Method and Apparatus for Providing a Media Content from a Collaborative Meeting to a Remote User

Abstract

According to an example computer-implemented method, a first client on a proxy server joins a collaborative meeting on behalf of a user. The collaborative meeting is hosted on a first meeting platform, and the first client utilizes the first meeting platform. The first client receives media content from the collaborative meeting on behalf of the user. The proxy server transmits the received media content to a second client on a computing device of the remote user that utilizes a different, second meeting platform. A computing device and computer program product implementing similar features are also disclosed.

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         31 . A method comprising:
 receiving, at a proxy server from a first client computing device associated with a first user, a request to join, on behalf of the first user, a collaborative meeting that is hosted on a collaborative meeting host server using a first collaborative meeting platform, wherein the first client computing device is currently configured to utilize a second collaborative meeting platform that is incompatible with the first collaborative meeting platform;   joining, by the proxy server and using the first collaborative meeting platform, the collaborative meeting on behalf of the first user;   receiving, by the proxy server using the first collaborative meeting platform, media content from the collaborative meeting; and   transmitting, by the proxy server using a second collaborative meeting platform, the received media content to the first client computing device.   
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 31 , further comprising:
 receiving credentials for the collaborative meeting from the client computing device of the first user;   wherein joining the collaborative meeting on behalf of the first user is performed using the received credentials.   
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 31 , further comprising:
 transmitting, by the proxy server using the second collaborative meeting platform, the received media content to a third client computing device of a third user, wherein the third client computing device is currently configured to utilize the second collaborative meeting platform.   
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the request to join the collaborative meeting includes request to join a second collaborative meeting that is hosted on a second collaborative meeting host server using a third collaborative meeting platform that is incompatible with the third collaborative meeting platform, the method further comprising:
 joining, by the proxy server and using the third collaborative meeting platform, the second collaborative meeting on behalf of the first user; and   receiving, by the proxy server using the third collaborative meeting platform, media content from the second collaborative meeting;   wherein transmitting the received media content to the client computing device of the first user comprises transmitting the media content from each of the collaborative meetings in the order in which the media content was received.   
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 31 , further comprising:
 translating a portion of the received media content from a first language to a different second language;   wherein transmitting the received media content comprises transmitting the translated portion of the received media content.   
     
     
         36 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the transmitting includes mapping frames of the media content onto a webpage. 
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein joining the collaborative meeting on behalf of the first user does not enable the first user to contribute media content to the collaborative meeting. 
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 31 ,
 wherein the first client computing device is configured to run a first operating system and the second collaborative meeting platform is operable to use the first operating system,   wherein the collaborative meeting host server is configured to run a second operating system and the first collaborative meeting platform is operable to use the second operating system,   wherein the second collaborative meeting platform is incompatible with the second operating system and the first collaborative meeting platform is incompatible with the first operating system.   
     
     
         39 . The method of  claim 31 , further comprising:
 indexing the received media content for searching; and   based on the indexing, providing a search interface to the first client computing device to facilitate searching of the indexed media content.   
     
     
         40 . A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that when executed by a proxy server cause the proxy server to perform operations comprising:
 receiving, at the proxy server from a first client computing device associated with a first user, a request to join a collaborative meeting that is hosted on a collaborative meeting host server using a first collaborative meeting platform, wherein the first client computing device is currently configured to utilize a second collaborative meeting platform that is incompatible with the first collaborative meeting platform;   joining, by the proxy server and using the first collaborative meeting platform, the collaborative meeting on behalf of the first user;   receiving, by the proxy server using the first collaborative meeting platform, media content from the collaborative meeting; and   transmitting, by the proxy server using a second collaborative meeting platform, the received media content to the first client computing device.   
     
     
         41 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 40 , wherein the received media content includes a view of a screen of a second computing device of a second user that currently has a presenter role in the collaborative meeting. 
     
     
         42 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 40 , wherein joining, by the proxy server and using the first collaborative meeting platform, the collaborative meeting on behalf of the first user includes joining the collaborative meeting as a viewer but not as a presenter. 
     
     
         43 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 40 , the operations further comprising:
 transmitting, by the proxy server using the second collaborative meeting platform, the received media content to a third client computing device of a third user, wherein the third client computing device is currently configured to utilize the second collaborative meeting platform.   
     
     
         44 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 40 , wherein the request to join the collaborative meeting includes request to join a second collaborative meeting that is hosted on a second collaborative meeting host server using a third collaborative meeting platform that is incompatible with the third collaborative meeting platform, the operations further comprising:
 joining, by the proxy server and using the third collaborative meeting platform, the second collaborative meeting on behalf of the first user; and   receiving, by the proxy server using the third collaborative meeting platform, media content from the second collaborative meeting;   wherein transmitting the received media content to the client computing device of the first user comprises transmitting the media content from each of the collaborative meetings in the order in which the media content was received.   
     
     
         45 . The computer-readable medium of  claim 40 , wherein the transmitting includes mapping frames of the media content onto a webpage. 
     
     
         46 . A computer system comprising:
 a computer processor circuit; and   a computer memory storing instructions that when executed by the computer processor circuit causes the computer system to perform operations comprising:
 receiving, at the computer system from a first client computing device associated with a first user, a request to join a collaborative meeting that is hosted on a collaborative meeting host server using a first collaborative meeting platform, wherein the first client computing device is currently configured to utilize a second collaborative meeting platform that is incompatible with the first collaborative meeting platform; 
 joining, by the computer system and using the first collaborative meeting platform, the collaborative meeting on behalf of the first user; 
 receiving, by the computer system using the first collaborative meeting platform, media content from the collaborative meeting; 
 reformatting the received media content; and 
 transmitting, by the computer system using a second collaborative meeting platform, the reformatted media content to the first client computing device. 
   
     
     
         47 . The computer system of  claim 46 , the operations further comprising:
 receiving credentials for the collaborative meeting from the client computing device of the first user;   wherein joining the collaborative meeting on behalf of the first user is performed using the received credentials.   
     
     
         48 . The computer system of  claim 46 , the operations further comprising:
 indexing the received media content for searching; and   based on the indexing, providing a search interface to the first client computing device to facilitate searching of the indexed media content.   
     
     
         49 . The computer system of  claim 46 , the operations further comprising:
 transmitting, by the proxy server using the second collaborative meeting platform, the received media content to a third client computing device of a third user, wherein the third client computing device is currently configured to utilize the second collaborative meeting platform.   
     
     
         50 . The computer system of  claim 46 , wherein the request to join the collaborative meeting includes request to join a second collaborative meeting that is hosted on a second collaborative meeting host server using a third collaborative meeting platform that is incompatible with the third collaborative meeting platform, the operations further comprising:
 joining, by the proxy server and using the third collaborative meeting platform, the second collaborative meeting on behalf of the first user; and   receiving, by the proxy server using the third collaborative meeting platform, media content from the second collaborative meeting;   wherein transmitting the received media content to the client computing device of the first user comprises transmitting the media content from each of the collaborative meetings in the order in which the media content was received.