Managing, monitoring and transcribing concurrent meetings and/or conference calls
First Claim
1. A method implemented by a computer for managing at least one of back-to-back and concurrent meetings, the meetings having associated therewith, for each participant for the meeting, an indicium displayed on a display mechanism, said method comprising:
- receiving, by the computer, electronic meeting invitations to attend, by at least one attendee, two or more meetings;
detecting, by the computer, one or more conflicts between meetings of the two or more meetings;
identifying at least one meeting to be transcribed, said at least one meeting being selected from the two or more meetings, wherein the at least one meeting to be transcribed includes all meetings of the two or more meetings exclusive of the single meeting where said at least one attendee is participating, said identifying comprising a real-time detection of actual presence of said at least one attendee during said single meeting by, at least, determining location data for said at least one attendee of said single meeting;
transcribing in real time at least a portion of said at least one meeting into a first textual transcript, said first textual transcript including an identity of at least one individual who communicated during said at least one meeting;
said step of identifying further comprising determining said at least one meeting where said attendee is not participating and specific times when said attendee is not participating in said at least one meeting, said step of transcribing including transcribing said first textual transcript of communications during said at least one meeting via a server configured to run software that manages recording, transcribing, and storage of said communications, said first textual transcript based, at least in part on said specific times when said attendee is not participating in said at least one meeting; and
providing said first textual transcript in an electronic data format to said at least one attendee for display on a graphical display device in real time while said at least one attendee is participating in said single meeting.
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Abstract
A system, a method and a computer program product for managing multiple meetings and/or conference calls by performing the steps of receiving, by a computer, invitations to attend, by at least one attendee, two or more meetings, and detecting, by the computer, a one or more conflicts between the two meetings. The computer communicates, to the attendee, at least one detected conflict of the one or more detected conflicts. The computer receives an identification of a single meeting of the two or more meetings the at least one attendee will attend and at least one meeting to be transcribed. At least one meeting to be transcribed includes all meetings of the two or more meetings exclusive of the single meeting the attendee will attend. At least a portion of the at least one meeting is transcribed into a first textual transcript and selectively delivered to the attendee in real time.
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19 Claims
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1. A method implemented by a computer for managing at least one of back-to-back and concurrent meetings, the meetings having associated therewith, for each participant for the meeting, an indicium displayed on a display mechanism, said method comprising:
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receiving, by the computer, electronic meeting invitations to attend, by at least one attendee, two or more meetings; detecting, by the computer, one or more conflicts between meetings of the two or more meetings; identifying at least one meeting to be transcribed, said at least one meeting being selected from the two or more meetings, wherein the at least one meeting to be transcribed includes all meetings of the two or more meetings exclusive of the single meeting where said at least one attendee is participating, said identifying comprising a real-time detection of actual presence of said at least one attendee during said single meeting by, at least, determining location data for said at least one attendee of said single meeting; transcribing in real time at least a portion of said at least one meeting into a first textual transcript, said first textual transcript including an identity of at least one individual who communicated during said at least one meeting; said step of identifying further comprising determining said at least one meeting where said attendee is not participating and specific times when said attendee is not participating in said at least one meeting, said step of transcribing including transcribing said first textual transcript of communications during said at least one meeting via a server configured to run software that manages recording, transcribing, and storage of said communications, said first textual transcript based, at least in part on said specific times when said attendee is not participating in said at least one meeting; and providing said first textual transcript in an electronic data format to said at least one attendee for display on a graphical display device in real time while said at least one attendee is participating in said single meeting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for managing at least one of back-to-back and concurrent meetings, the meeting having associated therewith, for each participant of the meeting, an indicium displayed on a display mechanism, the system comprising:
- a processor, wherein the processor is configured to perform;
receiving electronic meeting invitations to attend, by at least one attendee, two or more meetings; detecting one or more conflicts between meetings of the two or more meetings; identifying at least one meeting to be transcribed, said at least one meeting being selected from the two or more meetings, wherein the at least one meeting to be transcribed includes all meetings of the two or more meetings exclusive of the single meeting where said at least one attendee is participating, said identifying comprising a real-time detection of actual presence of said at least one attendee during said single meeting by, at least, determining location data for said at least one attendee of said single meeting; transcribing in real time at least a portion of said at least one meeting into a first textual transcript, said first textual transcript including an identity of at least one individual who communicated during said at least one meeting; said step of identifying further comprising determining said at least one meeting where said attendee is not participating and specific times when said attendee is not participating in said at least one meeting, said step of transcribing including transcribing said first textual transcript of communications during said at least one meeting via a server configured to run software that manages recording, transcribing, and storage of said communications, said first textual transcript based, at least in part on said specific times when said attendee is not participating in said at least one meeting; and providing said first textual transcript in an electronic data format to said at least one attendee for display on a graphical display device in real time while said at least one attendee is participating in said single meeting. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
- a processor, wherein the processor is configured to perform;
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18. A computer program product for managing at least one of back-to-back and concurrent meetings, the meetings having associated therewith, for each participant of the meeting, an indicium displayed on a display mechanism, the computer program product comprising a computer readable, non-transitory, storage medium, the computer readable, non-transitory, storage medium not being a propagating signal, the computer readable, non-transitory, storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions run by the processing circuit for performing a method, said method comprising:
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receiving electronic meeting invitations to attend, by at least one attendee, two or more meetings; detecting one or more conflicts between meetings of the two or more meetings; identifying at least one meeting to be transcribed, said at least one meeting being selected from the two or more meetings, wherein the at least one meeting to be transcribed includes all meetings of the two or more meetings exclusive of the single meeting where said at least one attendee is participating, said identifying comprising a real-time detection of actual presence of said at least one attendee during said single meeting by, at least, determining location data for said at least one attendee of said single meeting; transcribing in real time at least a portion of said at least one meeting into a first textual transcript, said first textual transcript including an identity of at least one individual who communicated during said at least one meeting; said step of identifying further comprising determining said at least one meeting where said attendee is not participating and specific times when said attendee is not participating in said at least one meeting, said step of transcribing including transcribing said first textual transcript of communications during said at least one meeting via a server configured to run software that manages recording, transcribing, and storage of said communications, said first textual transcript based, at least in part on said specific times when said attendee is not participating in said at least one meeting; and providing said first textual transcript in an electronic data format to said at least one attendee for display on a graphical display device in real time while said at least one attendee is participating in said single meeting. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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