IP Library Granted Patent US 12,424,074
Granted Patent B2
US 12,424,074 · App. 17/853,147 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Message generation for detected disruption

Inventors: Mark Delaney (Raleigh, NC); Arnold Weksler (Raleigh, NC); John C Mese (Cary, NC); Nathan Peterson (Oxford, NC); Russell Speight VanBlon (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G08B21/18H04L65/403
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,424,074
App. No.
17/853,147
Filed
Jun 29, 2022
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Examiner
KIM, CHONG G
Art Unit
2443
USPC
709/204
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, the method including: detecting, during a meeting, a disruption within an environment surrounding a user, wherein the meeting is facilitated using a communication medium and comprises at least one participant remote to the user; determining, utilizing at least one sensor, a source of disruption; generating, utilizing a messaging generator system, a message identifying the disruption; and providing, to the at least one participant, the message. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (36)

1. A method, comprising:

detecting, during a meeting, a current disruption within an environment surrounding a user, wherein the meeting is facilitated using a communication medium and comprises at least one participant remote to the user;

determining, utilizing at least one sensor and a remote storage device, a source of the current disruption, wherein the determining comprises comparing at least one identified characteristic of the current disruption to characteristics of a plurality of identified disruptions stored within the remote storage device, wherein the source of the current disruption influences an amount of information of the current disruption utilized by a messaging generator system;

generating, utilizing the messaging generator system, a message identifying the current disruption, wherein the message provides context about the current disruption as identified from the source of the current disruption, wherein the context identifies at least one of: a reason for the current disruption and duration of the current disruption, wherein generating the message comprises utilizing the determined source of the current disruption and the context of the current disruption for providing a level of context of the current disruption to at least one participant of the meeting and wherein the level of the context provided within the message is customized by the user, wherein the level of context provided within the message is predetermined by the user and correlated with the source of the current disruption; and

providing, to the at least one participant, the message, wherein the providing comprises notifying the at least one participant while the current disruption is occurring.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication medium comprises a video communication medium.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises an audio capturing device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises an image capturing device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing comprises providing the message in a messaging portion of the meeting.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the providing comprises automatically providing the message.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises determining the type of disruption based upon the source.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the determining a type of disruption comprises comparing information received from the at least one sensor to a plurality of disruption types.

9. An information handling device, the information handling device comprising:

a processor;

a remote storage device;

a memory device that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the information handling device to:

detect, during a meeting, a current disruption within an environment surrounding a user, wherein the meeting is facilitated using a communication medium and comprise at least one participant remote of the user;

determine, utilizing a least one sensor and the remote storage device, a source of the current disruption, wherein to determine comprises comparing at least one identified characteristic of the current disruption to characteristics of a plurality of identified disruptions stored within the remote storage device, wherein the source of the current disruption influences an amount of information of the current disruption utilized by a messaging generator system;

generate, utilizing a messaging generator system, a message identifying the current disruption, wherein the message provides context about the current disruption as identified from the source of the current disruption, wherein the context identifies at least one of: a reason for the current disruption and duration of the current disruption, wherein to generate the message comprises utilizing the determined source of the current disruption and the context of the current disruption for providing a level of context of the current disruption to at least one participant of the meeting and wherein the level of the context provided within the message is customized by the user, wherein the level of context provided within the message is predetermined by the user and correlated with the source of the current disruption; and

provide, to the at least one participant, the message, wherein the providing comprises notifying the at least one participant while the current disruption is occurring.

10. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the communication medium comprises a video communication medium.

11. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises an audio capturing device.

12. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises an image capturing device.

13. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the providing comprises automatically providing the message.

14. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the determining comprises determining a type of disruption based upon the source.

15. The information handling device of claim 14 , wherein the determining a type of disruption comprises comparing information received from the at least one sensor to a plurality of disruption types.

16. A product, the product comprising:

a computer-readable storage device that stores executable code that, when executed by the processor, causes the product to:

detect, during a meeting, a current disruption within an environment surrounding a user, wherein the meeting is facilitated using a communication medium and comprise at least one participant remote of the user;

determine, utilizing a least one sensor and a remote storage device, a source of the current disruption, wherein to determine comprises comparing at least one identified characteristic of the current disruption to characteristics of a plurality of identified disruptions stored within the remote storage device, wherein the source of the current disruption influences an amount of information of the current disruption utilized by a messaging generator system;

generate, utilizing the messaging generator system, a message identifying the current disruption, wherein the message provides context about the current disruption as identified from the source of the current disruption, wherein the context identifies at least one of: a reason for the current disruption and duration of the current disruption, wherein to generate the message comprises utilizing the determined source of the current disruption and the context of the current disruption for providing a level of context of the current disruption to at least one participant of the meeting and wherein the level of the context provided within the message is customized by the user, wherein the level of context provided within the message is predetermined by the user and correlated with the source of the current disruption; and

provide, to the at least one participant, the message, wherein the providing comprises notifying the at least one participant while the current disruption is occurring.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the context of the current disruption comprises an expected time period identifying how long the user may be away from a user device.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message provides a level of urgency associated with the user stepping away from the meeting.

19. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the context of the current disruption comprises an expected time period identifying how long the user may be away from a user device.

20. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the message provides a level of urgency associated with the user stepping away from the meeting.