AUTOMATING THE IDENTIFICATION OF MEETING ATTENDEES

• US 20130294594A1
• Filed: 05/04/2012
• Published: 11/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chervets, Steven, Friedl, Stephan Edward
• Application Number:
  US13/464,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20130294594A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/202.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/5081 Inform conference party of participants, e.g. of change of participants conducting a computer conference, e.g. admission detection, H04L12/1822
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/6054 Biometric subscriber identification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/655 Combination of telephone service and social networking messaging within social networks H04L51/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/56 Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities video conference systems H04N7/15

Abstract

In an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein an apparatus for automatically identifying attendees in a conference call. A social graph associated with a first meeting attendee is searched to identify a second, unknown attendee. For example, the apparatus may search the social graph for a matching voice print, and/or matching facial recognition characteristics in order to identify the unknown attendee.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

an interface operable to communicate with external devices;

conference attendee logic coupled with the interface and operable to receive signals via the interface; and

wherein the conference attendee logic searches a social graph of a first attendee associated with the conference call to identify a second attendee of the conference call.

2. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the conference attendee logic searches the social graph for a member of the social graph with a voice print that matches the second attendee.

3. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the conference attendee logic searches the social graph for a member of the social graph with matching facial recognition characteristics.

4. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the social graph comprises members of a corporate directory that are within one level of the first attendee.

5. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the social graph comprises members of a corporate directory that are within two levels of the first attendee.

6. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the social graph comprises attendees of previous meetings attended by the first attendee.

7. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the social graph comprises persons exchanging Instant Messages with the first attendee.

8. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the social graph comprises persons exchanging email messages with the first attendee.

9. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the conference attendee logic filters the social graph to attendees of previous conference calls at a same location associated with the second attendee.

10. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the conference attendee logic obtains data representative of a location of members of the social graph;

and

wherein the conference attendee logic filters the social graph to members of the social graph that are currently at the same location as the second attendee.

11. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the conference attendee logic determines a plurality of potential matches for the second attendee;

and

provides data representative of a first best match for the second attendee and data representative of a confidence indication to attendees of the conference call.

12. The apparatus set forth in claim 11, wherein the conference attendee logic is responsive to receiving data indicating that the first best match for the second attendee is inaccurate to provide data representative of a second best match for the unknown attendee.

13. The apparatus set forth in claim 1, wherein the conference attendee logic provides data representative of a plurality of matches for the second attendee.

14. The apparatus set forth in claim 13, wherein the conference attendee logic is responsive to receiving data representative of a selection from the plurality of matches by a meeting attendee to associate a name associated with the selection with the second attendee.

15. Logic encoded in a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium for execution by a processor and when executed operable to:

obtain a voice print associated with a second attendee of a conference call; and

search a social graph of first attendee of the conference call for a matching voice print to identify the second attendee of the conference.

16. The logic set forth in claim 15, further operable to:

determine a plurality of matches with the voice print associated with the second attendee;

provide data representative of a first best match from the plurality of matches to conference call attendees and data representative of a confidence indication;

receive data indicating the first best match is not the second attendee; and

provide data representative of a next best match from the plurality of matches to conference call attendees.

17. The logic set forth in claim 15, further operable to:

determine a plurality of matches with the voice print associated with the second attendee;

provide data representative of the plurality of matches for the second attendee to conference call attendees;

receive a selection from the data representative of a plurality of matches from a conference call attendee; and

associate an identity associated with the selected match with the second attendee.

18. The logic set forth in claim 15, further operable to filter the social graph based on a location associated with the second attendee.

19. A method, comprising:

obtaining facial recognition data associated with a second attendee of a conference call; and

searching a social graph of a first attendee of the conference call for a matching facial recognition characteristics to identify the unknown attendee of the conference.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the social graph comprises employees who work for the same employer as the first attendee.