Patent ID: 8392503
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: establishing, by an Internet Protocol (IP)-based meeting server via an IP network, a web-based media conference between an identified meeting presenter having a web-enabled presenter client device and identified meeting participants each having at least one corresponding participating client device, at least one of the identified meeting participants participating in the web-based media conference based on concurrent use of the corresponding at least one participating client device and a corresponding second client device of the at least one identified meeting participant, wherein the establishing includes, for the at least one identified meeting participant: establishing a first IP connection via the IP network with the at least one corresponding participating client device for the at least one identified meeting participant; establishing a second IP connection via the IP network, concurrent with the first IP connection, with the second client device of the at least one identified meeting participant; and associating the first IP connection and the second IP connection, and the respective at least one corresponding participating client device and the second client device, with the at least one identified meeting participant; receiving, by the IP-based meeting server, monitoring data for each of the identified meeting participants, the monitoring data including, for each identified meeting participant, a detected interaction by the corresponding identified meeting participant with the corresponding participant client device, the monitoring data for the at least one identified meeting participant based on the detected interactions of the at least one identified meeting participant with the at least one corresponding participating client device and the second device via the first and second IP connections, respectively; generating, by the IP-based meeting server, an aggregate attention metric identifying an aggregate focus of attention by the identified meeting participants, based on the received monitoring data, the generating including determining, from a first of the monitoring data, whether an activity outside the media conference by one of the identified meeting participants is relevant to the media conference; and outputting, by the IP-based meeting server, the aggregate attention metric for display by the web-enabled presenter client device of the identified meeting presenter.