AUTOMATED SOCIAL NETWORK INTRODUCTIONS FOR E-MEETINGS

• US 20120203845A1
• Filed: 05/26/2011
• Published: 08/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AirBNB Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lakshmanan, Geetika T., Oberhofer, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 9,626,651 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• 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

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for automated social networking for e-meetings. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for automated social networking 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 further includes detecting a name in the monitored content and comparing the detected name to names in a contact list for a social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting. Finally, the method includes triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in the contact list.

Claims

1. A method for automated social networking 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;

detecting a name in the monitored content;

comparing the detected name to names in a contact list for a social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting; and

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triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in the contact list.

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 comparing the detected name to names in a contact list for a social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting, comprises comparing the detected name to names in different contact lists for respectively different social networking systems each executing externally to the e-meeting.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing the detected name to names in a contact list for a social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting, comprises comparing the detected name to names in different contact lists for respectively different participants to the e-meeting for a corresponding social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in the contact list, comprises triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in contact lists for a threshold number of ones of the respectively different social networking systems.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in the contact list, comprises triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in contact lists for a threshold number of the participants to the e-meeting.

18. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the computer readable program code for triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in the contact list, comprises computer readable program code for triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in contact lists for a threshold number of the participants to the e-meeting.

7. 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; and

an automated social networking module coupled to the e-meeting server, the module comprising program code enabled to monitor content provided to the e-meeting, to detect a name in the monitored content, to compare the detected name to names in a contact list for a social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting and to trigger generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in the contact list.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising a speech recognition engine speech recognizing audio provided to the e-meeting into textual content for monitoring by the program code for the module.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the program code of the module compares the detected name to names in different contact lists for respectively different social networking systems each executing externally to the e-meeting.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the program code of the module compares the detected name to names in different contact lists for respectively different participants to the e-meeting for a corresponding social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the program code of the module triggers generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in contact lists for a threshold number of ones of the respectively different social networking systems.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the program code of the module triggers generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in contact lists for a threshold number of the participants to the e-meeting.

13. A computer program product for automated social networking 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 detecting a name in the monitored content;

computer readable program code for comparing the detected name to names in a contact list for a social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting; and

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computer readable program code for triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in the contact list.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, 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.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer readable program code for comparing the detected name to names in a contact list for a social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting, comprises computer readable program code for comparing the detected name to names in different contact lists for respectively different social networking systems each executing externally to the e-meeting.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the computer readable program code for comparing the detected name to names in a contact list for a social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting, comprises computer readable program code for comparing the detected name to names in different contact lists for respectively different participants to the e-meeting for a corresponding social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer readable program code for triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in the contact list, comprises computer readable program code for triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in contact lists for a threshold number of ones of the respectively different social networking systems.