IP Library Granted Patent US 11,252,205
Granted Patent B1
US 11,252,205 · App. 17/071,908 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

Real time information analysis for a teleconference

Inventor: Michael Alwine (Boston, MA)
Assignee: Fuze, Inc.
H04L65/4015G06F16/90332G06F16/9536G06F16/9558H04L65/4053
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Patent No.
US 11,252,205
App. No.
17/071,908
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Kind
B1
Abstract

Methods, systems, and storage media for real time information analysis for a teleconference are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive, at a subscriber server, a voice stream from a first participant in a teleconference; convert at least a portion of the voice stream into a string of characters; select a keyword from a subset of the string of characters; access a network search engine and presenting the keyword as a query for the network search engine; receive a search result returned by the network search engine based on the query; analyze the search result for ancillary content based on the semantic context of the voice stream; and provide the ancillary content for display in a device used by a second participant in the teleconference.

Claims (44)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, at a subscriber server, a voice stream from a first participant in a teleconference;

converting at least a portion of the voice stream into a string of characters;

selecting a keyword from a subset of the string of characters, wherein the keyword is indicative of a semantic context of the voice stream;

accessing a network search engine and presenting the keyword as a query for the network search engine;

receiving a search result returned by the network search engine based on the query;

analyzing the search result for ancillary content based on the semantic context of the voice stream; and

providing the ancillary content for display in a device used by a second participant in the teleconference, wherein providing the ancillary content for display in a device used by a second participant in the teleconference comprises removing the ancillary content from the display after a pre-selected period of time has lapsed and pinning the ancillary content to a clipboard in a device of the second participant.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising downloading, from a content server, the ancillary content from the search result and pointed to by the network search engine, for display in the device used by the second participant in the teleconference.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the ancillary content includes at least one of the following:

providing a downloaded document related to the semantic context of the voice stream;

providing a downloaded image related to the semantic context of the voice stream; and

providing a hyperlink to an online server including information related to the semantic context of the voice stream.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein selecting a keyword from a subset of the string of characters comprises parsing the string of characters with a neural network algorithm to select a salient feature from the string of characters.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting an identifier from the first participant in the teleconference, accessing a social network account associated with the identifier, downloading a publicly available data from the social network account, and providing the publicly available data from the social network account for display in the device used by the second participant in the teleconference.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the ancillary content comprises providing at least one of news, weather, and/or other current event that is linked to in the search result and pointed to by the network search engine for display in the device used by the second participant in the teleconference.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

forming a graphic display comprising data from the search result; and

providing the graphic display to the device used by the second participant in the teleconference.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising combining data from multiple sources in the search result and pointed to by the network search engine.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising storing at least a portion of the ancillary content in a recording of the teleconference.

10. A system, comprising:

one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:

receive, at a subscriber server, a voice stream from a first participant in a teleconference;

convert at least a portion of the voice stream into a string of characters;

select a keyword from a subset of the string of characters, wherein the keyword is indicative of a semantic context of the voice stream;

access, with a client device, a network search engine, and present the keyword as a query for the network search engine;

receive a search result returned by the network search engine based on the query;

analyze the search result for ancillary content based on the semantic context of the voice stream; and

provide the ancillary content for display in a device used by a second participant in the teleconference, wherein to provide the ancillary content for display in a device used by a second participant in the teleconference the one or more processors execute instructions to remove the ancillary content from the display after a pre-selected period of time has lapsed and pinning the ancillary content to a clipboard in a device of the second participant.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to download, from a content server, the ancillary content from the search result and pointed to by the network search engine, for display in the device used by the second participant in the teleconference.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the ancillary content includes at least one downloaded document related to the semantic context of the voice stream.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the ancillary content includes at least one downloaded image related to the semantic context of the voice stream.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the ancillary content includes at least one hyperlink to an online server including information related to the semantic context of the voice stream.

15. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

logging into a communication platform;

starting a teleconference with a remote participant using a menu list in the communication platform;

receiving, in a display, an information associated with a semantic context of the teleconference;

storing the information associated with the semantic context of the teleconference; and

providing the information for display in a device used by the remote participant in the teleconference, wherein providing the information for display comprises removing an ancillary content from the display after a pre-selected period of time has lapsed and pinning the ancillary content to a clipboard in a device of the remote participant.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , further comprising downloading the information associated with the semantic context of the teleconference.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , further comprising storing a graphic display included in the information, and providing the graphic display to the device used by the remote participant in the teleconference.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the information comprises a link to a network address, further comprising following the link to the network address.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , further comprising refreshing the display to receive a new information associated with the semantic context of the teleconference.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2026
From: FUZE, INC.
To: 8X8, INC.
Reel/Frame 073620/0844 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2024
From: FUZE, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 068179/0907 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2024
From: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
To: 8X8, INC.; FUZE, INC.
Reel/Frame 068328/0569 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS SECTION TO REMOVE APPLICATION NUMBERS 11265423, 11252205, 11240370, 11252276, AND 11297182 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 061085 FRAME 0861. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT. Recorded Jan 26, 2024
From: 8X8, INC.; FUZE, INC.
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
Reel/Frame 066383/0936 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: 8X8, INC.; FUZE, INC.
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
Reel/Frame 061085/0861 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2020
From: ALWINE, MICHAEL
To: FUZE, INC.
Reel/Frame 054099/0005 →