Recording meeting audio via multiple individual smartphones

Abstract

A method of providing audio information from a meeting includes receiving a first audio stream from a first input audio device and a second audio stream from a second input audio device during the meeting, identifying a first audio fragment from the first audio stream, and identifying a second audio fragment from the second audio stream. The method also includes compiling the audio fragments from the first and second audio streams into an audio file that includes at least the first audio fragment and the second audio fragment. The method further includes providing the audio file to one or more recipients. The audio file identifies the first audio fragment as corresponding to a first participant of the meeting and the second audio fragment as corresponding to a second participant of the meeting.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of recording audio information from a meeting, the method comprising:
 executing a meeting management application, including establishing a plurality of connections with a plurality of audio input devices configured to record audio data;   receiving a plurality of audio streams via the plurality of connections during a meeting, the plurality of audio streams including a first audio stream;   associating the first audio stream with a first participant;   identifying a first audio fragment from the first audio stream;   transcribing the first audio fragment to first textual content; and   compiling the plurality of audio streams into a storyboard of the meeting, the storyboard including at least the first textual content of the first audio fragment to be displayed in association with the first participant.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 extracting a voice profile from a first audio input device associated with the first participant, wherein the first audio fragment is transcribed based on the voice profile.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 distributing the storyboard of the meeting to a subset of the plurality of audio input devices.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the storyboard of the meeting is organized in a chronological order of audio fragments. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the storyboard of the meeting further includes a plurality of audio fragments. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the storyboard of the meeting further includes at least one of voice annotations and pre-recorded introductions of each active participant. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving one or more user inputs to edit the storyboard; and   in response to the one or more user inputs to edit the storyboard, performing an action including one or more of:
 emphasizing the first audio fragment associated with the first participant; 
 deemphasizing the first audio fragment associated with the first participant; 
 grouping a plurality of audio fragments in the storyboard by topic; 
 grouping audio fragments associated with the first participant in the storyboard; and 
 adding new audio fragments to the storyboard. 
   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving an additional user voice input annotating the first audio fragment, wherein the first audio fragment is automatically identified from the first audio stream in response to the additional user voice input.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving an additional user input annotating the first audio fragment, wherein the first audio fragment is automatically identified from the first audio stream in response to the additional user input.   
     
     
         10 . An electronic device, comprising:
 one or more processors; and   memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
 executing a meeting management application, including establishing a plurality of connections with a plurality of audio input devices configured to record audio data; 
 receiving a plurality of audio streams via the plurality of connections during a meeting, the plurality of audio streams including a first audio stream; 
 associating the first audio stream with a first participant; 
 identifying a first audio fragment from the first audio stream; 
 transcribing the first audio fragment to first textual content; and 
 compiling the plurality of audio streams into a storyboard of the meeting, the storyboard including at least the first textual content of the first audio fragment to be displayed in association with the first participant. 
   
     
     
         11 . The electronic device of  claim 10 , wherein the storyboard of the meeting is organized in a chronological order. 
     
     
         12 . The electronic device of  claim 10 , wherein the storyboard of the meeting further includes at least one of voice annotations and pre-recorded introductions of each active participant. 
     
     
         13 . The electronic device of  claim 10 , wherein the first audio stream is recorded by a first audio input device, and a visual signal is provided on the first audio input device to request feedback from the first participant associated with the first audio input device. 
     
     
         14 . The electronic device of  claim 13 , wherein the first participant responds to the visual signal provided on the first audio input device to confirm whether the first participant is currently speaking. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a system, the one or more programs including instructions for:
 executing a meeting management application, including establishing a plurality of connections with a plurality of audio input devices configured to record audio data;   receiving a plurality of audio streams via the plurality of connections during a meeting, the plurality of audio streams including a first audio stream;   associating the first audio stream with a first participant;   identifying a first audio fragment from the first audio stream;   transcribing the first audio fragment to first textual content; and   compiling the plurality of audio streams into a storyboard of the meeting, the storyboard including at least the first textual content of the first audio fragment to be displayed in association with the first participant.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:
 extracting a voice profile from a first audio input device associated with the first participant, wherein the first audio fragment is transcribed based on the voice profile.   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:
 distributing the storyboard of the meeting to a subset of the plurality of audio input devices.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 15 , the plurality of audio streams including a second audio stream, the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:
 identifying from the second audio stream a second audio fragment, wherein the storyboard includes the second audio fragment; and   providing the storyboard to one or more recipients, wherein the storyboard identifies the transcribed first audio fragment as corresponding to the first participant and the second audio fragment as corresponding to a second participant.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 18 , wherein providing the storyboard to the one or more recipients includes replaying the second audio fragment to the one or more recipients. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 18 , the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:
 maintaining the first audio fragment in a first audio channel associated with the first participant; and   maintaining the second audio fragment in a second audio channel associated with the second participant, the first and second audio channels being separate from each other.