CN102970151B - In meeting, the automatic of related personnel identifies and represents - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides the mark automatically of related personnel in meeting and represent.Can automatically identify everyone " being correlated with " participant in on-line meeting, and establishment personalized views dynamically represents these related personnel when meeting is carried out.When conference initiation maybe when the participant creating personalized views for it participates in this meeting, the degree of association of participant can be determined based on from some factors in multiple sources and data.Change based on participant, their participation form and similar factor, in conference process, renewable relatedness computation also dynamically changes personalized views.

Description

In meeting, the automatic of related personnel identifies and represents

Technical field

The present invention relates to on-line meeting technology, particularly relate to mark and the table automatically of related personnel in meeting Show.

Background technology

More than in some meetings, not all meeting participant in all times for everyone For be all " being correlated with ".Everyone in meeting can have different groups that they are paid close attention in a meeting " being correlated with " personnel.Such as, in that moment, the people of speech can be for every other people " it is correlated with ".But the people (people listened to) as speech object can also be " being correlated with ".Due to meeting The essence of view, the person of making a policy in meeting can also be " being correlated with " for observer.Or, for individual People, the reaction of they superior is probably " being correlated with " in a meeting.In conference process, participant is necessary Notice the personnel that " are correlated with " the most in that moment-for example, it is desired to observe this person's development.

In the on-line meeting that all personnel remotely participates in wherein, there is additional constraint so that this task is more For difficulty.Restriction due to available bandwidth and the restriction due to available display space, be not in meeting All personnel can simultaneously view the every other personnel in meeting.Owing to these limit, in on-line meeting The subset of personnel can be seen by other people.Owing to on-line meeting is carried out in Virtual Space, note people in meeting Non-verbal prompting (body language) of these subsets of " being correlated with " of member even more adds important.

In order to remedy this situation, current most on-line meeting instruments provide options to focus on the most loud Spokesman.Some on-line meeting instruments additionally provide options to simultaneously show that up to certain quantity is (e.g., 10) one group of preselected individuality.But these instruments have some restrictions.One limit of these instruments System is they only to use " audio active " to determine, and who is " be correlated with "-i.e., and they hypothesis are the most loud Spokesman be the personnel that " are correlated with ".Even if on-line meeting instrument provides options to show more than one simultaneously People, this instrument does not the most allow the participant in meeting to select themselves " being correlated with " personnel's group-i.e., People can only see by instrument or the participant that is pre-selected by organizer.Another of current on-line meeting instrument Individual inferior position is, not for " being correlated with " the personnel's group in each participant automatically Personalization Summit- So participant oneself must work out their " being correlated with " group in whole conference process.Additionally, when certain When people is newly added ongoing meeting, understand before this ongoing meeting is dynamically new personnel and Before new personnel determine people to be focused in conference process, need to spend several minutes.

Summary of the invention

There is provided present invention to introduce further in following specific embodiment in simplified form Some concepts described.Present invention is not intended as ad hoc identifying the crucial special of theme required for protection Levy or essential feature, be intended to be used to assist in the scope of theme required for protection.

Each embodiment relates to automatically identifying the participant of " being correlated with " for everyone in on-line meeting, and Create personalized views when meeting is carried out and dynamically represent these personnel that " are correlated with ".When conference initiation Maybe when for its create personalized views participant participate in this meeting time, can based on from multiple sources some because of Element and data, determine the degree of association of participant.Based on participant, their participation form and similar factor Change, in conference process, renewable relatedness computation also dynamically changes personalized views.

By reading detailed description below and with reference to the accompanying drawing that is associated, these and other feature and advantage will Become apparent.It is appreciated that aforementioned general description and the following detailed description are all illustrative, and And it is not intended to each side required for protection.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 is to illustrate the on-line meeting system of embodiment that wherein can realize representing for personalized participant Concept map；

Fig. 2 illustrates and the personalized views of the participant in on-line meeting is presented to the exemplary of particular participant " storehouse ", wherein participant is classified according to them with the degree of association of this particular participant and presents；

Fig. 3 illustrates another exemplary " storehouse ", wherein represents three ranks of relevant participant；

Fig. 4 illustrates in another exemplary " storehouse ", wherein shows the two of relevant participant with two different stages Individual rank；

Fig. 5 illustrates another other exemplary " storehouse ", wherein with the most relevant participant and time relevant participant Overlapping situation demonstrates two ranks of relevant participant；

Fig. 6 is to illustrate that system is at the table determining relevant participant with create them according to an embodiment of the invention Exemplary mutual block diagram between the primary clustering shown；

Fig. 7 is the networked environment that can realize the on-line meeting system according to each embodiment；

Fig. 8 is wherein to realize each embodiment, has the mark automatically of the degree of association according to them and participates in The block diagram of the exemplary computing operation environment of the on-line meeting that person represents；With

Fig. 9 is the flow process determining and representing the process of related personnel according to each embodiment in on-line meeting Figure.

Detailed description of the invention

As briefly described above, can automatically identify everyone " being correlated with " participant in on-line meeting, and can be Create personalized views when meeting is carried out and dynamically represent these personnel that " are correlated with ".

In the following detailed description, with reference to constitute the part described in detail and each tool has been shown by way of illustration Body embodiment or the accompanying drawing of example.These aspects be can be combined, other aspects can be utilized, and knot can be made Change on structure is without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.Therefore, described in detail below it is not intended to limit, And the scope of the present invention is limited by claims and equivalents thereof.

Although the program mould that the application program run in the operating system combining on a personal computer performs The general context of block describes each embodiment, but those skilled in the art will appreciate that each side is also Can realize in conjunction with other program module.

It is said that in general, program module include perform particular task or realize particular abstract data type routine, Program, assembly, data structure and other kinds of structure.Additionally, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that Each embodiment can be implemented by other computer system configurations, including portable equipment, multicomputer system, Based on microprocessor or programmable consumer electronics, minicomputer, mainframe computer and similar meter Calculation equipment.Each embodiment can also be in task by dividing of being performed by the remote processing devices of communication network links Cloth computing environment realizes.In a distributed computing environment, program module can be located at local and remote storage In both device storage devices.

Each embodiment can be implemented as computer implemented process (method), calculating system or such as count The goods such as calculation machine program product or computer-readable medium.Computer program can be that computer system can Read and encode the computer program including the instruction for making computer or calculating system execution instantiation procedure Computer-readable storage medium.Such as, computer-readable recording medium can via volatile computer memories, In nonvolatile memory, hard disk drive, flash drive, floppy disk or compact-disc and similar mediums one Individual or multiple realize.

Running through entire disclosure, term " platform " could be for helping wherein phases based on other participants Pass degree can be that participant determines the most relevant participant the software of on-line meeting providing personalized views and hard The combination of part assembly.The example of platform includes but not limited to, the trusteeship service of execution on multiple servers, The application performed on a single computing device and similar system.Term " server " refers generally to generally exist Networked environment performs the calculating equipment of one or more software program.But, server can also be implemented For the virtual server (software performed on one or more calculating equipment of the server being considered on network Program).Presented below about these technology with the more details of exemplary operations.Further, term is " online Meeting " refer to any meeting with online component, wherein can be among the participants at one or more networks Upper shared audio frequency, video, application, data and similar assembly.It practice, in some scenarios, participate in Person can need not in actual conference process online.

According to some embodiments, when new participant identifies oneself with ongoing meeting, by using one Or multiple criterion, " being correlated with " personnel can be determined by clever initialization module and create " storehouse ".According to other Embodiment, also can use some criterions automatically to identify " being correlated with " people of participant during on-line meeting Member.Other embodiment relates to the dynamic representation during on-line meeting to all personnel, thus in meeting " being correlated with " personnel become focus.Further embodiments relates to during on-line meeting for " being correlated with " The customization of personnel's group is personalized.

Fig. 1 is to illustrate the on-line meeting system of embodiment that wherein can realize representing for personalized participant Concept map.On-line meeting system according to each embodiment can be implemented as a part for unified communications.System One communication system is the various abilities and the Modern Communication System of service having and being provided to subscriber Example.Unified communications is easy for Transit time flow meter, on the scene, audio-video meeting, data sharing meeting View, web meeting and the real-time communication system of similar functions.

In Unified Communication (" UC ") system, user can be via the client devices as this UC system Various terminal units communicate.Each client devices can perform to lead to for voice communication, video One or more communications applications of letter, Transit time flow meter, Application share, data sharing etc..Except it is high Outside level function, terminal unit also can facilitate and carry out traditional telephony call by external connection.Terminal unit Any kind of smart phone, cell phone, tablet PC, net book, execution communications applications can be included Any calculating equipment, intelligent automobile control station and there is the enhancing telephone plant of additional function.

In addition to convenient participation on-line meeting, terminal unit can process other communication patterns, the most immediately disappears Breath transmission, video communication etc..Although any agreement can be used in UC system, but Session initiation Protocol (SIP) it is the common method for convenient communication.SIP is for creating, revise and terminate and one or many The application layer of the session of individual participant controls (signaling) agreement.This agreement can be additionally used in establishment and includes the Internet The both sides of call, multimedia delivery and multimedia conferencing, in many ways or multicast conversation.SIP is designed to Unrelated with bottom transport layer.

SIP client computer can use transmission control protocol (" TCP ") to be connected to sip server and other SIP End points.SIP is mainly used in setting up and destroying voice or video call.But, it can be sent out in needs session Any application risen uses.These application include event subscription and notice, terminal mobility etc..Voice and / or video communication generally completed by single session protocol (typically real-time protocol (RTP) (" RTP ")).

In the view 100 of the exemplary on-line meeting system of Fig. 1, conference management server 106 can help On-line meeting including one or more mode.One or more participants 102,108,112 and 116 Text message transmission, voice communication, video communication, data sharing, white can be passed through during on-line meeting Plate is shared, Application share etc. communicates with one another.

Participant 102,108,112 and 116 can be by client devices 104,110,114 and 118 Communication/the collaboration applications of upper execution checks demonstration.System according to some embodiments can accommodate multi-direction data Sharing, wherein participant can perform, at different time, the action that demonstrator is taked.To demonstrator and participant Communication/collaboration application can also is that and performed by conference management server 106 or other servers 120 Centralized or Distributed Services.Other servers 120 can help conference management server 106 by network 122 Other tasks that management on-line meeting system and/or execution are such as discussed above in association with the communication system strengthened.

Although the example system in Fig. 1 has been described as having such as conference management server and similar devices etc. Specific components, but each embodiment is not limited to these assemblies or system configuration and employing can be used less or more The other system configuration of assembly realizes.Depend on component capability and system configuration, provide in on-line meeting Function for the system of mark and expression automatically of related personnel also can be distributed on each assembly of system On.Additionally, each embodiment is not limited to unified communications.Methods discussed herein can be applicable to use this Any data exchange in the connected network communication environment of the principle described by place.

Fig. 2 illustrates and the personalized views of the participant in on-line meeting is presented to the exemplary of particular participant " storehouse ", wherein participant is classified according to them with the degree of association of this particular participant and presents.

According to some embodiments, when new participant identifies oneself with ongoing meeting, by using one Or multiple criterion, related personnel can be determined by clever initialization module and creates storehouse.Exemplary user interface 200 Display participant and such storehouse of exemplary user interface control are shown.This user interface controls can include using In adding/remove/and change the control element 206 of mode of on-line meeting and other controls 208(such as, change The degree of association of shown participant, change the view (1 row, 2 row, 3D etc.) in storehouse, by the top line in storehouse Change to single groove, display/be hidden in the name etc. of participant storehouse from several grooves).Shown participant Can be grouped into the user that related personnel 202 is associated with user interface 200 oneself represent 204, With other participants (that is, secondary related personnel) 210.On Fig. 2 in the exemplary configuration of display, two Related personnel is shown with large-size in the top line of row display.Secondary related personnel uses reduced size to show Bottom row.

The degree of association of personnel is determined based on following factor by initialization module: in meeting when on-line meeting starts These personnel participation history up to now, as by the activity on all available different modalities in a meeting Determined by (including File Transfer, audio frequency, video, data sharing etc.)；In meeting, these personnel continue ginseng With probability, as by these personnel already engaged in (e.g., data sharing, video, only audio frequency, only text pass Defeated etc.) mode, mode active state (e.g., be microphone quiet/non-mute, be that photographic head beats ON/OFF Close), determined by these personnel role (e.g., organizer, demonstrator, attendant) in a meeting etc.； (e.g., whether they are in same group, Level of organization to the membership credentials of personnel in a meeting and this participant What is, who be superior？Deng)；And/or the behavior of the personnel in meeting and this participant and social relations are (e.g., They communicate the most frequently, when are last communication, whether there is any communication of the theme about meeting, Deng).

According to other embodiments, several criterion also can be used during on-line meeting automatically to identify participant Related personnel, these several criterions include but not limited to: personnel's participation in a meeting, as by them in meeting The activity (including File Transfer, audio frequency, video, data sharing etc.) on all different modalities available in view Determined by；(e.g., whether they are in same group, group to the membership credentials of the personnel in meeting and participant What tissue layer time is, who is superior？Deng)；And/or the behavior of the personnel in meeting and this participant and society (e.g., they communicate the most frequently, when are last communication, whether there is the theme about meeting relation Any communication, etc.).

Other embodiment relates to the dynamic representation during on-line meeting to all personnel, thus in meeting Related personnel become focus.Can complete this measure by storehouse, storehouse is the abundant expression of all personnel in meeting, This is abundant represents and uses their incarnation, their photo or their video.This storehouse purpose is equally Ground represents everyone in on-line meeting, no matter how conference participation is (e.g., from the most assorted for participant End points etc.) no matter and participant how themselves is mapped to meeting (e.g., use whatsoever mode, Seem File Transfer, audio frequency, video, data sharing etc.).

" station " and " seat " in top line 202 and bottom row 210 also referred to as " storehouse " OK.Bigger In on-line meeting, use station and seat row can help to describe related personnel and separate with other staff in storehouse.When During meeting is carried out, more relevant personnel can automatically from sit row mobile arrive at a station row and deficient related personnel can slave station row Move to sit row.This can occur to participate in/leave meeting and when personnel change participant in meeting personnel During rank.Can based on available display surface (size, resolution etc.), based on available network (bandwidth, point Group loss, delay etc.) and based on local endpoint resource (processor, memorizer, display driver, figure Shape acceleration etc.), the size in the storehouse dynamically adjusted including the quantity of related personnel in the row of station.

Expression 204 in Fig. 2 is also referred to as " I "." I " is oneself in meeting in participant list Expression.It can intentionally be placed in neighbouring storehouse each other people in place of, thus this user can be for meeting In every other participant there is first person view.This " I " expression is the most dynamically moved in storehouse So it is positioned at measurable part and casts a side-look their video preview rapidly for a user.In storehouse Participant can have speaker designator, it is shown that it is active in talk which participant put in preset time 's.

Other embodiments other relate in the following manner during on-line meeting for related personnel's group Customization personalized: by allowing the participant in on-line meeting to identify people the most relevant to them in meeting Yuan-thus these related personnel can be maintained at " station " row-and/or the participant giving in on-line meeting by storehouse Create the ability of the personalized views of personnel in meeting, i.e. the ability of the view in personalized storehouse.

Fig. 3 illustrates another exemplary " storehouse ", wherein represents three ranks of relevant participant.According to The storehouse of each embodiment can be configured thus in every way by the relevant and time relevant participant in on-line meeting Present as described above.Based on multiple factors, dynamically determine the judgement of degree of association and how to present personnel Size and form.

Storehouse 300 illustrates the maximum sized photo/video/change of an exemplary configuration, related personnel Top line 302 in storehouse 300 presents.The participant of next degree of association rank can be present in storehouse 300 Center row 304, it is followed by the participant of Minimum relevance weight and is present in the bottom row 306 in storehouse 300.At other In embodiment, additional row can be used to present additional degree of association rank.Embodiment is not limited to present to be come with row The participant of packet.It is also possible to use other configurations, such as row, irregular packet and similar other, right In from the user that the user interface presenting storehouse is associated to emphasize the different degree of association of participant participant.

Fig. 4 illustrates in another exemplary " storehouse ", wherein shows the two of relevant participant with two different stages Individual rank.Except using two row or more multirow (or row) to present the participant participant of different degree of association, root One or more scheme can be used to emphasize participant's degree of association according to the system of each embodiment.

In this example pool 400, top line 404 presents three () related personnel, and in bottom row Multiple related personnel are presented on 406.Being different from the example of Fig. 2, storehouse 400 uses shade or background scheme Emphasize different degree of association.The related personnel being positioned at top line 404 is shown as thin background (with bigger Contrast), and the secondary related personnel being positioned at bottom row 406 is shown as deeper background (with relatively low contrast), User focused on top line 404.

System according to each embodiment can use one or more scheme to emphasize participant's degree of association further (in addition to being provided space difference by different rows).Such as, can use Lightness disposal scheme, scheme of colour, Graphic scheme (e.g., using different graphic element, keypoint part, runic etc.) and/or even text side Case (e.g., use the name of different fonts/style/size/attribute display participant), provides more relevant With the additional of difference between secondary relevant participant emphasize.

Fig. 5 illustrates another other exemplary " storehouse ", wherein with the most relevant participant and time relevant participant Overlapping situation demonstrates two ranks of relevant participant.

In certain embodiments, said one or the combination of multiple scheme and space difference can be used for user Attention focusing is on relatively related personnel.In example pool 500, it is positioned at the related personnel of top line 504 Represent overlapping with secondary related personnel being positioned at bottom row 506.This further by attention focusing in relevant people Member, and go the secondary related personnel emphasizing to be positioned in bottom row 506.Can this is overlapping and each participation of change The size of the expression of person is combined.May be in response to the change of available display size, use overlapping (and/or size Change).Such as, if available display size is less than predetermined threshold, row can overlap.

Fig. 6 is to illustrate that system is at the table determining relevant participant with create them according to an embodiment of the invention Exemplary mutual block diagram between the primary clustering shown.

As described above, by degree of association module 616, the online of online and actual participation person can related to Determine related personnel during the initialization of meeting, thus create storehouse 620 based on desired participant.When new Participant adds ongoing meeting, existing participant leaves this meeting, the participation rank of participant becomes Change, the Mode variation of participant or by use one or more criterions make to check that user preference changes time, Dynamically update degree of association.

This criterion is it is contemplated that the information that obtains from one or more sources.Such as, based on from LIST SERVER 602 Data, it may be determined that the membership credentials 610 between participant.Participation can be obtained from on-line meeting service 604 The history of person, probability and/or actual participation, and mode that participant is used (audio frequency, video, Data sharing, text message transmission etc.) (612).

The social relations between behavior and participant can be obtained at one or more social networking service 606 The information (614) being associated.Such as, the common hobby of different participant, positional number are determined in this way According to etc..Can be from the local data of the application installed the most on the user computing device, data file or the like User preference and other information 618, all display capabilities in this way, local endpoint resource (place is retrieved at source 608 Reason device, memorizer, display driver, figure acceleration etc.), customer location etc..

According to other embodiments, some criterions also can be used during on-line meeting automatically to identify participant " being correlated with " personnel.Other embodiment relates to the dynamic representation during on-line meeting to all personnel, Thus " being correlated with " personnel in meeting become focus.Further embodiments relates to during on-line meeting Customization for " being correlated with " personnel group is personalized.

Above with concrete user interface element, configure and present and describe the example of Fig. 2 to Fig. 6.Implement Example is not limited to the system according to these exemplary configuration or method, and can use other kinds of user interface Element, expression and configuration, realize each enforcement in the configuration by the similar fashion of use the principles described herein Example.

Fig. 7 is the example networked environment that can realize each embodiment.Can be via in the one of such as trusteeship service etc The software performed on individual or multiple server 714, it is achieved for automatically identifying in on-line meeting and representing The system of related personnel.This system can use equity, based on web or other configurations.This platform can be with Many by network 710() the such as smart phone 713 that connects, laptop computer 712, flat meter Calculation machine, net book or desk computer 711(' client devices ') etc individual calculating equipment on Client application communicate.

The client application performed on arbitrary client devices 711-713 can be easy to by by each server That 714 perform or that the application of execution is carried out on individual services device 716 communication.On one of each server The application being performed can help on-line meeting.By storehouse described herein, degree of association module can automatically identify And represent the related personnel in on-line meeting.Can store from data directly or by database server 718 (multiple) 719 are retrieved related data, and the service will asked by client devices 711-713 (such as documents editing) is supplied to user (multiple).

Network 710 can include any of server, client computer, ISP and communication media Topological structure.System according to each embodiment can have either statically or dynamically topological structure.Network 710 can wrap Include unsecured network or the Internets such as the secure networks such as such as enterprise network, such as wireless open network.Net Network 710 is coordinated also by other networks such as such as PSTN (PSTN) or cellular networks Communication.Additionally, network 710 can include the such as short-range wireless networks such as bluetooth or similar network.Network 710 Communication between node described herein is provided.Unrestricted as example, (multiple) 710 are permissible for network Including wireless medium, such as acoustics, RF, infrared and other wireless mediums.

Other configuration of many that can use calculating equipment, application program, data source and data distribution systems comes Realize providing the platform automatically identifying and representing related personnel in on-line meeting.Additionally, Fig. 7 is begged for The networked environment of opinion is for illustration purposes only.Each embodiment is not limited to example application program, module or process.

Fig. 8 and being associated discusses aim to provide the suitable computing environment that wherein can realize each embodiment brief It is broadly described.With reference to Fig. 8, it is shown that operate ring according to the example calculations for application program of each embodiment The block diagram in border (such as calculating equipment 800).In basic configuration, calculating equipment 800 can be any meter Calculation equipment also includes at least one processing unit 802 and system storage 804, this any calculating equipment according to Each embodiment performs to help the application of on-line meeting.Calculating equipment 800 may also include cooperation execution program Multiple processing units.Depending on exact configuration and the type of calculating equipment, system storage 804 can be easy (such as RAM), non-volatile (such as ROM, flash memory etc.) or both certain groups of the property lost Close.System storage 804 generally includes the operating system 805 being suitable to control platform operations, such as from China Sheng state Randt covers the Microsoft in city Operating system.System storage 804 also can wrap Include one or more software application, such as program module 806, conference applications 822 and degree of association module 824。

As it has been described above, degree of association module 824 automatically can identify and table for other participants in on-line meeting Show related personnel.Conference applications 822 and degree of association module 824 can be separate application or trusteeship service Integration module.This basic configuration is illustrated by those assemblies in dotted line 808 in fig. 8.

Calculating equipment 800 can have supplementary features or function.Such as, calculating equipment 800 may also include additional Data storage device (removable and/or irremovable), such as disk, CD or tape.Lead in fig. 8 Cross removable storage 809 and irremovable storage 810 illustrates such additional storage.Computer-readable stores Medium can include for storing such as computer-readable instruction, data structure, program module or other number According to etc. the volatibility that realizes of any method of information or technology and Jie non-volatile, removable and irremovable Matter.System storage 804, removable storage 809 and irremovable storage 810 are all that computer-readable is deposited The example of storage media.Computer-readable recording medium include, but not limited to RAM, ROM, EEPROM, Flash memory or other memory technologies, CD-ROM, digital versatile disc (DVD) or other optical storages, magnetic Band, disk storage or other magnetic storage apparatus, maybe can be used for storing information needed and can be by calculating equipment 800 Any other medium accessed.Any such computer-readable recording medium can be calculating equipment 800 A part.Calculating equipment 800 can also have input equipment 812, such as keyboard, mouse, pen, language Sound input equipment, touch input device and similar input equipment.Outut device 814 can also be included, such as Display, speaker, printer and other type of outut device.These equipment be known in the art and Without discussing in detail herein.

Calculating equipment 800 also can comprise communication connection 816, and this communication connection allows this equipment such as by dividing Wired or wireless network, satellite link, cellular link, short range network and similar machine in cloth computing environment System communicates with other equipment 818.Other equipment 818 can include that the computer performing communications applications sets Standby, web server and similar devices.One or more communication connections 816 are examples of communication media. Communication media can include computer-readable instruction, data structure, program module or other data wherein.Make Unrestricted for example, communication media includes such as cable network or the wire medium of directly line connection etc, And the wireless medium of such as acoustics, RF, infrared and other wireless mediums etc.

Each example embodiment also includes various method.These methods can use any amount of mode, including this Structure described in literary composition realizes.This type of mode a kind of is the machine of the equipment by type described herein Device operates.

Another can optional approach be to combine in each operation that one or more human operator performs the method Certain some perform one or more operations of the method.These human operator are without each other with one Place, but each of which can only with the machine of a part of the program of execution with at one.

Fig. 9 is the flow process determining and representing the process of related personnel according to each embodiment in on-line meeting Figure.Equipment or the degree of association module execution basis being positioned in trusteeship service can be calculated by being locally arranged on user The process of each embodiment.

Process 900 and can begin at operation 910, the most such as participant's identity, the mode used, participation The meeting details of the position of person, the time of meeting or the like can be determined.Operation 910 can operate 920 by heel, Representing participant here in customization storehouse, participant can be classified as two or more groups, such as " Relevant " participant and " secondary relevant " participant.

Operation 920 can operate 930 by heel, and the most once conference initiation, storehouse can be presented.Use space Difference (e.g., different rows) and/or one or more scheme as discussed here, participant can be emphasized in this storehouse Difference between degree of association.Operation 930 can heel operation 940, herein, based on participant, user property/ Preference and one or more additive factors, the expression of the participant on storehouse can be updated.

The each operation being included in process 900 is for illustration purposes.According to each embodiment Automatically the mark of related personnel and expression can use each principle described herein less or more by having Similar process and the different order of operation of step realize.

Description above, example and data provide the manufacture of the composition to each embodiment and comprehensively retouching of use State.Although the language special by architectural feature and/or method action describes this theme, it is to be understood that, institute Theme defined in attached claims is not necessarily limited to above-mentioned specific features or action.On the contrary, above-mentioned concrete spy Action of seeking peace is as realizing claim and the exemplary forms of each embodiment and disclosed.

Claims (14)

1. A kind of method performed the most on the computing device, for according to the degree of association of participant come in Existing participant, described method includes:

   Determine the participant of meeting；

   Automatically the participant of " being correlated with " is identified for each user in described meeting；

   Based on first group of factor, according to the degree of association of described participant Yu described user, classify described participant；

   By using space packet scheme to emphasize degree of association classification, conference users interface database presents described participation Person, described storehouse highlights the difference between described participant's degree of association；

   Described storehouse is updated based on second group of factor in described conference process.
2. 2. the method for claim 1, it is characterised in that also include:

   Described user can be made to revise at least one in following group: described degree of association classification, described space packet side Case and the form in described storehouse.
3. 3. the method for claim 1, it is characterised in that also include:

   Use from least one in following group: in addition to described space packet scheme, also Lightness disposal scheme, Scheme of colour, graphic scheme, three-dimensional (3D) scheme and Text Plan.
4. 4. the method for claim 1, it is characterised in that described first group of factor includes in the following One or more: described participant participation history in active conference, the former similar meeting of described participant In participation history, described the participant probability, described participant and the institute that continue to participate in described meeting is carried out State the membership credentials between user, the behavior relevant with described user of described participant and social relations, each The role of participant, the active state of mode and the preference of user, wherein, described mode includes text message One or more in transmission, voice communication, video communication and data sharing.
5. 5. method as claimed in claim 4, it is characterised in that the described active state of described mode include with Under every in one or more: the mute state of microphone, the mute state of speaker, photographic head beat ON/OFF Annotation on action before closed state, photographic head, the sharing of lantern slide, the use of remote pointer, blank and meeting The state of words.
6. 6. method as claimed in claim 4, it is characterised in that the role of each participant includes following One of: organizer, demonstrator and attendant.
7. 7. method as claimed in claim 4, it is characterised in that the behavior of described participant and social relations bag Include in the following is one or more: the communication frequency between participant and described user, described participant and institute The timing stating the last communication between user, the communication whether main body about described meeting occurs and described participation The last mode communicated between person with described user.
8. 8. the method for claim 1, it is characterised in that described second group of factor includes in the following One or more: include that text message transmission, audio frequency, video and data are shared in interior one or more Mode, the change of mode that described participant participates in, include typewriting, speech, the movement before photographic head, lantern slide Share, use remote pointer and annotating on blank one or more to be made by described participant interior Membership credentials between activity, the change of participant, new participant and described user in each mode, The behavior of new participant and described user and social relations and the input from described user.
9. 9. the method for claim 1, it is characterised in that also include:

   Based on available display surface, available network bandwidth, packet loss, postpone and include one or more process Device, memorizer, display driver and figure accelerate in interior local endpoint resource, dynamically adjust in following group At least one: the size in described storehouse, the configuration in described storehouse and described space packet scheme.
10. 10. for presenting the calculating equipment of the participant of meeting according to the degree of association of participant, including:

    For determining the device of the participant of described meeting；

    Automatically the device of the participant of " being correlated with " is identified for each user in described meeting；

    One or more for based in following group, according to the degree of association of described participant Yu described user, point The device of participant described in class: participant participates in described in similar meeting history, described participant continue to participate in Membership credentials between the probability of described meeting, described participant and described user, described participant and described use Behavior that family is relevant and social relations and the preference of described user；

    For emphasizing degree of association classification, in conference users interface database by least one scheme in using following group On present the device of described participant: space packet scheme, Lightness disposal scheme, scheme of colour, graphic scheme, And Text Plan, described storehouse highlights the difference between described participant's degree of association；With

    For in described conference process, device based on the described storehouse of one or more renewals in following group: institute State the mode of participant's participation, the change of mode, the described participant activity in each mode, the change of participant Change, the membership credentials between new participant and described user, behavior between new participant and described user and Social relations and the input from described user, wherein, described mode includes that text message transmission, audio frequency lead to One or more in letter, video communication and data sharing.
11. 11. calculate equipment as claimed in claim 10, it is characterised in that described storehouse includes that participant represents At least two row, higher row represents more relevant participant.
12. 12. calculate equipment as claimed in claim 10, it is characterised in that also include:

    For participating in history from on-line meeting service retrieval and participating in the device of probability；

    For retrieving the device of the membership credentials between described participant and described user from directory service；

    For from the behavior of the social networking service retrieval described participant relevant with described user and social relations Device；With

    For retrieving the device of the preference of described user from the local data source being associated with described user.
13. 13. 1 kinds for the method presenting the participant of meeting according to the degree of association of participant, described method bag Include:

    Determine the participant of described meeting；

    Automatically the participant of " being correlated with " is identified for each user in described meeting；

    One or more, according to the degree of association of described participant Yu described user, classification based in the following Described participant: history, described participant that described participant participates in similar meeting continue to participate in a meeting Probability, described participant and described user between membership credentials, described participant relevant with described user Behavior and social relations and the preference of described user；

    Emphasize described degree of association by least one in using following group, conference users interface database presents institute State participant: space is grouped scheme, Lightness disposal scheme, scheme of colour, graphic scheme and Text Plan, institute State storehouse and highlight the difference between described participant's degree of association；With

    In described conference process, the described storehouse of one or more renewals based in the following: described participant The mode that participates in, the change of mode, described participant activity in each mode, the conversion of participant, new Behavior and society between membership credentials between participant and described user, new participant and described user close System and the input from described user, wherein, described mode includes text message transmission, voice communication, regards Frequency communication and data sharing in one or more.
14. 14. methods as claimed in claim 13, it is characterised in that described storehouse includes representing the most relevant participation " station " of person is gone and is positioned at " seat " that represent secondary relevant participant under described " station " OK, and the most every One participant is by an expression in following group: incarnation, image and video feed-in.