PROXY FOR ASYNCHRONOUS MEETING PARTICIPATION

摘要

Embodiments described herein relate to enabling a lightweight way of recording and sharing video messages intended to provide input to a future meeting that cannot be personally attended. A person who cannot attend the meeting pre-records their thoughts and remarks for the meeting as video clips for presentation at the meeting. A physical device with at least a display is presented at the meeting. The physically present participants can play the pre-recorded clips on the device. Video of participants' responses to the clips is recorded and made available so that the represented attendee can view the participants' responses.

主权项

1. A method performed by a computing device comprised of storage hardware and processing hardware, the method comprising:
prior to a meeting that includes a second person, providing the computing device with access to: media clips of a first person and associations associating the media clips with respective clip topics, wherein each association associates one of the media clips and one of the clip topics, wherein the device is capable of rendering audio and/or video content of the media clips; during the meeting and while the second person is able to perceive renderings of the media clips by the computing device, monitoring, by the processing hardware of the computing device, actions of the second person to identify meeting topics as they arise during the meeting; during the meeting, comparing, by the processing hardware of the computing device, the identified meeting topics with the clip topics to determine when clip topics relate to meeting topics; during the meeting, based on a meeting topic having been determined to relate to a clip topic, and based on one of the associations associating the clip topic with a media clip, rendering the media clip by the processing hardware device of the computing device; and during the meeting, recording to the storage hardware media portions of the second person and storing to the storage hardware indications indicating which media portions are associated with which clip topics, wherein an indication indicating an association between a media portion and the clip topic is formed by the processing hardware based on either the rendering of the media clip or the determination that the clip topic relates to the meeting topic.