IP Library Granted Patent US 11,263,593
Granted Patent B1
US 11,263,593 · App. 16/268,627 · Granted Mar 1, 2022

Dynamic and automated management of meetings based on contextual information

Inventors: Santhosh Shetty (Omaha, NE); Karen Sue White (Omaha, NE)
Assignee: INTRADO CORPORATION
G06Q10/1095G06F40/205G06F40/30
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Patent No.
US 11,263,593
App. No.
16/268,627
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Kind
B1
Abstract

One example method of operation may include identifying a proposed meeting summary, processing proposed meeting summary content of the proposed meeting summary to identify topics to apply to a meeting, identifying profiles matching one or more of the topics, transmitting meeting invites to user accounts linked to the profiles, receiving one or more confirmations from the user accounts confirming attendance at the meeting, initiating the meeting at a scheduled time, and forwarding an initial topic summary to each user account during a beginning of the meeting.

Claims (56)

1. A method comprising:

identifying a plurality of topics for an online meeting including a first topic that is associated with a project based on an analysis of content;

dynamically assigning a specific time interval for each topic to the online meeting, of the plurality of topics, via a software application, where a total time interval of all of the specific time intervals equals a total time interval allotted for the online meeting by the software application;

automatically identifying, via the software application, user profiles of the software application that are participants of the project and have a job title stored therein that matches the first topic;

automatically transmitting, from a server, meeting invitations for the online meeting to user devices of the automatically identified user profiles, wherein the transmitted meeting invitations comprise identifiers of the plurality of topics;

initiating the online meeting at a scheduled time; and

identifying whether each attendee, of the identified attendees, has satisfied a topic obligation based on an amount of time that each attendee was active during a corresponding specific time interval of the online meeting.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying comprises identifying a user profile based on one or more identifiable skills that are related to the first topic.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more identifiable skills are determined to be related to the first topic when the one or more identifiable skills are identified as being within one or more categories associated with the first topic.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content comprises one or more of a plurality of textual words, a video file, and an image file.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

parsing words and phrases from the content;

responsive to the parsing of the words and phrases, determining a number of occurrences of related words and phrases; and

creating the plurality of topics based on the number of occurrences of related words and phrases.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user profiles are selected from a group comprising one or more of an enterprise directory and a social network group.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

assigning a plurality of time slots to the meeting corresponding to the plurality of topics; and

forwarding current topic summaries corresponding to a current topic, among the plurality of topics, at the beginning of each of the plurality of time slots, to user accounts of the attendees of the online meeting.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor configured to:

identify a plurality of topics for an online meeting including a first topic that is associated with a project based on an analysis of content,

dynamically assign a specific time interval for each topic to the online meeting, of the plurality of topics, via a software application, where a total time interval of all of the specific time intervals equals a total time interval allotted for the online meeting by the software application, and

automatically identify, via the software application, user profiles of the software application that are participants of the project and have a job title stored therein that matches the first topic; and

a transmitter configured to:

automatically transmit, from a server, meeting invitations for the online meeting to user devices of the automatically identified user profiles, wherein the transmitted meeting invitations comprise identifiers of the plurality of topics,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

initiate the online meeting at a scheduled time, and

identify whether each attendee, of the plurality of identified attendees, has satisfied a topic obligation based on an amount of time that each attendee was active during a corresponding specific time interval of the online meeting.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to identify a user profile based on one or more identifiable skills that are related to the first topic.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the one or more identifiable skills are determined to be related to the first topic when the one or more identifiable skills are identified as being within one or more categories associated with the first topic.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the content comprises one or more of a plurality of textual words, a video file, and an image file.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

parse words and phrases from the content;

responsive to the parsed words and phrases, determine a number of occurrences of related words and phrases; and

create the plurality of topics based on the number of occurrences of related words and phrases.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the user profiles are selected from a group comprising one or more of an enterprise directory and a social network group.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

assign a plurality of time slots to the meeting corresponding to the plurality of topics; and

forward current topic summaries corresponding to a current topic, among the plurality of topics, at the beginning of each of the plurality of time slots, to user accounts of the attendees of the online meeting.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store one or more instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform:

identifying a plurality of topics for an online meeting including a first topic that is associated with a project based on an analysis of content;

dynamically assigning a specific time interval for each topic to the online meeting, of the plurality of topics, via a software application, where a total time interval of all of the specific time intervals equals a total time interval allotted for the online meeting by the software application;

automatically identifying, via the software application, user profiles of the software application that are participants of the project and have a job title stored therein that matches the first topic;

automatically transmitting, from a server, meeting invitations for the online meeting to user devices of the automatically identified user profiles, wherein the transmitted meeting invitations comprise identifiers of the plurality of topics;

initiating the online meeting at a scheduled time; and

identifying whether each attendee, of the plurality of identified attendees, has satisfied a topic obligation based on an amount of time that each attendee was active during a corresponding specific time interval of the online meeting.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the identifying comprises identifying a user profile based on one or more identifiable skills that are related to the first topic.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more identifiable skills are determined to be related to the first topic when the one or more identifiable skills are identified as being within one or more categories associated with the first topic.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the content comprises one or more of a plurality of textual words, a video file, and an image file.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:

parsing words and phrases from the content;

responsive to the parsing of the words and phrases, determining a number of occurrences of related words and phrases; and

creating the plurality of topics based on the number of occurrences of related words and phrases.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more instructions further cause the processor to perform:

assigning a plurality of time slots to the meeting corresponding to the plurality of topics; and

forwarding current topic summaries corresponding to a current topic, among the plurality of topics, at the beginning of each of the plurality of time slots, to user accounts of the attendees of the online meeting, wherein the user profiles are selected from a group comprising one or more of an enterprise directory and a social network group.

Assignments (6)
OMNIBUS ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Recorded Nov 25, 2024
From: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH (AS SUCCESSOR TO CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH IN ITS CAPACITY AS COLLATERAL AGENT)
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS THE SUCCESSOR COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069438/0775 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 3, 2023
From: INTRADO CORPORATION
To: WEST TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC
Reel/Frame 063239/0876 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 3, 2023
From: WEST CORPORATION
To: INTRADO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063239/0900 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST (SECOND LIEN) IN PATENTS Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: CX360, INC.; WEST TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC (FKA INTRADO CORPORATION, FKA WEST CORPORATION); INTRADO INTERACTIVE SERVICES CORPORATION (FKA WEST INTERACTIVE SERVICES CORPORATION, FKA COBALT ACQUISITION COMPANY)
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062571/0018 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2020
From: INTRADO CORPORATION (F/K/A WEST CORPORATION)
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 053083/0932 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2019
From: SHETTY, SANTHOSH; WHITE, KAREN SUE
To: WEST CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048248/0241 →