Automated social network introductions for e-meetings
First Claim
1. A method for automated social networking for e-meetings, the method comprising:
- executing an e-meeting server in memory of a host computer and hosting an e-meeting in the e-meeting server and receiving content in the e-meeting from different end users in the e-meeting, each of the different end users having a respectively different contact list of contacts for a corresponding social networking account;
monitoring the content by the e-meeting server;
detecting during the monitoring a name in the monitored content;
comparing the detected name to different names in the different lists of contacts; and
,on condition that the detected name matches a name in a contact list for a social networking account of a particular one of the different end users in the e-meeting, triggering generation of a social networking introduction between the particular one of the different end users in the e-meeting and the detected name.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for automated social networking for e-meetings. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for automated social networking for e-meetings is provided. The method includes monitoring content provided to an e-meeting managed by an e-meeting server executing in memory of a host computer. The method further includes detecting a name in the monitored content and comparing the detected name to names in a contact list for a social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting. Finally, the method includes triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in the contact list.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for automated social networking for e-meetings, the method comprising:
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executing an e-meeting server in memory of a host computer and hosting an e-meeting in the e-meeting server and receiving content in the e-meeting from different end users in the e-meeting, each of the different end users having a respectively different contact list of contacts for a corresponding social networking account; monitoring the content by the e-meeting server; detecting during the monitoring a name in the monitored content; comparing the detected name to different names in the different lists of contacts; and
,on condition that the detected name matches a name in a contact list for a social networking account of a particular one of the different end users in the e-meeting, triggering generation of a social networking introduction between the particular one of the different end users in the e-meeting and the detected name. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An e-meeting data processing system configured for automated follow-up for e-meetings, the system comprising:
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an e-meeting server executing in memory of a host computer and managing an e-meeting in the e-meeting server attended by a plurality of e-meeting participants and receiving content in the e-meeting from different end users in the e-meeting, each of the different end users having a respectively different contact list of contacts for a corresponding social networking account; and an automated social networking module coupled to the e-meeting server, the module comprising program code enabled to monitor the content, to detect during the monitoring a name in the monitored content, to compare the detected name to different names in the different lists of contacts and on condition that the detected name matches a name in a contact list for a social networking account of a particular one of the different end users in the e-meeting, to trigger generation of a social networking introduction between the particular one of the different end users in the e-meeting and the detected name. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A computer program product for automated social networking for e-meetings, the computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code for executing an e-meeting server in memory of a host computer and hosting an e-meeting in the e-meeting server and receiving content in the e-meeting from different end users in the e-meeting, each of the different end users having a respectively different contact list of contacts for a corresponding social networking account; computer readable program code for monitoring the content by the e-meeting server; computer readable program code for detecting during the monitoring a name in the monitored content; computer readable program code for comparing the detected name to different names in the different lists of contacts; and
,computer readable program code for, on condition that the detected name matches a name in a contact list for a social networking account of a particular one of the different end users in the e-meeting, triggering generation of a social networking introduction between the particular one of the different end users in the e-meeting and the detected name. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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