System and method for attribute detection in user profile creation and update

• US 8,046,410 B1
• Filed: 06/29/2005
• Issued: 10/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zhu, Lei, Zhu, Min, Chen, Weidong
• Primary Examiner(s): Najjar; Saleh
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHAO, MICHAEL W
• Application Number:
  US11/172,089
• Time in Patent Office: 2,309 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project 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 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect a user participating in a collaboration session; create a profile associated with the user; and detect an attribute associated with the profile based on the collaboration session.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting, by an electronic device, that a user is participating in a collaboration session between a plurality of participants, at least one of the participants being a presenter who shares content, and at least one of the participants being an attendee who receives the shared content;

creating a profile associated with the user;

detecting that the user is receiving content during the collaboration session;

determining a subject matter of the content received by the user during the collaboration session;

deriving one or more key words from the subject matter;

comparing the one or more key words with profiles of the plurality of participants in the collaboration session;

determining if there is a match between the one or more key words and at least some profiles of the plurality of participants;

in response to determining that there is a match between the one or more key words and at least some profiles of the plurality of participants, using the one or more key words in updating an area of expertise indicated in the profile associated with the user; and

in response to determining that there is not a match between the one or more key words and at least some profiles of the plurality of participants, requesting that a participant confirm the one or more key words or enter new key words in updating the area of expertise indicated in the profile associated with the user.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising monitoring the collaboration session for content shared during the collaboration session.

3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising monitoring the collaboration session for a participant of the collaboration session.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

detecting identities of other participants in the collaboration session;

updating, by the electronic device, an indication of colleagues in the profile associated with the user in response to the identities of the other participants in the collaboration session; and

storing the indication of colleagues within a field of a record that corresponds to the profile associated with the user.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

updating, by the electronic device, an indication of a number of meetings participated in by the user in the profile associated with the user, in response to the user participating in the collaboration session; and

storing the indication of the number of meetings within a field of a record that corresponds to the profile associated with the user.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the collaboration session shares audio content among the plurality of participants of the collaboration session.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the collaboration session shares graphical content among the plurality of participants of the collaboration session.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the collaboration session shares textual content among the plurality of participants of the collaboration session.

9. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store a plurality of modules executable by the processor, the plurality of modules including;

a storage module configured to store a record containing an attribute associated with a user that participates in a collaboration session between a plurality of participants, at least one of the participants being a presenter who shares content, and at least one of the participant being an attendee who receives the shared content,

a content recognition module configured to detect a subject matter corresponding to content received by the user during the collaboration session,

the content recognition module further configured to derive one or more key words from the subject matter,

a controller module configured to

compare the one or more key words with attributes of the plurality of participants in the collaboration session,

determine if there is a match between the one or more key words and at least some attributes of the plurality of participants,

in response to a determination that there is a match between the one or more key words and at least some attributes of the plurality of participants, use the one or more key words to update the attribute associated with the user, and

in response to a determination that there is not a match between the one or more key words and at least some attributes of the plurality of participants, request that a participant confirm the one or more key words or enter new key words for update of the attribute associated with the user, and

the storage module further configured to store the updated attribute within the record.

10. The system according to claim 9 wherein the memory is configured to further store a participant recognition module configured to detect an identity of a participant during the collaboration session.

11. The system according to claim 9 wherein the content recognition module is configured to determine the subject matter from the content shared during the collaboration session.

12. The system according to claim 9 wherein the content recognition module is configured to determine the subject matter from a title describing the collaboration session.

13. The system according to claim 9 wherein the subject matter is represented by a key word.

14. A method comprising:

detecting, by an electronic device, that a user is participating in a collaboration session between a plurality of participants, at least one of the participants being a presenter who shares content, and at least one of the participants being an attendee who receives the shared content;

determining a subject matter of the content being received by the user during the collaboration session;

deriving one or more key words from the subject matter of the content received by the user during the collaboration session;

comparing the one or more key words with profiles of the plurality of participants in the collaboration session;

determining if there is a match between the one or more key words and at least some profiles of the plurality of participants;

when there is a match between the one or more key words and at least some profiles of the plurality of participants, proceeding to use the one or more key words in updating an area of expertise indicated in a profile of the user; and

when there is not a match between the one or more key words and at least some profiles of the plurality of participants, requesting that a participant confirm the one or more key words or enter new key words for use in updating the area of expertise indicated in the profile of the user.

15. The method according to claim 14 further comprising:

detecting identities of other participants in the collaboration session;

updating, by the electronic device, an indication of colleagues in the profile of the user in response to the identities of the other participants in the collaboration session; and

storing the indication of colleagues within a field of a record that corresponds to the profile of the user.

16. The method according to claim 14 further comprising:

updating, by the electronic device, an indication of a number of meetings participated in by the user in the profile of the user in response to the user participating in the collaboration session; and

storing the indication of the number of meetings within a field of a record that corresponds to the profile of the user.

17. The method according to claim 14 wherein the determining determines the subject matter based on a title given to the collaboration session.

18. A method comprising:

detecting, by an electronic device, that a user is participating in a collaboration session between a plurality of participants, at least one of the participants being a presenter who shares content, and at least one of the participant being an attendee who receives the shared content;

determining a subject matter of the content being shared or received by the user during the collaboration session;

deriving one or more key words from the subject matter of the content being shared or received by the user during the collaboration session;

comparing the key words with profiles of the plurality of participants in the collaboration session;

determining if there is a match between the key words and at least some profiles of the plurality of participants;

when there is a match between the key words and at least some profiles of the plurality of participants, proceeding to use the key words in updating an area of expertise indicated in a profile of the user participating in the collaboration session, based on the user'"'"'s participation in the collaboration session;

when there is not a match between the key words and at least some profiles of the plurality of participants, requesting that a participant confirm the key words or enter new key words for use in updating the area of expertise indicated in the profile of the user participating in the collaboration session, based on the user'"'"'s participation in the collaboration session; and

storing the area of expertise within a field of a record that corresponds to the profile of the user.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:

detecting identities of other participants in the collaboration session;

updating an indication of colleagues in the profile of the user in response to the identities of the other participants in the collaboration session; and

storing the indication of colleagues within a field of a record that corresponds to the profile of the user.

20. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:

updating an indication of a number of meetings participated in by the user in the profile of the user, in response to the user participating in the collaboration session; and

storing the indication of the number of meetings within a field of a record that corresponds to the profile of the user.

21. The method according to claim 18 wherein the collaboration session shares audio content among participants of the collaboration session.

22. The method according to claim 18 wherein the collaboration session shares graphical content among participants of the collaboration session.

23. The method according to claim 18 wherein the presenter confirms the key words or enters the new key words.

24. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store a plurality of software modules executable by the processor, the software modules including;

a storage module configured to store a record containing an attribute associated with a user that participates in a collaboration session between a plurality of participants, at least one of the participants being a presenter who shares content, and at least one of the participant being an attendee who receives the shared content,

a content recognition module configured to detect a subject matter corresponding to content shared or received by the user during the collaboration session, the content recognition module further configured to derive one or more key words from the subject matter, and

a controller module configured to (i) determine if there is a match between the key words and at least some of the profiles of the plurality of participants, (ii) proceed to use the key words to update the attribute within the record for the user, when there is a match between the key words and at least some of the profiles of the plurality of participants, and (iii) request that a participant confirm the key words or enter new key words to update the attribute within the record for the user, when there is not a match between the key words and at least some of the profiles of the plurality of participants.

25. The system according to claim 24 wherein the presenter confirms the key words or enters the new key words.

26. The system according to claim 24 wherein a participant recognition module is configured to detect an identity of a participant during the collaboration session.

27. The system according to claim 24 wherein the content recognition module is further configured to determine the subject matter from a title describing the collaboration session.