Signaling correspondence between a meeting agenda and a meeting discussion
First Claim
1. A method of signaling correspondence between a meeting agenda and a meeting discussion, by a signaling module executing on a device, the method comprising:
- receiving a meeting agenda specifying one or more topics for a meeting;
analyzing, for each topic, one or more documents to identify topic keywords for that topic;
receiving, by an automated speech recognition engine, meeting discussions among participants for the meeting, wherein said receiving the meeting discussions among participants for the meeting comprises receiving voice utterances for the meeting of participants;
generating, by the automated speech recognition engine, a textual representation of the meeting discussions in a current meeting transcription;
identifying a current topic for the meeting in dependence upon the meeting agenda;
tracking a frequency at which the topic keywords for the current topic appear in the current meeting transcription;
determining a correspondence indicator in dependence upon the tracked frequency at which the topic keywords for the current topic appear in the current meeting transcription, the correspondence indicator specifying the correspondence between the meeting agenda and the meeting discussion; and
rendering the correspondence indicator to the participants of the meeting.
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Abstract
Signaling correspondence between a meeting agenda and a meeting discussion includes: receiving a meeting agenda specifying one or more topics for a meeting; analyzing, for each topic, one or more documents to identify topic keywords for that topic; receiving meeting discussions among participants for the meeting; identifying a current topic for the meeting in dependence upon the meeting agenda; determining a correspondence indicator in dependence upon the meeting discussions and the topic keywords for the current topic, the correspondence indicator specifying the correspondence between the meeting agenda and the meeting discussion; and rendering the correspondence indicator to the participants of the meeting.
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1. A method of signaling correspondence between a meeting agenda and a meeting discussion, by a signaling module executing on a device, the method comprising:
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receiving a meeting agenda specifying one or more topics for a meeting; analyzing, for each topic, one or more documents to identify topic keywords for that topic; receiving, by an automated speech recognition engine, meeting discussions among participants for the meeting, wherein said receiving the meeting discussions among participants for the meeting comprises receiving voice utterances for the meeting of participants; generating, by the automated speech recognition engine, a textual representation of the meeting discussions in a current meeting transcription; identifying a current topic for the meeting in dependence upon the meeting agenda; tracking a frequency at which the topic keywords for the current topic appear in the current meeting transcription; determining a correspondence indicator in dependence upon the tracked frequency at which the topic keywords for the current topic appear in the current meeting transcription, the correspondence indicator specifying the correspondence between the meeting agenda and the meeting discussion; and rendering the correspondence indicator to the participants of the meeting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for signaling correspondence between a meeting agenda and a meeting discussion, the apparatus comprising a computer processor and a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:
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receiving a meeting agenda specifying one or more topics for a meeting; analyzing, for each topic, one or more documents to identify topic keywords for that topic; receiving meeting discussions among participants for the meeting, wherein said receiving the meeting discussions among participants for the meeting comprises receiving voice utterances for the meeting of participants; generating a textual representation of the meeting discussions in a current meeting transcription; identifying a current topic for the meeting in dependence upon the meeting agenda; tracking a frequency at which the topic keywords for the current topic appear in the current meeting transcription; determining a correspondence indicator in dependence upon the tracked frequency at which the topic keywords for the current topic appear in the current meeting transcription, the correspondence indicator specifying the correspondence between the meeting agenda and the meeting discussion; and rendering the correspondence indicator to the participants of the meeting. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product for signaling correspondence between a meeting agenda and a meeting discussion, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium that comprises a recordable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable of:
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receiving a meeting agenda specifying one or more topics for a meeting; analyzing, for each topic, one or more documents to identify topic keywords for that topic; receiving meeting discussions among participants for the meeting, wherein said receiving the meeting discussions among participants for the meeting comprises receiving voice utterances for the meeting of participants; generating a textual representation of the meeting discussions in a current meeting transcription; identifying a current topic for the meeting in dependence upon the meeting agenda; tracking a frequency at which the topic keywords for the current topic appear in the current meeting transcription; determining a correspondence indicator in dependence upon the tracked frequency at which the topic keywords for the current topic appear in the current meeting transcription, the correspondence indicator specifying the correspondence between the meeting agenda and the meeting discussion; and rendering the correspondence indicator to the participants of the meeting. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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