AUTOMATED FOLLOW UP FOR E-MEETINGS

• US 20120203551A1
• Filed: 02/04/2011
• Published: 08/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AirBNB Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lakshmanan, Geetika T., Oberhofer, Martin
• Application Number:
  US13/021,470
• Publication Number:
  US 20120203551A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for automated follow-up for e-meetings. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for automated follow-up 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 also includes applying a rule in a rules base to the monitored content. Finally, the method includes triggering generation of a follow up item in response to applying the rule to the monitored content.

Claims

1. A method for automated follow-up for e-meetings, the method comprising:

monitoring content provided to an e-meeting managed by an e-meeting server executing in memory of a host computer;

applying a rule in a rules base to the monitored content; and

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triggering generation of a follow up item in response to applying the rule to the monitored content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring content provided to an e-meeting comprises speech recognizing audio provided to the e-meeting into textual content and monitoring the textual content speech recognized from the audio.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the rule directs the generation of the follow up item when a pre-specified term is present in the monitored content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the rule directs the generation of the follow up item when a set of pre-specified terms is present in the monitored content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein triggering generation of a follow up item in response to applying the rule to the monitored content comprises triggering scheduling of an event in a calendaring and scheduling system separate from the e-meeting server in response to applying the rule to the monitored content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein triggering generation of a follow up item in response to applying the rule to the monitored content comprises triggering scheduling of a task in a calendaring and scheduling system separate from the e-meeting server in response to applying the rule to the monitored content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein triggering generation of a follow up item in response to applying the rule to the monitored content comprises triggering scheduling of a different e-meeting in the e-meeting server in response to applying the rule to the monitored content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein triggering generation of a follow up item in response to applying the rule to the monitored content comprises triggering generation of a note in a follow up registry, the note comprising at least a portion of the monitored content.

9. An e-meeting data processing system configured for automated follow-up for e-meetings, the system comprising:

an e-meeting server executing in memory of a host computer and managing an e-meeting attended by a plurality of e-meeting participants;

a rules base of rules, each of the rules directing generation of a follow up item in response to at least one term present in supplied content for the e-meeting; and

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an automated follow up module coupled to the e-meeting server and the rules base, the module comprising program code enabled to monitor content provided in the e-meeting, to apply a rule in the rules base to the monitored content, and to trigger generation of a follow up item in response to applying the rule to the monitored content.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the follow up item is an event to be scheduled in a calendaring and scheduling system separate from the e-meeting server.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the follow up item is a task to be scheduled in a calendaring and scheduling system separate from the e-meeting server.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the follow up item is a new e-meeting to be scheduled in the e-meeting server.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the follow up item is a note incorporating at least one term present in the monitored content.

14. A computer program product for automated follow-up for e-meetings, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code for monitoring content provided to an e-meeting managed by an e-meeting server executing in memory of a host computer;

computer readable program code for applying a rule in a rules base to the monitored content; and

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computer readable program code for triggering generation of a follow up item in response to applying the rule to the monitored content.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer readable program code for monitoring content provided to an e-meeting comprises computer readable program code for speech recognizing audio provided to the e-meeting into textual content and monitoring the textual content speech recognized from the audio.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the rule directs the generation of the follow up item when a pre-specified term is present in the monitored content.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the rule directs the generation of the follow up item when a set of pre-specified terms is present in the monitored content.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer readable program code for triggering generation of a follow up item in response to applying the rule to the monitored content comprises computer readable program code for triggering scheduling of an event in a calendaring and scheduling system separate from the e-meeting server in response to applying the rule to the monitored content.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer readable program code for triggering generation of a follow up item in response to applying the rule to the monitored content comprises computer readable program code for triggering scheduling of a task in a calendaring and scheduling system separate from the e-meeting server in response to applying the rule to the monitored content.

20. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer readable program code for triggering generation of a follow up item in response to applying the rule to the monitored content comprises computer readable program code for triggering scheduling of a different e-meeting in the e-meeting server in response to applying the rule to the monitored content.

21. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the computer readable program code for triggering generation of a follow up item in response to applying the rule to the monitored content comprises computer readable program code for triggering generation of a note in a follow up registry, the note comprising at least a portion of the monitored content.