EP0826183A4 - Systeme et procede permettant d'echanger des cartes professionnelles lors d'une visioconference - Google Patents

Systeme et procede permettant d'echanger des cartes professionnelles lors d'une visioconference

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EP0826183A4
EP0826183A4 EP96911610A EP96911610A EP0826183A4 EP 0826183 A4 EP0826183 A4 EP 0826183A4 EP 96911610 A EP96911610 A EP 96911610A EP 96911610 A EP96911610 A EP 96911610A EP 0826183 A4 EP0826183 A4 EP 0826183A4
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Rune A Skarbo
John D Elliot
Anthony C Salvador
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Intel Corp
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • the present invention relates to the field of personal computer (PC) conferencing. More specifically, the present invention relates to modeling participant behavior of traditional face-to-face conferences in PC conferences.
  • PC personal computer
  • conference participants may be referring to the saved business cards as a resource for someone to whom they themselves can turn or refer colleagues, clients etc. to consult on certain subject matters.
  • the conference manager and address service of a general purpose personal conference (GPPC) application are enhanced with a plurality of functions for setting up, exchanging, saving, retrieving, browsing, and re-sending "business cards” electronically, thereby modeling the business card exchange behavior of conference participants of face-to-face conferences.
  • the external manifestation of an electronic "business card” (hereinafter simply “bizcard”) is a visual presentation of information commonly found on physical business cards in a format that resembles a physical business card.
  • the visual presentation also includes a picture of the person named. Internally, the information including the data necessary to render the picture are maintained in data structures, thereby allowing the information captured to be searchable for subsequent retrieval.
  • the functions include a first function for automatically transmitting a user's bizcard whenever the user joins a PC conference, and a second function for receiving, displaying and saving received bizcards while the user is participating in a PC conference.
  • the functions further include a third function for setting up a bizcard for the user at system installation time, and subsequently editing the bizcard.
  • the functions additionally /alternatively include a fourth function for retrieving and browsing the saved bizcards, and optionally re-sending the retrieved bizcards.
  • Figures la & lb illustrate a typical point-to-point and a typical multi-point PC conference incorporating the teachings of the present invention
  • Figure 2 illustrates one embodiment of a GPPC application incorporated in each of the PC's of Fig. la & lb;
  • Figures 3a & 3b illustrate the external manifestation and internal representation of the bizcard of the present invention
  • Figures 4a - 4b illustrate the operational flow of one embodiment of the additional functions incorporated in the conference manager of Fig. 2 for setting up and editing a bizcard for a user;
  • Figures 5a - 5e illustrate one embodiment of the end user interfaces employed by the additional functions illustrated by Fig. 4a - 4b;
  • Figures 6a - 6b illustrate the operational flow of one embodiment of the additional functions incorporated in the conference manager of Fig. 2 for automatically exchanging bizcards with other conference participants;
  • Figures 7a - 7b illustrate one embodiment of the end user interfaces employed by the additional functions illustrated by Fig. 6a - 6b;
  • Figures 8a - 8b illustrate the operational flow of one embodiment of the additional functions incorporated in the address service of Fig. 2 for retrieving, browsing, and re-sending bizcards;
  • Figures 9a - 9b illustrate one embodiment of the end user interfaces employed by the additional functions illustrated by Fig. 8a - 8b.
  • Figure la illustrates an exemplary point-to-point PC conferencing system 10
  • Figure lb illustrates an exemplary multi-point PC conferencing system 20
  • Point-to-point PC conferencing system 10 comprises PC A & B 12a and 12b connected to each over via POTS, ISDN or LAN 14
  • multi-point PC conferencing system 20 comprises PC C-G 12c-12g and multi-point control unit (MCU) 16 connected to each other also via POTS, ISDN or LAN 14.
  • MCU multi-point control unit
  • PC A 12a and PC B 12b are joined together in conference when one of the two PC's 12a or 12b call the other.
  • PC C-G 12c-12g are joined together in conference via MCU 16 when PC's 12c- 12g individually call MCU 16.
  • exemplary multi-point PC conferencing system 20 is illustrated with all PC C-G 12c-12g joined in conference via one MCU 16, based on the description to follow, it will be appreciated that the present invention may be practiced with multi ⁇ point PC conferencing system employing one or more MCU's 16. Furthermore, MCU 16 may be managing multiple multi-point PC conferences.
  • PC A-G 12a-12g and MCU 16 are all equipped with i486 or Pentium® class processors manufactured by the assignee of the present invention.
  • Each of PC A- G 12a-12g and MCU 16 is also equipped with communication interface(s) and storage medium.
  • PC A-G 12a-12g are further equipped with audio/ video subsystems. Communication interfaces, storage medium, and audio /video subsystems may be implemented with any number of such elements well known in the art.
  • MCU 16 is equipped with multi-point control software having capabilities similar to the MCUs employed in AT & T's WorldWorx SM service provided by AT & T of New Jersey.
  • PC A-G 12a-12g are all equipped with identical general purpose personal conference (GPPC) applications incorporated with teachings of the present invention.
  • the base conferencing functions of each GPPC application are similar to those offered by the ProShareTM Personal Conferencing System manufactured by the assignee of the present invention.
  • the extended conferencing functions of the present invention for setting up, exchanging, saving, retrieving, browsing, and re-sending bizcards will be described in more detail below. For a more detail description of XYZ and ProShareTM , refer to their respective product literature's.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates one embodiment of a GPPC application incorporated with the teachings of the present invention in further detail.
  • GPPC application 22 comprises user interface 24, conference manager 26, profile data 28 and address services 30.
  • GPPC application 22 comprises transport independent services 34, extended A/V services 36, and an "integrated" interface 32 to these services 34 and 36.
  • GPPC application 22 is implemented in an object-oriented manner using the programming language C++.
  • User interface 24 provides display windows with menus, buttons etc. for interacting with a user.
  • use interface 24 includes enhancements for facilitating set up, exchange, retrieval, browse and re-send of bizcards.
  • Conference manager 26 manages personal conferences including the conferencing applications.
  • conference manager 26 also manages automatic exchange of bizcards between the user and other conference participants, and saving the exchanged bizcards.
  • conference manager 26 also assists a user in setting up his/her bizcard at installation time.
  • Profile 28 stores various user preferences.
  • profile 28 includes the user's bizcard and the user's preference on whether a received bizcard is to be displayed automatically.
  • Address services 30 provide services related to managing connection addresses for conference participants.
  • address services 30 include services for retrieving, browsing and re-sending of retrieved bizcards.
  • Transport independent services 34 provide connection services on multiple transport media and multiple connections.
  • A/V services 36 provide sampling, digitization, compression /decompression of audio signals exchanged, as well as capture and playback services for video streams including interfacing with the proper CODEC to compress and decompress the video signals.
  • Integrated interface 32 provides abstraction of these transport and A/V services, enabling the serviced application to perform call management, data and/or file channel management, and A/V streams management.
  • Figures 3a & 3b illustrate the external manifestation and internal representation of a bizcard of the present invention.
  • the external manifestation is a visual representation 38 of information commonly found on physical business cards in a format that resembles a physical business card. These information include name 39a, title 39b, company 39c, division 39d, address 39e, phone numbers 39f etc.
  • the phone numbers 39f include all personal conferencing phone numbers /network addresses, in addition to conventional voice and facsimile phone numbers, and the phone numbers are scrollable 39h.
  • the visual presentation 38 includes a picture 39g of the person named. Alternatively, a company logo may be included.
  • Data structures 40 include data elements 41a - 41g necessary to store the captured information.
  • Data necessary to render the picture 41g may be stored in any number of graphics format well known in the art.
  • a bizcard create /edit function is invoked, step 47.
  • the bizcard create/ edit function displays a first input window including instructions to the user, general navigational/ control commands, context specific commands, and input areas for accepting user inputs, step 48a. If the inputs are data entered or changes made, the bizcard create/edit function captures the data entered or changes made in temporary storage area, step 48c.
  • the bizcard create/edit function then performs the selected commands accordingly, step 48e.
  • the bizcard create /edit function refreshes the display with the appropriate window, step 48g.
  • the bizcard create/ edit function exits without saving the data entered or changes made first, whereas if a normal exit control command is selected, the bizcard create/edit function saves the data entered or changes made first before exiting, step 48i.
  • FIGS 5a - 5e illustrate one embodiment of the user interfaces employed by the bizcard create /edit function illustrated by Fig. 4a - 4b.
  • all windows 42a - 42e comprise instructions to the user 43a - 43e, navigation commands (Back, Next) 45a - 45b, normal/exceptional termination control commands (Cancel, Finish) 46a - 46b, data input areas 44a - 44e, and a visual representation of the bizcard 38a - 38e being set up.
  • a window may have window specific commands.
  • window 42b has exemplary window specific commands Snap, Browse and Paste 47a - 47c.
  • Snap 47a causes a snapshot of the user to be taken using the video devices of the system, and the snapshot to be used as the picture to be incorporated in bizcard 38.
  • Browse 47b is used to display and select an existing picture or logo (more specifically, a file containing the desired picture or logo), and Paste 47c is used to incorporate the selected picture or logo in bizcard 38.
  • Figures 6a - 6b wherein the operational flow of one embodiment of the additional functions incorporated in conference manager 26 for exchanging bizcards 38 with other conference participants are shown. As illustrated in Fig.
  • conference manager 26 automatically transmits the user's bizcard 38 to its counterpart in a point-to-point PC conference or to the MCU 16 in a multi-point PC conference, which in turn transmits the bizcard 38 to all other conference participants.
  • conference manager 26 conditionally displays the received bizcard 38, depending on the user's display preference setting, steps 62-64. Additionally, conference manager 26 saves the received bizcard 38 in address service 30, step 66.
  • a new data structure 40 is created only if the received bizcard 38 is a new bizcard 38. For a previously saved bizcard 38, the newly received information are simply merged into the existing data structure 40.
  • conference manager 26 further determines if the received bizcard 38 is from a "new" conference participant, i.e. someone who is in the process of joining the multi-point PC conference, step 68. (In other words, the received bizcard 38 is not a response to the bizcard 38 sent out by the user, while the user himself/ herself is joining the multi-point PC conference.) If the received bizcard 38 is from a "new" conference participant, conference manager 26 responds by transmitting his/her bizcard 38 to the "new" conference participant, step 70.
  • Figures 7a - 7b illustrate the user interfaces employed by the additional functions illustrated by Fig. 6a - 6b.
  • Fig. 7a illustrates the display of one conference participant's bizcard (Salvador) 38f at another conference participant's conference session window (Elliott) 50, when the two participants first joined together in conference.
  • Fig. 7b illustrates the display of a "new" conference participant's bizcard (Skarbo) 38g at one of the existing conference participant's conference session window (Elliott) 50, when the "new" conference participant is joining a conference in progress (between Elliott and Salvador).
  • bizcards 38f and 38g may be displayed automatically upon receipt, or bizcards 38f and 38g may be displayed upon request, using exemplary command button "?" 54, depending on the conference participant's preference setting.
  • exemplary command button "?” 54 may also be used to re-display the bizcard 38f or 38g of one of the conference participants, whenever the user is interested in doing so during the conference.
  • a bizcard 38 similar to the ones illustrated 38a - 38g takes about 8 kbytes of data, with the picture consuming most of the 8 kbytes.
  • their exchange among conference participants impose minimum burden on the data bandwidth of the conferencing system.
  • address service 30 responsive to invocation of the bizcard function of address service 30, address service 30 displays the "main" window to accept user selections, preferably including a defaulted address book and addressees in the address book, step 82. If the user selects one of the addressees displayed, address service 30 retrieves and displays the selected addressee's bizcard 38 (if it exists), thereby allowing the user to retrieve and browse a previously saved bizcard 38, step 86.
  • address service 30 locates, scrolls the addressee display if necessary, and highlights the addressee located, step 90.
  • address service 30 responds on a key-stroke basis, i.e. matching addressee by the most significant characters.
  • address service 30 locates the address book and refreshes the addressees displayed, step 94.
  • address service 30 performs the command or exits according, step 98.
  • address service 30 includes a "Send" command for re-sending retrieved bizcards 38.
  • address service 30 responsive to the selection of the "Send" command, displays a bizcard recipient selection window including a list of the current conference participants, step 100.
  • address service 30 echoes the addressee selections as they are being made, step 104.
  • address service 30 sends the retrieved bizcard 38 to all selected conference participants, step 108. The user may also cancel the selection and quit, by selecting an exemplary "Cancel" button.

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Abstract

On enrichit le gestionnaire de conférence et le service d'adresse d'une application de visioconférence personnelle à usage général en ajoutant une multitude de fonctions servant à paramétrer, échanger, enregistrer, extraire et retransmettre des cartes professionnelles électroniques (26). Une carte professionnelle électronique se manifeste par une représentation visuelle des informations que l'on trouve habituellement sur les cartes professionnelles réelles en utilisant le même format que celles-ci. Il est préférable que la représentation visuelle contiennent également une photo correspondant au titulaire de la carte. Sur le plan interne, les informations, telles que les données nécessaires à la restitution de la photo, sont conservées dans des structures de données.
EP96911610A 1995-05-18 1996-04-08 Systeme et procede permettant d'echanger des cartes professionnelles lors d'une visioconference Ceased EP0826183A4 (fr)

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