US 2018/0121214 A1 · INTEGRATED MULTITASKING INTERFACE FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SESSIONS

Abstract

The techniques disclosed herein enable participants of a teleconference session to access the functionality of a number of task-related program modules while maintaining engagement with aspects of a teleconference session within a single user interface. For example, a session participant can access files, various chat discussions, various channels, calendars, emails, an operating system desktop, and other functionality of a computing device while viewing one or more video streams of a teleconference session within a unified graphical user interface. The session participant can maintain engagement with both audio and video capabilities while performing tasks, including but not limited to, selecting, viewing, and modifying content data. In some configurations, a specialized graphical user interface allows a user to view one or more video streams of the teleconference session in predetermined positions while also providing optimal access to tools for interacting with different types of content managed by a variety of modules.

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Dependent claims

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
display a rendering of at least one video stream of a teleconference session within a first graphical user interface arrangement rendered on a display device;
display a menu comprising a plurality of selectable elements, wherein individual elements of the plurality of selectable elements are associated with content data having a number of data types;
receive a selection of content data of at least one data type of the number of data types;
in response to receiving the selection of the content data of the at least one data type,
cause the system to transition from the first graphical user interface arrangement to a second graphical user interface arrangement having a first display area and a second display area,
execute one or more program modules configured to edit the content data of the at least one data type, and
cause the system to display renderings of the content data of the at least one data type within the first display area and the rendering of the at least one video stream within the second display area.

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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
receive at least one video stream of a teleconference session;
display a rendering of the at least one video stream within a first graphical user interface arrangement rendered on a display device;
select content data, the content data comprising at least one of channel communication data, chat communication data, image data, video data, or documents data;
in response to receiving the selection of the content data,
cause the system to transition from the first graphical user interface arrangement to a second graphical user interface arrangement having a first display area and a second display area,
retrieve the content data for one or more program modules configured to manage the content data,
cause the system to display renderings of the content data, wherein the content data is displayed within the first display area of the second graphical user interface arrangement, and
display the rendering of the at least one video stream within the second display area of the second graphical user interface arrangement.

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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
communicate teleconference data to a computing device causing the computing device to display a rendering of a plurality of streams of a teleconference session within a first graphical user interface arrangement rendered on a display device;
selecting one or more streams of the plurality of streams based on an activity level associated with the one or more streams;
receive a selection of a program module for performing a category of functionality on content data;
in response to receiving the selection of the program module,
cause the computing device to transition from the first graphical user interface arrangement to a second graphical user interface arrangement having a first display area and a second display area, and
cause the computing device to display renderings of the content data within the first display area and the rendering of the one or more streams within the second display area.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Integrated multitasking interface for telecommunication sessions

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Abstract

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