IP Library Granted Patent US 11,275,891
Granted Patent B2
US 11,275,891 · App. 17/114,739 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Automated outline generation of captured meeting audio in a collaborative document context

Inventors: Timo Mertens (Millbrae, CA); Bradley Neuberg (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
G06F40/166G06F3/167G06F40/137G06F40/169G10L15/08G10L15/22G10L15/26G10L2015/088
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,275,891
App. No.
17/114,739
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A collaborative content management system allows multiple users to access and modify collaborative documents. When audio data is recorded by or uploaded to the system, the audio data may be transcribed or summarized to improve accessibility and user efficiency. Text transcriptions are associated with portions of the audio data representative of the text, and users can search the text transcription and access the portions of the audio data corresponding to search queries for playback. An outline can be automatically generated based on a text transcription of audio data and embedded as a modifiable object within a collaborative document. The system associates hot words with actions to modify the collaborative document upon identifying the hot words in the audio data. Collaborative content management systems can also generate custom lexicons for users based on documents associated with the user for use in transcribing audio data, ensuring that text transcription is more accurate.

Claims (37)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

accessing, by a content creation system, captured audio data including speech of one or more speakers, the captured audio data associated with a document;

transcribing, by the content creation system, the captured audio data into a text transcript representative of the speech;

identifying, by the content creation system, a first portion of the text transcript that commands a modification to permissions of the document to enable access to the document by at least one additional user associated with the first portion of the text transcript; and

modifying, by the content creation system, one or more permissions of the document to enable access to the document by the at least one additional user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein enabling access to the document based on the command comprises transmitting a notification to a user account derived from the speech.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the text transcript includes a hot word, and wherein enabling access to the document based on the command occurs responsive to detecting the hot word.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , further comprising:

identifying, in the text transcript, a user account following the hot word; and

providing access to the identified user account based on a permission associated with the hot word.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein enabling access to the document based on the command comprises modifying one or more permissions based on permissions and users identified in the text transcript.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein modifying the one or more permissions comprises granting a particular permission to a particular user account.

7. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

accessing, by a content creation system, captured audio data including speech of one or more speakers, the captured audio data associated with a document;

transcribing, by the content creation system, the captured audio data into a text transcript representative of the speech;

identifying, by the content creation system, a first portion of the text transcript that commands a modification to permissions of the document to enable access to the document by at least one additional user associated with the first portion of the text transcript; and

modifying, by the content creation system, one or more permissions of the document to enable access to the document by the at least one additional user.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein enabling access to the document based on the command comprises transmitting a notification to a user account derived from the speech.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the portion of the text transcript includes a hot word, and wherein enabling access to the document based on the command occurs responsive to detecting the hot word.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein executable instructions cause the one or more processors to perform steps further comprising:

identifying, in the text transcript, a user account following the hot word; and

providing access to the identified user account based on a permission associated with the hot word.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein enabling access to the document based on the command comprises modifying one or more permissions based on permissions and users identified in the text transcript.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein modifying the one or more permissions comprises granting a particular permission to a particular user account.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

accessing, by a content creation system, captured audio data including speech of one or more speakers, the captured audio data associated with a document;

transcribing, by the content creation system, the captured audio data into a text transcript representative of the speech;

identifying, by the content creation system, a first portion of the text transcript that commands a modification to permissions of the document to enable access to the document by at least one additional user associated with the first portion of the text transcript; and

modifying, by the content creation system, one or more permissions of the document to enable access to the document by the at least one additional user.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein enabling access to the document based on the command comprises transmitting a notification to a user account derived from the speech.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the portion of the text transcript includes a hot word, and wherein enabling access to the document based on the command occurs responsive to detecting the hot word.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein executable instructions further comprise:

identifying, in the text transcript, a user account following the hot word; and

providing access to the identified user account based on a permission associated with the hot word.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein enabling access to the document based on the command comprises modifying one or more permissions based on permissions and users identified in the text transcript.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DROPBOX, INC.
Reel/Frame 069635/0332 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2024
From: DROPBOX, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069604/0611 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: DROPBOX, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 055670/0219 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2020
From: MERTENS, TIMO; NEUBERG, BRADLEY
To: DROPBOX, INC.
Reel/Frame 054579/0423 →