Patent ID: 9100546
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method to provide a conference environment, comprising: establishing a live conference, by use of a conference server; recording, in a memory coupled to the conference server, events related to live participants in the live conference, wherein the live participants are communicatively coupled to the conference server; receiving, by the conference server, a request from a first user to experience the conference at a predetermined conference time that is different than a present real time, wherein the conference server may allow the first user to feed the conference server with a primary historic stream and also a stream of selected participants; retrieving from the memory, by the conference server, events related to live participants that occurred no later than the predetermined conference time; restoring, by the conference server, a conference state based upon the retrieved events, wherein the conference state may include at least a location, an appearance, an orientation, a direction and speed of travel, a direction of vision, an active conversation, or a location of the live participants within their media; and providing, by the conference server, an interaction responsive to the conference state and the first user, in order to produce the conference environment.