Systems and Methods For Presenting Information Extracted From One or More Data Sources to Event Participants

• US 20150379478A1
• Filed: 06/29/2014
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Klemm, Reinhard
• Granted Patent: US 10,339,504 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/50 of still image data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/60 of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/63 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Systems and methods for dynamically responding to requests for information, derived from one or more data sources, relating to at least one event participant. A notification of a scheduled event is received at a server. The notification identities a plurality of individuals invited to attend or participate in an event. Data attributes relating to the event participants are retrieved from one or more data sources and stored. The data attributes can include personal attributes, professional attributes, and social interaction attributes. Before, during or after an event, requests are received and processed to provide event participants and other interested parties access to contextual information relating event participants to one another, the identities of event participants possessing one or more attributes, and lists of attributes for one or more known event participants. The requests can include images and sound recordings captured during the event.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a server, a notification of a scheduled event and identities of a plurality of invited event participants;

retrieving and storing, from multiple data sources, data attributes relating to at least some of the invited event participants;

receiving, at the server, a request for

contextual information relating a first event participant to at least a second event participant, or

at least one data attribute pertaining to the first event participant;

if the request received was for contextual information, generating the contextual information; and

transmitting a response to the request.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the received request includes at least one image captured during the event.

3. The method according to claim 2, further including a step of analyzing an image, received as part of the request, to identify at least the first event participant.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the request is received during the event and the transmitting is performed during the event.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the request is received during the event and the transmitting is performed during the event.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the received request includes a sound recording captured during the event.

7. The method according to claim 6, further including a step of analyzing the sound recording, received as part of the request, to identify at least the first event participant.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the request specifies identities of the first and second participants.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein data attributes of the at least some invited event participants are retrieved from at least one data repository associated with a social network during the retrieving.

10. The method according to claim 9, further including a step of requesting authorization, from an invited event participant, before retrieving respective data attributes from a corresponding data source.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the generating includes performing at least one of intersect analysis and difference analysis by reference to the retrieved data attributes.

12. An apparatus comprising:

a computer having one or more processors, memory and at least one network interface, and further comprising;

an augmented event request processing module configured to;

retrieve and store, from multiple data sources, data attributes relating to at least some participants invited to an event;

receive requests for contextual information relating a first event participant to at least a second event participant;

generate contextual information responsive to received requests; and

transmit generated contextual information in response to received requests.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the augmented event processing module is configured to receive an image captured during the event and to analyze a received image to identify at least the first event participant.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the augmented event processing module is configured to receive a sound recording captured during the event and to analyze a received sound recording to identify at least the first event participant.

15. A computer implemented method comprising:

retrieving and storing, from at least one data source, data attributes relating to at least some participants in an event;

receiving, at the server, an inquiry during the event for

contextual information relating a first event participant to at least a second event participant, or

at least one data attribute pertaining to the first event participant;

if the inquiry was a request for contextual information, generating the contextual information; and

transmitting a response to the inquiry,

wherein the inquiry is received from a communication terminal operated by a first participant and includes at least one of text input, an image of a second participant, or a voice recording of a second participant.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the at least one data source includes a social networking site.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the at least one data source includes an enterprise server containing data attributes corresponding to its employees.

18. The method according to claim 15, wherein the event is a conference call wherein at least some of the participants are remotely located relative to one another.

19. The method according to claim 15, wherein the communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal, and wherein the inquiry includes an image of two or more event participants.

20. The method according to claim 15, wherein the event is a web conference or an audio only conference.