Interactive video collaboration framework

摘要

A system for providing interactive collaboration between a plurality of users. The system includes a profile respository for storing a priority level for each of said plurality of users and providing addresses for accessing each of said plurality of users. A media content server indexes audio and video data within the system. A data server stores the audio and video data at locations identified by indexing data located at the media content server. An acquisition processor provides audio and video data streams to requesting ones of the plurality of users. Audio and video data streams are located based on indexing data within the media content server and accessed according to a priority level for each requesting user. A communication processor controls bidirectional communication between requesting users according to the priority level for each requesting user.

主权项

1. An apparatus that enables a user to interactively collaborate with a plurality of users via a communication network, the apparatus comprising:
a processor that enables the user to request a one way data stream from a media content server having an index of one way data streams stored on a data server, and receives from the data server, the requested one way data stream, wherein receipt of the requested one way data stream is based on a priority level associated with the user, the priority level including information governing access to particular one way data streams including audio and video data streams; a communication processor that enables real-time bidirectional communication between the user and any of the plurality of users based on the priority level associated with the user; and a display processor that generates a display image simultaneously displaying the one way data stream and the bidirectional communication in a single window.