US 2002/0161804 A1 · Internet-based system for multimedia meeting minutes

Abstract

A method for creating multimedia meeting minutes is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method receives notations from a user. As each notation is received, context information is recorded with the notation. The context information is used to select pertinent portions of multimedia information received concurrently with the notations. An association is then created between the notation and each selected portion of the multimedia information. These associations may be used to access the selected portions of the multimedia information from the notations. The notations and their respective associations are deposited for future retrieval. The deposited notations may be revised by receiving an altered copy of the notations from a user. The deposited notations are modified in accordance with the altered copy.

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Dependent claims

A method for creating multimedia meeting minutes, comprising the steps of:

receiving a notation from a notetaking user during a meeting;
automatically recording an index value for the notation, the index value based on the context of the notation;
receiving a quantity of multimedia information from at least one multimedia source;
automatically selecting at least one portion of the quantity of the multimedia information based on the index value of the notation;
automatically creating an association between the notation and the selected portion of the quantity of multimedia information, where the association enables access to the selected portion of the quantity of multimedia information;
storing the notation and the association for retrieval at a future time;
and
wherein a single action by the notetaking user initiates the steps of receiving the notation, recording, selecting, creating, and storing.

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An apparatus containing a set of processor readable instructions and communicating with a programmable device through at least one communication link, wherein the programmable device including at least one processor responsive to the set of processor readable instructions, wherein the set of instructions directs the programmable device to perform a method for creating multimedia meeting minutes, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a plurality of notations from a notetaking user;
recording an index value for each of the plurality of notations, the index value based on the context of each notation;
receiving a quantity of multimedia information from at least one multimedia source;
selecting at least one portion of the quantity of the multimedia information based on the index value of each notation;
creating an association between each of the plurality of notations and the selected portion of the quantity of multimedia information, where the association enables access to the selected portion of the quantity of multimedia information;
storing the plurality of notations and the respective associations for retrieval at a future time;
and
transmitting the plurality of notations and their respective associations via an electronic network to at least one user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Internet-based system for multimedia meeting minutes

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Internet-based system for multimedia meeting minutes

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Abstract

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