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Granted Patent B2
US 9,740,378 · App. 14/720,850 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

Collaboration content sharing

Inventors: Keith Griffin (Oranmore, IE); Andrew Henderson (Spiddal, IE)
Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
G06F3/04842G06F3/0481G06Q10/10H04M7/0027
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Patent No.
US 9,740,378
App. No.
14/720,850
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a device including a communication interface to receive a notification during a collaboration event that there is at least one content item that has been offered for sharing during the collaboration event and a processor to generate a user interface screen for output, to a display device, during the collaboration event, the user interface screen including a pictorial representation of the notification of the at least one content item that has been offered for sharing and at least one participant representation. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

Claims (37)

1. A device comprising:

a communication interface to receive a notification during a video collaboration event that there is at least one content item that has been offered for sharing by a first participant device to a second participant device during the video collaboration event; and

a processor to generate a user interface screen for output, to a display device, during the video collaboration event, the user interface screen including a pictorial representation of the notification of the at least one content item that has been offered for sharing and at least one participant representation, the at least one content item being selectable for presenting by a user of the second participant device via the pictorial representation of the notification of the at least one content item that has been offered for sharing, wherein the processor is operative to:

detect selection for presenting by the user of the second participant device of the at least one content item which was offered for sharing;

generate a user interface screen including a presentation of the at least one content item which was offered for sharing; and

share the at least one content item, which was offered for sharing, with at least one other participant device participating in the video collaboration event.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the pictorial representation of the notification is comprised in data received from a collaboration server or collaboration client.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is operative to composite the pictorial representation of the notification with at least part of video received from a collaboration server or collaboration client in generation of the user interface screen.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one participant representation includes a participant video.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one participant representation includes a participant name.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the user interface screen, the pictorial representation of the notification of the at least one content item is disposed with a participant representation of a participant who offered sharing the at least one content item with another participant in the video collaboration event.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein: the at least one content item is selectable for previewing via the pictorial representation of the notification; and the processor is operative to detect selection of the at least one content item for previewing and generate a second user interface screen including a preview of the at least one content item.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the user interface screen including the pictorial representation of the notification of the at least one content item also includes another content item currently being presented in the video collaboration event.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the pictorial representation of the notification of the at least one content item includes a selectable thumbnail preview of at least a portion of the at least one content item.

10. A first client device comprising:

a processor to join a video collaboration event;

a video collection interface to receive a plurality of images from a video camera, the processor being operative to generate a video from the received plurality of images; and

a communication interface to:

send the generated video to a collaboration server;

receive video from the collaboration server; and

receive a notification from the collaboration server during the video collaboration event that there is at least one content item that has been offered for sharing by a second client device during the video collaboration event, wherein the processor is operative to generate a user interface screen for output, to a display device, during the video collaboration event, the user interface screen including a pictorial representation of the notification of the at least one content item that has been offered for sharing, at least one participant representation and at least part of the video received from the collaboration server, the at least one content item being selectable for presenting by a user of the first client device via the pictorial representation of the notification of the at least one content item that has been offered for sharing, wherein the processor is operative to:

detect selection for presenting by the user of the first client device of the at least one content item which was offered for sharing;

generate a user interface screen including a presentation of the at least one content item which was offered for sharing; and

share the at least one content item, which was offered for sharing, with at least one other client device participating in the video collaboration event.

11. A method comprising:

receiving a notification during a video collaboration event that there is at least one content item that has been offered for sharing during the video collaboration event; and

generating a user interface screen for output, to a display device, during the video collaboration event, the user interface screen including a pictorial representation of the notification of the at least one content item that has been offered for sharing by a first participant device to a second participant device and at least one participant representation, the at least one content item being selectable for presenting by a user of the second participant device via the pictorial representation of the notification of the at least one content item that has been offered for sharing;

detecting selection for presenting by the user of the second participant device of the at least one content item which was offered for sharing;

generating a user interface screen including a presentation of the at least one content item which was offered for sharing; and

sharing the at least one content item, which was offered for sharing, with at least one other participant device participating in the video collaboration event.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the pictorial representation of the notification is comprised in data received from a collaboration server or a collaboration client.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the generating the user interface screen includes compositing the pictorial representation of the notification with at least part of video received from a collaboration server or collaboration client.

14. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one participant representation includes a participant video.

15. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one participant representation includes a participant name.

16. The method according to claim 11 , wherein, in the user interface screen, the pictorial representation of the notification of the at least one content item is disposed with a participant representation of a participant who offered sharing the at least one content item with another participant in the video collaboration event.

17. The method according to claim 11 , wherein: the at least one content item is selectable for previewing via the pictorial representation of the notification; and the method further comprising detecting selection of the at least one content item for previewing and generating a second user interface screen including a preview of the at least one content item.

18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pictorial representation of the notification of the at least one content item includes a selectable thumbnail preview of at least a portion of the at least one content item.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2015
From: GRIFFIN, KEITH; HENDERSON, ANDREW
To: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 035799/0064 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160349965A1 · Dec 1, 2016