Systems and methods for mediating teleconferences
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsDonald Kimber, Kazumasa Murai, Jonathan Foote, Qiong Liu, John Doherty
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a status of a teleconference by determining an approximate delay time and providing a status signal in view of the determined approximate delay time are provided. An approximate delay time is approximately the amount of time that will elapse before an occurrence occurring at a first time, which is captured into an occurrence signal by a source unit, will be experienced at a second time after the occurrence signal is received by at least one receiving unit.
Claims24
A status providing system for a teleconference, comprising:
- a delay determining unit for determining an approximate delay time, the approximate delay time including at least an approximate amount of time that will elapse before an occurrence occurring at a first time, which is captured into an occurrence signal by a source unit, will be experienced at a second time after the occurrence signal is received by at least one receiving unit, such that the approximate delay time is approximately equal to a difference between the first time and the second time, and
- a status signal generator, wherein after the occurrence, the status signal generator provides based on the occurrence and the determined approximate delay time, a status signal at a status time, the status time being at least one of a time including a time earlier than the second time and a time, at least beginning, upon passage of the determined approximate delay time from the first time.
A status providing system, comprising:
- delay determining means for determining an approximate delay time for experiencing, at a receiving unit, an original occurrence that is captured into an occurrence signal by a source unit;
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- status signal providing means for providing a status signal providing, based on the determined approximate delay time, at least one of an indication that the original occurrence occurred before all portions of the occurrence signal is received by the receiving unit, an indication of the approximate delay time, and one of the portions of the occurrence signal at a slower rate than an original rate at which the portion of the occurrence signal originally transpired during the original occurrence.
A status providing method for a teleconference, the method comprising:
- capturing an occurrence signal based on an occurrence occurring at a first time;
- determining an approximate delay time, the approximate delay time including at least an approximate amount of time that will elapse before the occurrence will be experienced at a second time after the occurrence signal is received by at least one receiving unit such that the approximate delay time is approximately equal to a difference between the first time and the second time, and
- providing a status signal, the status signal being based on the occurrence and the determined approximate delay time and rendered by at least one of the source unit and the receiving unit at a status time, wherein the status time includes a time earlier than the second time and a time, at least beginning, upon passage of the determined approximate delay time from the first time.
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