Electronic meeting management

• US 10,693,824 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2016
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Silva, Asima, Springer, Darian C. S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dustin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Guzman, Javier O
• Application Number:
  US15/265,831
• Publication Number:
  US 20180077099A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1831 Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1083 In-session procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• 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 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Disclosed aspects relate to electronic meeting management. A first attentiveness factor may be detected for a first user at a first time by a meeting management engine with respect to an electronic meeting. A second attentiveness factor may be detected for the first user at a second time by the meeting management engine with respect to the electronic meeting. The second time may be subsequent to the first time, and the second attentiveness factor may differ from the first attentiveness factor. A set of meeting data for the electronic meeting may be captured between the first time and the second time. Based on the set of meeting data, the meeting management engine may determine a set of content summary data for the electronic meeting between the first time and the second time in an automated fashion. The set of content summary data may be provided to the first user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of electronic meeting management, the method comprising:

detecting, by a meeting management engine with respect to an electronic meeting, a first attentiveness factor for a first user at a first time;

detecting, by the meeting management engine with respect to the electronic meeting, a second attentiveness factor for the first user at a second time, wherein the second time is subsequent to the first time, and wherein the second attentiveness factor differs from the first attentiveness factor;

capturing, by the meeting management engine between the first time and the second time, a set of meeting data for the electronic meeting;

composing, by the meeting management engine in an automated fashion based on the set of meeting data, a set of content summary data for the electronic meeting, wherein the set of content summary data comprises a summary of the set of meeting data captured between the first time and the second time; and

displaying, by the meeting management engine to the first user, the set of content summary data in response to detecting the first user is attentive, wherein the set of content summary data is unobtrusively displayed to the first user during a break in the electronic meeting without interrupting the electronic meeting.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

computing that a threshold attentiveness factor exceeds the first attentiveness factor for the first user;

initiating, based on and in response to computing that the threshold attentiveness factor exceeds the first attentiveness factor for the first user, capture of the set of meeting data for the electronic meeting;

computing that the second attentiveness factor for the first user exceeds the threshold attentiveness factor; and

initiating, based on and in response to computing that the second attentiveness factor for the first user exceeds the threshold attentiveness factor, determination of the set of content summary data for the electronic meeting between the first time and the second time.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring, using a set of computer-based sensors, the first user of the electronic meeting;

collecting, based on the monitoring, a set of first user sensor data; and

calculating, based on the set of first user sensor data, the first and second attentiveness factors for the first user.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the set of first user sensor data is based on a selection from a group consisting of:

a meeting entrance, a typing speed, a browser window focus, an eye gaze, a retina loss, an application opening, a number of open applications, and a set of social media activity by the first user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first attentiveness factor indicates an apparent absence of the first user with respect to the electronic meeting, and wherein the second attentiveness factor indicates an apparent presence of the first user with respect to the electronic meeting.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of content summary data is selected from a group consisting of:

a text transcript, an outline, a set of keywords, a set of topics discussed, an audio message, a video message, and a still image.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

personalizing, for the first user, the set of content summary data based on a set of profile data for the first user, wherein the set of profile data for the first user comprises educational experience, work experience, job role, responsibilities, and interests for the first user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein providing, by the meeting management engine to the first user, the set of content summary data includes:

delivering the set of content summary data at a delivery speed faster than a delivery speed of the electronic meeting.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

organizing the set of content summary data in a reverse chronological order by topic including providing a most recent topic before a least recent topic, wherein the reverse chronological order is based on an order in which the topics were originally presented during the duration of the electronic meeting.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

organizing the set of content summary data in a topical time-spent order by time-spent including providing a most time-spent topic before a least time-spent topic.

11. A computer program product for electronic meeting management, 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 comprising;

program instructions to detect, by a meeting management engine with respect to an electronic meeting, a first attentiveness factor for a first user at a first time;

program instructions to detect, by the meeting management engine with respect to the electronic meeting, a second attentiveness factor for the first user at a second time, wherein the second time is subsequent to the first time, and wherein the second attentiveness factor differs from the first attentiveness factor;

program instructions to capture, by the meeting management engine between the first time and the second time, a set of meeting data for the electronic meeting;

program instructions to compose, by the meeting management engine in an automated fashion based on the set of meeting data, a set of content summary data for the electronic meeting, wherein the set of content summary data comprises a summary of the set of meeting data captured between the first time and the second time; and

program instructions to display, by the meeting management engine to the first user, the set of content summary data in response to detecting the first user is attentive, wherein the set of content summary data is unobtrusively displayed to the first user during a break in the electronic meeting without interrupting the electronic meeting.

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

program instructions to compute that a threshold attentiveness factor exceeds the first attentiveness factor for the first user;

program instructions to initiate, based on and in response to computing that the threshold attentiveness factor exceeds the first attentiveness factor for the first user, capture of the set of meeting data for the electronic meeting;

program instructions to compute that the second attentiveness factor for the first user exceeds the threshold attentiveness factor; and

program instructions to initiate, based on and in response to computing that the second attentiveness factor for the first user exceeds the threshold attentiveness factor, determination of the set of content summary data for the electronic meeting between the first time and the second time.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the program instructions to provide, by the meeting management engine to the first user, the set of content summary data includes:

program instructions to deliver the set of content summary data at a delivery speed faster than a delivery speed of the electronic meeting.

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

program instructions to organize the set of content summary data in a reverse chronological order by topic including providing a most recent topic before a least recent topic, wherein the reverse chronological order is based on an order in which the topics were originally presented during the duration of the electronic meeting.

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

program instructions to organize the set of content summary data in a topical time-spent order by time-spent including providing a most time-spent topic before a least time-spent topic.

16. A computer system for electronic meeting management, the computer system comprising:

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

program instructions to detect, by a meeting management engine with respect to an electronic meeting, a first attentiveness factor for a first user at a first time;

program instructions to detect, by the meeting management engine with respect to the electronic meeting, a second attentiveness factor for the first user at a second time, wherein the second time is subsequent to the first time, and wherein the second attentiveness factor differs from the first attentiveness factor;

program instructions to capture, by the meeting management engine between the first time and the second time, a set of meeting data for the electronic meeting;

program instructions to compose, by the meeting management engine in an automated fashion based on the set of meeting data, a set of content summary data for the electronic meeting, wherein the set of content summary data comprises a summary of the set of meeting data captured between the first time and the second time; and

program instructions to display, by the meeting management engine to the first user, the set of content summary data in response to detecting the first user is attentive, wherein the set of content summary data is unobtrusively displayed to the first user during a break in the electronic meeting without interrupting the electronic meeting.

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

program instructions to compute that a threshold attentiveness factor exceeds the first attentiveness factor for the first user;

program instructions to initiate, based on and in response to computing that the threshold attentiveness factor exceeds the first attentiveness factor for the first user, capture of the set of meeting data for the electronic meeting;

program instructions to compute that the second attentiveness factor for the first user exceeds the threshold attentiveness factor; and

program instructions to initiate, based on and in response to computing that the second attentiveness factor for the first user exceeds the threshold attentiveness factor, determination of the set of content summary data for the electronic meeting between the first time and the second time.

18. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the program instructions to provide, by the meeting management engine to the first user, the set of content summary data includes:

program instructions to deliver the set of content summary data at a delivery speed faster than a delivery speed of the electronic meeting.

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

program instructions to organize the set of content summary data in a reverse chronological order by topic including providing a most recent topic before a least recent topic, wherein the reverse chronological order is based on an order in which the topics were originally presented during the duration of the electronic meeting.

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

program instructions to organize the set of content summary data in a topical time-spent order by time-spent including providing a most time-spent topic before a least time-spent topic.