IP Library Granted Patent US 9,686,366
Granted Patent B2
US 9,686,366 · App. 15/059,891 · Granted Jun 20, 2017

Intelligently detecting the leader of a co-browsing session

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Patent No.
US 9,686,366
App. No.
15/059,891
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Managing a co-browsing session of multiple users where there are multiple roles that each user may have, and each respective user has a role. Software manages a computer system to: (i) monitor the co-browsing session to detect a condition; and (ii) responsive to detection of the condition, change the role(s) of at least one user. The change of role(s) is made automatically and without human intervention.

Claims (12)

1. A computer system for managing a co-browsing session of multiple users where each respective user has at least one role selected from a set of at least two possible roles, the computer system comprising:

a set of processor(s); and

machine logic, in the form of hardware, software and/or firmware and executable by the set of processor(s), with the machine logic being structured to:

monitor the co-browsing session to detect a condition, and

responsive to detection of the condition, change the role(s) of at least one user;

wherein:

the machine logic related to changing the role(s) of at least one user is further structured to change the role(s) automatically and without human intervention;

the set of possible roles includes the following possible roles:

leader role, and

non-leader role;

change of the role(s) of at least one user includes a change of role for a first user of the plurality of users from non-leader to leader role; and

the condition is based, at least in part, upon at least one of the following: (i) a text analysis on chat or conference transcript indicates that a change in leaders would be helpful; (ii) a web page is opened by the first user; or (iii) highlighting of selected web page content, on the co-browsed web page, performed by the first user.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2021
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: AIRBNB, INC.
Reel/Frame 056427/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2016
From: BANK, JUDITH H.; BRADLEY, LISA M.; SUN, LIN
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037885/0336 →