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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 19, 2011
Applicants:

Johannes Willig, Bornheim, DE;

Laurits Hamm, Aachen, DE;

Matthias Schreiber, Aldenhoven, DE;

Inventors:

Johannes Willig, Bornheim, DE;

Laurits Hamm, Aachen, DE;

Matthias Schreiber, Aldenhoven, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/155 (2013.01); H04L 65/1016 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 65/605 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01);
Abstract

A video conferencing technique is described. A video conference client device implementing the technique comprises a communication unit configured to receive a first media stream representing a recorded video conference and further configured to receive meta data related to the first media stream, the meta data representing events in the video conference, a processing unit connected to the communication unit and configured to carry out a concatenation process during which at least a part of the first media stream and at least a part of the meta data are concatenated into a video signal, and a man machine interface unit connected to the processing unit. The man machine interface unit comprises a display unit configured to display the video conference on the basis of the video signal and an input unit configured to generate, based on an input, a video conference navigation signal. The processing unit is configured to control play out of the video signal in dependence on the video conference navigation signal. The use of the video conference navigation signal and the meta data enables a user to easily navigate through the history of the video conference. Additionally, a second media stream (e.g., a live stream) may be received.


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