US Patent:
20050276270, Dec 15, 2005
Inventors:
Rimas Buinevicius - Madison WI, US
James Dias - Madison WI, US
International Classification:
H04L001/00
Abstract:
An automated system, device, computer program product, and method of selectively recording media data generated during a round-table meeting is provided. In the system, one or more media devices capture media data and generate three or more concurrent media inputs having various formats from the captured media data. One or more connection devices connect the one or more media devices to a recorder. The recorder receives the three or more concurrent media inputs, selects three or more of the received media inputs to record to a memory, encodes any of the selected three or more media inputs to form a media stream if the selected media input is not in a media stream format, and records the selected media streams to the memory. Additionally, the recorder may synchronize, index, and/or time stamp the selected three or more media streams before the media streams are recorded to the memory. The recorder further may enable one or more of the media devices for use by a consumer. The recorded media streams may be copied to other memories or to a network location and may be replayed later for review of the round-table meeting.
