Dynamic generation of demonstrative aids for a meeting

• US 9,292,506 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2013
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Friedlander, Robert R., Kraemer, James R., Hill, John D. III
• Primary Examiner(s): Leroux, Etienne
• Assistant Examiner(s): Agharahimi, Farhad
• Application Number:
  US13/780,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20140244677A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,118 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/131 Fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using XInclude; Namespaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/56 Natural language generation

Abstract

A method, computer program product and/or system generate presentation material for a proposed meeting. Synthetic insights of members of an expected audience at the proposed meeting are generated. The synthetic insights describe a preferred style of communication as indicated by the members of the expected meeting audience during a previous commercial interaction. Information documents from a document database are matched to a topic of the proposed meeting and the synthetic insights of the expected meeting audience, in order to retrieve relevant information documents for the proposed meeting. Presentation material for the proposed meeting is then generated from information documents that match the topic of the proposed meeting and the synthetic insights of the expected meeting audience.

Claims

1. A method of generating presentation material for a proposed meeting, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, a topic of a proposed meeting;

identifying, by one or more processors, synthetic insights of members of an expected meeting audience at the proposed meeting, wherein the synthetic insights describe a preferred style of communication as indicated by the members of the expected meeting audience during a previous commercial interaction, wherein the preferred style of communication is related to a format of presentation materials, wherein the format of presentation materials is from a group of formats consisting of a written format, a visual format, and a musical format, wherein the preferred style of communication is further related to a tone of the presentation materials, wherein the tone of the presentation material is from a group consisting of a humorous tone, an anecdotal tone, a spontaneous tone, and a polished tone, wherein the preferred style of communication is further related to a content of the presentation materials wherein the content of the presentation materials is from a group consisting of math equations, use cases, and background technical information related to the topic of the proposed meeting, wherein the preferred style of communication is further related to a length of the presentation materials;

setting, by one or more processors, a first flag and a second flag on multiple information documents, wherein the first flag identifies the topic of the proposed meeting, wherein the second flag identifies the preferred style of communication;

matching, by one or more processors, the multiple information documents from a document database to the topic of the proposed meeting and the synthetic insights of the expected meeting audience, wherein said matching retrieves relevant information documents for the proposed meeting by retrieving information documents that have the first flag and the second flag;

generating, by one or more processors, presentation material for the proposed meeting from the relevant information documents that match the topic of the proposed meeting and the synthetic insights of the expected meeting audience, wherein the relevant information documents that match the topic of the proposed meeting and the synthetic insights of the expected meeting audience have the first flag and the second flag;

consolidating, by one or more processors, the relevant information documents into a single meeting information document for the proposed meeting;

generating, by one or more processors, the topic of the proposed meeting by generating a synthetic context-based meeting topic object, wherein the synthetic context-based meeting topic object describes the topic of the proposed meeting and wherein the synthetic context-based meeting topic object is generated by;

receiving, by one or more processors, a data stream that contains non-contextual meeting topic data objects, wherein each of the non-contextual meeting topic data objects ambiguously relates to multiple subject-matters for meeting topics and wherein the non-contextual meeting topic data objects have no meaning without a context object; and

associating, by one or more processors, one of the non-contextual meeting topic data objects with a meeting context object to define the synthetic context-based meeting topic object, wherein the meeting context object provides a context that identifies a specific subject-matter, from the multiple subject-matters, of said one of the non-contextual meeting topic data objects;

generating, by one or more processors, the synthetic insights of members of the expected meeting audience at the proposed meeting by generating a synthetic audience insight object, wherein the synthetic audience insight object describes the preferred style of communication for the members of the expected meeting audience for the topic of the proposed meeting, and wherein the synthetic audience insight object is generated by;

receiving by one or more processors a data stream that contains the synthetic context-based meeting topic object; and

associating, by one or more processors, the synthetic context-based meeting topic object with one or more customer-insight objects, wherein each customer-insight object describes one or more preferred styles of communication for the members of the expected meeting audience;

generating, by one or more processors, the presentation material for the proposed meeting by;

receiving, by one or more processors, a data stream that contains the synthetic context-based meeting topic object; and

associating, by one or more processors, the synthetic context-based meeting topic object with the synthetic audience insight object to create a synthetic context-based presentation material object, wherein the synthetic context-based presentation material object defines the presentation material and wherein the synthetic context-based material object includes the first flag and the second flag;

determining, by one or more processors, a probability that a particular synthetic audience insight object correctly defines a synthetic context-based presentation material object according to a Bayesian probability formula of;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the previous commercial interaction is a previous contract negotiation session with one or more members of the expected meeting audience.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the previous commercial interaction is a previous meeting with one or more members of the expected meeting audience.

4. A computer program product for generating presentation material for a proposed meeting, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable and executable by one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

receiving a topic of a proposed meeting;

identifying synthetic insights of members of an expected meeting audience at the proposed meeting, wherein the synthetic insights describe a preferred style of communication as indicated by the members of the expected meeting audience during a previous commercial interaction, wherein the preferred style of communication is related to a format of presentation materials, wherein the format of presentation materials is from a group of formats consisting of a written format, a visual format, and a musical format, wherein the preferred style of communication is further related to a tone of the presentation materials, wherein the tone of the presentation material is from a group consisting of a humorous tone an anecdotal tone a spontaneous tone, and a polished tone, wherein the preferred style of communication is further related to a content of the presentation materials, wherein the content of the presentation materials is from a group consisting of math equations, use cases, and background technical information related to the topic of the proposed meeting, wherein the preferred style of communication is further related to a length of the presentation materials;

setting a first flag and a second flag on multiple information documents wherein the first flag identifies the topic of the proposed meeting, wherein the second flag identifies the preferred style of communication;

matching the multiple information documents from a document database to the topic of the proposed meeting and the synthetic insights of the expected meeting audience, wherein said matching retrieves relevant information documents for the proposed meeting by retrieving information documents that are affixed to the first flag and the second flag;

generating presentation material for the proposed meeting from the relevant information documents that match the topic of the proposed meeting and the synthetic insights of the expected meeting audience, wherein the relevant information documents that match the topic of the proposed meeting and the synthetic insights of the expected meeting audience have the first flag and the second flag;

consolidating the relevant information documents into a single meeting information document for the proposed meeting;

generating the topic of the proposed meeting by generating a synthetic context-based meeting topic object, wherein the synthetic context-based meeting topic object describes the topic of the proposed meeting, and wherein the synthetic context-based meeting topic object is generated by;

receiving a data stream that contains non-contextual meeting topic data objects, wherein each of the non-contextual meeting topic data objects ambiguously relates to multiple subject-matters for meeting topics and wherein the non-contextual meeting topic data objects have no meaning without a context object; and

associating one of the non-contextual meeting topic data objects with a meeting context object to define the synthetic context-based meeting topic object wherein the meeting context object provides a context that identifies a specific subject-matter, from the multiple subject-matters, of said one of the non-contextual meeting topic data objects;

generating the synthetic insights of members of the expected meeting audience at the proposed meeting by generating a synthetic audience insight object, wherein the synthetic audience insight object describes the preferred style of communication for the members of the expected meeting audience for the topic of the proposed meeting, and wherein the synthetic audience insight object is generated by;

receiving a data stream that contains the synthetic context-based meeting topic object; and

associating the synthetic context-based meeting topic object with one or more customer-insight objects, wherein each customer-insight object describes one or more preferred styles of communication for the members of the expected meeting audience;

generating the presentation material for the proposed meeting by;

receiving a data stream that contains the synthetic context-based meeting topic object; and

associating the synthetic context-based meeting topic object with the synthetic audience insight object to create a synthetic context-based presentation material object, wherein the synthetic context-based presentation material object defines the presentation material, and wherein the synthetic context-based material object includes the first flag and the second flag;

determining a probability that a particular synthetic audience insight object correctly defines a synthetic context-based presentation material object according to a Bayesian probability formula of;

5. A computer system comprising:

a processor, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium;

first program instructions to receive a topic of a proposed meeting;

second program instructions to identify synthetic insights of members of an expected meeting audience at the proposed meeting, wherein the synthetic insights describe a preferred style of communication as indicated by the members of the expected meeting audience during a previous commercial interaction, wherein the preferred style of communication is related to a format of presentation materials, wherein the format of presentation materials is from a group of formats consisting of a written format, a visual format, and a musical format, wherein the preferred style of communication is further related to a tone of the presentation materials, wherein the tone of the presentation material is from a group consisting of a humorous tone, an anecdotal tone, a spontaneous tone, and a polished tone, wherein the preferred style of communication is further related to a content of the presentation materials wherein the content of the presentation materials is from a group consisting of math equations, use cases, and background technical information related to the topic of the proposed meeting, wherein the preferred style of communication is further related to a length of the presentation materials;

third program instructions to set a first flag and a second flag on multiple information documents, wherein the first flag identifies the topic of the proposed meeting, wherein the second flag identifies the preferred style of communication;

fourth program instructions to match the multiple information documents from a document database to the topic of the proposed meeting and the synthetic insights of the expected meeting audience wherein said matching retrieves relevant information documents for the proposed meeting by retrieving information documents that are affixed to the first flag and the second flag;

fifth program instructions to generate presentation material for the proposed meeting from the relevant information documents that match the topic of the proposed meeting and the synthetic insights of the expected meeting audience wherein the relevant information documents that match the topic of the proposed meeting and the synthetic insights of the expected meeting audience have the first flag and the second flag;

sixth program instructions to consolidate the relevant information documents into a single meeting information document for the proposed meeting;

seventh program instructions to generate the topic of the proposed meeting by generating a synthetic context-based meeting topic object, wherein the synthetic context-based meeting topic object describes the topic of the proposed meeting and wherein the synthetic context-based meeting topic generated by;

receiving a data stream that contains non-contextual meeting topic data objects, wherein each of the non-contextual meeting topic data objects ambiguously relates to multiple subject-matters for meeting topics and wherein the non-contextual meeting topic data objects have no meaning without a context object; and

associating one of the non-contextual meeting topic data objects with a meeting context object to define the synthetic context-based meeting topic object wherein the meeting context object provides a context that identifies a specific subject-matter from the multiple subject-matters, of said one of the non-contextual meeting topic data objects;

eighth program instructions to generate the synthetic insights of members of the expected meeting audience at the proposed meeting by generating a synthetic audience insight object, wherein the synthetic audience insight object describes the preferred style of communication for the members of the expected meeting audience for the topic of the proposed meeting, and wherein the synthetic audience insight object is generated by;

receiving a data stream that contains the synthetic context-based meeting topic object; and

associating the synthetic context-based meeting topic object with one or more customer-insight objects, wherein each customer-insight object describes one or more preferred styles of communication for the members of the expected meeting audience,

ninth program instructions to generate the presentation material for the proposed meeting by;

receiving a data stream that contains the synthetic context-based meeting topic object; and

associating the synthetic context-based meeting topic object with the synthetic audience insight object to create a synthetic context-based presentation material object, wherein the synthetic context-based presentation material object defines the presentation material, and wherein the synthetic context-based material object includes the first flag and the second flag; and

ninth program instructions to determine a probability that a particular synthetic audience insight object correctly defines a synthetic context-based presentation material object according to a Bayesian probability formula of;