatively in association
with a selection of a tab.
21-22. (canceled)
23. The method of claim 18, wherein the switching of the display of
the live content in the first display area with the display of the
recorded content in the second display area is implemented based at
least in part on user input.
24. The method of claim 18, wherein the first display area of the
user interface is larger than the second display area of the user
interface.
25. The method of claim 18, wherein the second display area of the
user interface is displayed as an overlay display area on top of
the first display area of the user interface.
26. A system comprising: one or more processing units; and a
computer-readable medium having encoded thereon computer-executable
instructions to cause the one or more processing units to: cause
live content associated with a live communication session to be
displayed in a first display area of a user interface; configure a
first interactive timeline associated with the live communication
session for display in the user interface; receive a request to
access a recording of a completed communication session; configure
a second interactive timeline associated with the completed
communication session for display in the user interface; cause,
based at least in part on interaction with the second interactive
timeline, recorded content associated with the completed
communication session to be displayed in a second display area of
the user interface concurrently with the displaying of the live
content associated with the live communication session in the first
display area of the user interface; cause the display of the live
content in the first display area to be switched with the display
of the recorded content in the second display area; and subsequent
to switching the display of the live content in the first display
area with the display of the recorded content in the second display
area, visually share a portion of the recorded content displayed in
the first display area with participants of the live communication
session.
27. The system of claim 26, wherein the first interactive timeline
associated with the live communication session and the second
interactive timeline associated with the completed communication
session are configured to be displayed concurrently.
28. The system of claim 26, wherein the first interactive timeline
associated with the live communication session and the second
interactive timeline associated with the completed communication
session are configured to be displayed alternatively in association
with a selection of a tab.
29. The system of claim 26, wherein the switching of the display of
the live content in the first display area with the display of the
recorded content in the second display area is implemented based at
least in part on user input.
30. The system of claim 26, wherein the first display area of the
user interface is larger than the second display area of the user
interface.
31. The system of claim 26, wherein the second display area of the
user interface is displayed as an overlay display area on top of
the first display area of the user interface.
32. A system comprising: means for causing live content associated
with a live communication session to be displayed in a first
display area of a user interface; means for configuring a first
interactive timeline associated with the live communication session
for display in the user interface; means for receiving a request to
access a recording of a completed communication session; means for
configuring a second interactive timeline associated with the
completed communication session for display in the user interface;
means for causing, based at least in part on interaction with the
second interactive timeline, recorded content associated with the
completed communication session to be displayed in a second display
area of the user interface concurrently with the displaying of the
live content associated with the live communication session in the
first display area of the user interface; means for causing the
display of the live content in the first display area to be
switched with the display of the recorded content in the second
display area; and means sharing a portion of the recorded content
displayed in the first display area with participants of the live
communication session, subsequent to switching the display of the
live content in the first display area with the display of the
recorded content in the second display area.
33. The system of claim 32, wherein the first interactive timeline
associated with the live communication session and the second
interactive timeline associated with the completed communication
session are configured to be displayed concurrently.
34. The system of claim 32, wherein the first interactive timeline
associated with the live communication session and the second
interactive timeline associated with the completed communication
session are configured to be displayed alternatively in association
with a selection of a tab.
35. The system of claim 32, wherein the switching of the display of
the live content in the first display area with the display of the
recorded content in the second display area is implemented based at
least in part on user input.
36. The system of claim 32, wherein the first display area of the
user interface is larger than the second display area of the user
interface.
37. The system of claim 32, wherein the second display area of the
user interface is displayed as an overlay display area on top of
the first display area of the user interface.
Description
BACKGROUND
[0001] At present, the use of teleconference (e.g.,
videoconference) systems in personal and commercial settings has
increased dramatically so that meetings between people in remote
locations can be facilitated. In general, teleconference systems
allow users, in two or more remote locations, to communicate
interactively with each other via live, simultaneous two-way video
streams, audio streams, or both. Some teleconference systems (e.g.,
CISCO WEBEX provided by CISCO SYSTEMS, Inc. of San Jose, Calif.,
GOTOMEETING provided by CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. of Santa Clara,
Calif., ZOOM provided by ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS of San Jose,
Calif., GOOGLE HANGOUTS by ALPHABET INC. of Mountain View, Calif.,
and SKYPE FOR BUSINESS provided by the MICROSOFT CORPORATION, of
Redmond, Wash.) also allow users to exchange files and/or share
display screens that present, for example, images, text, video,
applications, online locations, social media, and any others.
[0002] Teleconference systems enable a user to participate in a
teleconference session (e.g., a meeting) via a remote device. In
some scenarios, the user may join a teleconference session late due
to a scheduling conflict, for example (e.g., a late lunch, another
scheduled meeting at the same time, etc.). In these types of
scenarios, if the user wants to know what previously occurred in
the teleconference session, the user typically needs to navigate
(e.g., fast forward and/or rewind) a recording of the
teleconference session to try to find the relevant activity that
was missed. While the user is viewing the recording of the
teleconference session, the user is unable to view live content of
the teleconference session as the teleconference session
progresses.
SUMMARY
[0003] The disclosed techniques address the problems described
above with regards to a teleconference session. Specifically, the
disclosed techniques are configured to display live content and
recorded content concurrently, in the same user interface generated
and displayed by a teleconference system (e.g., a teleconference
application). In some of the examples described herein, the
recorded content and the live content that are concurrently
displayed can be part of the same teleconference session (e.g., the
same meeting). Consequently, if a user joins the teleconference
session late, the use can catch-up on missed activity of the
teleconference session by viewing the recorded content while also
staying engaged with, and paying attention to, the live content of
the teleconference session as the teleconference session
progresses. A teleconference session that is currently in progress
and for which live content is being displayed may be referred to
herein as a live teleconference session.
[0004] In other examples described herein, the recorded content and
the live content that are concurrently displayed can be part of
different teleconference sessions (e.g., different meetings). For
instance, while viewing the live content of a live teleconference
session as the live teleconference session progresses, a user can
access and view the recorded content of a completed teleconference
session that previously occurred (e.g., a meeting that happened
yesterday or the previous week). Consequently, the techniques
described herein provide the user with a tool to multi-task. In one
example, the user is enabled to find and view recorded content of a
completed teleconference session that she or he missed (e.g.,
previous team meetings that may discuss subject matter pertinent to
the current meeting). In another example, the user is enabled to
find and view recorded content of a completed teleconference
session that she or he would like to share with other participants
of the live teleconference session (e.g., a slide of a presentation
that occurred in a previous meeting).
[0005] In various examples, a user interface generated and
displayed by a teleconference system and/or a teleconference
application to concurrently display live content and recorded
content can comprise a live stage and a recorded stage. A "stage"
can comprise a display region of the user interface, and the
display region can comprise one or more of a display area for the
content of a teleconference session, a display area for a timeline
useable to locate recorded content of interest to the user, and/or
options (e.g., user interface elements configured for selection)
that enable the user to interact with the content of the
teleconference session and/or the timeline. Consequently, the live
content can be displayed in a display area of the live stage and
the recorded content can be displayed in a display area of the
recorded stage. Typically, the display area of the live stage is
larger than the display area of the recorded stage so the user is
more aware of activity that occurs in the live content. However,
the user interface can be configured to switch (e.g., toggle
between, swap, etc.) the display of the live content in the larger
display area and the display of the recorded content in the smaller
display area so the user is more aware of activity that occurs in
the recorded content. For instance, the switch can occur based on
user input (e.g., a selection of an option to implement the switch)
and/or the switch can be for a temporary period of time.
[0006] As mentioned above, the techniques described herein are
configured to generate and display a timeline associated with a
teleconference session. The timeline includes representations
(e.g., markers, symbols, icons, nodes, thumbnails, etc.) of notable
events that are associated with a teleconference session (e.g., a
live teleconference session or a completed teleconference session).
The timeline can represent an actual or a scheduled duration of the
teleconference session, and thus, each representation of a notable
event on the timeline can be associated with a timestamp, or a time
period, based on when the notable event occurs within the
teleconference session. Furthermore, the timeline is interactive
(e.g., referred to herein as an "interactive timeline") such that a
user is able to interact with individual representations on the
timeline. In various examples, a notable event includes activity
(e.g., one or more actions) in a teleconference session that is
considered to be important or relevant to the teleconference
session, such that knowledge of the activity via a quick view of a
representation on the interactive timeline and/or via interacting
with the representation to view additional information about the
notable event enables a user to efficiently gain an awareness of
what has occurred in the teleconference session. The notable events
can be of a variety of different types, and thus, the interactive
timeline can be configured to present different types of
representations that correspond to different types of notable
events. Example types of notable events can include: a specific
mention of a user (e.g., an "@mention"), a file or a display screen
that is shared (e.g., a document, a presentation, a spreadsheet, a
video, a web page, etc.), an explicit flag added to the interactive
timeline by a user to mark an important moment, a time period of
concentrated activity, or any other activity determined to provide
value or contribute to understanding a context of the
teleconference session.
[0007] Accordingly, the techniques described herein are configured
to concurrently display live content of a teleconference session
and recorded content of a teleconference session. Moreover, the
techniques described herein are configured to display an
interactive timeline. The interactive timeline can be associated
with the live content or the recorded content. In some examples,
two interactive timelines can be concurrently displayed, one
associated with the live content and one associated with the
recorded content. In other examples, the user interface is
configured to display tabs to enable the user to switch between the
display of multiple interactive timelines, so the user can view
notable events associated with various teleconference sessions.
[0008] In various examples, the techniques described herein can
cause a status indicator to be displayed to participants in a live
teleconference session. The status indicator can indicate that the
audio for the live content displayed has been disabled for a user
so that the user can hear the audio for the recorded content
displayed. Stated another way, when the user enables audio for the
recorded content then the audio for the live content is disabled
and a status indicator reflects the partial engagement where the
user can see the live content but cannot hear the live content.
[0009] In various examples, the recorded stage can be used as a
staging region to locate and prepare recorded content to be shared
with others in the live teleconference session. Thus, a user can
share previously recorded content via a live data stream to the
live teleconferenced session (e.g., as live content). The user
interface is configured to display an option that enables the user
to share the recorded content and to configure the live data
stream.
[0010] This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of
concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in
the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify
key or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it
intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the
claimed subject matter. The term "techniques," for instance, may
refer to system(s), device(s), method(s), computer-readable
instructions, module(s), algorithms, hardware logic, and/or
operation(s) as permitted by the context described above and
throughout the document.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] The detailed description is described with reference to the
accompanying figures. In the figures, the left-most digit(s) of a
reference number identifies the figure in which the reference
number first appears. The same reference numbers in different
figures indicate similar or identical items.
[0012] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example environment in
which a system and/or device can concurrently display live content
of a teleconference session and recorded content of a
teleconference session.
[0013] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating example components of an
example device configured to cause concurrent display of live
content of a teleconference session and of recorded content of a
teleconference session.
[0014] FIG. 3A illustrates an example graphical user interface
configured to display an interactive timeline that enables a user
to view recorded content of a teleconference session concurrently
with live content of the teleconference session.
[0015] FIG. 3B illustrates another example graphical user interface
configured to display an interactive timeline that enables a user
to view recorded content of a teleconference session concurrently
with live content of the teleconference session.
[0016] FIG. 4 illustrates an example graphical user interface
configured to switch the display of the live content in a first
display area of the user interface and the display of the recorded
content in a second display area of the user interface.
[0017] FIG. 5 illustrates an example graphical user interface
configured to display an interactive timeline and live content of a
live teleconference session concurrently with an interactive
timeline and recorded content of a completed teleconference
session.
[0018] FIG. 6A illustrates an example graphical user interface
configured to display (i) live content of a live teleconference
session concurrently with recorded content of a completed
teleconference session and (ii) tabs that enable a user to switch
between interactive timelines associated with the live
teleconference session and the completed teleconference
session.
[0019] FIG. 6B illustrates an example graphical user interface
configured to display (i) live content of a live teleconference
session concurrently with recorded content of a completed
teleconference session and (ii) tabs that enable a user to switch
between interactive timelines associated with the live
teleconference session and the completed teleconference
session.
[0020] FIG. 7A illustrates an example graphical user interface
configured to display an option for a user to share recorded
content with other participants in the live teleconference
session.
[0021] FIG. 7B illustrates an example graphical user interface
configured to share recorded content with other participants in the
live teleconference session based on selection of an option.
[0022] FIG. 8A illustrates an example graphical user interface
configured to concurrently display live content and a corresponding
interactive timeline and recorded content and a corresponding
interactive timeline in multiple equally sized (e.g., scaled)
display areas.
[0023] FIG. 8B illustrates another example graphical user interface
configured to concurrently display live content and a corresponding
interactive timeline and recorded content and a corresponding
interactive timeline in multiple equally sized (e.g., scaled)
display areas.
[0024] FIG. 9 is a diagram of an example flowchart that illustrates
operations directed to concurrently display live content of a
teleconference session and recorded content of a teleconference
session.
[0025] FIG. 10 is a diagram of another example flowchart that
illustrates operations directed to concurrently display live
content of a teleconference session and recorded content of a
teleconference session.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0026] Examples described herein enable a system and/or device to
display live content of a teleconference session and recorded
content of a teleconference session concurrently, in the same user
interface. The recorded content and the live content that are
concurrently displayed can be part of the same teleconference
session. Consequently, if a user joins the teleconference session
late, the use can catch-up on missed activity of the teleconference
session by viewing the recorded content while also staying engaged
with the live content of the teleconference session as the
teleconference session progresses. Alternatively, the recorded
content and the live content that are concurrently displayed can be
part of different teleconference sessions. For instance, while
viewing the live content of a live teleconference session as the
live teleconference session progresses, a user can access and view
the recorded content of a completed teleconference session that
previously occurred. Consequently, the techniques described herein
provide the user with a tool to multi-task. In one example, the
user is enabled to find and view recorded content of a completed
teleconference session that she or he missed (e.g., previous team
meetings that may discuss subject matter pertinent to the current
meeting).
[0027] Various examples, implementations, scenarios, and aspects
are described below with reference to FIGS. 1 through 10.
[0028] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example environment 100
in which a system 102 can operate to cause content of a
teleconference session 104 to be displayed on a client computing
device. In this example, the teleconference session 104 is a live
teleconference session that is being implemented between a number
of client computing devices 106(1) through 106(N) (where N is a
positive integer number having a value of two or greater). The
client computing devices 106(1) through 106(N) enable users to
participate in the teleconference session 104. In this example, the
teleconference session 104 is hosted, over one or more network(s)
108, by the system 102. That is, the system 102 can provide a
service that enables users of the client computing devices 106(1)
through 106(N) to participate in the teleconference session 104.
Consequently, a "participant" to the teleconference session 104 can
comprise a user and/or a client computing device (e.g., multiple
users may be in a conference room participating in a teleconference
session via the use of a single client computing device), each of
which can communicate with other participants. As an alternative,
the teleconference session 104 can be hosted by one of the client
computing devices 106(1) through 106(N) utilizing peer-to-peer
technologies.
[0029] In examples described herein, client computing devices
106(1) through 106(N) participating in the teleconference session
104 are configured to receive and render for display, on a user
interface of a display screen, teleconference data. The
teleconference data can comprise a collection of various instances,
or streams, of live content. For example, an individual stream of
live content can comprise media data associated with a video feed
(e.g., audio and visual data that capture the appearance and speech
of a user participating in the teleconference session). Another
example of an individual stream of live content can comprise media
data that includes an avatar of a user participating in the
teleconference session along with audio data that captures the
speech of the user. Yet another example of an individual stream of
live content can comprise media data that includes a file displayed
on a display screen along with audio data that captures the speech
of a user. Accordingly, the various streams of live content within
the teleconference data enable a remote meeting to be facilitated
between a group of people and the sharing of content within the
group of people.
[0030] In examples described herein, the teleconference data can
also comprise recorded content. The recorded content can be
requested for viewing by a client computing device. The recorded
content can be previous content from a live teleconference session
(e.g., teleconference session 104) that is currently progressing,
or the recorded content can come from a completed teleconference
session that previously occurred. In some instances, the recorded
content can be configured as an individual stream to be shared as
live content in a live teleconference session.
[0031] The system 102 includes device(s) 110. The device(s) 110
and/or other components of the system 102 can include distributed
computing resources that communicate with one another and/or with
the client computing devices 106(1) through 106(N) via the one or
more network(s) 108. In some examples, the system 102 may be an
independent system that is tasked with managing aspects of one or
more teleconference sessions such as teleconference session 104. As
an example, the system 102 may be managed by entities such as
SLACK, WEBEX, GOTOMEETING, GOOGLE HANGOUTS, etc.
[0032] Network(s) 108 may include, for example, public networks
such as the Internet, private networks such as an institutional
and/or personal intranet, or some combination of private and public
networks. Network(s) 108 may also include any type of wired and/or
wireless network, including but not limited to local area networks
("LANs"), wide area networks ("WANs"), satellite networks, cable
networks, Wi-Fi networks, WiMax networks, mobile communications
networks (e.g., 3G, 4G, and so forth) or any combination thereof.
Network(s) 108 may utilize communications protocols, including
packet-based and/or datagram-based protocols such as Internet
protocol ("IP"), transmission control protocol ("TCP"), user
datagram protocol ("UDP"), or other types of protocols. Moreover,
network(s) 108 may also include a number of devices that facilitate
network communications and/or form a hardware basis for the
networks, such as switches, routers, gateways, access points,
firewalls, base stations, repeaters, backbone devices, and the
like.
[0033] In some examples, network(s) 108 may further include devices
that enable connection to a wireless network, such as a wireless
access point ("WAP"). Examples support connectivity through WAPs
that send and receive data over various electromagnetic frequencies
(e.g., radio frequencies), including WAPs that support Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers ("IEEE") 802.11 standards
(e.g., 802.11g, 802.11n, and so forth), and other standards.
[0034] In various examples, device(s) 110 may include one or more
computing devices that operate in a cluster or other grouped
configuration to share resources, balance load, increase
performance, provide fail-over support or redundancy, or for other
purposes. For instance, device(s) 110 may belong to a variety of
classes of devices such as traditional server-type devices, desktop
computer-type devices, and/or mobile-type devices. Thus, although
illustrated as a single type of device--a server-type
device--device(s) 110 may include a diverse variety of device types
and are not limited to a particular type of device. Device(s) 110
may represent, but are not limited to, server computers, desktop
computers, web-server computers, personal computers, mobile
computers, laptop computers, tablet computers, or any other sort of
computing device.
[0035] A client computing device (e.g., one of client computing
device(s) 106(1) through 106(N)) may belong to a variety of classes
of devices, which may be the same as, or different from, device(s)
110, such as traditional client-type devices, desktop computer-type
devices, mobile-type devices, special purpose-type devices,
embedded-type devices, and/or wearable-type devices. Thus, a client
computing device can include, but is not limited to, a desktop
computer, a game console and/or a gaming device, a tablet computer,
a personal data assistant ("PDA"), a mobile phone/tablet hybrid, a
laptop computer, a telecommunication device, a computer navigation
type client computing device such as a satellite-based navigation
system including a global positioning system ("GPS") device, a
wearable device, a virtual reality ("VR") device, an augmented
reality (AR) device, an implanted computing device, an automotive
computer, a network-enabled television, a thin client, a terminal,
an Internet of Things ("IoT") device, a work station, a media
player, a personal video recorders ("PVR"), a set-top box, a
camera, an integrated component (e.g., a peripheral device) for
inclusion in a computing device, an appliance, or any other sort of
computing device. Moreover, the client computing device may include
a combination of the earlier listed examples of the client
computing device such as, for example, desktop computer-type
devices or a mobile-type device in combination with a wearable
device, etc.
[0036] Client computing device(s) 106(1) through 106(N) of the
various classes and device types can represent any type of
computing device having one or more processing unit(s) 112 operably
connected to computer-readable media 114 such as via a bus 116,
which in some instances can include one or more of a system bus, a
data bus, an address bus, a PCI bus, a Mini-PCI bus, and any
variety of local, peripheral, and/or independent buses.
[0037] Executable instructions stored on computer-readable media
114 may include, for example, an operating system 118, a client
module 120, a profile module 122, and other modules, programs, or
applications that are loadable and executable by processing
units(s) 112.
[0038] Client computing device(s) 106(1) through 106(N) may also
include one or more interface(s) 124 to enable communications
between client computing device(s) 106(1) through 106(N) and other
networked devices, such as device(s) 110, over network(s) 108. Such
network interface(s) 124 may include one or more network interface
controllers (NICs) or other types of transceiver devices to send
and receive communications and/or data over a network. Moreover,
client computing device(s) 106(1) through 106(N) can include
input/output ("I/O") interfaces 126 that enable communications with
input/output devices such as user input devices including
peripheral input devices (e.g., a game controller, a keyboard, a
mouse, a pen, a voice input device such as a microphone, a touch
input device, a gestural input device, and the like) and/or output
devices including peripheral output devices (e.g., a display, a
printer, audio speakers, a haptic output device, and the like).
FIG. 1 illustrates that client computing device 106(N) is in some
way connected to a display device (e.g., a display screen 128),
which can display the teleconference data and the interactive
timeline(s) for one or more teleconference sessions.
[0039] In the example environment 100 of FIG. 1, client computing
devices 106(1) through 106(N) may use their respective client
modules 120 to connect with one another and/or other external
device(s) in order to participate in the teleconference session
104. For instance, a first user may utilize a client computing
device 106(1) to communicate with a second user of another client
computing device 106(2). When executing client modules 120, the
users may share data, which may cause the client computing device
106(1) to connect to the system 102 and/or the other client
computing devices 106(2) through 106(N) over the network(s)
108.
[0040] The client computing device(s) 106(1) through 106(N) may use
their respective profile module 122 to generate participant
profiles, and provide the participant profiles to other client
computing devices and/or to the device(s) 110 of the system 102. A
participant profile may include one or more of an identity of a
user or a group of users (e.g., a name, a unique identifier ("ID"),
etc.), user data such as personal data, machine data such as
location (e.g., an IP address, a room in a building, etc.) and
technical capabilities, etc. Participant profiles may be utilized
to register participants for teleconference sessions.
[0041] As shown in FIG. 1, the device(s) 110 of the system 102
includes a server module 130 and an output module 132. The server
module 130 is configured to receive, from individual client
computing devices such as client computing devices 106(1) through
106(N), media streams 134(1) through 134(N). As described above,
media streams can comprise a video feed (e.g., audio and visual
data associated with a user), audio data which is to be output with
a presentation of an avatar of a user (e.g., an audio only
experience in which video data of the user is not transmitted),
text data (e.g., text messages), file data and/or screen sharing
data (e.g., a document, a slide deck, an image, a video displayed
on a display screen, etc.), and so forth. Thus, the server module
130 is configured to receive a collection of various media streams
134(1) through 134(N) (the collection being referred to herein as
media data 134). In some scenarios, not all the client computing
devices that participate in the teleconference session 104 provide
a media stream. For example, a client computing device may only be
a consuming, or a "listening", device such that it only receives
content associated with the teleconference session 104 but does not
provide any content to the teleconference session 104.
[0042] The server module 130 is configured to generate session data
136 based on the media data 134. In various examples, the server
module 130 can select aspects of the media data 134 that are to be
shared with the participating client computing devices 106(1)
through 106(N). Consequently, the server module 130 is configured
to pass the session data 136 to the output module 132 and the
output module 132 may communicate teleconference data to the client
computing devices 106(1) through 106(N). As shown, the output
module 132 transmits teleconference data 138 to client computing
device 106(1), transmits teleconference data 140 to client
computing device 106(2), transmits teleconference data 142 to
client computing device 106(3), and transmits teleconference data
144 to client computing device 106(N). The teleconference data
transmitted to the client computing devices can be the same or can
be different (e.g., positioning of streams of content within a user
interface may vary from one device to the next). The output module
132 is also configured to record teleconference sessions (e.g., a
version of the teleconference data) and to maintain recordings of
teleconference sessions 146.
[0043] The device(s) 110 can also include an interactive timeline
module 148, and in various examples, the interactive timeline
module 148 is configured to determine notable events 150 in the
session data 136 of a teleconference session and/or notable events
added to a recording of the teleconference session 146. For
instance, a notable event 150 can occur as a live viewing of a
teleconference session is progressing such that activity that
amounts to notable events by users of client computing devices
106(1) through 106(N) that are participating via the live viewing
can be determined and added to an interactive timeline by the
interactive timeline module 148. A notable event 150 can also occur
in association with a recorded viewing of the recording of the
teleconference session 146.
[0044] Examples types of notable events 150 can include: a specific
mention of a user (e.g., an "@mention"), a specific mention of a
team, a file or a display screen that is shared (e.g., a document,
a presentation, a spreadsheet, a video, a web page, etc.), a
comment that is submitted to a chat conversation that is associated
with (e.g., is part of) the teleconference session, a task that is
assigned, a poll that is conducted, an expression (e.g., an emoji)
that is shared, a link to an external object such as another
teleconference session (e.g., a link to a newly scheduled meeting
while a current meeting is being conducted), a user joining the
teleconference session, a user leaving the teleconference session,
an explicit flag added to the interactive timeline by a user to
mark an important moment, a time period of concentrated activity,
the addition of supplemental recorded content to the teleconference
session 104 and/or to the interactive timeline, or any other
activity determined to provide value or contribute to understanding
a context of the teleconference session.
[0045] A client computing device such as client computing device
106(N) can provide request(s) 152 to view a recording of a
teleconference session (e.g., recorded content of the live
teleconference session 104 or recorded content of a previously
completed teleconference session) and/or to perform other actions
associated with the live content and/or recorded content
concurrently being displayed. In response, the output module 132
can provide the recorded content as teleconference data 144 to be
concurrently displayed with live content on a display screen 128
associated with the client computing device 106(N).
[0046] FIG. 2 illustrates a diagram that shows example components
of an example device 200 configured to cause concurrent display of
live content of a teleconference session and of recorded content of
a teleconference session. The device 200 may represent one of
device(s) 110, or in other examples a client computing device,
where the device 200 includes one or more processing unit(s) 202,
computer-readable media 204, and communication interface(s) 206.
The components of the device 200 are operatively connected, for
example, via a bus, which may include one or more of a system bus,
a data bus, an address bus, a PCI bus, a Mini-PCI bus, and any
variety of local, peripheral, and/or independent buses.
[0047] As utilized herein, processing unit(s), such as the
processing unit(s) 202 and/or processing unit(s) 112, may
represent, for example, a CPU-type processing unit, a GPU-type
processing unit, a field-programmable gate array ("FPGA"), another
class of digital signal processor ("DSP"), or other hardware logic
components that may, in some instances, be driven by a CPU. For
example, and without limitation, illustrative types of hardware
logic components that may be utilized include Application-Specific
Integrated Circuits ("ASICs"), Application-Specific Standard
Products ("ASSPs"), System-on-a-Chip Systems ("SOCs"), Complex
Programmable Logic Devices ("CPLDs"), etc.
[0048] As utilized herein, computer-readable media, such as
computer-readable media 204 and/or computer-readable media 114, may
store instructions executable by the processing unit(s). The
computer-readable media may also store instructions executable by
external processing units such as by an external CPU, an external
GPU, and/or executable by an external accelerator, such as an FPGA
type accelerator, a DSP type accelerator, or any other internal or
external accelerator. In various examples, at least one CPU, GPU,
and/or accelerator is incorporated in a computing device, while in
some examples one or more of a CPU, GPU, and/or accelerator is
external to a computing device.
[0049] Computer-readable media may include computer storage media
and/or communication media. Computer storage media may include one
or more of volatile memory, nonvolatile memory, and/or other
persistent and/or auxiliary computer storage media, removable and
non-removable computer storage media implemented in any method or
technology for storage of information such as computer-readable
instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data.
Thus, computer storage media includes tangible and/or physical
forms of media included in a device and/or hardware component that
is part of a device or external to a device, including but not
limited to random-access memory ("RAM"), static random-access
memory ("SRAM"), dynamic random-access memory ("DRAM"), phase
change memory ("PCM"), read-only memory ("ROM"), erasable
programmable read-only memory ("EPROM"), electrically erasable
programmable read-only memory ("EEPROM"), flash memory, compact
disc read-only memory ("CD-ROM"), digital versatile disks ("DVDs"),
optical cards or other optical storage media, magnetic cassettes,
magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage, magnetic cards or other
magnetic storage devices or media, solid-state memory devices,
storage arrays, network attached storage, storage area networks,
hosted computer storage or any other storage memory, storage
device, and/or storage medium that can be used to store and
maintain information for access by a computing device.
[0050] In contrast to computer storage media, communication media
may embody computer-readable instructions, data structures, program
modules, or other data in a modulated data signal, such as a
carrier wave, or other transmission mechanism. As defined herein,
computer storage media does not include communication media. That
is, computer storage media does not include communications media
consisting solely of a modulated data signal, a carrier wave, or a
propagated signal, per se.
[0051] Communication interface(s) 206 may represent, for example,
network interface controllers ("NICs") or other types of
transceiver devices to send and receive communications over a
network.
[0052] In the illustrated example, computer-readable media 204
includes a data store 208. In some examples, data store 208
includes data storage such as a database, data warehouse, or other
type of structured or unstructured data storage. In some examples,
data store 208 includes a corpus and/or a relational database with
one or more tables, indices, stored procedures, and so forth to
enable data access including one or more of hypertext markup
language ("HTML") tables, resource description framework ("RDF")
tables, web ontology language ("OWL") tables, and/or extensible
markup language ("XML") tables, for example.
[0053] The data store 208 may store data for the operations of
processes, applications, components, and/or modules stored in
computer-readable media 204 and/or executed by processing unit(s)
202 and/or accelerator(s). For instance, in some examples, data
store 208 may store session data 210 (e.g., session data 136),
profile data 212 (e.g., associated with a participant profile),
and/or other data. The session data 210 can include a total number
of participants (e.g., users and/or client computing devices) in a
teleconference session, activity that occurs in the teleconference
session, and/or other data related to when and how the
teleconference session is conducted or hosted. The data store 208
can also include recording(s) 214 of teleconference session(s), as
well as interactive timeline(s) that include representations of
notable event(s) that occur in association with the teleconference
session(s).
[0054] Alternately, some or all of the above-referenced data can be
stored on separate memories 216 on board one or more processing
unit(s) 202 such as a memory on board a CPU-type processor, a
GPU-type processor, an FPGA-type accelerator, a DSP-type
accelerator, and/or another accelerator. In this example, the
computer-readable media 204 also includes operating system 218 and
application programming interface(s) 220 configured to expose the
functionality and the data of the device 200 to other devices.
Additionally, the computer-readable media 204 can include one or
more modules such as the server module 130, the output module 132,
and the interactive timeline module 148, although the number of
illustrated modules is just an example, and the number may vary
higher or lower. That is, functionality described herein in
association with the illustrated modules may be performed by a
fewer number of modules or a larger number of modules on one device
or spread across multiple devices.
[0055] FIG. 3A illustrates an example graphical user interface 300
configured to display an interactive timeline that enables a user
to view recorded content of a teleconference session concurrently
with live content of the teleconference session. The graphical user
interface 300 can comprise a single window that is generated and
displayed by server components and/or client components of a
teleconference system. Thus, the example graphical user interfaces
described herein enable a user to concurrently engage (e.g., view)
with both live content and recorded content at the same time and in
the same teleconference experience.
[0056] As shown in this example, the graphical user interface 300
comprises a live stage display region 302 and a recorded stage
display region 304. The live stage display region 302 comprises a
portion of the user interface that includes a first display area to
display the live content 306. The recorded stage display region 304
comprises a portion of the user interface that includes a display
area to display the recorded content 308. Moreover, the recorded
stage display region 304 comprises a portion of the user interface
that includes an interactive timeline 310.
[0057] As described above, the interactive timeline module 148 is
configured to determine when notable events 150 occur in
association with a teleconference session and to generate the
interactive timeline 310 to include representations of the notable
events 150 (e.g., populate the interactive timeline with
representations). That is, the interactive timeline module 148 can
analyze session data to detect when a notable event occurs (e.g., a
user says a name, a user shares a file, etc.). The interactive
timeline 310 includes different representations (e.g., the circles,
squares, or other shapes on the interactive timeline 310) that
correspond to different types of notable events 150. In various
implementations, a representation can comprise and/or be associated
with: an icon or a symbol indicative of a type of notable event, a
user avatar, and/or initials of a user. The interactive timeline
310 enables a user to interact with representations while viewing
the live content 306. Since the interactive timeline 310 is
associated with a live teleconference session in this example, the
interactive timeline 310 only includes representations on the left
of an interactive timeline cursor 312. The interactive timeline 310
can be populated with representations as the notable events occur.
An interactive timeline cursor 312 represents a position, or a
point, in a teleconference session that is currently being
displayed. As shown, a user is currently viewing live content at a
"00:15:23" mark of a meeting that has a scheduled duration of
"00:30:00". The current view at this point in time comprises
content in which four people (e.g., four separate audio/visual
streams) are displayed in quadrants (e.g., four grid cells). A
"view" comprises a configuration and/or a layout of content of the
teleconference session.
[0058] FIG. 3A further illustrates that a user control element
(e.g., a mouse cursor) is navigated to interact with a particular
representation of a notable event 316 (e.g., click on the notable
event). As described above, the notable event occurred previously
in the teleconference session, and therefore, the notable event can
be associated with recorded content. Consequently, via the
interaction with the representation of the notable event 316, the
user can view recorded content at a point or period of time in the
teleconference session at which the notable event occurs. The
interactive timeline 310 therefore allows the user to initially
preview notable events that previously occurred in the
teleconference session and to locate recorded content of interest
that the user would like to view. Subsequently, the user can
request that recorded content that starts at a particular position
on the interactive timeline 310 (e.g., the position of the
representation of the notable event 316) be played back. The play
back of the recorded content 308 in the display area can be
performed as the live content 306 continues to be displayed as the
teleconference session progresses (e.g., the live content is not
paused). As shown, the view of the recorded content 308 in its
respective display area comprises an edge-to-edge view in which a
single person is displayed. Consequently, a user is enabled to
catch-up on missed activity of the teleconference session while the
user stays engaged with the live content (e.g., in an event the
user is late to join the teleconference session).
[0059] In various examples described herein, the user can provide
input that enables and/or disables different audio outputs. That
is, a first audio output may be associated with the live content
and a second audio output may be associated with the recorded
content. Accordingly, the graphical user interface 300 can be
configured to visually signal, to the user, which content (e.g.,
live content 306 or recorded content 308) has audio enabled. In
various examples, a default is set so that the first audio output
is enabled and the second audio output is disabled. However, when
the user locates recorded content of interest that he or she would
like to hear, the user can switch the setting (e.g., the default
setting) so that the second audio output is enabled and the first
audio output is disabled. Based on this switch, a status indicator
318 can be generated, communicated, and/or displayed to the user
and to other participants in a live teleconference session. The
status indicator 318 can be graphically associated with the user
and indicates that the audio for the live content has been disabled
for a particular client computing device (e.g., so that the user(s)
can hear the audio for the recorded content). Consequently, the
status indicator 318 serves as a notification that the client
computing device and/or the user are in a state of partial
engagement where the user can see the live content but cannot hear
the live content. If another participant wants the user to hear
what is being said in the live content, he or she can use motion
and/or submit a comment to gain the user's attention and/or
instruct the user to subsequently enable the audio for the live
content.
[0060] In some examples, the status indicator 310 can comprise
switching the display of the user from live video that captures the
visual appearance of the user to an avatar (e.g., image) of the
user. In this way, the other participants are aware that the user
is no longer fully engaged because they no longer see the live
video feed but rather the user avatar. Furthermore, the interactive
timeline 310 can be populated with a representation indicating a
point in time when the user disables and/or enables the audio
output for the live teleconference session.
[0061] In some instances, the audio output can automatically switch
between the live content and/or the recorded content. For instance,
the output module 132 can detect that one of the live content or
the recorded content currently does not have any audio (e.g., the
session comprises a portion where only text chat-collaboration is
used to discuss file content displayed). Accordingly, the audio
output can automatically be switched to the other of the live
content or the recorded content that currently has audio.
[0062] In various examples, the interactive timeline 310 can
comprise or be associated with a sequence of still images (e.g.,
thumbnail images) that captures activity of a view of the
teleconference session at various positions or points in time. For
instance, a thumbnail image associated with a video frame can be
displayed in association with a representation (e.g., below the
representation, above the representation, etc.). In some examples,
the thumbnail image can be persistently displayed. Alternatively,
the thumbnail image can be configured to come into view based on
user interaction (e.g., hover input) with the interactive timeline
310 and/or a representation. Consequently, the interactive timeline
310 can provide the user with a visual preview of the recorded
content. The user can scan the interactive timeline, the
representations, and/or the sequence of images to locate recorded
content that may be of interest.
[0063] FIG. 3B illustrates another example graphical user interface
320 configured to display an interactive timeline that enables a
user to view recorded content of a teleconference session
concurrently with live content of the teleconference session. In
the example of FIG. 3B, an interactive timeline 322 is displayed at
the bottom of the user interface 320 that is presented on a display
screen (e.g., display screen 128), and a display area that includes
the interactive timeline 322 is not transparent. However, in
alternative examples, the display area that includes the
interactive timeline 322 can be a display area that is transparent.
As shown in this example, the interactive timeline 322 and the
display area that includes the recorded content 324 can be overlay
display areas configured on top of the display area that includes
the live content 326. Consequently, the graphical user interface
320 does not clearly distinguish between a live stage display
region and a recorded stage display region in this example.
Moreover, as shown, the view of the recorded content 324 comprises
an edge-to-edge view of file content (e.g., a slide that summarizes
"Total Shipments by Quarter") based on interaction of a user
control element with a different representation.
[0064] FIG. 4 illustrates an example graphical user interface 400
configured to switch the display of the live content in a first
display area and the display of the recorded content in a second
display area. The live content 402 and the recorded content 404
displayed in the graphical user interface 400 corresponds to that
displayed in the graphical user interface 300 of FIG. 3A. However,
the live content 402 and the recorded content 404 have been
switched 406 between the display areas (e.g., the non-overlapping
display areas). In some examples, the switch 406 can be implemented
based on user input (e.g., selection of a switch button or a click
on the recorded content). For instance, the user can navigate and
scrub the interactive timeline and corresponding recorded content
can be displayed in the smaller display area as the user interacts
with the interactive timeline (e.g., in the lower right corner of
the user interface as shown in FIG. 3A). Upon finding recorded
content of particular importance, the user can provide an input to
have the recorded content 404 toggled to the larger display area
which the live content previously occupied. Moreover, the live
content 402 is toggled to the smaller display area which the
recorded content previously occupied. In one example, the user
input that switches the live and recorded content between the
displays areas is associated with enabling the audio output for the
recorded content 404. That is, the live content and the recorded
content are switched between display areas when the user enables
the audio for the recorded content and disables the audio for the
live content (e.g., the larger display area is reserved for the
content which is being audibly output).
[0065] FIG. 5 illustrates an example graphical user interface 500
configured to display an interactive timeline 502 and live content
504 of a live teleconference session in a live stage display region
506 concurrently with an interactive timeline 508 and recorded
content 510 of a completed teleconference session in a recorded
stage display region 512. That is, the graphical user interface is
configured to concurrently display multiple interactive timelines.
In this example, a user has joined the live teleconference session,
and while viewing the live content 504 of the live teleconference
session, the user can select an option (e.g., functionality) to
access and retrieve recording(s) of other teleconference sessions
514. The option can be configured in the recorded stage display
region 512, and the option can enable the user to enter text to
search for a specific meeting and/or scroll through a list of
previously completed meetings (e.g., for a particular team or
group). Based on selection of a specific meeting, a request 152 can
be sent to the system 102 and the recording(s) 146 can be
retrieved. Consequently, the recorded stage display region 512 can
be a portion of the graphical user interface 500 that is private to
the user, so the user can access recordings of completed
teleconference sessions and search for recorded content that may be
of interest to the user. The live stage display region includes
live content that is being shared with various users across a
number of client computing devices 106(1) . . . 106(N)
participating in the live teleconference session.
[0066] Accordingly, a user viewing the graphical user interface 500
of FIG. 5 is enabled to interact with multiple different
interactive timelines. Similar to that shown in FIG. 3A,
interactive timeline 502 shows that the interactive timeline cursor
is located at the "00:15:23" mark of a meeting that is scheduled to
last thirty minutes, and the live content 504 includes four people
(e.g., four separate video streams) being displayed in four
quadrants. Interactive timeline 508 shows that the interactive
timeline cursor is located at the "00:14:56" mark of a completed
meeting that actually lasted twenty-five minutes and forty-six
seconds, and the recorded content 510 includes file content (e.g.,
a slide that summarizes "Total Shipments by Quarter").
[0067] FIG. 6A illustrates an example graphical user interface 600
configured to display (i) live content 602 of a live teleconference
session in a live stage display region 604 concurrently with
recorded content 606 of a completed teleconference session in a
recorded stage display region 608 and (ii) tabs that enable a user
to switch between interactive timelines associated with the live
teleconference session and the completed teleconference session.
For instance, the recorded stage display region 608 includes tabs,
where each tab is configured to display an interactive timeline
and/or other information associated with an individual
teleconference session. Accordingly, a first tab 610 is associated
with the "Live Meeting" so the user can access recorded content
that occurs prior to the live content 602 currently being displayed
in the live meeting. A second tab 612 is associated with a "1/23/17
Meeting" (e.g., a completed teleconference session). A third tab
614 is associated with a "Shipping Meeting" (e.g., a completed
teleconference session). As described above, the user can use the
option to access and retrieve recordings 514 to populate the tabs.
Thus, any number or recordings can be accessed and retrieved by the
user (e.g., one, two, three, four, five, etc.), and any number of
tabs can be configured. That is, the first tab 610 may
automatically be populated with the interactive timeline 616 for
the live meeting, but subsequent tabs such as the second tab 612
and the third tab 614 may be populated with interactive timelines
based on user instruction (e.g., search and retrieval of
recordings).
[0068] In FIG. 6A, the active tab is the first tab 610. That is,
the user has selected the first tab so that the user can interact
with the interactive timeline 616 of the live teleconference
session. Accordingly, the interactive timeline 616 shows that the
interactive timeline cursor is located at the "00:15:23" mark of a
meeting that is scheduled to last thirty minutes, and the recorded
content 606 concurrently displayed with the live content 602 is
content that previously occurred in the live teleconference
session.
[0069] In various examples, the use of the tabs in FIG. 6A may
limit visual distraction associated with displaying multiple
interactive timelines. Rather, the user still has access to
multiple interactive timelines via the tabs, but only one
interactive timeline is displayed at a given time thereby allowing
the user to focus on the live content and/or the recorded
content.
[0070] In the graphical user interface 618 of FIG. 6B, the active
tab is the second tab 612. That is, the user has switched from the
first tab 610 as shown in FIG. 6A and selected the second tab 612
so that the user can interact with the interactive timeline 620 of
the "1/23/17 Meeting". Accordingly, the interactive timeline 620
shows that the interactive timeline cursor is located at the
"00:14:56" mark of a completed meeting that actually lasted
twenty-five minutes and forty-six seconds, and the recorded content
622 includes file content (e.g., a slide that summarizes "Total
Shipments by Quarter") presented in the "1/23/17 Meeting".
[0071] In some examples, the recorded content 622 can comprise an
activity sequence (e.g., a summary video) that summarizes a
teleconference session (e.g., the 1/23/17 meeting). The activity
sequence includes notable events that occur in the teleconference
session, and thus, playback and user consumption of the activity
sequence provides the user with an efficient means to gain a
general awareness and understanding of what has occurred in the
teleconference session without requiring the user to view and/or
listen to all the recorded content of the teleconference session
that the user missed.
[0072] FIG. 7A illustrates an example graphical user interface 700
configured to display an option for a user to share recorded
content 702 with other participants in the live teleconference
session. FIG. 7A continues the example illustrated in FIG. 6B where
the user is interacting with the interactive timeline 620 of the
"1/23/17 Meeting" and viewing recorded content 622. In the example
of FIG. 7A, the user has located a portion (e.g., segment, video
clip, etc.) of recorded content that she or he would like to share
with other participants in the live teleconference session. The
option to share recorded content 702 provides functionality that
enables the user to share the recorded content (e.g., at the click
of the button). Thus, in this example, the recorded stage display
region provides a staging area for the user to locate and queue up
(e.g., determine a starting position) previously recorded content
that he or she would like to share with other participants.
[0073] FIG. 7B illustrates an example graphical user interface 704
configured to share the recorded content with other participants in
the live teleconference session based on selection of an option.
Upon selection of the option to share the recorded content 702 in
FIG. 7A, the live content 602 and the recorded content can be
configured to switch 706 display areas. In this way, the viewer can
still see the live data streams of the other participants. In this
example, the user can select an option to "Go Live" with the
recorded content 708. Upon selection of the option to Go Live with
the recorded content 708, the previously recorded content is shared
with other participants in the live teleconference session.
[0074] FIG. 8A illustrates an example graphical user interface 800
configured to concurrently display live content 802 and a
corresponding interactive timeline 804 and recorded content 806 and
a corresponding interactive timeline 808 in multiple (e.g., two)
equally sized (e.g., scaled) display areas. In this example, the
live content 802 includes four people collaborating with each
other, and the recorded content 806 accessed by the user includes
file content (e.g., a sequence of slides in a presentation being
played back and the currently displayed slide explains "Total
Shipments by Quarter"). The display areas in this example split the
graphical user interface in a vertical direction, and thus, one
display area is on top of the other.
[0075] In various examples, a user can interact (e.g., click or
tap) on a display area to enable the audio for the respective
content of the display area and/or to activate full engagement of a
connected group modality. Consequently, audio of the other content
of the other display area can be silenced (e.g., muted). In the
example of FIG. 8A, the user navigates a user control element to
click on the live content 802, and thus, audio of the live content
802 is enabled and the user is fully engaged in the connected group
modality, while audio of the recorded content 806 is disabled.
[0076] FIG. 8B illustrates another example graphical user interface
810 configured to concurrently display live content 812 and a
corresponding interactive timeline 814 and recorded content 816 and
a corresponding interactive timeline 818 in multiple (e.g., two)
equally sized (e.g., scaled) display areas. The display areas in
this example split the graphical user interface in a horizontal
direction, and thus, the display areas are side by side.
[0077] In the example of FIG. 8B, the user navigates a user control
element to select the recorded content 816, and thus, audio of the
recorded content 818 is enabled and the user is partially engaged
in the connected group modality of a live teleconference session
because audio of the live content 812 is disabled.
[0078] FIGS. 9 and 10 illustrate example flowcharts. It should be
understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the
operations of the methods disclosed herein are not necessarily
presented in any particular order and that performance of some or
all of the operations in an alternative order(s) is possible and is
contemplated. The operations have been presented in the
demonstrated order for ease of description and illustration.
Operations may be added, omitted, performed together, and/or
performed simultaneously, without departing from the scope of the
appended claims.
[0079] It also should be understood that the illustrated methods
can end at any time and need not be performed in their entirety.
Some or all operations of the methods, and/or substantially
equivalent operations, can be performed by execution of
computer-readable instructions included on a computer-storage
media, as defined herein. The term "computer-readable
instructions," and variants thereof, as used in the description and
claims, is used expansively herein to include routines,
applications, application modules, program modules, programs,
components, data structures, algorithms, and the like.
Computer-readable instructions can be implemented on various system
configurations, including single-processor or multiprocessor
systems, minicomputers, mainframe computers, personal computers,
hand-held computing devices, microprocessor-based, programmable
consumer electronics, combinations thereof, and the like.
[0080] Thus, it should be appreciated that the logical operations
described herein are implemented (1) as a sequence of computer
implemented acts or program modules running on a computing system
(e.g., device 110, client computing device 106(N), and/or device
200) and/or (2) as interconnected machine logic circuits or circuit
modules within the computing system. The implementation is a matter
of choice dependent on the performance and other requirements of
the computing system. Accordingly, the logical operations may be
implemented in software, in firmware, in special purpose digital
logic, and any combination thereof.
[0081] Additionally, the operations illustrated in FIGS. 9 and/or
10 can be implemented in association with the example graphical
user interfaces described above with respect to FIGS. 3A-8B. For
instance, the various device(s) and/or module(s) in FIGS. 1 and/or
2 can generate, transmit, receive, and/or display data associated
with content of a teleconference session (e.g., live content,
recorded content, etc.) and/or an interactive timeline that
includes representations of notable events that occur in
association with the teleconference session.
[0082] FIG. 9 is a diagram of an example flowchart 900 that
illustrates operations directed to concurrently display live
content of a teleconference session and recorded content of a
teleconference session. In one example, the operations of FIG. 9
can be performed by components of the system 102 and/or a client
computing device 106(N).
[0083] At operation 902, live content associated with a
teleconference session is caused to be displayed in a first display
area of a user interface. For example, a user of a client computing
device 106(N) can join a teleconference session 104, as described
above with respect to FIG. 1, and view the live content via a
display screen.
[0084] At operation 904, an interactive timeline is caused to be
displayed. As described above, the interactive timeline can be
associated with the same teleconference session as the live
content. Alternatively, the interactive timeline can be associated
with a different teleconference session. That is, the user can
request to access and retrieve a recording of a completed
teleconference session to try to find recorded content of interest
to a user.
[0085] At operation 906, a request to view recorded content is
received (e.g., via the interactive timeline). For example, the
user can interact with (e.g., select) a representation on the
interactive timeline to identify the recorded content. In another
example, the user can navigate the interactive timeline cursor to a
particular position on the interactive timeline to identify the
recorded content.
[0086] At operation 908, the recorded content is caused to be
displayed in a second display area of the user interface
concurrently with the display of the live content in the first
display area of the user interface.
[0087] At operation 910, the display of the live content in the
first display area and the display of the recorded content in the
second display area are switched. In some examples, the switch can
be implemented based on user input (e.g., selection of a switch
button or a click on the recorded content). For instance, the user
can navigate and scrub the interactive timeline and corresponding
recorded content can be displayed in the smaller second display
area as the user interacts with the interactive timeline. Upon
finding recorded content of particular importance, the user can
provide an input to have the recorded content toggled to the larger
first display area which the live content previously occupied. In
one example, the user input that switches the live and recorded
content between the displays areas is associated with enabling the
audio output for the recorded content.
[0088] At operation 912, a portion of the recorded content is
shared with other participants of the teleconference session. For
example, as shown in FIGS. 7A-7B, a user can locate, queue up, and
share recorded content with the other participants.
[0089] FIG. 10 is a diagram of another example flowchart 1000 that
illustrates operations directed to concurrently display live
content of a teleconference session and recorded content of a
teleconference session. In one example, the operations of FIG. 10
can be performed by components of the system 102 and/or a client
computing device 106(N).
[0090] At operation 1002, live content associated with a live
teleconference session is caused to be displayed in a first area of
a user interface.
[0091] At operation 1004, a first interactive timeline associated
with the live teleconference session is configured for display.
[0092] At operation 1006, a request to access a recording of a
completed teleconference session is received.
[0093] At operation 1008, a second interactive timeline associated
with the completed teleconference session is configured for
display. For example, the first and second interactive timelines
can be displayed concurrently in their respective stage display
regions. In another example, the first and second interactive
timelines can be configured for display in associated with
tabs.
[0094] At operation 1010, the recorded content is caused to be
displayed in a second display area of the user interface based on
an interaction with the second recorded timeline. The display of
the recorded content in the second display area can be concurrent
with the display of the live content in the first display area of
the user interface.
[0095] At operation 1012, the display of the live content in the
first display area and the display of the recorded content in the
second display area are switched.
[0096] At operation 1014, a portion of the recorded content is
shared with other participants of the teleconference session.
[0097] The disclosure presented herein may be considered in view of
the following example clauses.
[0098] Example Clause A, a system comprising: one or more
processing units; and a computer-readable medium having encoded
thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the one or more
processing units to: cause live content associated with a
teleconference session to be displayed in a first display area of a
user interface; cause an interactive timeline to be displayed in
the user interface, wherein the interactive timeline includes a
plurality of representations corresponding to a plurality of
notable events; receive a request to view recorded content
associated with a notable event of the plurality of notable events,
wherein the request is based at least in part on a selection of a
representation that corresponds to the notable event; based at
least in part on receiving the request, cause the recorded content
to be displayed in a second display area of the user interface
concurrently with the display of the live content in the first
display area of the user interface; and cause the display of the
live content in the first display area of the user interface and
the display of the recorded content in the second display area of
the user interface to be switched.
[0099] Example Clause B, the system of Example Clause A, wherein
the interactive timeline is associated with the teleconference
session and the recorded content comprises previous activity that
occurs in the teleconference session.
[0100] Example Clause C, the system of Example Clause A, wherein
the interactive timeline is associated with another teleconference
session that occurred prior to the teleconference session and the
recorded content captures previous activity that occurs in the
other teleconference session.
[0101] Example Clause D, the system of Example Clause C, wherein
the computer-executable instructions further cause the one or more
processing units to: cause an option to access recordings of
previous teleconference sessions to be displayed; receive, via a
selection of the option, another request to access the other
teleconference session; and retrieve, based at least in part on the
other request, a recording of the other teleconference session so
that the interactive timeline and the recorded content can be
displayed.
[0102] Example Clause E, the system of any one of Example Clause A
through Example Clause D, wherein the switching the display of the
live content in the first display area of the user interface and
the display of the recorded content in the second display area of
the user interface is implemented based at least in part on user
input.
[0103] Example Clause F, the system of any one of Example Clause A
through Example Clause E, wherein the computer-executable
instructions further cause the one or more processing units to:
receive another request to enable audio for the recorded content;
based at least in part on the other request, enable the audio for
the recorded content while disabling audio for the live content;
and cause a status indicator to be communicated and displayed to
participants of the teleconference session indicating that the
audio for the live content has been disabled.
[0104] Example Clause G, the system of any one of Example Clause A
through Example Clause F, wherein the computer-executable
instructions further cause the one or more processing units to:
cause an option to share a portion of the recorded content with
participants of the teleconference session to be displayed;
receive, via a selection of the option, another request to share
the portion of the recorded content with the participants of the
teleconference session; and share, based at least in part on the
other request, the portion of the recorded content with the
participants of the teleconference session.
[0105] Example Clause H, the system of any one of Example Clause A
through Example Clause G, wherein the first display area of the
user interface is larger than the second display area of the user
interface.
[0106] Example Clause I, the system of any one of Example Clause A
through Example Clause G, wherein the second display area of the
user interface is displayed as an overlay display area on top of
the first display area of the user interface.
[0107] While the subject matter of Example Clauses A through I is
described above with respect to a system, it is understood that the
subject matter of Example Clauses A through I can also be
implemented by a device, via computer-readable storage media,
and/or as a method.
[0108] Example Clause J, a system comprising: one or more
processing units; and a computer-readable medium having encoded
thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the one or more
processing units to: cause live content associated with a live
teleconference session to be displayed in a first display area of a
user interface; configure a first interactive timeline associated
with the live teleconference session for display in the user
interface; configure a second interactive timeline associated with
a completed teleconference session for display in the user
interface; and cause, based at least in part on interaction with
the second interactive timeline, recorded content associated with
the completed teleconference session to be displayed in a second
display area of the user interface concurrently with the display of
the live content associated with the live teleconference session in
the first display area of the user interface.
[0109] Example Clause K, the system of Example Clause J, wherein
the first interactive timeline associated with the live
teleconference session and the second interactive timeline
associated with the completed teleconference session are configured
to be displayed concurrently.
[0110] Example Clause L, the system of Example Clause K, wherein
the first display area and the second display area are of equal
size and split the user interface in one of a vertical or a
horizontal direction.
[0111] Example Clause M, the system of Example Clause J, wherein
the first interactive timeline associated with the live
teleconference session and the second interactive timeline
associated with the completed teleconference session are configured
to be displayed alternatively in association with a selection of a
tab.
[0112] Example Clause N, the system of any one of Example Clause J
through Example Clause M, wherein the computer-executable
instructions further cause the one or more processing units to:
cause an option to access the completed teleconference session to
be displayed; receive, via a selection of the option, a request to
access the completed teleconference session; and retrieve, based at
least in part on the request, a recording of the completed
teleconference session so that the second interactive timeline and
the recorded content can be displayed.
[0113] Example Clause O, the system of any one of Example Clause J
through Example Clause N, wherein the computer-executable
instructions further cause the one or more processing units to:
cause an option to share a portion of the recorded content with
participants of the live teleconference session to be displayed;
receive, via a selection of the option, a request to share the
portion of the recorded content with the participants of the live
teleconference session; and share, based at least in part on the
request, the portion of the recorded content with the participants
of the live teleconference session.
[0114] Example Clause P, the system of any one of Example Clause J
through Example Clause O, wherein the computer-executable
instructions further cause the one or more processing units to:
receive a request to enable audio for the recorded content; based
at least in part on the request, enable the audio for the recorded
content while disabling audio for the live content; and cause a
status indicator to be displayed to participants of the live
teleconference session indicating that the audio for the live
content has been disabled.
[0115] Example Clause Q, the system of any one of Example Clause J
through Example Clause P, wherein the computer-executable
instructions further cause the one or more processing units to
cause the display of the live content in the first display area of
the user interface and the display of the recorded content in the
second display area of the user interface to be switched based at
least in part on user input.
[0116] While the subject matter of Example Clauses J through Q is
described above with respect to a system, it is understood that the
subject matter of Example Clauses J through Q can also be
implemented by a device, via computer-readable storage media,
and/or as a method.
[0117] Example Clause R, a method comprising: causing live content
associated with a live teleconference session to be displayed in a
first display area of a user interface; configuring a first
interactive timeline associated with the live teleconference
session for display in the user interface; receiving a request to
access a recording of a completed teleconference session;
configuring a second interactive timeline associated with the
completed teleconference session for display in the user interface;
causing, based at least in part on interaction with the second
interactive timeline, recorded content associated with the
completed teleconference session to be displayed in a second
display area of the user interface concurrently with the displaying
of the live content associated with the live teleconference session
in the first display area of the user interface; causing the
display of the live content in the first display area to be
switched with the display of the recorded content in the second
display area; and sharing a portion of the recorded content with
participants of the live teleconference session.
[0118] Example Clause S, the method of Example Clause R, wherein
the first interactive timeline associated with the live
teleconference session and the second interactive timeline
associated with the completed teleconference session are configured
to be displayed concurrently.
[0119] Example Clause T, the method of Example Clause R, wherein
the first interactive timeline associated with the live
teleconference session and the second interactive timeline
associated with the completed teleconference session are configured
to be displayed alternatively in association with a selection of a
tab.
[0120] While the subject matter of Example Clauses R through T is
described above with respect to a method, it is understood that the
subject matter of Example Clauses R through T can also be
implemented by a device, by a system, and/or via computer-readable
storage media.
[0121] Although the techniques have been described in language
specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is
to be understood that the appended claims are not necessarily
limited to the features or acts described. Rather, the features and
acts are described as example implementations of such
techniques.
[0122] The operations of the example methods are illustrated in
individual blocks and summarized with reference to those blocks.
The methods are illustrated as logical flows of blocks, each block
of which can represent one or more operations that can be
implemented in hardware, software, or a combination thereof. In the
context of software, the operations represent computer-executable
instructions stored on one or more computer-readable media that,
when executed by one or more processors, enable the one or more
processors to perform the recited operations. Generally,
computer-executable instructions include routines, programs,
objects, modules, components, data structures, and the like that
perform particular functions or implement particular abstract data
types. The order in which the operations are described is not
intended to be construed as a limitation, and any number of the
described operations can be executed in any order, combined in any
order, subdivided into multiple sub-operations, and/or executed in
parallel to implement the described processes. The described
processes can be performed by resources associated with one or more
device(s) such as one or more internal or external CPUs or GPUs,
and/or one or more pieces of hardware logic such as FPGAs, DSPs, or
other types of accelerators.
[0123] All of the methods and processes described above may be
embodied in, and fully automated via, software code modules
executed by one or more general purpose computers or processors.
The code modules may be stored in any type of computer-readable
storage medium or other computer storage device. Some or all of the
methods may alternatively be embodied in specialized computer
hardware.
[0124] Conditional language such as, among others, "can," "could,"
"might" or "may," unless specifically stated otherwise, are
understood within the context to present that certain examples
include, while other examples do not include, certain features,
elements and/or steps. Thus, such conditional language is not
generally intended to imply that certain features, elements and/or
steps are in any way required for one or more examples or that one
or more examples necessarily include logic for deciding, with or
without user input or prompting, whether certain features, elements
and/or steps are included or are to be performed in any particular
example. Conjunctive language such as the phrase "at least one of
X, Y or Z," unless specifically stated otherwise, is to be
understood to present that an item, term, etc. may be either X, Y,
or Z, or a combination thereof.
[0125] Any routine descriptions, elements or blocks in the flow
diagrams described herein and/or depicted in the attached figures
should be understood as potentially representing modules, segments,
or portions of code that include one or more executable
instructions for implementing specific logical functions or
elements in the routine. Alternate implementations are included
within the scope of the examples described herein in which elements
or functions may be deleted, or executed out of order from that
shown or discussed, including substantially synchronously or in
reverse order, depending on the functionality involved as would be
understood by those skilled in the art. It should be emphasized
that many variations and modifications may be made to the
above-described examples, the elements of which are to be
understood as being among other acceptable examples. All such
modifications and variations are intended to be included herein
within the scope of this disclosure and protected by the following
claims.
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