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Granted Patent B1
US 10,129,302 · App. 15/494,963 · Granted Nov 13, 2018

Audiovisual norms from shared communities

Inventors: Paul R. Bastide (Boxford, MA); Jonathan Dunne (Dungarvan, IE); Liam Harpur (Skerries, IE); Asima Silva (Holden, MA)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H04L65/1089H04L65/1076H04L65/403H04L65/605H04N7/147H04M2203/5081
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Patent No.
US 10,129,302
App. No.
15/494,963
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

A processor-implemented method, computer system, and computer program product for managing a plurality of audio-visual teleconference distractions, including the detection of a new participant to a teleconference call; the monitoring of a stream of the detected new participant for a plurality of distraction markers; calculation of a level of distraction based on the plurality of distraction markers; and alterations performed on the monitored stream based on the calculated level of distraction satisfying a threshold.

Claims (45)

1. A processor-implemented method for managing a plurality of audio-visual teleconference distractions, the method comprising:

detecting a new participant to a teleconference call;

monitoring a stream of the detected new participant for a plurality of distraction markers;

calculating a level of distraction based on the plurality of distraction markers;

altering the monitored stream based on the calculated level of distraction satisfying a threshold; and

monitoring a plurality of communities of the detected new participant for a plurality of additional distraction marker parameters, wherein the plurality of monitored communities are a plurality of groups of which the detected new participant is a member.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

notifying one or more participants prior to altering the stream of the detected new participant.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

assessing the plurality of distraction markers prior to the new participant joining the teleconference call; and

preventing the participant from joining the teleconference call.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the new participant is detected based on an utterance from the new participant, a visual gesture from the new participant, a haptic gesture from the new participant, or a low level audio from the new participant.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alteration is selected from the group consisting of muting an audio stream, dropping a call stream, degrading a video quality, selectively blurring or occluding one or more regions of a video associated with the new participant, and resizing the video.

6. The method of claim 3 , further comprising

in response to the calculated level of distraction not satisfying the threshold, monitoring the teleconference call for a subsequent new participant.

7. A computer system for managing a plurality of audio-visual teleconference distractions, the computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:

detecting a new participant to a teleconference call;

monitoring a stream of the detected new participant for a plurality of distraction markers;

calculating a level of distraction based on the plurality of distraction markers;

altering the monitored stream based on the calculated level of distraction satisfying a threshold; and

monitoring a plurality of communities of the detected new participant for a plurality of additional distraction marker parameters, wherein the plurality of monitored communities are a plurality of groups of which the detected new participant is a member.

8. The computer system of claim 7 , further comprising:

notifying one or more participants prior to altering the stream of the detected new participant.

9. The computer system of claim 7 , further comprising:

assessing the plurality of distraction markers prior to the new participant joining the teleconference call; and

preventing the participant from joining the teleconference call.

10. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the new participant is detected based on an utterance from the new participant, a visual gesture from the new participant, a haptic gesture from the new participant, or a low level audio from the new participant.

11. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the alteration is selected from the group consisting of muting an audio stream, dropping a call stream, degrading a video quality, selectively blurring or occluding one or more regions of a video associated with the new participant, and resizing the video.

12. The computer system of claim 9 , further comprising

in response to the calculated level of distraction not satisfying the threshold, monitoring the teleconference call for a subsequent new participant.

13. A computer program product for managing a plurality of audio-visual teleconference distractions, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium, the program instructions executable by a processor, the program instructions comprising:

program instructions to detect a new participant to a teleconference call;

program instructions to monitor a stream of the detected new participant for a plurality of distraction markers;

program instructions to calculate a level of distraction based on the plurality of distraction markers;

program instructions to alter the monitored stream based on the calculated level of distraction satisfying a threshold; and

program instructions to monitor a plurality of communities of the detected new participant for a plurality of additional distraction marker parameters, wherein the plurality of monitored communities are a plurality of groups of which the detected new participant is a member.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising:

Program instructions to notify one or more participants prior to altering the stream of the detected new participant.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising:

program instructions to assess the plurality of distraction markers prior to the new participant joining the teleconference call; and

preventing the participant from joining the teleconference call.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the new participant is detected based on an utterance from the new participant, a visual gesture from the new participant, a haptic gesture from the new participant, or a low level audio from the new participant.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the alteration is selected from the group consisting of muting an audio stream, dropping a call stream, degrading a video quality, selectively blurring or occluding one or more regions of a video associated with the new participant, and resizing the video.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2017
From: BASTIDE, PAUL R.; DUNNE, JONATHAN; HARPUR, LIAM; SILVA, ASIMA
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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