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Granted Patent B2
US 10,749,701 · App. 15/712,620 · Granted Aug 18, 2020

Identification of meeting group and related content

Inventors: Paul C. Barr (Carnation, WA); Isaiah Ng (Bellevue, WA); Alyssa A. Dunn (Seattle, WA); Kiran Kumar (Redmond, WA); Michael C. Hilsdale (Sammamish, WA); Gordon George Free (Freeland, WA)
Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
H04L12/1822G06Q10/10G06Q10/1095G06Q50/01H04L12/1818H04L67/306
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Patent No.
US 10,749,701
App. No.
15/712,620
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described here that identify meeting content. A meeting content determiner in a shared computing device identifies a group including two or more participants in a meeting, where at least one participant of the group is logged into an account associated with a meeting content determiner. Further, the meeting content determiner identifies content associated with the two or more participants, and accessible by the at least one participant logged into the account and displays indications of the identified content to one or more participants of the group.

Claims (52)

1. A shared computing device, comprising:

a processor circuit,

one or more memory devices communicatively connected to the processor circuit that store computer program instructions for execution thereby, the computer program instructions comprising:

a meeting content determiner, comprising:

a participant detector configured to identify participants in a meeting, at least one participant of the participants logged into an account associated with the meeting content determiner;

a content procurer configured to identify content that multiple of the participants have interacted with and that is accessible by the at least one participant logged into the account and identify updated content based on interactions occurring during the meeting that the participants have with the identified content or interactions during the meeting that multiple of the participants have with unidentified content; and

a content viewer configured to display indications of the identified content and the updated content to one or more of the participants.

2. The shared computing device of claim 1 , wherein the content procurer is further configured to retrieve weight indications for the identified content from a graph representing accesses to content by the participants.

3. The shared computing device of claim 2 , wherein the content viewer is further configured to arrange the displayed indications of the identified content on a display screen based on the weight indications.

4. The shared computing device of claim 2 , wherein:

the content procurer is further configured to update the graph to reflect a participant accessing the identified content; and

the content viewer is further configured to update the display of the indications of the identified content based on the update to the graph.

5. The shared computing device of claim 1 , wherein the identified content includes at least one of email communications or chat conversations between one or more participants.

6. The shared computing device of claim 1 , wherein the content viewer is further configured to filter the displayed indications of the identified content based on at least one of content type, content source, or the participants.

7. The shared computing device of claim 1 , wherein:

the participant detector is further configured to identify a new participant in the meeting;

the content procurer is further configured to identify updated content associated with the participants and the new participant that is accessible by the at least one participant logged into the account; and

the content viewer is further configured to display indications of the identified updated content.

8. A method in a meeting managing application in a shared computing device, comprising:

identifying participants in a meeting, at least one participant of the participants logged into an account associated with the meeting managing application;

identifying content that multiple of the participants have interacted with, and that is accessible by the at least one participant logged into the account;

identifying updated content based on interactions occurring during the meeting that the participants have with the identified content or interactions during the meeting that multiple of the participants have with unidentified content; and

displaying indications of the identified content and the updated content to one or more of the participants.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein said identifying the content comprises:

retrieving weight indications for the identified content from a graph representing accesses to content by the participants.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein said displaying comprises:

arranging the displayed indications of the identified content on a display screen based on the weight indications.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

updating the graph to reflect a participant accessing the identified content; and

updating the displayed indications of the identified content based on the update to the graph.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the identified content includes at least one of email communications or chat conversations between one or more participants.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

filtering the displayed indications of the identified content based on at least one of content type, content source, or the participants.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

identifying a new participant in the meeting;

identifying updated content associated the participants and the new participant that is accessible by the at least one participant logged into the account; and

displaying indications of the identified updated content.

15. A computer-readable storage medium having program instructions recorded thereon that, when executed by at least one processing circuit of a shared computing device, perform a method, comprising:

identifying participants in a meeting, at least one participant of the participants logged into an account associated with a meeting managing application;

identifying content that multiple of the participants have interacted with, and that is accessible by the at least one participant logged into the account;

identifying updated content based on interactions occurring during the meeting that the participants have with the identified content or interactions during the meeting that multiple of the participants have with unidentified content; and

displaying indications of the identified content and the updated content to one or more of the participants.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:

retrieving weight indications for the identified content from a graph representing accesses to content by the participants.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein said displaying comprises:

arranging the displayed indications of the identified content on a display screen based on the weight indications.

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

updating the graph to reflect a participant accessing the identified content; and

updating the displayed indications of the identified content based on the update to the graph.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the identified content includes at least one of email communications or chat conversations between one or more participants.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:

filtering the displayed indications of the identified content based on at least one of content type, content source, or the participants.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2020
From: KUMAR, KIRAN; HILSDALE, MICHAEL C.; FREE, GORDON GEORGE
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 052230/0819 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2017
From: BARR, PAUL C.; NG, ISAIAH; DUNN, ALYSSA A.
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 043665/0038 →
Continuity (1)
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