Audiovisual norms from shared communities

• US 10,069,878 B1
• Filed: 09/11/2017
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bastide, Paul R., Dunne, Jonathan, Harpur, Liam, Silva, Asima
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Creighton
• Application Number:
  US15/700,858
• Time in Patent Office: 358 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1076 Screening of IP real time communications, e.g. spam over Internet telephony [SPIT]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1089 by adding media; by removing media
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1093 by adding participants; by removing participants
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/5081 Inform conference party of participants, e.g. of change of participants conducting a computer conference, e.g. admission detection, H04L12/1822
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/152 Multipoint control units therefor

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

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 by establishing a connection with one or more session initiation protocols, one or more menu systems, or one or more invite systems of one or more teleconferencing programs;

defining a plurality of distraction markers comprising a set of distraction preferences by a means selected from a list consisting of;

consensus of call participants, determination of a program, and determination by the owner of the call;

applying the set of distraction preferences to one or more members of the call;

monitoring, based on keyframes, audio, audio transition from speaker to speaker, and every frame, a stream of the detected new participant for one or more distraction markers selected from a list consisting of;

multiple people not looking at the camera or screen, multiple colors in the background, abnormal objects for a given user, or actions in the background that are not related to a meeting;

calculating a level of distraction based on a weight of the plurality of distraction markers, where the weight is calculated based on a means selected from a list consisting of;

standard deviation, interpolation of the deviation, the relative severity of the distraction caused, an amount of screen area taken up by the distraction marker, an impact and eye-sight of other participants, and whether participants are dwelling on the distraction marker; and

altering the monitored stream based on the calculated level of distraction satisfying a threshold, where the threshold is pre-determined by a system, company, group, hierarchy, call owner, or program.