Granted Patent B1

US 10,218,588 · App. 14/875,120 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

Inventors: Michel Albert Brisebois (Renfrew, CA); Curtis T. Johnstone (Ottawa, CA); Sawan Goyal (Kanata, CA)

Assignee: Quest Software Inc.

H04L43/045G06Q10/1095H04L43/04H04L65/403H04L67/18

Abstract

Claims (102)

1. A method comprising, by a computer system:

receiving a virtual meeting request in relation to a set of input parameters, the input parameters identifying at least one user and one or more communications platforms;

identifying virtual meetings previously mediated by the one or more communications platforms;

determining attributes of the virtual meetings;

collecting time-indexed performance data of individual media streams of the virtual meetings;

individually correlating the time-indexed performance data to at least a portion of the attributes of the virtual meetings on a per virtual-meeting basis;

selecting one or more virtual-meeting attributes in correspondence to at least a portion of the set of input parameters;

extracting, from the collected time-indexed performance data, multi-stream performance data of those of the individual media streams that have the one or more virtual-meeting attributes;

correlating the multi-stream performance data to a time map comprising a plurality of recurring time intervals;

determining aggregate multi-stream performance, in relation to the time map, of those of the individual media streams that have the one or more virtual-meeting attributes;

generating a time-based performance pattern of those of the individual media streams that have the selected one or more virtual-meeting attributes based, at least in part, on the aggregate multi-stream performance;

identifying based, at least in part, on the time-based performance pattern, a suggested meeting time interval, wherein the suggested meeting time interval corresponds to a recurring time interval of the time map that has a comparatively high stream quality;

facilitating scheduling of a virtual meeting on the one or more communications platforms at the suggested meeting time interval; and

executing a virtual meeting on the one or more communications platforms during the suggested meeting time interval.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising, responsive to the individually correlating, performance profiling at least a portion of the time-indexed performance data.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises:

determining client devices utilized by meeting participants during the virtual meetings on a per virtual-meeting basis;

identifying live media sessions handled by the client devices during the virtual meetings on a per virtual-meeting basis; and

determining live media streams facilitated by the live media sessions during the virtual meetings on a per virtual-meeting basis.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one user comprises a plurality of users.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving a request to generate comparative media-stream quality information of a user;

retrieving a time-based performance pattern of the user;

determining media-stream quality of at least selected recurring time intervals of the time map based, at least in part, on the time-based performance pattern; and

publishing, as the comparative media-stream quality information, information related to the determined media-stream quality of each of the at least selected recurring time intervals.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving a request to evaluate a proposed meeting time interval in relation to a user;

correlating the proposed meeting time interval to at least one recurring time interval of the time map;

retrieving a time-based performance pattern of the user;

computing a media-stream quality of the user for the proposed meeting time interval; and

publishing information related to the media-stream quality to a requestor.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving a request to identify a suggested meeting location in relation to a user;

retrieving a time-based performance pattern of the user;

identifying, from the time-based performance pattern, one or more locations of comparatively high stream quality relative to other locations; and

publishing information related to the one or more locations to a requestor.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving a request to generate comparative location information for a user;

retrieving a time-based performance pattern of the user;

determining, from the time-based performance pattern, a stream quality at a plurality of locations; and

publishing information related to the determined stream quality at each of the plurality of locations as the comparative location information.

9. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving a request to provide a suggested communication platform for a virtual meeting with a user;

determining a communications platform for the virtual meeting based, at least in part, on an analysis of the time-based performance pattern of the user; and

publishing a result of the determining to a requestor.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the individually correlating comprises transforming the time-indexed performance data into a data model that makes the time-indexed performance data accessible by virtual meeting and virtual-meeting attributes.

11. An information handling system comprising a processor and memory, wherein the processor and memory in combination are operable to implement a method comprising:

receiving a virtual meeting request in relation to a set of input parameters, the input parameters identifying at least one user and one or more communications platforms;

identifying virtual meetings previously mediated by the one or more communications platforms;

determining attributes of the virtual meetings;

collecting time-indexed performance data of individual media streams of the virtual meetings;

individually correlating the time-indexed performance data to at least a portion of the attributes of the virtual meetings on a per virtual-meeting basis;

selecting one or more virtual-meeting attributes in correspondence to at least a portion of the set of input parameters;

extracting, from the collected time-indexed performance data, multi-stream performance data of those of the individual media streams that have the one or more virtual-meeting attributes;

correlating the multi-stream performance data to a time map comprising a plurality of recurring time intervals;

determining aggregate multi-stream performance, in relation to the time map, of those of the individual media streams that have the one or more virtual-meeting attributes;

generating a time-based performance pattern of those of the individual media streams that have the selected one or more virtual-meeting attributes based, at least in part, on the aggregate multi-stream performance;

identifying based, at least in part, on the time-based performance pattern, a suggested meeting time interval, wherein the suggested meeting time interval corresponds to a recurring time interval of the time map that has a comparatively high stream quality;

facilitating scheduling of a virtual meeting on the one or more communications platforms at the suggested meeting time interval; and

executing a virtual meeting on the one or more communications platforms during the suggested meeting time interval.

12. The information handling system of claim 11 , the method comprising, responsive to the individually correlating, performance profiling at least a portion of the time-indexed performance data.

13. The information handling system of claim 11 , wherein the determining comprises:

determining client devices utilized by meeting participants during the virtual meetings on a per virtual-meeting basis;

identifying live media sessions handled by the client devices during the virtual meetings on a per virtual-meeting basis; and

determining live media streams facilitated by the live media sessions during the virtual meetings on a per virtual-meeting basis.

14. The information handling system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one user comprises a plurality of users.

15. The information handling system of claim 11 , the method comprising:

receiving a request to generate comparative media-stream quality information of a user;

retrieving a time-based performance pattern of the user;

determining media-stream quality of at least selected recurring time intervals of the time map based, at least in part, on the time-based performance pattern; and

publishing, as the comparative media-stream quality information, information related to the determined media-stream quality of each of the at least selected recurring time intervals.

16. The information handling system of claim 11 , the method comprising:

receiving a request to evaluate a proposed meeting time interval in relation to a user;

correlating the proposed meeting time interval to at least one recurring time interval of the time map;

retrieving a time-based performance pattern of the user;

computing a media-stream quality of the user for the proposed meeting time interval; and

publishing information related to the media-stream quality to a requestor.

17. The information handling system of claim 11 , the method comprising:

receiving a request to identify a suggested meeting location in relation to a user;

retrieving a time-based performance pattern of the user;

identifying, from the time-based performance pattern, one or more locations of comparatively high stream quality relative to other locations; and

publishing information related to the one or more locations to a requestor.

18. The information handling system of claim 11 , the method comprising:

receiving a request to generate comparative location information for a user;

retrieving a time-based performance pattern of the user;

determining, from the time-based performance pattern, a stream quality at a plurality of locations; and

publishing information related to the determined stream quality at each of the plurality of locations as the comparative location information.

19. The information handling system of claim 11 , wherein the individually correlating comprises transforming the time-indexed performance data into a data model that makes the time-indexed performance data accessible by virtual meeting and virtual-meeting attributes.

20. A computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:

receiving a virtual meeting request in relation to a set of input parameters, the input parameters identifying at least one user and one or more communications platforms;

identifying virtual meetings previously mediated by the one or more communications platforms;

determining attributes of the virtual meetings;

collecting time-indexed performance data of individual media streams of the virtual meetings;

individually correlating the time-indexed performance data to at least a portion of the attributes of the virtual meetings on a per virtual-meeting basis;

selecting one or more virtual-meeting attributes in correspondence to at least a portion of the set of input parameters;

extracting, from the collected time-indexed performance data, multi-stream performance data of those of the individual media streams that have the one or more virtual-meeting attributes;

correlating the multi-stream performance data to a time map comprising a plurality of recurring time intervals;

determining aggregate multi-stream performance, in relation to the time map, of those of the individual media streams that have the one or more virtual-meeting attributes;

generating a time-based performance pattern of those of the individual media streams that have the selected one or more virtual-meeting attributes based, at least in part, on the aggregate multi-stream performance;

identifying based, at least in part, on the time-based performance pattern, a suggested meeting time interval, wherein the suggested meeting time interval corresponds to a recurring time interval of the time map that has a comparatively high stream quality;

facilitating scheduling of a virtual meeting on the one or more communications platforms at the suggested meeting time interval; and

executing a virtual meeting on the one or more communications platforms during the suggested meeting time interval.

Assignments (26)

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