Gathering information for members of call
View Patent ↗Responsive to detecting a call from a first user into a call system, a user identifier associated with the first user to can be added to respective user information stored in an e-meeting data structure associated with the call. A determination can be made as to whether the call system recognizes the user identifier associated with the first user and, responsive to determining the call system does not recognize the user identifier associated with the first user, a determination can be made as to whether the call system recognizes a voice of the first user. If the call system does not recognize the voice of the first user, a location of the first user can be identified by processing the user identifier. The location of the first user can be added to respective user information stored in the e-meeting data structure. An e-meeting can be generated for the call.
1. A method, comprising:
responsive to detecting a call from a first user into a call system, adding a user identifier associated with the first user to respective user information stored in an e-meeting data structure associated with the call;
determining whether the call system recognizes the user identifier associated with the first user;
responsive to determining the call system does not recognize the user identifier associated with the first user, determining whether the call system recognizes a voice of the first user;
responsive to determining the call system does not recognize the voice of the first user, identifying, executing a processor processing the user identifier associated with the first user, a location of the first user and adding the location of the first user to respective user information stored in the e-meeting data structure associated with the call; and
generating an e-meeting for the call, the e-meeting including as participants the first user and at least a second user.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether the call system recognizes a voice of a third user; and
responsive to determining the call system does recognize the voice of the third user, adding information associated with the third user to the e-meeting data structure.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
responsive to determining the call system does recognize the voice of the third user, determining whether the e-meeting contains information for the third user that is not related to the recognized third user; and
responsive to determining that the e-meeting for the third user contains information for the third user that is not related to the recognized third user, removing from the e-meeting the information for the third user that is not related to the recognized third user;
wherein adding information associated with the third user to the e-meeting data structure comprises adding information for the third user that does not include the removed information.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting to at least the second user a view of a dashboard, the dashboard presenting a profile of at least the first user, the profile comprising at least the location of the first user and at least one type of information selected from a group consisting of identified skills of the first user, a latest post made by the first user to a social network site, forum or blog, and a latest blog created or maintained by the first user.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the dashboard further presents a hierarchy of teams or groups represented by a plurality of users participating in the e-meeting.
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the dashboard further indicates a portion of users participating in the e-meeting who are associated with each of a plurality of groups.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the dashboard further indicates a portion of users participating in the e-meeting who are associated with each of a plurality of sub groups.