Virtual office devices

BACKGROUND

p-0002Computing and network technologies have transformed many aspects of everyday life. Computers have become household staples rather than luxuries, educational tools and/or entertainment centers, and provide individuals and corporations with tools to manage and forecast finances, control operations such as heating, cooling, lighting and security, and store records and images in a permanent and reliable medium. Networking technologies like the Internet provide individuals virtually unlimited access to remote systems, information and associated applications.

p-0003As computing and network technologies have evolved and have become more robust, secure and reliable, more consumers, wholesalers, retailers, entrepreneurs, educational institutions and the like are shifting paradigms and are employing the Internet to perform business rather traditional means. For example, today consumers can access their bank accounts on-line (e.g., via the Internet) and can perform an ever growing number of banking transactions such as balance inquiries, fund transfers, bill payments, and the like. In addition, businesses and corporations typically manage meetings and schedules through the use of an electronic calendar application.

p-0004In general, business calendar applications typically include meetings and meeting details in which people discuss topics, subjects, and the like. Meetings are a common everyday occurrence especially for members of an organization. Groups of people often assemble to discuss one or more predetermined topics or issues. By way of example, there can be status meetings, budget meetings, staff meetings, product development meetings, patent disclosure meetings, and board meetings, among many others. Meetings are viewed by organizations as a crucial vehicle for facilitating communication amongst group members for the purpose of disseminating knowledge, problem solving, brainstorming and/or the like. Accordingly, many individuals spend a large portion of their time in meetings. In fact, business meetings are so pervasive that some joke that there needs to be a meeting solely to schedule the next meeting.

p-0005By leveraging the Internet and other networking technologies, physical attendance in business meetings has decreased in light of teleconferences, web-based meetings, virtual meetings, web-camera based meetings, application sharing meetings, and the like. For instance, a group of people across the globe can join a web-based meeting via the Internet in which web-cameras can provide images, sounds, and/or video. Yet, with the vast amount of technological advances, virtual meetings are constantly evolving to improving efficiency, usability, and realism.

SUMMARY

p-0006The following presents a simplified summary of the innovation in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects described herein. This summary is not an extensive overview of the claimed subject matter. It is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of the claimed subject matter nor delineate the scope of the subject innovation. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of the claimed subject matter in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

p-0007The subject innovation relates to systems and/or methods that facilitate creating a virtual meeting space with meeting data including a public view or a public view for accessibility. A holographic component can represent at least one of a portion of meeting data or a user as a holographic image within a virtual meeting space in order to conduct a virtual meeting. For instance, a user and/or meeting data can be holographically represented within a virtual meeting space in which invitees (e.g., users, groups, etc.) can participate in a meeting independent of physical location. Furthermore, a share component can implement a data access definition in relation to at least one holographic image within the virtual meeting space, wherein such data access definition can be a granular level of access for each invitee within the virtual meeting. In other words, public and/or private views for holographic images within the virtual meeting space can be defined to enable a granular level of accessibility for a virtual meeting. In other aspects of the claimed subject matter, methods are provided that facilitate managing virtually re-created meeting data within a virtual meeting space with hierarchical data accessibility levels.

p-0008The following description and the annexed drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative aspects of the claimed subject matter. These aspects are indicative, however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of the innovation may be employed and the claimed subject matter is intended to include all such aspects and their equivalents. Other advantages and novel features of the claimed subject matter will become apparent from the following detailed description of the innovation when considered in conjunction with the drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

p-0009<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 1</figref> illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary system that facilitates creating a virtual meeting space with meeting data including a public view or a public view for accessibility.

p-0010<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 2</figref> illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary system that facilitates managing virtually re-created meeting data within a virtual meeting space with hierarchical data accessibility levels.

p-0011<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 3</figref> illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary system that facilitates interacting within a virtual meeting space by leveraging a device.

p-0012<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 4</figref> illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary system that facilitates utilizing a virtual meeting space via a cloud service.

p-0013<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 5</figref> illustrates a block diagram of exemplary virtual meeting that illustrates virtual meeting space and/or holographic images in accordance with the subject innovation.

p-0014<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 6</figref> illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary system that facilitates online data collaboration within a virtual meeting space that includes granular levels of data accessibility.

p-0015<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 7</figref> illustrates an exemplary methodology for creating a virtual meeting space with meeting data including a public view or a public view for accessibility.

p-0016<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 8</figref> illustrates an exemplary methodology that facilitates managing virtually re-created meeting data within a virtual meeting space with hierarchical data accessibility levels.

p-0017<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 9</figref> illustrates an exemplary networking environment, wherein the novel aspects of the claimed subject matter can be employed.

p-0018<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 10</figref> illustrates an exemplary operating environment that can be employed in accordance with the claimed subject matter.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

p-0019The claimed subject matter is described with reference to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals are used to refer to like elements throughout. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the subject innovation. It may be evident, however, that the claimed subject matter may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to facilitate describing the subject innovation.

p-0020As utilized herein, terms “component,” “system,” “interface,” “meeting,” “store,” “device,” and the like are intended to refer to a computer-related entity, either hardware, software (e.g., in execution), and/or firmware. For example, a component can be a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a program, a function, a library, a subroutine, and/or a computer or a combination of software and hardware. By way of illustration, both an application running on a server and the server can be a component. One or more components can reside within a process and a component can be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers.

p-0021Furthermore, the claimed subject matter may be implemented as a method, apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and/or engineering techniques to produce software, firmware, hardware, or any combination thereof to control a computer to implement the disclosed subject matter. The term “article of manufacture” as used herein is intended to encompass a computer program accessible from any computer-readable device, carrier, or media. For example, computer readable media can include but are not limited to magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, magnetic strips . . . ), optical disks (e.g., compact disk (CD), digital versatile disk (DVD) . . . ), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., card, stick, key drive . . . ). Additionally it should be appreciated that a carrier wave can be employed to carry computer-readable electronic data such as those used in transmitting and receiving electronic mail or in accessing a network such as the Internet or a local area network (LAN). Of course, those skilled in the art will recognize many modifications may be made to this configuration without departing from the scope or spirit of the claimed subject matter. Moreover, the word “exemplary” is used herein to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any aspect or design described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects or designs.

p-0022Now turning to the figures, <figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 1</figref> illustrates a system <b>100</b> that facilitates creating a virtual meeting space with meeting data including a public view or a public view for accessibility. The system <b>100</b> can include a holographic component <b>102</b> that can generate a holographic image within a virtual meeting space <b>104</b> for a portion of meeting data received via an interface component <b>108</b> (discussed in more detail below and also referred to as “the interface”). The holographic component <b>102</b> can virtually represent the portion of meeting data within the generated virtual meeting space <b>104</b>, wherein a share component <b>106</b> can enable a granular accessibility for data. In general, the share component <b>106</b> can employ a public view or a private view for data within the virtual meeting space <b>104</b> that can allow restricted or unrestricted access to specific portions of data. In addition to representing meeting data as a holographic image within the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>, the holographic component <b>102</b> can represent a user as a holographic image within the meeting space. In other words, the system <b>100</b> can generate at least one holographic image within a defined virtual meeting space, wherein the holographic image can be representative to at least one of a portion of meeting data or a user associated with a meeting.

p-0023As discussed, the holographic component <b>102</b> can receive meeting data via the interface <b>108</b> in order to generate a representative holographic image within the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>. The virtual meeting space <b>104</b> can be any suitable environment (e.g., 2 dimension, 3 dimension, etc.) in which a user can interact with virtually represented data. For instance, the virtual meeting space <b>104</b> can be any suitable simulated location in which a meeting can be held such as, but not limited to, a virtually represented conference room, a conference room, an auditorium, a conference an on-site location, an off-site location, an inside location, an outside location, an office building, a conference center, a park, a construction site, etc. In general, the meeting data can relate to at least one of establishing connectivity between invitees within the virtual meeting (e.g., virtual meeting time, virtual meeting date, virtual meeting location/address, a listing of invitees, a context for the virtual meeting, a web link, a web site, an web address, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, a telephone number, a third-party conference service, a mobile communication number, etc.) or information that is to be distributed between invitees within the virtual meeting (e.g., presentation material, applications, data, etc.). Moreover, it is to be appreciated that the meeting data represented by holographic images can be, but is not limited to being, a virtual meeting location (e.g., Internet Protocol (IP) address, web link, web site, teleconference number, etc.), word processing documents, email, applications, instant messages, video, audio, slide shows, graphs, agendas, statistics, spreadsheet data, spreadsheet documents, invitee biography data, websites, a network, a server, a portion of remote data, a portion of local data associated with an invitee, time of meeting, list of invitees, topics/subjects of the meeting, invitee information (e.g., location, credentials, etc.), digital representation information related to an invitee (e.g., physical appearance, clothing, attire, jewelry, avatar, icon, background/backdrop, etc.), data links, web links, text, images, and/or any other suitable data that relates to a meeting or an invitee for a meeting.

p-0024For example, a virtual meeting can be scheduled for user A, user B, and user C in which speaker X is presenting a slide show on a particular topic. The meeting data (e.g., slide show, material, graphs, biographical information for invitees, agenda, schedule, etc.) can be virtually represented as holographic images. Moreover, the invitees can be represented as holographic images. In order to simulate a physical meeting environment, such holographic images can be employed with a defined virtual meeting space. Thus, user A, user B, user C, speaker X, meeting data, etc. can be virtually represented via holographic images within the virtual meeting space. The system <b>100</b> enables the virtually represented data to include hierarchical or granular levels for accessibility. In other words, data access can be managed within the virtual meeting space by invitees, administrators, etc. Therefore, a portion of data represented within the virtual meeting space can be public for invitees to view/access whereas a disparate portion of data virtually represented can be private for limited view/access. For instance, user A can define a portion of emails as private and a specific email as public since such specific email relates to the virtual meeting or particular topic.

p-0025In still another example, the subject innovation enables virtually represented users as well as virtually represented meeting data to be granularly accessible. Within a defined virtually meeting space, User A can be virtually represented by a holographic image and can enable a private view/setting related to another invitee (user B). Based on the private setting, user A as a virtual image within the meeting space will not be viewable by user B. The user or invitee virtual image privacy or public setting can be useful in a situation in which a superior wants to monitor a meeting without changing or affecting meeting flow or user demeanor. Thus, user A, user B, user C, and speaker X can be monitored within the virtual meeting space by a boss in order to gain a real and uninfluenced insight on the virtual meeting and/or users invited thereto. In another example, the privacy or public setting for a holographic image for a user/invitee can correlate with a corporate or business hierarchy (e.g., employee, manager, boss, etc.) which can allow automatic privacy and/or public settings to be implemented.

p-0026In addition, the system <b>100</b> can include any suitable and/or necessary interface <b>108</b>, which provides various adapters, connectors, channels, communication paths, etc. to integrate the holographic component <b>102</b> into virtually any operating and/or database system(s) and/or with one another. In addition, the interface <b>108</b> can provide various adapters, connectors, channels, communication paths, etc., that provide for interaction with the holographic component <b>102</b>, the share component <b>106</b>, the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>, meeting data, and any other device and/or component associated with the system <b>100</b>.

p-0027<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 2</figref> illustrates a system <b>200</b> that facilitates managing virtually re-created meeting data within a virtual meeting space with hierarchical data accessibility levels. The system <b>200</b> can include the holographic component <b>102</b> that can generate a holographic image for a portion of meeting data or at least one user or invitee associated with a meeting. The holographic component <b>102</b> can create the virtual meeting space <b>104</b> in which such holographic images can be hosted in order to implement a virtual meeting. Moreover, the share component can enable a granular level of holographic image access within the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>. In other words, a portion of meeting data or a user represented by a holographic image can include access levels (e.g., public, private, etc.) for each participant within the virtual meeting space.

p-0028For example, a user can be invited to a virtual meeting in which he or she is re-created as a holographic image within a virtual meeting space as well as any suitable data the user identifies as meeting data. The user can further define accessibility for the data and/or the holographic image representing him or her. Therefore, the user can select to represent email as a holographic image within the virtual meeting space and associated a private setting to such email which can restrict access or view of such email. In other words, the user can be in a virtual meeting space and take part in such meeting with virtual holographic images (based on private or public views/settings) while viewing email (also represented as a holographic image) privately.

p-0029The system <b>200</b> can further include a control component <b>202</b> that can employ management of data or users represented within the virtual meeting space as holographic images. In general, the control component <b>202</b> can allow a user in the physical world to control or manipulate data within the virtual meeting and/or the virtual meeting space. The control component <b>202</b> can further provide a model for how to control presentation of data. For instance, if a virtual meeting includes a plurality of people having discussions, such data within the virtual meeting can be controlled with hierarchical blending (e.g., value of information (VOI) calculation to increase volume of audio with importance, one-at-a-time technique, etc.), audio playback, video playback, user-specific replay of holographic images, user-controlled video/audio/data playback, etc. In addition, the control component <b>202</b> can provide user-specific controls related to data represented by holographic images. For instance, going back and forth between public data (e.g., slide show presentation given by a speaker, shared word processing document, etc.) and private data (e.g., emails, instant messenger, etc.).

p-0030The control component <b>202</b> can further enable changing dimension, perspective, moving holographic images within the virtual meeting space, etc. In other words, the control component <b>202</b> enables a user to manipulate at least one holographic image within the virtual meeting space, wherein the manipulation is at least one of a holographic image appearance (e.g., color, size, shape, etc.), a perspective, a dimension, or a characteristic related to receiving data from the virtual meeting (e.g., audio level, video playback, user settings, etc.). For instance, a white board can be a holographic image within a virtual meeting space in which invitees/users can access or view during a virtual meeting. The control component <b>202</b> can a first invitee to change the size (e.g., magnify, shrink, etc.) of the white board based on his or her liking. Moreover, as discussed, the whiteboard can include shared portions for a portion of invitees or users and/or a private portion which access is restricted, defined, or limited.

p-0031The control component <b>202</b> can also incorporate gestures or body motions to control or manipulate data within the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>. For instance, a particular motion or movement can indicate moving a portion of data represented as a holographic image. In another example, a movement or gesture can be replicated with the holographic image representative of the user in the virtual meeting. It is to be appreciated that the control component <b>202</b> can provide interaction with any suitable data within the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>, wherein each user or invitee can view such interactions with data or holographic images based on the pre-established or defined level of access (e.g., private, public, etc.).

p-0032The system <b>200</b> can further include a data store <b>204</b> that can include any suitable data related to the holographic component <b>102</b>, the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>, the interface <b>108</b>, the control component <b>202</b>, etc. For example, the data store <b>204</b> can include, but not limited to including, meeting data, user data, user preferences, security levels, public data, private data, passwords, meeting time, meeting location, invitees, meeting configuration (e.g., audio, video, leader setting, etc.), and/or any other suitable data related to a meeting, virtual meeting or a user associated with a meeting.

p-0033It is to be appreciated that the data store <b>204</b> can be, for example, either volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or can include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. By way of illustration, and not limitation, nonvolatile memory can include read only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can include random access memory (RAM), which acts as external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in many forms such as static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM), Rambus direct RAM (RDRAM), direct Rambus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), and Rambus dynamic RAM (RDRAM). The data store <b>204</b> of the subject systems and methods is intended to comprise, without being limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory. In addition, it is to be appreciated that the data store <b>204</b> can be a server, a database, a hard drive, a pen drive, an external hard drive, a portable hard drive, and the like.

p-0034<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 3</figref> illustrates a system <b>300</b> that facilitates interacting within a virtual meeting space by leveraging a device. The system <b>300</b> can include the holographic component <b>102</b> that can employ a holographic image for a portion of meeting data and/or a user, wherein such holographic images can interact with one another within a virtual meeting space for enhanced virtual meetings. The holographic images can further include a granular level of access by utilizing the share component <b>106</b>, in which a holographic image can include a respective access setting or level such as, but not limited to, private, public, user-specific list of access, corporation or business hierarchy of authority, etc. Thus, a portion of data can be represented by a holographic image in which such image can be interacted with based upon the access setting defined. For example, a shared presentation document can include a universal share setting to allow all attendees to view and/or interact with such document within the virtual meeting, whereas a portion of local data for a specific user can be viewed/interacted with based on a private level (e.g., not accessible for all attendees, etc.).

p-0035The holographic component <b>102</b> can generate a holographic image for any suitable data related to a meeting or a user associated with such meeting. In particular, a user <b>302</b> can utilize a device <b>304</b> in order to manipulate and/or view data within the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>. It is to be appreciated that the device <b>304</b> can be any suitable device (e.g., software, hardware, and/or any suitable combination thereof) such as, but not limited to, a screen, a display, a head set, a pair of glasses, a body motion detection environment, a monitor with a shutter open and close technique, a glove, a helmet, a body suite, and/or any other device that can bridge a physical environment with a virtual environment to provide interaction therewith. For instance, two screens can be utilized within a pair of glasses, wherein a display can be switched between each eye/screen in order to give an experience of a 3-D environment.

p-0036It is to be appreciated that various devices can be provided to facilitate communications in the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>. Such devices can enable holographic meeting presentations in which participants are presented as holographically projected members and data feeds mixed in with such holographic experience. In one example, this can include polarized glasses that can utilize spatial video to provide convergence at many levels. Moreover, such devices can be used to see projections at many levels including 3-D. The device <b>304</b> can project virtual persons/users (e.g., such as user <b>302</b>) and data utilizing various combinations of displays that can correlate with the control aspects of such data (e.g., various displays respective to type of controls or data manipulation). The device <b>304</b> can further include multiple functions based on the type of data interaction. For instance, a specific device can be utilized for note taking, reading, capturing data, data transport, data conversion, data transport to structured data, whiteboard capture, translation/conversion into text, document rendering, rendering based on device capabilities, etc. The device <b>304</b> can, as discussed, include capturing gestures, motions, and the like. A gesture adaptive device can capture gestures and provide outward context such as a communication grammar that is tailored to the device (e.g., emoticons, short cuts, human adaptation to modality of device, camera recording emotions, etc.).

p-0037<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 4</figref> illustrates a system <b>400</b> that facilitates utilizing a virtual meeting space via a cloud service. The system <b>400</b> depicts the holographic component <b>102</b> that can represent a portion of meeting data and/or a user as a holographic image within the virtual meeting space <b>104</b> for implementation of a virtual meeting. The system <b>400</b> can further employ data access on a granular level for holographic images by utilizing a share component <b>106</b>. The share component <b>106</b> can provide at least one of a public view or a private view for holographic images (e.g., meeting data, users invited to a meeting, and/or any other data represented as a holographic image within the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>). Moreover, such defined views can be specifically defined by each user/invitee in which each portion of data can include access settings for disparate users or invitees within the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>. For instance, user A can include a document, an image, and an application that are represented as holographic images within a virtual meeting space. User A can further identify which portion of data can be public or private for each individual within the meeting. Thus, the document can be accessible (e.g., public) for user B and user C, whereas the image and the application can be non-accessible to user B and user C (e.g., but still accessible to user A based on ownership).

p-0038The system <b>200</b> can further utilize a cloud <b>402</b> that can incorporate at least one of the holographic component <b>102</b>, the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>, the share component <b>106</b>, the interface <b>108</b>, and/or any suitable combination thereof. It is to be appreciated that the cloud <b>402</b> can include any suitable component, device, hardware, and/or software associated with the subject innovation. The cloud <b>402</b> can refer to any collection of resources (e.g., hardware, software, combination thereof, etc.) that are maintained by a party (e.g., off-site, on-site, third party, etc.) and accessible by an identified user over a network (e.g., Internet, wireless, LAN, cellular, Wi-Fi, WAN, etc.). The cloud <b>402</b> is intended to include any service, network service, cloud service, collection of resources, etc. and can be accessed by an identified user via a network. For instance, two or more users <b>404</b> can access, join, and/or interact with the cloud <b>402</b> and, in turn, at least one of the holographic component <b>102</b>, the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>, the share component <b>106</b>, the interface <b>108</b>, and/or any suitable combination thereof. In addition, the cloud <b>402</b> can provide any suitable number of service(s) to any suitable number of user(s) and/or client(s). In particular, the cloud <b>402</b> can include resources and/or services that generate at least one holographic image based on meeting data and/or a user/invitee associated with a meeting. Moreover, the cloud <b>402</b> can include resources and/or services that enable data access on a granular level. For instance, the holographic component <b>102</b> and/or the share component <b>106</b> can be incorporated into the cloud <b>402</b> which can push and/or pull information (e.g., holographic images, controls, requests, public views, private views, etc.) to a user, a device, a machine, and/or any other suitable entity (e.g., business, corporation, enterprise, group of users, website, network, server, forum, collection of individuals, etc.).

p-0039<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 5</figref> illustrates a virtual meeting <b>500</b> that illustrates virtual meeting space and/or holographic images in accordance with the subject innovation. The virtual meeting <b>500</b> can include a number of users or invitees such as user <b>502</b>, user <b>504</b>, user <b>506</b>, and user <b>508</b>. Each user or invitee can be virtually represented within the virtual meeting <b>500</b> as a holographic image. For instance, user <b>502</b> can have a holographic image <b>510</b>, user <b>504</b> can be simulated by a holographic image <b>512</b>, user <b>506</b> can be represented by a holographic image <b>514</b>, and user <b>508</b> can be virtually present with a holographic image <b>516</b>. It is to be appreciated that the holographic images utilized to represent users or invitees can be user-defined, automatically generated, and/or any suitable combination thereof. For instance, user <b>502</b> can digitally create their own holographic image. In another example, a default holographic image can be utilized with identifying data (e.g., name tag, name, department, group of people, etc.).

p-0040The virtual meeting <b>500</b> can take place in any suitable virtual environment such as, but not including, a replicated digital environment (e.g., an office, an auditorium, a park, a convention center, a board room, etc.). The virtual meeting space can be, as depicted, a conference table in which a portion of the virtual meeting space is allocated to each invitee or user. As illustrated, user <b>502</b> is allocated virtual conference table space <b>518</b>, user <b>504</b> is allocated virtual conference table space <b>520</b>, user <b>506</b> is allocated virtual conference table space <b>522</b>, and user <b>508</b> is allocated virtual conference table space <b>524</b>. Moreover, each user or invitee can define access levels for each portion of data represented as a holographic image. For instance, each user or invitee can have holographic images representative of data (e.g., meeting data, user holographic image themselves, etc.) within each virtual conference table space. The user or invitee can identify data as public or private with settings associated therewith, wherein such data can be viewed (based on the privacy or public setting) within the virtual conference table space (e.g., virtual meeting space). For instance, a portion of data can be shared privately in a manner that an owner of such data is the only individual that can access such data within the virtual meeting <b>500</b>. In another example, the portion of data can be public but limited to a select few of individuals or users. Generally, the holographic images and data represented therewith can include granular levels of access defined for each member, user, and/or invitee related to the virtual meeting.

p-0041<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 6</figref> illustrates a system <b>600</b> that employs intelligence to facilitate online data collaboration within a virtual meeting space that includes granular levels of data accessibility. The system <b>600</b> can include the holographic component <b>102</b>, the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>, the share component <b>106</b>, and/or the interface <b>108</b>. It is to be appreciated that the holographic component <b>102</b>, the virtual meeting space <b>104</b>, the share component <b>106</b>, and/or the interface <b>108</b> can be substantially similar to respective components, spaces, and interfaces described in previous figures. The system <b>600</b> further includes an intelligent component <b>602</b>. The intelligent component <b>602</b> can be utilized by the holographic component <b>102</b> to facilitate generating a holographic image for a portion of data related to a meeting and enabling granular data access for such holographic images. For example, the intelligent component <b>602</b> can infer holographic image representation, controls, virtual meeting space, virtual meeting environments, data access level, data access settings, data management and/or priority for specific users/invitees, required or suggested invitees for a meeting, user information, device settings, username, user preferences, etc.

p-0042The intelligent component <b>602</b> can employ value of information (VOI) computation in order to identify data priority for communication within a virtual meeting. For instance, by utilizing VOI computation, the most ideal and/or appropriate data can be communicated or prioritized for each individual within the meeting. Moreover, it is to be understood that the intelligent component <b>602</b> can provide for reasoning about or infer states of the system, environment, and/or user from a set of observations as captured via events and/or data. Inference can be employed to identify a specific context or action, or can generate a probability distribution over states, for example. The inference can be probabilistic—that is, the computation of a probability distribution over states of interest based on a consideration of data and events. Inference can also refer to techniques employed for composing higher-level events from a set of events and/or data. Such inference results in the construction of new events or actions from a set of observed events and/or stored event data, whether or not the events are correlated in close temporal proximity, and whether the events and data come from one or several event and data sources. Various classification (explicitly and/or implicitly trained) schemes and/or systems (e.g., support vector machines, neural networks, expert systems, Bayesian belief networks, fuzzy logic, data fusion engines . . . ) can be employed in connection with performing automatic and/or inferred action in connection with the claimed subject matter.

p-0043A classifier is a function that maps an input attribute vector, x=(x1, x2, x3, x4, xn), to a confidence that the input belongs to a class, that is, f(x)=confidence(class). Such classification can employ a probabilistic and/or statistical-based analysis (e.g., factoring into the analysis utilities and costs) to prognose or infer an action that a user desires to be automatically performed. A support vector machine (SVM) is an example of a classifier that can be employed. The SVM operates by finding a hypersurface in the space of possible inputs, which hypersurface attempts to split the triggering criteria from the non-triggering events. Intuitively, this makes the classification correct for testing data that is near, but not identical to training data. Other directed and undirected model classification approaches include, e.g., naïve Bayes, Bayesian networks, decision trees, neural networks, fuzzy logic models, and probabilistic classification models providing different patterns of independence can be employed. Classification as used herein also is inclusive of statistical regression that is utilized to develop models of priority.

p-0044The holographic component <b>102</b> can further utilize a presentation component <b>604</b> that provides various types of user interfaces to facilitate interaction between a user and any component coupled to the holographic component <b>102</b>. As depicted, the presentation component <b>604</b> is a separate entity that can be utilized with the holographic component <b>102</b>. However, it is to be appreciated that the presentation component <b>604</b> and/or similar view components can be incorporated into the holographic component <b>102</b> and/or a stand-alone unit. The presentation component <b>604</b> can provide one or more graphical user interfaces (GUIs), command line interfaces, and the like. For example, a GUI can be rendered that provides a user with a region or means to load, import, read, etc., data, and can include a region to present the results of such. These regions can comprise known text and/or graphic regions comprising dialogue boxes, static controls, drop-down-menus, list boxes, pop-up menus, as edit controls, combo boxes, radio buttons, check boxes, push buttons, and graphic boxes. In addition, utilities to facilitate the presentation such as vertical and/or horizontal scroll bars for navigation and toolbar buttons to determine whether a region will be viewable can be employed. For example, the user can interact with one or more of the components coupled and/or incorporated into the holographic component <b>102</b>.

p-0045The user can also interact with the regions to select and provide information via various devices such as a mouse, a roller ball, a touchpad, a keypad, a keyboard, a touch screen, a pen and/or voice activation, a body motion detection, for example. Typically, a mechanism such as a push button or the enter key on the keyboard can be employed subsequent entering the information in order to initiate the search. However, it is to be appreciated that the claimed subject matter is not so limited. For example, merely highlighting a check box can initiate information conveyance. In another example, a command line interface can be employed. For example, the command line interface can prompt (e.g., via a text message on a display and an audio tone) the user for information via providing a text message. The user can then provide suitable information, such as alpha-numeric input corresponding to an option provided in the interface prompt or an answer to a question posed in the prompt. It is to be appreciated that the command line interface can be employed in connection with a GUI and/or API. In addition, the command line interface can be employed in connection with hardware (e.g., video cards) and/or displays (e.g., black and white, EGA, VGA, SVGA, etc.) with limited graphic support, and/or low bandwidth communication channels.

p-0046<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIGS. 7-8</figref> illustrate methodologies and/or flow diagrams in accordance with the claimed subject matter. For simplicity of explanation, the methodologies are depicted and described as a series of acts. It is to be understood and appreciated that the subject innovation is not limited by the acts illustrated and/or by the order of acts. For example acts can occur in various orders and/or concurrently, and with other acts not presented and described herein. Furthermore, not all illustrated acts may be required to implement the methodologies in accordance with the claimed subject matter. In addition, those skilled in the art will understand and appreciate that the methodologies could alternatively be represented as a series of interrelated states via a state diagram or events. Additionally, it should be further appreciated that the methodologies disclosed hereinafter and throughout this specification are capable of being stored on an article of manufacture to facilitate transporting and transferring such methodologies to computers. The term article of manufacture, as used herein, is intended to encompass a computer program accessible from any computer-readable device, carrier, or media.

p-0047<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 7</figref> illustrates a method <b>700</b> that facilitates creating a virtual meeting space with meeting data including a public view or a public view for accessibility. At reference numeral <b>702</b>, a portion of data related to a virtual meeting can be received. It is to be appreciated that the portion of data related to a virtual meeting (e.g., meeting data, etc.) can be, but is not limited to being, a virtual meeting location (e.g., Internet Protocol (IP) address, web link, web site, teleconference number, etc.), meeting invitee, word processing documents, email, applications, instant messages, video, audio, slide shows, graphs, agendas, statistics, spreadsheet data, spreadsheet documents, invitee biography data, websites, a network, a server, a portion of remote data, a portion of local data associated with an invitee, time of meeting, list of invitees, topics/subjects of the meeting, invitee information (e.g., location, credentials, etc.), digital representation information related to an invitee (e.g., physical appearance, clothing, attire, jewelry, avatar, icon, background/backdrop, etc.), data links, web links, text, images, and/or any other suitable data that relates to a meeting or an invitee for a meeting. For example, meeting data can be received via a cloud and/or network in which a virtual meeting can be held.

p-0048At reference numeral <b>704</b>, a holographic image can be generated for the portion of data within a virtual meeting space. In other words, the portion of data related to a virtual meeting can be represented as a holographic image within a virtual environment such as a virtual meeting space. For instance, a user or invitee can be invited to a virtual meeting, wherein such user can be represented as a holographic image within a virtual meeting space (e.g., virtual environment in which a virtual meeting can be held). Moreover, any suitable data related to the virtual meeting (e.g., documents, files, agenda, bio information, meeting location, images, audio, graphics, video, etc.) can be represented as a holographic image within the virtual meeting space. Thus, within a virtual meeting space, the virtual meeting can be initiated with users and/or any data related to the meeting based at least in part upon such users and/or data can be holographic images within the virtual meeting space.

p-0049At reference numeral <b>706</b>, a data access setting for the holographic image within the virtual meeting space can be enforced, wherein the data access can include a private setting or a public setting. For instance, a portion of data related to a meeting (e.g., meeting data, documents, files, audio, video, users, etc.) can be represented by a holographic image and such image can include a setting which can define the access privileges for such holographic image during the virtual meeting within the virtual meeting space. In particular, a private setting can restrict data access within the virtual meeting space such that particular individuals or users holographically represented within the virtual meeting may not access. In addition, a public setting can allow particular individuals or users holographically represented within the virtual meeting to access such data or holographic imagery.

p-0050<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 8</figref> illustrates a method <b>800</b> for managing virtually re-created meeting data within a virtual meeting space with hierarchical data accessibility levels. At reference numeral <b>802</b>, a portion of data can be identified to generate into a holographic image for implementation into a virtual meeting. For example, in a virtual meeting request or in response to a request, data can be identified by an invitee for representation into holographic images within such virtual meeting. At reference numeral <b>804</b>, a virtual meeting space can be created that includes at least one holographic image representative of at user or the portion of data identified.

p-0051At reference numeral <b>806</b>, a data access definition can be received from at least one user. In particular, a user can select portions of data to holographically represent within a virtual meeting as well as define access (e.g., private, public, etc.) respectively. In one example, a user can identify portions of data to represent in a holographic image for a virtual meeting and provide access definitions for such data which can be enforced during the virtual meeting. Moreover, it is to be appreciated that the user can identify data to holographically represent within the virtual meeting well as provide access definitions at any suitable time for the virtual meeting (e.g., prior to the meeting, during the meeting, etc.). At reference numeral <b>808</b>, access for at least one holographic image within the virtual meeting space can be enabled based upon the data access definitions. Thus, within the virtual meeting space, a holographic image representative of data associated with a meeting can be accessed in accordance to a user's definitions. In other words, a user can take part in a holographic virtual meeting with views corresponding to personal data (e.g., private data) as well as public data (e.g., data associated with the meeting).

p-0052In order to provide additional context for implementing various aspects of the claimed subject matter, <figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIGS. 9-10</figref> and the following discussion is intended to provide a brief, general description of a suitable computing environment in which the various aspects of the subject innovation may be implemented. For example, a holographic component can virtually represent a user and/or a portion of data in a virtual meeting space with private or public data accessibility, as described in the previous figures, can be implemented in such suitable computing environment. While the claimed subject matter has been described above in the general context of computer-executable instructions of a computer program that runs on a local computer and/or remote computer, those skilled in the art will recognize that the subject innovation also may be implemented in combination with other program modules. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, components, data structures, etc., that perform particular tasks and/or implement particular abstract data types.

p-0053Moreover, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the inventive methods may be practiced with other computer system configurations, including single-processor or multi-processor computer systems, minicomputers, mainframe computers, as well as personal computers, hand-held computing devices, microprocessor-based and/or programmable consumer electronics, and the like, each of which may operatively communicate with one or more associated devices. The illustrated aspects of the claimed subject matter may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where certain tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. However, some, if not all, aspects of the subject innovation may be practiced on stand-alone computers. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in local and/or remote memory storage devices.

p-0054<figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 9</figref> is a schematic block diagram of a sample-computing environment <b>900</b> with which the claimed subject matter can interact. The system <b>900</b> includes one or more client(s) <b>910</b>. The client(s) <b>910</b> can be hardware and/or software (e.g., threads, processes, computing devices). The system <b>900</b> also includes one or more server(s) <b>920</b>. The server(s) <b>920</b> can be hardware and/or software (e.g., threads, processes, computing devices). The servers <b>920</b> can house threads to perform transformations by employing the subject innovation, for example.

p-0055One possible communication between a client <b>910</b> and a server <b>920</b> can be in the form of a data packet adapted to be transmitted between two or more computer processes. The system <b>900</b> includes a communication framework <b>940</b> that can be employed to facilitate communications between the client(s) <b>910</b> and the server(s) <b>920</b>. The client(s) <b>910</b> are operably connected to one or more client data store(s) <b>950</b> that can be employed to store information local to the client(s) <b>910</b>. Similarly, the server(s) <b>920</b> are operably connected to one or more server data store(s) <b>930</b> that can be employed to store information local to the servers <b>920</b>.

p-0056With reference to <figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 10</figref>, an exemplary environment <b>1000</b> for implementing various aspects of the claimed subject matter includes a computer <b>1012</b>. The computer <b>1012</b> includes a processing unit <b>1014</b>, a system memory <b>1016</b>, and a system bus <b>1018</b>. The system bus <b>1018</b> couples system components including, but not limited to, the system memory <b>1016</b> to the processing unit <b>1014</b>. The processing unit <b>1014</b> can be any of various available processors. Dual microprocessors and other multiprocessor architectures also can be employed as the processing unit <b>1014</b>.

p-0057The system bus <b>1018</b> can be any of several types of bus structure(s) including the memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus or external bus, and/or a local bus using any variety of available bus architectures including, but not limited to, Industrial Standard Architecture (ISA), Micro-Channel Architecture (MSA), Extended ISA (EISA), Intelligent Drive Electronics (IDE), VESA Local Bus (VLB), Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), Card Bus, Universal Serial Bus (USB), Advanced Graphics Port (AGP), Personal Computer Memory Card International Association bus (PCMCIA), Firewire (IEEE 1394), and Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI).

p-0058The system memory <b>1016</b> includes volatile memory <b>1020</b> and nonvolatile memory <b>1022</b>. The basic input/output system (BIOS), containing the basic routines to transfer information between elements within the computer <b>1012</b>, such as during start-up, is stored in nonvolatile memory <b>1022</b>. By way of illustration, and not limitation, nonvolatile memory <b>1022</b> can include read only memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory <b>1020</b> includes random access memory (RAM), which acts as external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in many forms such as static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM), Rambus direct RAM (RDRAM), direct Rambus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), and Rambus dynamic RAM (RDRAM).

p-0059Computer <b>1012</b> also includes removable/non-removable, volatile/non-volatile computer storage media. <figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 10</figref> illustrates, for example a disk storage <b>1024</b>. Disk storage <b>1024</b> includes, but is not limited to, devices like a magnetic disk drive, floppy disk drive, tape drive, Jaz drive, Zip drive, LS-100 drive, flash memory card, or memory stick. In addition, disk storage <b>1024</b> can include storage media separately or in combination with other storage media including, but not limited to, an optical disk drive such as a compact disk ROM device (CD-ROM), CD recordable drive (CD-R Drive), CD rewritable drive (CD-RW Drive) or a digital versatile disk ROM drive (DVD-ROM). To facilitate connection of the disk storage devices <b>1024</b> to the system bus <b>1018</b>, a removable or non-removable interface is typically used such as interface <b>1026</b>.

p-0060It is to be appreciated that <figref idrefs="DRAWINGS">FIG. 10</figref> describes software that acts as an intermediary between users and the basic computer resources described in the suitable operating environment <b>1000</b>. Such software includes an operating system <b>1028</b>. Operating system <b>1028</b>, which can be stored on disk storage <b>1024</b>, acts to control and allocate resources of the computer system <b>1012</b>. System applications <b>1030</b> take advantage of the management of resources by operating system <b>1028</b> through program modules <b>1032</b> and program data <b>1034</b> stored either in system memory <b>1016</b> or on disk storage <b>1024</b>. It is to be appreciated that the claimed subject matter can be implemented with various operating systems or combinations of operating systems.

p-0061A user enters commands or information into the computer <b>1012</b> through input device(s) <b>1036</b>. Input devices <b>1036</b> include, but are not limited to, a pointing device such as a mouse, trackball, stylus, touch pad, keyboard, microphone, joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner, TV tuner card, digital camera, digital video camera, web camera, and the like. These and other input devices connect to the processing unit <b>1014</b> through the system bus <b>1018</b> via interface port(s) <b>1038</b>. Interface port(s) <b>1038</b> include, for example, a serial port, a parallel port, a game port, and a universal serial bus (USB). Output device(s) <b>1040</b> use some of the same type of ports as input device(s) <b>1036</b>. Thus, for example, a USB port may be used to provide input to computer <b>1012</b>, and to output information from computer <b>1012</b> to an output device <b>1040</b>. Output adapter <b>1042</b> is provided to illustrate that there are some output devices <b>1040</b> like monitors, speakers, and printers, among other output devices <b>1040</b>, which require special adapters. The output adapters <b>1042</b> include, by way of illustration and not limitation, video and sound cards that provide a means of connection between the output device <b>1040</b> and the system bus <b>1018</b>. It should be noted that other devices and/or systems of devices provide both input and output capabilities such as remote computer(s) <b>1044</b>.

p-0062Computer <b>1012</b> can operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as remote computer(s) <b>1044</b>. The remote computer(s) <b>1044</b> can be a personal computer, a server, a router, a network PC, a workstation, a microprocessor based appliance, a peer device or other common network node and the like, and typically includes many or all of the elements described relative to computer <b>1012</b>. For purposes of brevity, only a memory storage device <b>1046</b> is illustrated with remote computer(s) <b>1044</b>. Remote computer(s) <b>1044</b> is logically connected to computer <b>1012</b> through a network interface <b>1048</b> and then physically connected via communication connection <b>1050</b>. Network interface <b>1048</b> encompasses wire and/or wireless communication networks such as local-area networks (LAN) and wide-area networks (WAN). LAN technologies include Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), Copper Distributed Data Interface (CDDI), Ethernet, Token Ring and the like. WAN technologies include, but are not limited to, point-to-point links, circuit switching networks like Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN) and variations thereon, packet switching networks, and Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL).

p-0063Communication connection(s) <b>1050</b> refers to the hardware/software employed to connect the network interface <b>1048</b> to the bus <b>1018</b>. While communication connection <b>1050</b> is shown for illustrative clarity inside computer <b>1012</b>, it can also be external to computer <b>1012</b>. The hardware/software necessary for connection to the network interface <b>1048</b> includes, for exemplary purposes only, internal and external technologies such as, modems including regular telephone grade modems, cable modems and DSL modems, ISDN adapters, and Ethernet cards.

p-0064What has been described above includes examples of the subject innovation. It is, of course, not possible to describe every conceivable combination of components or methodologies for purposes of describing the claimed subject matter, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize that many further combinations and permutations of the subject innovation are possible. Accordingly, the claimed subject matter is intended to embrace all such alterations, modifications, and variations that fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

p-0065In particular and in regard to the various functions performed by the above described components, devices, circuits, systems and the like, the terms (including a reference to a “means”) used to describe such components are intended to correspond, unless otherwise indicated, to any component which performs the specified function of the described component (e.g., a functional equivalent), even though not structurally equivalent to the disclosed structure, which performs the function in the herein illustrated exemplary aspects of the claimed subject matter. In this regard, it will also be recognized that the innovation includes a system as well as a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the acts and/or events of the various methods of the claimed subject matter.

p-0066There are multiple ways of implementing the present innovation, e.g., an appropriate API, tool kit, driver code, operating system, control, standalone or downloadable software object, etc. which enables applications and services to use the advertising techniques of the invention. The claimed subject matter contemplates the use from the standpoint of an API (or other software object), as well as from a software or hardware object that operates according to the advertising techniques in accordance with the invention. Thus, various implementations of the innovation described herein may have aspects that are wholly in hardware, partly in hardware and partly in software, as well as in software.

p-0067The aforementioned systems have been described with respect to interaction between several components. It can be appreciated that such systems and components can include those components or specified sub-components, some of the specified components or sub-components, and/or additional components, and according to various permutations and combinations of the foregoing. Sub-components can also be implemented as components communicatively coupled to other components rather than included within parent components (hierarchical). Additionally, it should be noted that one or more components may be combined into a single component providing aggregate functionality or divided into several separate sub-components, and any one or more middle layers, such as a management layer, may be provided to communicatively couple to such sub-components in order to provide integrated functionality. Any components described herein may also interact with one or more other components not specifically described herein but generally known by those of skill in the art.

p-0068In addition, while a particular feature of the subject innovation may have been disclosed with respect to only one of several implementations, such feature may be combined with one or more other features of the other implementations as may be desired and advantageous for any given or particular application. Furthermore, to the extent that the terms “includes,” “including,” “has,” “contains,” variants thereof, and other similar words are used in either the detailed description or the claims, these terms are intended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the term “comprising” as an open transition word without precluding any additional or other elements.