Pioneer Corporation

Keiji Suginohara

Mitsuyoshi Amano

Hironori Nagayama

Izumi Ota

Soichi Tanigaki

In a server-client network conference system having a conference serverand a plurality of conference terminalstothrough a networka conference data storage sectioncreates a real-time conference data fileand an index filecontaining time-of-day information and heading information while a conference proceeds. After the conference is over, edit such as voice stream merge processing, image thinning-out processing, etc., in the real-time conference data fileis performed to create a minute fileand the minute fileis managed with an index file

Minute file creation method, minute file management method, conference server, and network conference system

It is assumed that a presenter A makes an important statement at a scenein a real-time conference. Participants B and C press a chapter insertion button at times tand trespectively (steps S-and S-). A conference server turns back the time by a predetermined time from the times tand t(steps S-and S-) and sets headings (manual insertion chapters) HCPand HCPat the turned-back times (tand t). Alternatively, the conference server determines the time separator just before the time (namely, CP) and sets a heading HCPat the time (S). Accordingly, the heading is set before the scenewhere the presenter A makes an important statement.

Network conference system

In addition to a conference servera record serveris provided. The conference data of a real-time conference is stored in a storage sectionof the record server(S). A conference terminalperforms connection processing to the conference (S) and then transmits a catch-up playback request to the record server(S). The record serverdetermines whether or not catch-up playback is enabled (S) and then distributes the past conference data (S), and notifies the conference terminalthat the catch-up playback end point has come (S-). Accordingly, the connection of the conference terminalis switched to the conference server(S) and the conference terminalis connected to the real-time conference (S).

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Tokyo, Japan

Keiji Suginohara