IP Library Granted Patent US 11,521,179
Granted Patent B1
US 11,521,179 · App. 16/392,713 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Conducting an automated virtual meeting without active participants

Inventor: Santhosh Shetty (Omaha, NE)
Assignee: INTRADO CORPORATION
G06Q10/1095H04L65/403
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Patent No.
US 11,521,179
App. No.
16/392,713
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B1
Abstract

One example operation may include retrieving meeting participant profiles associated with meeting participants and meeting topics assigned to a scheduled meeting set to occur at a scheduled meeting time for a time duration, creating the meeting, at the scheduled meeting time, with a number of meeting intervals, collectively which comprise the time duration of the meeting, and each of the meeting intervals are assigned a respective different meeting topic among the meeting topics, assigning the participant profiles to one or more of the meeting intervals, automatically initiating a start to the meeting at the scheduled meeting time, without any of the meeting participants being connected to the meeting via their respective computing devices, and creating one or more of audio and video content based on one or more of the meeting topics and one or more meeting data files.

Claims (44)

1. A method comprising:

retrieving from memory, via a computing device, a file that includes meeting participant profiles associated with meeting participants and meeting topics assigned to a scheduled meeting set to occur at a scheduled meeting time for a time duration;

starting the meeting, via a meeting application of the computing device, at the scheduled meeting time, and without any of the meeting participants being connected to the meeting via their respective computing devices;

starting a recorder of the meeting application that records audio spoken within the meeting via the meeting application;

after the recorder has been started, filling-in predefined areas of an audio script of a meeting introduction with the meeting topics from the file, outputting computerized speech within the meeting which speaks aloud the audio script within the meeting, and recording the computerized speech in a meeting file stored in a database;

transmitting a first meeting invitation, via the meeting application, to a first meeting participant at a time of a first meeting topic in the file and after the starting of the meeting; and

stopping the recording and waiting until receiving speech input from the first meeting participant within the meeting, and in response, restarting the recorder, recording the received speech input, and updating the meeting file in the database with the recorded speech input.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises assigning the meeting participant profiles to a plurality of meeting intervals based on different topics assigned to the meeting intervals.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recording the received speech input comprises inserting one or more media slides and one or more audio segments into the meeting file.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting at least one of automated audio and video prompts to the first meeting participant at the time of the first meeting topic; and

recording at least one of audio and video segments, for each participant segment received.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting comprises:

after the meeting introduction has been recorded, transmitting the first meeting invitation.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

updating the meeting file to include a plurality of recorded audio and video segments including participant segments received from a plurality of meeting participants.

7. An apparatus comprising:

a memory;

a processor configured to

retrieve from memory, via a computing device, a file that includes meeting participant profiles associated with meeting participants and meeting topics assigned to a scheduled meeting set to occur at a scheduled meeting time for a time duration;

start the meeting, via a meeting application of the computing device, at the scheduled meeting time, and without any of the meeting participants being connected to the meeting via their respective computing devices;

start a recorder of the meeting application that records audio spoken within the meeting via the meeting application;

after the recorder has been started, fill-in predefined areas of an audio script of a meeting introduction with the meeting topics from the file, output computerized speech within the meeting which speaks aloud the audio script within the meeting;

transmit a first meeting invitation, via the meeting application, to a first meeting participant at a time of a first meeting topic in the file and after the starting of the meeting; and

stop the recording and wait until receiving speech input from the first meeting participant within the meeting, and in response, restart the recorder, record the received speech input, and update the meeting file in a database with the recorded speech input.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to assign the meeting participant profiles to a plurality of meeting intervals based on different topics assigned to the meeting intervals.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to insert one or more media slides and one or more audio segments into the meeting file.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein processor is further configured to transmit at least one of automated audio and video prompts to the first meeting participant at the time of the first meeting topic, and record at least one of audio and video segments, for each participant segment received.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit the first meeting invitation after the meeting introduction has been recorded.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to update the meeting file to include a plurality of recorded audio and video segments including participant segments received from a plurality of meeting participants.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform a method comprising:

retrieving from memory, via a computing device, a file that includes meeting participant profiles associated with meeting participants and meeting topics assigned to a scheduled meeting set to occur at a scheduled meeting time for a time duration;

starting the meeting, via a meeting application of the computing device, at the scheduled meeting time, and without any of the meeting participants being connected to the meeting via their respective computing devices;

starting a recorder of the meeting application that records audio spoken within the meeting via the meeting application;

after the recorder has been started, filling-in predefined areas of an audio script of a meeting introduction with the meeting topics from the file, outputting computerized speech within the meeting which speaks aloud the audio script within the meeting, and recording the computerized speech in a meeting file stored in a database;

transmitting a first meeting invitation, via the meeting application, to a first meeting participant at a time of a first meeting topic in the file and after the starting of the meeting; and

stopping the recording and waiting until receiving speech input from the first meeting participant within the meeting, and in response, restarting the recorder, recording the received speech input, and updating the meeting file in the database with the recorded speech input.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises assigning the meeting participant profiles to a plurality of meeting intervals based on different topics assigned to the meeting intervals.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the recording the received speech input comprises inserting one or more media slides and one or more audio segments into the meeting file.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting at least one of automated audio and video prompts to the first meeting participant at the time of the first meeting topic; and

recording at least one of audio and video segments, for each participant segment received.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the first meeting invitation after the meeting introduction has been recorded; and

updating the meeting file to include a plurality of recorded audio and video segments including participant segments received from a plurality of meeting participants.

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 Apr 24, 2019
From: SHETTY, SANTHOSH L.
To: WEST CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048977/0886 →