CONNECTIONS IDENTIFICATION

• US 20140215392A1
• Filed: 01/30/2013
• Published: 07/31/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: DeLuca, Lisa Seacat, Silva, Asima, Jiang, Xue
• Application Number:
  US13/754,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20140215392A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/563 User guidance or feature selection

Abstract

A method includes, a computer generating a first listing of participants, the computer obtaining a second listing of known participants; and the computer generates a third listing of participants by only listing said second listing of known participants that appear in said first listing of participants.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

a computer generating a first listing of participants;

the computer obtaining a second listing of known participants; and

the computer generates a third listing of participants by only listing said second listing of known participants that appear in said first listing of participants.

2. A method comprising:

a computer generating a first listing of participants;

the computer obtaining a second listing of known participants; and

the computer modifies said first listing of participants by identifying those participants that are also listed on said second listing of known participants.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said listing of participants are members attending a web conference call.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein said second listing of known participants are members listed in a user'"'"'s contacts listing.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said user'"'"'s contacts listing are IM contacts.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein said listing of participants are members participating in a virtual reality world.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein said listing of participants are members participating in a gaming platform.

8. The method according to claim 4, wherein said user'"'"'s contacts listing are contacts listed in the user'"'"'s address book.

9. The method according to claim 4, wherein said user'"'"'s contacts listing are contacts from a social network.

10. A computer system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories and one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices;

a first module operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to obtain and display a listing of participants,

a second module coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to obtain a listing of known participants,

a comparison module operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to compare the listing of participants to the listing of known participants, and

a modification module operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, configured to modify the listing of participants with known icons as a result of said comparison.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein said listing of participants are members attending a web conference call.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein said listing of known participants are members listed in a user'"'"'s contacts listing.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein said user'"'"'s contacts listing are IM contacts.

14. The system according to claim 10, wherein said listing of participants are members participating in a virtual reality world.

15. The system according to claim 10, wherein said listing of participants are members participating in a gaming platform.

16. The system according to claim 12, wherein said user'"'"'s contacts listing are contacts listed in the user'"'"'s address book.

17. The system according to claim 12, wherein said user'"'"'s contacts listing are contacts from a social network.

18. A computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable, tangible storage medium;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to obtain and display a listing of participants,

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to obtain a listing of known participants,

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to compare the listing of participants to the listing of known participants, and

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage medium, to modify the listing of participants with known icons as a result of said comparison.

19. The computer program product according to claim 18, wherein said listing of participants are members attending a web conference call.

20. The computer program product according to claim 18, wherein said listing of known participants are members listed in a user'"'"'s contacts listing.

21. The computer program product according to claim 20, wherein said user'"'"'s contacts listing are IM contacts.

22. The computer program product according to claim 18, wherein said listing of participants are members participating in a virtual reality world.

23. The computer program product according to claim 18, wherein said listing of participants are members participating in a gaming platform.

24. The computer program product according to claim 20, wherein said user'"'"'s contacts listing are contacts listed in the user'"'"'s address book.

25. The computer program product according to claim 20, wherein said user'"'"'s contacts listing are contacts from a social network.