SMART MEETING ROOM

• US 20100228825A1
• Filed: 03/06/2009
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Li, Jin, Zhang, Zhengyou, Pahud, Michel, Quinn, Kori Marie, Burkhardt, Ryan M., Hegde, Rajesh Kutpadi, Dalal, Jayman, Cunnington, Sharon Kay, Huang, Xuedong David
• Application Number:
  US12/399,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20100228825A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates enhancing the employment of a telepresence session. An automatic telepresence engine that can evaluate data associated with at least one of an attendee, a schedule for an attendee, or a portion of an electronic communication for an attendee. The automatic telepresence engine can identify at least one the following for a telepresence session based upon the evaluated data: a participant to include for the telepresence session, a portion of data related to a presentation within the telepresence session, a portion of data related to a meeting topic within the telepresence session, a device utilized by an attendee to communicate within the telepresence session. The automatic telepresence engine can initiate the telepresence session within a communication framework that includes two or more virtually represented users that communicate therein.

Claims

1. A system that facilitates enhancing the employment of a telepresence session, comprising:

an automatic telepresence engine that evaluates data associated with at least one of an attendee, a schedule for a virtually represented user, or a portion of an electronic communication for an attendee, wherein the attendee is a physical participant or a virtually represented user;

the automatic telepresence engine identifies at least one the following for a telepresence session based upon the evaluated data;

an identity of a participant to include for the telepresence session, a portion of data related to a presentation within the telepresence session, a portion of data related to a meeting topic within the telepresence session, a need for a telepresence session, or a device utilized by an attendee to communicate within the telepresence session; and

the automatic telepresence engine initiates the telepresence session within a communication framework that includes two or more virtually represented users that communicate therein.

2. The system of claim 1, the data associated with the attendee is at least one of a portion of personal information, a portion of employment information, a portion of profile data, or a portion of biographical information.

3. The system of claim 1, the schedule for the attendee is at least one of a calendar, an online calendar, a physical calendar, a portion of scheduling data on a device, or a portion of data related to electronic mail application.

4. The system of claim 1, the portion of the electronic communication for an attendee is at least one of a phone call, a voice call, an email, an online communication, a text message, a short message service (SMS) message, a chat program communication, a portion of physical mail, a numeric page, a alphanumeric page, a messaging application, or a voicemail.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a data collector that ascertains whether or not the telepresence session is to be initiated between two or more attendees in order to virtually discuss at least one of a topic, a portion of data, or a document.

6. The system of claim 5, the data collector determines to initiate the telepresence session based upon the evaluation of at least one of a communication between two users, an interaction between two users, an assignment, a project, a portion of a workload, a portion of scheduling data, a portion of calendar data, a deadline, a location of an attendee, or a timeline for an action item.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a communication module that manages at least one available device for an attendee in which the management includes selecting at least one device for a portion of interaction within the telepresence session based at least in part upon at least one of an input capability of the device or an output capability of the device.

8. The system of claim 7, the communication module ascertains an optimal mode of delivery for a portion of data within the telepresence session based upon at least one of a network bandwidth, a device feature, a device screen size, a device availability, a device performance, a device memory capacity, a device processor speed, a device peripheral, a device resolution, a device Internet access, a device security, a device input capability, a device output capability, a geographic location of a user, a geographic location of a device, a device service plan, a user-preference, a size of data to deliver, a sensitivity of data to deliver, or a timeliness of delivery.

9. The system of claim 7, further comprising at least one of the following:

the communication module seamlessly bridges a local user on a first network and a remote user on a second network;

or

the communication module adjusts at least one of the input capability or the output capability.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising an organizer that records a portion of data related to the telepresence session, the portion of data is at least one of a communication within the telepresence session, a portion of an audio communication, a portion of a video communication, a portion of a graphic communication, a portion of data presented within the telepresence session, a portion of data accessed within the telepresence session, a portion of data reviewed within the telepresence session, a transcription of a communication within the telepresence session, a portion of text from the telepresence session, a list of attendees within the telepresence session, a portion of notes taken by individual participants during the telepresence session, a portion of a communication within a related and disparate telepresence session that occurs after the telepresence session, the portion of data updates a participant based upon a temporary leave from the telepresence session, or a participation of attendees.

11. The system of claim 10, the organizer archives the recorded portion of data with at least one of a portion of metadata describing the recorded data based upon an event, the event is at least one of a topics presented, a portion of data presented, an attendee who is presenting, a portion of data that is being presented, a time lapse, a date, a movement within the telepresence session, a changing between devices for interaction within the telepresence session, an arrival within the telepresence session, a tone of voice, a number of participants speaking at a moment in time, or a departure from the telepresence session.

12. The system of claim 10, the organizer creates a summarization of the recorded portion of data and transmit the summarization to at least one user, the summarization of the recorded portion of data is at least one of a transcription, an outline, an audio file, a video file, a word processing document, a compilation of meeting minutes, a portion of data with participant identified data, a picture, a photo, or a portion of presented data.

13. The system of claim 10, the organizer enables at least one of the following:

a sharing of the recorded portion of data with at least one of a user, an entity, a group, an enterprise, a web site, the Internet, a server, a network, a telepresence session, a machine, a device, a computer, an attendee within a telepresence session, or a portable device;

or

a linking of the recorded portion of data based upon a relationship with at least one of a user, an entity, a group, an enterprise, a web site, the Internet, a server, a network, a telepresence session, a machine, a device, a computer, an attendee within a telepresence session, or a portable device.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising an authentication component verifies at least one of a virtually represented participant, a portion of data access, a network access, a server access, a connectivity associated with the telepresence session, or a portion of a data file.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising a profile manager that manages a telepresence profile for the attendee participating within the telepresence session, the telepresence profile includes at least one of a portion of biographical information, a geographic location, a device used for telepresence, a portion of authentication information, a security detail, a privacy setting, an archiving preference, or a portion of information related to initiating/conducting telepresence sessions based on a preference.

16. The system of claim 1, further comprising a private component that enables two attendees within the telepresence session to communicate with one another in a discrete manner that is isolated from disparate attendees within the telepresence session.

17. A computer-implemented method that facilitates conducting a telepresence session, comprising:

evaluating data related to at least one of a schedule, a calendar, an agenda, or a communication;

identifying at least one of an attendee, a portion of data to present, a date, and a time based upon the evaluated data;

ascertaining a device for the attendee to communicate within a telepresence session; and

automatically initiating a telepresence session with the identified attendee using the identified device.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

recording a portion of a data communication within the telepresence session based at least in part upon an event detection between two or more users; and

creating a summary of the telepresence session including the event detection.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising employing an isolated communication between two users within the telepresence session that is private to disparate users within the telepresence session.

20. A computer-implemented system that facilitates enhancing the employment of a telepresence session, comprising:

means for evaluating data associated with the identity of at least one of an attendee, a schedule for an attendee, or a portion of an electronic communication for an attendee;

means for identifying at least one the following for a telepresence session based upon the evaluated data;

a participant to include for the telepresence session, a portion of data related to a presentation within the telepresence session, a portion of data related to a meeting topic within the telepresence session, a device utilized by an attendee to communicate within the telepresence session;

means for initiating the telepresence session within a communication framework that includes two or more attendees that communicate therein;

means for recording a portion of data related to the telepresence session;

means for archiving the portion of data with at least one of a portion of metadata describing the recorded data based upon an event; and

means for employing an isolated communication between two users within the telepresence session that is private to disparate users within the telepresence session.