Systems and Methods for Session Recording and Sharing

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided to record and play back computer-based sessions including events and accompanying audio information. Recording computer-based sessions includes recording an event received at a computer device, the event being recorded in a format that does not involve a video screen shot of the event, recording audio information received at the computer device, the audio information being received in temporal proximity to the event, and storing the recorded event and the recorded audio information as a recorded session. Playing a recorded session includes accessing the recorded session, stepping through the recorded session in a time-based fashion while playing any audio information corresponding to a particular time, detecting a recorded event at a particular point in time, and playing back the recorded event in conjunction with any audio information corresponding in time to the recorded event, such that the recorded event is recreated on a playback device.

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