Meeting launcher

• US 10,628,800 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2014
• Issued: 04/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sugarcrm Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Sugarcrm Incorporated
• Inventors: Moran, Wes
• Primary Examiner(s): Mansfield, Thomas L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Holzmacher, Derick J
• Application Number:
  US14/525,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20160117645A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,002 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment

Abstract

Embodiments of the present provide a method, system and computer program product for the automated launching of an e-meeting. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for meeting invite management includes creating in a C&S system an event from an e-mail invite to attend an e-meeting. Subsequently, the invite is parsed to extract into memory a hyperlink to the e-meeting, a user identifier and password. Thereafter, macro logic is generated that is programmed to access the e-meeting at the hyperlink and to authenticate into the e-meeting utilizing the user identifier and password. Finally, the macro logic is associated with a user interface control and the user interface control is embedded into the created event in the C&S system.

Claims

1. A method for meeting invite management comprising:

creating in a calendaring and scheduling (C&

S) system an event proposed by an e-mail invite that has been embedded as content in an e-mail message to attend an e-meeting, the event not yet having been scheduled in the C&

S system;

parsing the e-mail invite and content of the e-mail message to extract into memory an audio telephone number, a hyperlink to the e-meeting, a user identifier and password;

generating macro logic programmed to direct a phone dialer to dial the audio telephone number and log the dialing by the phone dialer, macro logic programmed to access the e-meeting at the hyperlink and to authenticate into the e-meeting utilizing the user identifier and password, macro logic programmed to activate a video camera for use in the e-meeting and macro logic programmed to direct recording of the meeting;

associating the macro logic with a first user interface control to access and authenticate into the e-meeting, activate the video camera for use in the e-meeting and direct recording of the meeting and a second user interface control to direct the phone dialer to dial the audio telephone number, log the dialing by the phone dialer and direct recording of the meeting;

embedding the first and second user interface control into the created event in the C&

S system so that the control is part of the created event; and

,

responsive to a selection of the first user interface control within the created event, executing the macro logic to cause a Web browser to access and authenticate into the e-meeting and cause the C&

S system to activate the video camera for use in the e-meeting and record the e-meeting and responsive to a selection of the second user interface control within the created event, executing the macro logic to direct the phone dialer to dial the audio telephone number, log the dialing by the phone dialer and cause the C&

S system to record the e-meeting.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second user interface control is a button.

3. An e-meeting data processing system configured for automated launching of an e-meeting, the system comprising:

a host computing system comprising one or more computers each with memory and at least one processor;

a calendaring and scheduling (C&

S) data processing system executing in the memory of the host computing system and being coupled to a mail server; and

,

a meeting launcher module coupled to the C&

S data processing system and executing in the memory of the host computing system the module comprising program code configured upon execution in the memory of the host computing system to respond to the creation in the C&

S system of an event proposed by an e-mail invite that has been embedded as content in an e-mail message to attend an e-meeting as received in the mail server, the event not yet having been scheduled in the C&

S system, by parsing the e-mail invite and content of the e-mail message to extract an audio telephone number, a hyperlink to the e-meeting, a user identifier and password, by generating macro logic programmed to direct a phone dialer to dial the audio telephone number, direct recording of the meeting and log the dialing by the phone dialer, macro logic programmed to access the e-meeting at the hyperlink and to authenticate into the e-meeting utilizing the user identifier and password, macro logic programmed to activate a video camera for use in the e-meeting and macro logic programmed to direct recording of the meeting, by associating the macro logic with a first user interface control to access and authenticate into the e-meeting, activate the video camera for use in the e-meeting and direct recording of the meeting and a second user interface control to direct the phone dialer to dial the audio telephone number, log the dialing by the phone dialer and direct recording of the meeting such that a selection of the user interface control triggers execution of the macro logic, and by embedding the first and second user interface control into the created event in the C&

S system so that the control is part of the created event.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the first and second user interface control is a button.

5. A computer program product for meeting invite management, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to perform a method comprising:

creating in a calendaring and scheduling (C&

S) system an event proposed by an e-mail invite that has been embedded as content in an e-mail message to attend an e-meeting, the event not yet having been scheduled in the C&

S system;

parsing the e-mail invite and content of the e-mail message to extract into memory an audio telephone number, a hyperlink to the e-meeting, a user identifier and password;

generating macro logic programmed to direct a phone dialer to dial the audio telephone number and log the dialing by the phone dialer, macro logic programmed to access the e-meeting at the hyperlink and to authenticate into the e-meeting utilizing the user identifier and password, macro logic programmed to activate a video camera for use in the e-meeting and macro logic programmed to direct recording of the meeting;

associating the macro logic with a first user interface control to access and authenticate into the e-meeting, activate the video camera for use in the e-meeting and direct recording of the meeting and a second user interface control to direct the phone dialer to dial the audio telephone number, log the dialing by the phone dialer and direct recording of the meeting;

embedding the first and second user interface control into the created event in the C&

S system so that the control is part of the created event; and

,

responsive to a selection of the first user interface control within the created event, executing the macro logic to cause a Web browser to access and authenticate into the e-meeting and cause the C&

S system to activate the video camera for use in the e-meeting and record the e-meeting and responsive to a selection of the second user interface control within the created event, executing the macro logic to direct the phone dialer to dial the audio telephone number, log the dialing by the phone dialer and cause the C&

S system to record the e-meeting.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the first and second user interface control is a button.