US Patent Application 18168988. MEETING ACCESSIBILITY STAGING SYSTEM simplified abstract
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MEETING ACCESSIBILITY STAGING SYSTEM
Organization Name
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC==Inventor(s)==
[[Category:Toby Jonathan Fitch of Everett WA (US)]]
[[Category:Christopher Michael Sano of Seattle WA (US)]]
MEETING ACCESSIBILITY STAGING SYSTEM - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18168988 titled 'MEETING ACCESSIBILITY STAGING SYSTEM
Simplified Explanation
- This patent application describes an accessibility manager that allows users to have a persistent floating secondary stage during video conferencing meetings. - The primary stage of the video conferencing meeting includes a roster of attendees and an area for displaying shared content. - Users can create customizable settings that will be applied to every meeting, generating a personalized secondary stage. - The secondary stage is an overlay that remains visible on the user interface even if the primary stage is minimized, allowing users to multitask during the meeting. - The secondary stage displays video feeds of selected meeting attendees, such as interpreters. - When an interpreter speaks on behalf of the user, the user receives the active speaker attribution. - The configurable settings give users control over various aspects of the secondary stage, including video feed quality, sizing, aspect ratio, display location, captioning, role designation, and active speaker designation.
Original Abstract Submitted
Examples provide an accessibility manager enabling a persistent floating secondary stage for presentation of user-configurable content during a video conferencing meeting. A primary stage is provided during each video conferencing meeting. The primary stage includes a roster of meeting attendees and an area for displaying shared content. The user creates configurable settings which are used at every meeting to generate a customized secondary stage. The secondary stage is an overlay which persists on the user interface even if the primary stage is minimized as the user multi-tasks during the meeting. The secondary stage displays video feed for one or more selected meeting attendees, such as an interpreter. When an interpreter speaks on behalf of the user, the user receives the active speaker attribution. The configurable settings permit the user to control the secondary stage video feed quality, sizing, aspect ratio, display location, captioning, role designation and active speaker designation.
