# US 8,786,659 B2 · Device, method and computer program product for responding to media conference deficiencies > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,786,659 B2 - Document ID: US8786659B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/481,973 - Filed: 2012-05-29 - Published: 2012-09-20 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2008-01-08 - Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation - Applicants: Ron Hoory; Michael Rodeh; Slava Shechtman - Inventors: Ron Hoory; Michael Rodeh; Slava Shechtman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8786659B2 ## CPC - H04N 7/15: Conference systems - H04N 7/147: {Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A method for responding to media conference deficiencies, the method includes: monitoring, by at least one receiver, a quality of media conference signals being received by at least one receiver during the media conference; sending, in response to the monitoring, to at least an end user transmitter that transmitted the media conference signals, a quality indication representative of a quality of the received media conference signals; recording inadequately received media conference signals that were inadequately received by a certain end user receiver and participating in an activity related to a transmission, to the certain end user receiver, of the inadequately received media conference signals or of a representation of the inadequately received media conference signals. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for responding to media conference deficiencies in a media conferencing network including a plurality of end user devices, the method comprising: receiving, by a controller of the media conferencing network, quality indications of the media conference signals received by a plurality of end user devices; detecting, by the controller, a period in which the media conference signals are not adequately received by a first end user device; selecting a second end user device adequately receiving the media conference signals during the detected period; and instructing the second end user device to transmit, during the media conference, a copy or representation of the media conference signals not adequately received by the first end user device, to the first end user device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the second end user device comprises selecting from a plurality of different units including an end user device generating and transmitting the signals not adequately received by a first end user device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the second device comprises selecting responsive to comparing the quality of the signals at a plurality of devices. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the copy or representation of the media conference signals comprises a textual representation of the not adequately received media conference signals. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the copy or representation of the media conference signals comprises a speeded up representation of the not adequately received media conference signals. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the period in which the media conference signals are not adequately received comprises comparing quality measures of signals in a plurality of different devices of the network. ### Claim 7 A method for responding to media conference deficiencies in a media conferencing network including a plurality of end user devices, the method comprising: receiving media conference signals by a first device of the network, during a media conference; presenting the received media conference signals to a user, the presented media conference signals including a period in which the media conference signals are not adequately received by the user; receiving, by the first device, during the media conference, a copy or a representation of the media conference signals not adequately received; and presenting the copy or representation to the user. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, and comprising: monitoring a quality of the received media conference signals by the first device; detecting, by the first device, the period in which the media conference signals are not adequately received; and transmitting from the first device to a second device of the network a request to provide the copy or representation of the media conference signals not adequately received, responsively to the detection of the period. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein detecting the period in which the media conference signals are not adequately received comprises comparing quality measures of signals in a plurality of different devices of the network. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, comprising transmitting from the first device to a second device of the network, a quality measure of the received signals. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein presenting the copy or representation to the user comprises presenting, upon reception, during the media conference. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein presenting the copy or representation to the user comprises presenting, after completing the media conference. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein receiving a copy or representation of the not adequately received media conference signals comprises receiving a textual representation of the not adequately received media conference signals. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein receiving a copy or representation of the not adequately received media conference signals comprises receiving a speeded up representation of the not adequately received media conference signals. ### Claim 15 A media conference device of a media conference network, comprising: a receiver adapted to receive media conference signals during a media conference; a recorder adapted to record a copy or representation of media conference signals received by the receiver; a transmitter adapted to transmit a copy or representation of media conference signals recorded by the recorder; and a controller adapted to receive an indication of media conference signals not adequately received by a second device of the network and to control the transmitter to transmit to the second device a copy or representation of the indicated media conference signals, using the signals recorded by the recorder. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The device of claim 15, wherein the receiver is adapted to receive the media conference signals recorded by the recorder through a network interface. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The device of claim 15, wherein the receiver is adapted to receive the media conference signals recorded by the recorder through a media conference signal collector. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The device of claim 15, wherein the recorder is adapted to cache the signals received by the receiver for a predetermined time. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The device of claim 18, wherein the recorder is adapted to cache the signals for a time required to allow for time gaps between a beginning of an inadequate reception and recognizing that the inadequate reception period started. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The device of claim 15, wherein the device comprises an intermediate device not serving as an end user device. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The device of claim 15, wherein the device is adapted to present the received media conference signals to a user in parallel to the recording the signals by the recorder. ### Claim 22 (depends on 15) The device of claim 15, wherein the copy or representation of the indicated media conference signals comprises a textual representation of the not adequately received media conference signals. ### Claim 23 (depends on 15) The device of claim 15, wherein the copy or representation of the indicated media conference signals comprises a speeded up representation of the not adequately received media conference signals.