Accelerated instant replay for co-present and distributed meetings

A method, comprising:

• receiving conferencing data associated with a conference session;
• generating a user interface that includes a replay control panel and a first output panel;
• displaying first information included in the received conferencing data that is associated with a first conferencing modality in the first output panel in a live manner;
• playing audio based on audio data included in the received conferencing data in the live manner;
• enabling a user to interact with the replay control panel to select a replay time of the conference session and a replay mode;
• generating a second output panel in response to the replay mode being selected;
• and
• enabling second information associated with the first conferencing modality that corresponds to the selected replay time of the conference session to be displayed in the second output panel in response to the replay mode being selected, the second information being displayed while the first information is displayed in the live manner.

A conferencing device, comprising:

• at least one storage device configured to store received conferencing data associated with a conference session;
• a display device;
• an audio output device;
• a user interface generator configured to generate a user interface displayed at the display device that includes a replay control panel and a first output panel;
• a live conference processing module that includes a first modality processing module and an audio processing module, the first modality processing module being configured to extract first information included in the received conferencing data that is associated with a first conferencing modality to be displayed in the first output panel in a live manner, and the audio processing module being configured to extract audio data included in the received conferencing data to be played by the audio output device as audio in the live manner;
• and
• a replay processing module;
• the replay control panel being configured to enable a user to select a replay time of the conference session and a replay mode by interacting with the replay control panel;
• the user interface generator further configured to generate a second output panel in response to a replay mode being selected;
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• the replay processing module being configured to enable second information associated with the first conferencing modality that corresponds to the selected replay time of the conference session to be displayed in the second output panel while the first information is being displayed in the live manner, the second information being displayed in the second output panel in response to the replay mode being selected.