Delivering electronic meeting content

• US 9,495,664 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2012
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cole, Stephen W., Jordan, Jo Ann, O'Sullivan, Patrick Joseph, Ryan, Stephen, Staruch, Jolene Rowlands
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): Molina, Hugo
• Application Number:
  US13/728,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20140189529A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,419 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment

Abstract

A method, computer program product, and system for delivering content in an electronic meeting. An electronic meeting is associated with a calendar appointment. Content associated with the electronic meeting is identified. A portion of the content is provided to a computing device associated with a user based upon, at least in part, receiving an indication that the user intends to participate in the electronic meeting, wherein the indication is associated with the calendar appointment.

Claims

1. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

associating an electronic meeting with a calendar appointment;

identifying content associated with the electronic meeting;

receiving an indication that a user intends to participate in the electronic meeting after the start of the electronic meeting based upon, at least in part, the user joining in the electronic meeting;

providing a currently active portion of the content to a computing device associated with the user, wherein the currently active portion is based upon, at least in part, when the user joins in the electronic meeting;

providing a portion of the content of the currently active portion of the content to the computing device associated with the user based upon, at least in part, the user joining in the electronic meeting, wherein providing the portion of the content occurs during a time of low load for a server associated with providing the portion of the content, wherein the indication is associated with the calendar appointment, wherein the portion of the content provided to the computing device is a remaining portion of the content after the currently active portion, and excludes at least a portion of the content from before the user joins in the electronic meeting, and providing, during the electronic meeting, to the computing device associated with the user, a truncated instruction set for the display, during the electronic meeting, of a view of the portion of the content from the storage device;

caching, in a storage device, the portion of the content on the computing device associated with the user; and

displaying, from the storage device, the portion of the content when the cached portion of the content becomes active content of the electronic meeting.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

providing, to the computing device associated with the user, an update to the portion of the content in the storage device.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the cached portion of content from the storage device is stored by a calendar application associated with the calendar appointment.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the portion of content from the storage device is stored as part of one or more of an activities server, an online community, a wiki, and a team room.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise automatically pushing an update to the content directly to the portion of the content stored on a local cache of the computing device associated with the user.

6. A computer system including a processor and a memory configured to perform operations comprising:

associating an electronic meeting with a calendar appointment;

identifying content associated with the electronic meeting;

receiving an indication that a user intends to participate in the electronic meeting after the start of the electronic meeting based upon, at least in part, the user joining in the electronic meeting;

providing a currently active portion of the content to a computing device associated with the user, wherein the currently active portion is based upon, at least in part, when the user joins in the electronic meeting;

providing a portion of the content of the currently active portion of the content to the computing device associated with the user based upon, at least in part, the user joining in the electronic meeting, wherein providing the portion of the content occurs during a time of low load for a server associated with providing the portion of the content;

wherein the indication is associated with the calendar appointment, wherein the portion of the content provided to the computing device is a remaining portion of the content after the currently active portion, and excludes at least a portion of the content from before the user joins in the electronic meeting, and provide, during the electronic meeting, to the computing device associated with the user, a truncated instruction set for the display, during the electronic meeting, of a view of the portion of the content from the storage device;

caching, in a storage device, the portion of the content on the computing device associated with the user; and

displaying, from the storage device, the portion of the content when the cached portion of the content becomes active content of the electronic meeting.

7. The computer system of claim 6, wherein the one or more processor devices are further configured to:

provide, to the computing device associated with the user, an update to the portion of the content in the storage device.

8. The computer system of claim 6, wherein the portion of content from the storage device is stored by a calendar application associated with the calendar appointment.

9. The computer system of claim 6, wherein the portion of content from the storage device is stored as part of one or more of an activities server, an online community, a wiki, and a team room.

10. The computer system of claim 6, wherein the one or more processor devices are further configured to:

automatically push an update to the content directly to the portion of the content stored on a local cache of the computing device associated with the user.