Embedding content of interest in video conferencing
A video- and/or audio-enabled communication system includes a processor, coupled with a camera, the camera acquiring an image of an object of interest during a video communication session involving multiple participants and a computer readable medium comprising instructions that cause the processor to perform automatically an action in response to and related to a sensed context during the video communication session. The action can be one or more of retrieve or provide content of interest to one or more of the participants, join a third party to the video communication session, recommend that a further action be performed by the processor, and schedule an activity involving one or more of the participants.
1. A method, comprising:
acquiring, by a processor of a control unit, content during a communication session;
monitoring, by the processor, the content during the communication session;
sensing, by the processor, a context within the content; and
automatically performing, by the processor, an action in response to the context, wherein the action is performed at a time automatically determined by the processor, and wherein the time is based on the action and is based on the context.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensed context is a prior action performed by the processor in response to a prior sensed context of a prior communication session.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the context comprises an electronic address, wherein the action comprises providing advertising content to at least one participant of the communication session based on the electronic address, and wherein the advertising content is at least one of: injected into a chat area of the communication session, and embedded, with a partial transparency, into a video stream of the communication session.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the action is to access content of a personal email of at least one participant of the communication session, and further comprising determining, by the processor, a meeting parameter from the personal email.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the action is determining a layout configuration to display to each participant of the communication session during the communication session based on the context, and wherein the layout configuration includes multiple frames, wherein at least one of the frames has a different type of content than another of the frames.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the different type of content comprises an avatar that is not representative of any participants of the communication session.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the action is to provide content relevant to a participant of the communication session, and; further comprising: sensing, based on a second context, a second time to present a second content, and presenting the second content during the second time, wherein the content and the second content are each advertising content.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second context is an amount of conversation during the communication session.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication session has at least three participants, and wherein the content is video content and the context is sensed based on an image within the video content.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the action comprises providing content to at least one participant of the communication session, and wherein the content enables reaching out to a representative for further information about the content.
11. A communication system, comprising:
a control unit, comprising:
a computer readable medium; and
a processor coupled with a camera,
wherein the camera acquires an image during a video communication session; and
the computer readable medium comprises instructions that cause the processor to automatically perform an action in response to a context sensed from the image during the video communication session, wherein the action is performed at a time automatically determined by the processor, and wherein the time is based on the action and is based on the sensed context.
12. The communication system of claim 11 , wherein the action is to access content of interest to at least one participant of the video communication session, wherein the content of interest is determined based on the context sensed from the image during the video communication session.
13. The communication system of claim 11 , wherein the action is to schedule an event involving at least one participant of the video communication session.
14. The communication system of claim 11 , wherein the communication system maintains historical records of each participant of the video communication session, and wherein the action provides a service to at least one participant based on the sensed context and the historical records.
15. The communication system of claim 14 , wherein the action is providing advertising content to the at least one participant, and wherein the advertising content is selected using the historical records.
16. The communication system of claim 11 , wherein the image is either a still frame or a video frame, wherein the context sensed is during the video communication session, and wherein the email is determined based on a result of a recognition algorithm processing the context sensed.
17. The communication system of claim 16 , wherein a virtual assistant presents visual content of interest during the video communication session based on the sensed context.
18. The communication system of claim 11 , wherein the sensed context is an identity of at least one participant of the video communication session, and wherein the action is providing advertising content to the at least one participant during the video communication session, wherein the advertising content is based on the identity of the at least one participant of the video communication session, and wherein the advertising content is an entirety of a single frame within a set of frames displaying participants of the video communication session.
19. The communication system of claim 11 , wherein the context is an identity of at least one participant of the video communication session, and wherein the action is providing advertising content to the at least one participant during the video communication session, wherein the advertising content is based on the identity, and wherein the advertising content is an entirety of a single frame within a set of frames displaying participants of the video communication session.
20. A method, comprising:
acquiring, by a camera coupled with a processor of a control unit, an image during a video communication session, and
automatically performing, by the processor executing instructions on a computer readable medium, an action in response to a context sensed from the image during the video communication session,
wherein the action is performed at a time automatically determined by the processor, and wherein the time is based on the action and is based on the sensed context.