US 11,720,244 B2
Online conference tools for meeting-assisted content editing and posting content on a meeting board
Pan Rongrong, Hefei (CN); Xi Yasi, Anhui Province (CN); Li Bin, Anhui Province (CN); and Jian Wang, Anhui (CN)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/237,228.
Prior Publication US 2022/0342524 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 65/401 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0486 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1813 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 65/4015 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
connecting, by a collaboration server, at least two participants via respective devices to a collaboration session in which content is shared among the at least two participants;
detecting, by the collaboration server, a drag-and-drop action performed with respect to the content shared in the collaboration session by one of the at least two participants;
capturing, by the collaboration server, corresponding metadata of the drag-and-drop action, wherein the corresponding metadata includes one or more sources that contributed to modifying the content of the collaboration session using the drag-and-drop action; and
embedding, by the collaboration server, into a media stream associated with the content that is distributed to the respective devices of the at least two participants, the corresponding metadata of the drag-and-drop action into the content, wherein the one or more sources include information about a participant of the at least two participants, wherein embedding the corresponding metadata includes:
presenting a plurality of style options in which to render the information about the participant, wherein the plurality of style options include a profile card style, a current participant frame style, or a textual style that includes textual identification information of the participant,
obtaining a selection of one of the plurality of style options, and
embedding the corresponding metadata, according to the selection, by one of the at least two participants.