Patent ID: 9106794
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for recording and playing back an online conference, the method comprising: a conferencing system establishing an audio conference between a plurality of participants accessing the conferencing system via a communication network; the conferencing system presenting participant audio streams comprising the audio conference and a conference interface to the participants during the audio conference, the conference interface comprising a display region for displaying a unique interactive participant object identifying each of the participants in the audio conference, the conference interface configured to enable one or more of the participants in the audio conference to select and share content with the other participants in the display region of the conference interface; during the audio conference, synchronously recording the participant audio streams comprising the audio conference with the display region of the conference interface comprising the shared content and the participant objects; storing in real-time during the audio conference the synchronized participant streams comprising the audio conference and the display region of the conference interface comprising the shared content and the participant objects; and during the audio conference, presenting a navigation controller in association with the conference interface for enabling currently active participants in the conference to selectively navigate to earlier and later temporal locations along a master timeline and play back the corresponding synchronized participant streams comprising the audio conference and the display region of the conference interface comprising the shared content and the participant objects, the navigation controller further comprising a text insertion component for enabling the currently active communicating participants in the conference to specify and record a comment to the master timeline while playing back the synchronized participant audio streams and display region.