Meeting room device cache clearing

• US 9,883,003 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2015
• Issued: 01/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Stott, Nathaniel Whitford, Scott, Thaddeus Adam, Bradley, John Cole, Roberts, Chad Michael, Potvin, Brianna Kelly, Sheehan, John Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Scott, Randy
• Application Number:
  US14/642,482
• Publication Number:
  US 20160269503A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,058 Days
• Field of Search: 709204, 709205, 709206, 709227, 709231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4025 where none of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. downloading a file in a parallel FTP session, initiating an email or combinational services
• 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 67/5682 Policies or rules for updating, deleting or replacing the stored data

Abstract

Meeting software on a meeting room device enables a meeting to be conducted. The meeting room device detects that a meeting has been terminated and, responsive to detecting that the meeting has been terminated, automatically deletes data associated with the meeting from multiple different locations.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

detecting, using a meeting room device, that a meeting has been terminated;

responsive to detecting that the meeting has been terminated, automatically deleting data associated with the meeting from multiple different locations;

the automatically deleting comprising;

accessing application data associated with applications that were used during the meeting from a first one of the multiple different locations, and deleting the application data from the first location;

accessing, from a second one of the multiple different locations, data associated with the meeting, and deleting the data associated with the meeting from the second location, the second location comprising a directory location;

accessing, from a third one of the multiple different locations, user credentials that were utilized by one or more meeting participants to obtain access to files and data during the meeting, and deleting credential information associated with the user credentials from the third location; and

accessing, from a fourth one of the multiple different locations, content that was copied to a clipboard during the meeting as a result of a copy and paste operation, and deleting the content that was copied to the clipboard during the meeting as a result of a copy and paste operation from the fourth location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said detecting is performed by receiving input provided by a user that indicates that a meeting has been terminated.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said detecting is performed by observing, from environmental factors associated with the meeting room in which the meeting is being conducted, that a meeting has been terminated.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said observing is performed by using one or more cameras to capture individuals leaving the meeting room.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein an individual application cleanup component is configured to delete the application data associated with applications that were used during the meeting.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein an individual directory cleanup component is configured to delete data associated with the meeting from the one or more directory locations.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein an individual credential cleanup component is configured to delete the credential information associated with user credentials.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein an individual clipboard cleanup component is configured to delete the content that was copied and pasted during the meeting.

9. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more computer readable storage media;

meeting software embodied on the one or more computer readable media and executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

detecting, using a meeting room device, that a meeting has been terminated; and

responsive to detecting that the meeting has been terminated, automatically deleting data associated with the meeting from multiple different locations, the automatically deleting comprising;

deleting, from one of the multiple different locations, application data associated with applications that were used during the meeting;

deleting, from one of the multiple different locations, data associated with the meeting stored in one or more directory locations;

accessing user credentials that were utilized by one or more meeting participants to obtain access to files and data during the meeting, and deleting, from one of the multiple different locations, credential information associated with the user credentials; and

accessing a clipboard and deleting, from one of the multiple different locations, content that was copied to the clipboard during the meeting.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein said detecting is performed by receiving input provided by a user that indicates that a meeting has been terminated.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein said detecting is performed by observing, from environmental factors associated with the meeting room in which the meeting is being conducted, that a meeting has been terminated.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said observing is performed by using one or more cameras to capture individuals leaving the meeting room.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the meeting software comprises an individual application cleanup component configured to delete the application data associated with applications that were used during the meeting.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the meeting software comprises an individual directory cleanup component configured to delete data associated with the meeting from the one or more directory locations.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the meeting software comprises an individual credential cleanup component configured to delete the credential information associated with user credentials.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the meeting software comprises an individual clipboard cleanup component configured to delete the content that was copied to the clipboard during the meeting.

17. A meeting room device comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more computer readable storage media embodying;

a cleanup service including a cleanup component that oversees an automatic deletion process at the conclusion of a meeting; and

multiple other cleanup components each of which are configured to permanently delete meeting information in different respective locations at the conclusion of the meeting, the multiple other cleanup components comprising;

an application cleanup component to delete, from one of the different respective locations, application data associated with applications that were utilized during the meeting;

a directory cleanup component to delete, from one of the different respective locations, data in the directory corresponding to information that is utilized during the meeting;

a credential cleanup component to access user credentials that were utilized by one or more meeting participants to obtain access to files and data during the meeting, and delete, from one of the different respective locations, credential data corresponding to the user credentials that were utilized during the meeting; and

a clipboard cleanup component to access a clipboard and delete, from one of the different respective locations, content that was copied to the clipboard during the meeting as a result of a copy and paste operation.

18. The meeting room device of claim 17, wherein the multiple other cleanup components comprises at least the application cleanup component and the directory cleanup component.

19. The meeting room device of claim 17, wherein the multiple other cleanup components comprise at least the directory cleanup component and the credential cleanup component.

20. The meeting room device of claim 17, wherein the multiple other cleanup components comprise at least the application cleanup component and the credential cleanup component.