Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Nakul Madaan

Neeraj Kumar Jain

Dominic Roedel

Defne Ayanoǧlu

Tiphanie Lau

The disclosed system provides automatic composition of a presentation video of shared content with a rendering of a selected presenter. When a speaker is giving a presentation and providing shared content projected on a screen to in-room attendees, a system provides the composite presentation video with on-line attendees. The system can select one in-room attendee as the presenter based on one or more factors. For instance, the system may select a person that is positioned closer to an object, such as a podium. A person may also be selected based on other types of interaction with an object, e.g., whether a person is touching a podium. Automatic selection of a user and automatic generation of the composite presentation video allows a system to share the in-room dynamics with remote participants of a hybrid meeting.

Automatic composition of a presentation video of shared content and a rendering of a selected presenter

The techniques disclosed herein improve existing systems by generating a data object indicative of a defined group of users of a communication session, messages being communicated between the defined group of users, and permissions defined for the defined group of users to access content of the communication session. In response to receiving a selection of a message set including a subset of the messages of the defined group for corresponding with a non-member user who is not a member of the defined group, the system updates the first data object to include the selected message set and subsequent messages exchanged between the non-member user and a subset of the users in the defined group directed to the selected message set, and permissions defined for the additional participant to limit full access to other subsequent messages in the defined group not directed to the selected message set.

Data object for selective per-message participation of an external user in a meeting chat

The techniques disclosed herein improve existing systems by rendering a first user interface (UI) on a device of a member in a defined group, including messages being communicated between the defined group of users of the communication session. A selection of a message set including a subset of the messages of the defined group is received for corresponding with a non-member user who is not a member of the defined group. The selected message set is delivered to the non-member user. A second UI is rendered including the selected message set and subsequent messages exchanged between the non-member user and a subset of the users in the defined group directed to the selected message set. Full access is not provided to other subsequent messages in the defined group not directed to the selected message set. Subsequent messages exchanged between the non-member user and the defined group are rendered. The subsequent messages are rendered in context of messages prior to the selected message.

Selective per-message participation of an external user in a meeting chat

A system and method for automatically detecting issues during screensharing in an online meeting. The system and method allow automatic status notification of screensharing, which facilitates efficient and convenient use of virtual meetings. The system and method also use a live status indicator to provide constant and continuous data about the health of the ongoing screensharing session, which prevents computer and network resources waste on status inquiries. The system and method also recognize a problem/issue of the content-sharing and provide virtual meeting participants real-time action guidance to optimize the quality of content-sharing.

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