US 2015/0085058 A1 · CLASSES OF MEETING PARTICIPANT INTERACTION

Abstract

A technology for interacting with a collaborative videoconferencing environment is disclosed. A display having a substantially “L-shaped” configuration allows for display of collaborative materials and video of remote participants simultaneously, which provides for a more natural interaction for a meeting participant interacting with the collaborative materials. Meeting participants in the collaborative videoconferencing environment can be classified based on position with respect to the environment, or their likely interaction profile. The technology can configure a meeting experience based on the classification of the meeting participant.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

defining, by a processor, a first participant interaction class based on characteristics of at least a first meeting participant of a video-conference, and a second participant interaction class based on characteristics of at least a second meeting participant of the video-conference, wherein the first participant interaction class is associated with a first location of the first meeting participant and the second participant interaction class is associated with a second location of the second meeting participant;
varying, by the processor, presentation of the video-conference based on at least one of the first participant interaction class or the second participant interaction class.

A system comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory containing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
identify a first participant interaction class based on characteristics of at least a first meeting participant of a video-conference, and a second participant interaction class based on characteristics of at least a second meeting participant of the video-conference, wherein the first participant interaction class is associated with a first location of the first meeting participant and the second participant interaction class is associated with a second location of the second meeting participant;
and
vary presentation of the video-conference based on at least one of the first participant interaction class or the second participant interaction class.

3 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

identify a first participant interaction class based on characteristics of at least a first meeting participant of a video-conference, and a second participant interaction class based on characteristics of at least a second meeting participant of the video-conference, wherein the first participant interaction class is associated with a first location of the first meeting participant and the second participant interaction class is associated with a second location of the second meeting participant;
vary presentation of the video-conference based on at least one of the first participant interaction class or the second participant interaction class.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/052,665Filed 11 Oct 2013

Priority

CN 201310431971.722 Sep 2013

Published

26 Mar 2015

Term ends

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Classification17 codes

H04L 65/4015
Wherein the services involve a main real-time session and one or more additional parallel real-time or time sensitive sessions, e.g. white board…:…
G06F 3/011
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: arrangements for interaction with the…
G06F 3/0481
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a…
G06F 3/0484
Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or…

Classes of meeting participant interaction

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