IP Library Granted Patent US 11,763,267
Granted Patent B1
US 11,763,267 · App. 17/831,201 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

System and method for joining a meeting and setup thereof

Inventors: Arnaud Budkiewicz (Mountain View, CA); David Sipes (Hillsborough, CA); Simon Tumansky (Belmont, CA); Arindam Chakraborty (Belmont, CA); Yufei McLaughlin (San Mateo, CA); Martin Arastafar (Redwood City, CA); Vlad Vendrow (Belmont, CA); Phillip Liu (Belmont, CA); Dipkin Guglani (Belmont, CA)
Assignee: RingCentral, Inc.
G06Q10/1095G06F3/0482G06F9/542G06F9/547H04L67/02H04L67/60
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Patent No.
US 11,763,267
App. No.
17/831,201
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method includes receiving an input data from a host to schedule a meeting. The input data may include invitees to the meeting and a time/date associated with the meeting. A first and a second set of invitees from the invitees are determined. The first set of invitees is identified to start a pre-meeting meeting prior to the meeting scheduled at the time/date. The second set of invitees is identified to start the meeting at the time/date. It is appreciated that the pre-meeting meeting and the meeting are merged into a single meeting at a predetermined threshold of time.

Claims (27)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving an input data from a host to schedule a meeting, wherein the input data includes invitees to the meeting and a time or date associated with the meeting; and

determining a first set of invitees from the invitees and a second set of invitees from the invitees, wherein the first set of invitees is identified to start a pre-meeting meeting prior to the meeting scheduled at the time or date and wherein the second set of invitees is identified to start the meeting at the time or date, and wherein the pre-meeting meeting and the meeting are merged into a single meeting at a predetermined threshold of time from the time or date associated with the meeting.

2. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the determining is based on data collected from a chat room repository, a title of the meeting, and electronic mail (email) exchanges associated with the meeting.

3. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the determining is based on application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to a data collected from a chat room repository, a title of the meeting, and an electronic mail (email) exchanges associated with the meeting.

4. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the single meeting is continuation of the pre-meeting meeting after the second set of invitees join at the predetermined threshold of time from the time or date associated with the meeting.

5. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the pre-meeting meeting and the meeting are separate meetings and once merged form the single meeting.

6. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the pre-meeting meeting and the meeting are merged into the single meeting automatically at the predetermined threshold of time from the time or date associated with the meeting.

7. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the pre-meeting meeting and the meeting are merged into the single meeting in response to an action by an invitee within the first set of invitees or the host, wherein the action is taken during the premeeting meeting.

8. The method as described in claim 1 , further comprising:

starting the premeeting meeting for the first set of invitees prior to the meeting scheduled at the time or date; and

starting the meeting for the second set of invitees at the scheduled time or date.

9. The method as described in claim 8 , further comprising merging the premeeting meeting and the meeting into the single meeting.

10. The method as described in claim 1 further comprising estimating whether an invitee is expected to be late to the meeting based on past behavior for the invitee and further based on a current calendar of the invitee.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving an input data from a host to schedule a meeting, wherein the input data includes invitees to the meeting, a title associated with the meeting, and a time or date associated with the meeting;

accessing a tardiness profile associated with each invitee;

generating a calendar invite for the meeting at a first time prior to the time or date for a first invitee responsive to a tardiness profile of the first invitee exceeding a first threshold; and

generating a calendar invite for the meeting at the time or date for a subset of invitees with tardiness profile of less than the first threshold.

12. The method as described in claim 11 , further comprising:

generating a calendar invite for the meeting at a second time prior to the time or date for a second invitee responsive to a tardiness profile of the second invitee exceeding a second threshold.

13. The method as described in claim 11 , further comprising:

starting the meeting in absence of the host responsive to reaching a quorum.

14. The method as described in claim 11 , further comprising:

sending reminders to the host at regular intervals in response to the host being late to the meeting scheduled at the time or date.

15. The method as described in claim 11 , further comprising calling the host automatically in response to the host failing to join the meeting at the time or date after a predetermined threshold of time.

16. The method as described in claim 11 further comprising estimating whether an invitee is expected to be late to the meeting based on past behavior for the invitee and further based on a current calendar of the invitee.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2023
From: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 065693/0745 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2023
From: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062973/0194 →