Auto-generation of actions of a collaborative meeting

• US 10,395,220 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2016
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lopez Venegas, Adalberto, Marin Rodriguez, Alina Denise, Martinez Hernandez Magro, Agueda, Rincon Ferrera, Orlando Ezequiel
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Application Number:
  US15/133,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20170310716A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,224 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission

Abstract

A method for identifying and initiating actions of a meeting. The method includes a computer processor monitoring a meeting where monitoring the meeting includes receiving input from at least a first computing device. The method further includes identifying a plurality of metadata triggers associated with the received input of meeting. The method further includes identifying an occurrence of a first metadata trigger of the plurality of metadata triggers associated with the received input of the meeting. The method further includes analyzing a first portion of the received input of the meeting that includes an occurrence of the first metadata trigger and identifying a first action associated with the first metadata trigger. The method further includes determining a response criterion of the first metadata trigger. The method further includes responding to a determination that the first metadata trigger includes a response criterion indicating immediate action by initiating the first action.

Claims

1. A method for identifying and initiating actions of a meeting, the method comprising:

monitoring, by one or more computer processors, a meeting, wherein monitoring the meeting includes receiving input from at least a first computing device;

identifying, by one or more computer processors, a plurality of metadata triggers associated with the received input of meeting;

identifying, by one or more computer processors, an occurrence of a first metadata trigger of the plurality of metadata triggers associated with the received input of the meeting;

analyzing, by one or more computer processors, a first portion of the received input of the meeting that includes an occurrence of the first metadata trigger, wherein analyzing the first portion of the received input includes identifying a first action;

determining, by one or more computer processors, a response criterion of the first metadata trigger;

responsive to determining that the first action includes a response criterion of delayed post-meeting action, including, by one or more processors, the first action in a queue of post-meeting actions that initiate in response to determining that the meeting ends; and

responsive to determining that the first metadata trigger includes a response criterion indicating immediate action, initiating, by one or more computer processors, the first action.

2. The method of claim 1:

wherein the received input of the meeting includes at least an audio component; and

wherein the audio component is analyzed by utilizing at least one of;

a voice recognition program, a speech recognition program, and a natural language processing program.

3. The method of claim 1:

wherein a metadata trigger is associated with one or more rules utilized to parse a portion of the received input of the meeting that occurs in proximity to an occurrence of the metadata trigger; and

wherein the metadata trigger includes a response criterion selected from a set of;

immediate action, delayed in-meeting action, and delayed post-meeting action.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by one or more computer processors, that the first action corresponds to a first task and that the first metadata trigger dictates that a resource is assigned to the first task;

identifying, by one or more computer processors, the resource based on analyzing a second portion of the received input associated with the occurrence of the first metadata trigger;

assigning, by one or more computer processors, the resource to the first task;

determining, by one or more computer processors, that the resource is a first participant of a plurality of participants included in the meeting; and

responsive to determining that the first participant is assigned the first task, transmitting, by one or more computer processors, a message to at least the first participant that indicates the first task is assigned to the first participant.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to determining that the first action includes a response criterion of delayed in-meeting action, including, by one or more computer processors, the first action in an in-meeting queue of actions associated with the meeting;

wherein an action of the in-meeting queue of actions initiates based on identifying an occurrence of information during a second portion of the meeting; and

wherein the information satisfies a condition of a metadata trigger associated with the first action in the in-meeting queue.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by one or more computer processors, that the meeting ends; and

responsive to determining that the meeting ends, initiating, by one or more computer processors one or more actions included in the queue of post-meeting actions associated with the meeting.

7. A computer program product for identifying and initiating actions of a meeting, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions readable/executable by one or more computer processors;

program instructions to monitor a meeting, wherein monitoring the meeting includes receiving input from at least a first computing device;

program instructions to identify a plurality of metadata triggers associated with the received input of meeting;

program instructions to identify an occurrence of a first metadata trigger of the plurality of metadata triggers associated with the received input of the meeting;

program instructions to analyze a first portion of the received input of the meeting that includes an occurrence of the first metadata trigger, wherein analyzing the first portion of the received input includes identifying a first action;

program instructions to determine a response criterion of the first metadata trigger;

program instructions to respond to a determination that the first action includes a response criterion of delayed post-meeting action by including the first action in a queue of post-meeting actions that initiate in response to a determination that the meeting ends; and

program instructions to respond to a determination that the first metadata trigger includes a response criterion indicating immediate action by initiating the first action.

8. The computer program product of claim 7:

wherein the received input of the meeting includes at least an audio component; and

wherein the audio component is analyzed by utilizing at least one of;

a voice recognition program, a speech recognition program, and a natural language processing program.

9. The computer program product of claim 7:

wherein a metadata trigger is associated with one or more rules utilized to parse a portion of the received input of the meeting that occurs in proximity to an occurrence of the metadata trigger; and

wherein the metadata trigger includes a response criterion selected from a set of;

immediate action, delayed in-meeting action, and delayed post-meeting action.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, further comprising:

program instructions to determine that the first action corresponds to a first task and that the first metadata trigger dictates that a resource is assigned to the first task;

program instructions to identify the resource based on analyzing a second portion of the received input associated with the occurrence of the first metadata trigger;

program instructions to assign the resource to the first task;

program instructions to determine that the resource is a first participant of a plurality of participants included in the meeting; and

program instructions to respond to a determination that the first participant is assigned the first task by transmitting a message to at least the first participant that indicates the first task is assigned to the first participant.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, further comprising:

program instruction to respond to a determination that the first action includes a response criterion of delayed in-meeting action by including the first action in an in-meeting queue of actions associated with the meeting;

wherein an action of the in-meeting queue of actions initiates based on identifying an occurrence of information during a second portion of the meeting; and

wherein the information satisfies a condition of a metadata trigger associated with the first action in the in-meeting queue.

12. The computer program product of claim 7, further comprising:

program instructions to determine that the meeting ends; and

program instructions to respond to a determination that the meeting ends by initiating one or more actions included in the queue of post-meeting actions associated with the meeting.

13. A computer system for identifying and initiating actions of a meeting, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage media;

program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to monitor a meeting, wherein monitoring the meeting includes receiving input from at least a first computing device;

program instructions to identify a plurality of metadata triggers associated with the received input of meeting;

program instructions to identify an occurrence of a first metadata trigger of the plurality of metadata triggers associated with the received input of the meeting;

program instructions to analyze a first portion of the received input of the meeting that includes an occurrence of the first metadata trigger, wherein analyzing the first portion of the received input includes identifying a first action;

program instructions to determine a response criterion of the first metadata trigger;

program instructions to respond to a determination that the first action includes a response criterion of delayed post-meeting action by including the first action in a queue of post-meeting actions that initiate in response to a determination that the meeting ends; and

program instructions to respond to a determination that the first metadata trigger includes a response criterion indicating immediate action by initiating the first action.

14. The computer system of claim 13:

wherein the received input of the meeting includes at least an audio component; and

wherein the audio component is analyzed by utilizing at least one of;

a voice recognition program, a speech recognition program, and a natural language processing program.

15. The computer system of claim 13:

wherein a metadata trigger is associated with one or more rules utilized to parse a portion of the received input of the meeting that occurs in proximity to an occurrence of the metadata trigger, and

wherein the metadata trigger includes a response criterion selected from a set of;

immediate action, delayed in-meeting action, and delayed post-meeting action.

16. The computer system of claim 13, further comprising:

program instructions to determine that the first action corresponds to a first task and that the first metadata trigger dictates that a resource is assigned to the first task;

program instructions to identify the resource based on analyzing a second portion of the received input associated with the occurrence of the first metadata trigger;

program instructions to assign the resource to the first task;

program instructions to determine that the resource is a first participant of a plurality of participants included in the meeting; and

program instructions to respond to a determination that the first participant is assigned the first task by transmitting a message to at least the first participant that indicates the first task is assigned to the first participant.

17. The computer system of claim 13, further comprising:

program instruction to respond to a determination that the first action includes a response criterion of delayed in-meeting action by including the first action in an in-meeting queue of actions associated with the meeting;

wherein an action of the in-meeting queue of actions initiates based on identifying an occurrence of information during a second portion of the meeting; and

wherein the information satisfies a condition of a metadata trigger associated with the first action in the in-meeting queue.