Automated social network introductions for e-meetings
First Claim
1. A method for automated social networking for e-meetings, the method comprising:
- monitoring content provided by different participants to an e-meeting managed by an e-meeting server executing in memory of a host computer by speech recognizing audio provided to the e-meeting into textual content and monitoring the textual content speech recognized from the audio;
detecting a name in the monitored content;
comparing the detected name to names in a contact list for a social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting, the social networking system suggesting introductions of new contacts to end users of the social networking system based upon existing relationships of the end users; and
,triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to each of the different participants to the e-meeting in a social networking system to which each of the different participants belong, in response to matching the detected name to a name in the contact list.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for automated social networking for e-meetings. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for automated social networking for e-meetings is provided. The method includes monitoring content provided to an e-meeting managed by an e-meeting server executing in memory of a host computer. The method further includes detecting a name in the monitored content and comparing the detected name to names in a contact list for a social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting. Finally, the method includes triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to different participants to the e-meeting in response to matching the detected name to a name in the contact list.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for automated social networking for e-meetings, the method comprising:
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monitoring content provided by different participants to an e-meeting managed by an e-meeting server executing in memory of a host computer by speech recognizing audio provided to the e-meeting into textual content and monitoring the textual content speech recognized from the audio; detecting a name in the monitored content; comparing the detected name to names in a contact list for a social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting, the social networking system suggesting introductions of new contacts to end users of the social networking system based upon existing relationships of the end users; and
,triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to each of the different participants to the e-meeting in a social networking system to which each of the different participants belong, in response to matching the detected name to a name in the contact list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An e-meeting data processing system configured for automated follow-up for e-meetings, the system comprising:
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an e-meeting server executing in memory of a host computer and managing an e-meeting attended by a plurality of e-meeting participants; and an automated social networking module coupled to the e-meeting server, the module comprising program code enabled to monitor content provided to the e-meeting by different participants by speech recognizing audio provided to the e-meeting into textual content and monitoring the textual content speech recognized from the audio, to detect a name in the monitored content, to compare the detected name to names in a contact list for a social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting, the social networking system suggesting introductions of new contacts to end users of the social networking system based upon existing relationships of the end users, and to trigger generation of a social networking introduction for the name to each of the different participants to the e-meeting in a social networking system to which each of the different participants belong, in response to matching the detected name to a name in the contact list. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product for automated social networking for e-meetings, the computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code for monitoring content provided by different participants to an e-meeting managed by an e-meeting server executing in memory of a host computer by speech recognizing audio provided to the e-meeting into textual content and monitoring the textual content speech recognized from the audio; computer readable program code for detecting a name in the monitored content; computer readable program code for comparing the detected name to names in a contact list for a social networking system executing externally to the e-meeting, the social networking system suggesting introductions of new contacts to end users of the social networking system based upon existing relationships of the end users; and
,computer readable program code for triggering generation of a social networking introduction for the name to each of the different participants to the e-meeting in a social networking system to which each of the different participants belong, in response to matching the detected name to a name in the contact list. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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