Meeting Or Appointment Patents (Class 705/7.19)
  • Patent number: 12218988
    Abstract: A customer relationship management (CRM) platform may use data objects to store data associated with a virtual meeting. The CRM platform may store information about a virtual meeting in a meeting object, and store information about meeting participants in participant objects linked to the meeting object. The CRM platform may also store meeting information, returned from a separate virtual meeting platform that will host the virtual meeting, in the meeting object and the participant objects. Accordingly, the CRM platform can use the meeting object and participant objects to display meeting information in a user interface, allow users to edit meeting details via the CRM platform, and/or allow users to join the virtual meeting via the CRM platform without separately logging in to the virtual meeting platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Angela Opoku-Agyemang, Christine Johnson, Kristina Seymour, Chad A Greer, Amit Gupta, Sujitha Thekkin Kattil Sankaran
  • Patent number: 12217217
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for altering a start time of an event based on indicia of how late event attendees will be for the event that are retrieved from location applications corresponding to each attendee of the attendees. For example, a media guidance application may determine a start time of an event, a location of the event, and attendees of the event. The media guidance application may determine location applications corresponding to the attendees. The media guidance application may query the location applications for arrival times of each attendee. The media guidance application may calculate a plurality of differences between each of the arrival times and the start time of the event. Based on the plurality of differences, the media guidance application may delay the start time of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.
    Inventors: Arun Sreedhara, Charles Dawes, Gyanveer Singh
  • Patent number: 12212611
    Abstract: One example method includes transmitting a message to a first client device indicating a transition to a first sub-meeting of a webinar, the first client device connected to a main meeting of the webinar and associated with a first participant, receiving, from the first client device, a request for access information to join the first sub-meeting; transmitting the access information for the first sub-meeting to the first client device, receiving, from the first client device, a request to join the first sub-meeting, the request based on the access information for the first sub-meeting, and joining the first client device to the first sub-meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Lin Han
  • Patent number: 12182769
    Abstract: Techniques of configuring settings for automatic update of calendar items in an electronic calendar systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a server can receive and store update configuration records indicating that a change to a start date, start time, an end date, an end time, or location of a meeting would render a meeting update actionable. Upon receiving an incoming meeting update, the server can determine whether the incoming meeting update contains a change to one of a start date, start time, an end date, an end time or location. If true, the server can automatically modify, without any input from the recipient, a scheduled meeting appointment in the calendar folder of the recipient according to the received incoming meeting update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jaskaran Singh, Julia Foran Schearer, Jaya Matthew, Dipak Sarjerao Pawar
  • Patent number: 12182393
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including a display control unit configured to display a plurality of lists including a first list and a second list each having list items; and perform display of coupling to the first list a list item of the second list that is a sub-list of the first list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yu Murata
  • Patent number: 12182641
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to systems and techniques for executing a documentation application displaying a graphical user interface having a content-creation field configured to receive textual input. A link-creation window may be generated, which facilitates browsing third-party content without leaving a current application. Using the disclosed interface, a user can generate a selectable graphical object that links to third-party content from within the context of the content-creation field interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: ATLASSIAN PTY LTD., ATLASSIAN US, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan George Katahanas, Abhinav Kishore, Vijay Suresh Sutrave, James Rotanson, Tong Li
  • Patent number: 12159265
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an input data from a host to schedule a meeting. The input data may include invitees to the meeting and a time/date associated with the meeting. A first and a second set of invitees from the invitees are determined. The first set of invitees is identified to start a pre-meeting meeting prior to the meeting scheduled at the time/date. The second set of invitees is identified to start the meeting at the time/date. It is appreciated that the pre-meeting meeting and the meeting are merged into a single meeting at a predetermined threshold of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: RingCentral, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnaud Budkiewicz, David Sipes, Simon Tumansky, Arindam Chakraborty, Yufei Mclaughlin, Martin Arastafar, Vlad Vendrow, Phillip Liu, Dipkin Guglani
  • Patent number: 12136099
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods, systems, and computer-readable media related to a system having a plurality of users, designed to display a user-customized subset of item and/or provider information to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Thermodynamic Design, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Christiansen, Thomas Hampton, Michael Vock, Jacob N. Wohlstadter
  • Patent number: 12125118
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing autonomous chauffeur services. In particular, systems and methods are provided to integrate users' calendars with a ridehail application to provide personal chauffeur-type services. Integrating a ridehail service application with a user's calendar and online schedule enables the ridehail service to act as a personal around-the-clock chauffeur, with an autonomous vehicle appearing when needed and taking the user to their destination with no additional input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Willem Gerrese, Aakanksha Mirdha, Ashley Sams, Swarnakshi Kapil
  • Patent number: 12120159
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a processor programmed to output a shared screen for a meeting at a vehicle display configured to output infotainment settings. The processor is in communication with the vehicle display and a nomadic device. The processor is programmed to parse a calendar associated with the nomadic device for a meeting within a predefined or selected time window or period. The processor is further programmed to identify login information for the meeting, establish a communication link for the meeting based on the identified login information, and output a shared screen for the meeting at the display based on the vehicle being in a predefined state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Nelson, Hussein F. Nasrallah, Thomas E. Apczynski, David Anthony Hatton
  • Patent number: 12095580
    Abstract: A centralized document system integrates online document execution and conferencing. Creation of a conference event is detected. The conference event associated with an electronic signature envelope and a plurality of participants. A plurality of actions to be taken with respect to the electronic signature envelope during a conference corresponding to the conference event are determined. For each of one or more actions of the plurality of actions, a corresponding participant is determined based on metadata of the plurality of participants. An agenda comprising a sequence of the plurality of actions is generated. Each action of the sequence has its assigned corresponding participant. Control permissions during the conference corresponding to the conference event are dynamically driver based on the agenda.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: DocuSign, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Joseph Ramoutar, Billy Travis Williams, David Soh
  • Patent number: 12081601
    Abstract: An example may include receiving one or more data inputs from collaboration by one or more participant devices operated by a number of meeting participants of a meeting, identifying an initial context of the meeting based on the one or more data inputs, querying a databank of previously stored information to identify one or more additional contexts related to the initial context, linking the initial context and the one or more additional contexts by establishing one or more entity relationships, and forwarding the initial context and the one or more additional contexts as entities in a virtual collaboration space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: NCA Holding BV
    Inventors: Daniel Erasmus, David Marvit, Rein Brune, Petrus Pelser, Ian van Wyk, Floris Fok
  • Patent number: 12069064
    Abstract: Various embodiments enable an application on a first device to log into an online meeting in association with a trusted entity, such as a trusted user. Once trust is established between the trusted entity and the meeting domain, such as an enterprise domain, permissions can be assigned to a meeting device, by virtue of the trust relationship with the trusted entity, to enable the meeting device to join the meeting as a participant, thus allowing the meeting device to bypass an initial join process such as a meeting lobby and the like. By virtue of the assigned permissions, the meeting device may take control of the meeting and control the experience for others in the meeting as a meeting organizer or some other permission-centric role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chaim Fried, Anton W. Krantz
  • Patent number: 12045897
    Abstract: A system according to one embodiment includes an enterprise system configured to provide an enterprise-wide integrated solution for pharmaceutical companies including data integration, template-driven communication, and event planning with end-to-end legal compliance and validation, wherein the enterprise-wide integrated solution includes at least a representative portal and a speaker portal, a representative device of a pharmaceutical company representative configured to communicate with the enterprise system to interact with the representative portal, and a speaker device of a key opinion leader configured to communicate with the enterprise system to interaction with the speaker portal, wherein the representative portal includes at least a programs section that allows the representative to plan a program and a speakers section that allows the representative to view profiles of a plurality of healthcare providers identified as key opinion leaders, and the speaker portal allows the key opinion leader to inter
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: HSC Acquisition, LLC
    Inventor: Marlon Pinzon
  • Patent number: 12039500
    Abstract: Implementations provide a calendar application for dynamic scheduling and adjustment of events, such as sequential training events. The calendar application is used to specify events that are to occur within a schedule of events, an order in which the events are to occur, and a duration for each event. The calendar application is also used to specify available time periods in which the events may be scheduled. Based on the specified events and available time periods, the events are scheduled into available time periods to generate a calendar, a schedule of the events that preserves the specified order of events. On detecting a change in the inputs, such as a change in the specified events and/or available time periods, the calendar may be automatically updated (in real time with respect to the change) to accommodate the change, while preserving the order and duration of events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Michael Gardner, David Hicken
  • Patent number: 12020210
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating data visualization in collaborative network systems in tablature are disclosed. The systems and methods may involve maintaining a plurality of boards, each board of the plurality of boards contains multiple items, at least some of the items being associated with an entity and wherein at least some of the items include calendar-related information: accessing a calendar of the entity; performing a lookup across the plurality of boards for the items associated with the entity; performing an analysis of the items associated with the entity to determine whether the items are calendar-related; syncing the calendar-related items associated with the entity with the accessed calendar by rendering on the calendar, graphical indicators linked to the items; receiving a selection of a specific graphical indicator rendered on the calendar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: MONDAY.COM LTD.
    Inventors: Eran Helft, Shani Frankel
  • Patent number: 12014384
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods, systems, and computer-readable media related to a system having a plurality of users, designed to display a user-customized subset of item and/or provider information to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Thermodynamic Design, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Christiansen, Thomas Hampton, Michael Vock, Jacob N. Wohlstadter
  • Patent number: 12002575
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of increasing appointment attendance comprises providing a processor and a non-transitory memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, perform steps comprising obtaining an appointment data structure, comprising an attendee and a corresponding appointment for the attendee, obtaining a set of population data, obtaining a set of appointment data, obtaining a set of external data, obtaining environmental data, inferring, using the population data, the appointment data, the external data, and the environmental data in a machine learning algorithm, a probability that the attendee will attend the appointment, and when the probability of attendance is below a threshold, performing a mitigation step to increase the probability that the attendee will attend the appointment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Kahn, Walter S Mathis
  • Patent number: 11989748
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus, method(s), system(s) and computer program product(s) described herein are directed to a dynamic survey engine the receives survey content and a survey mapping associated with a host user account(s) of a scheduled online webinar. The dynamic survey engine presents at least a portion of the survey content to one or more attendee user accounts. The dynamic survey engine aggregates survey response content received from one or more attendee user accounts. The dynamic survey engine identifies a dynamic survey action based at least in part on a portion of the survey mapping that is related to at least a portion of the aggregated survey response content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepthi Jayarajan, Kathleen Adams
  • Patent number: 11979246
    Abstract: A technique facilitates interaction among meeting participants for a purpose of verifying meeting attendance. The technique includes the operations of: using a programmatic interface to query a data structure to discover first information regarding meetings that a user is scheduled to attend; using the programmatic interface to query the data structure to discover second information regarding participants of a particular meeting; generating a likelihood measure, based on the second information, that specifies a likelihood that the particular meeting will take place; displaying the first information, second information, and a representation of the likelihood measure in a user interface presentation; generating and presenting a graphical control that invites the user to take a computer-implemented action pertaining to the particular meeting; and, in response to activation of the graphical control, performing the computer-implemented action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mamta Debnath Kumar, Madrina Thapa
  • Patent number: 11977469
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for rich logging of simulation results is disclosed. The method includes running a simulation of a physical process, generating a log file entry with a contextual attribute about a state of the simulation, storing the log file entry in a database, receiving a query to the database from a client referencing a contextual attribute, generating a message from the database in response to the query, and sending the message to the client. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, methods and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Ansys, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Daniel Beley, Stephane Garreau
  • Patent number: 11966883
    Abstract: A server determines, during a conference implemented using conferencing software and based on stored data associated with two or more users participating in the conference, that the two or more users are accessing the conferencing software from separate user devices located in separate areas of an office premises. The server determines, by accessing stored conference room scheduling data of the office premises, that a conference room within the office premises is available for use by the two or more users. The server transmits, to each of the separate user devices, a prompt recommending that the two or more users further participate in the conference using a shared device configured to access the conferencing software within the conference room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: John Carl Kennedy, Shane Paul Springer
  • Patent number: 11961623
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of using a computer to support an expert meeting for interpretation of genetic information of a patient by a plurality of medical persons, the method including acquiring a test result of gene panel testing that analyzes genetic information of the patient; and outputting an operation screen that enables schedule setting of the expert meeting, based on meeting time according to the test result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Takahata, Koji Ikeda, Mitsuru Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11928650
    Abstract: A meeting system facilitates spontaneous social encounter between users with a meeting server. The meeting server obtains calendar data, user preferences, and an organization chart associated with each user of a plurality of users. The meeting server selects a first user and a second user for a social encounter based on the calendar data, user preferences, and roles in the organization chart. The meeting server prompts a first user device associated with the first user, and a second user device associated with the second user, for a social encounter. Responsive to obtaining acceptances from the first user and the second user, the meeting server facilitates the social encounter between the first user and the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Kemper Johnston, David C. White, Jr., Magnus Mortensen
  • Patent number: 11923086
    Abstract: Provided herein is a digital care circle platform for electronic communication between a senior and virtual care circle members. The digital care circle platform may include a chatbot and an application associated with the senior, a mobile application associated with the plurality of virtual care circle members, at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device, and one or more servers, sensors, wearables, and transceivers. The at least one processor may be configured to: (i) accept event posts from the senior via the chatbot and application and from each virtual care circle member of the plurality of virtual care circle members via the mobile application, (ii) detect pro-active check-ins from the senior, and (iii) generate, once a pro-active check-in is detected, an electronic communication detailing the pro-active check-in as a pro-active check-in event, and transmit the pro-active check-in event to the virtual care circle members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Stephen Dunstan, Kami LaVallier, Edward P. Matesevac, Mary Kay Mueller, Vallory Clardy, Matthew Morrison, Nirav Patel, Francesco Radicati, Beth Ann Snell, Cara Lawlor Quigley, Caroline Mead, Kelsey Schachter, Brea Dutt, Lindsay Meyer, Leny Santana, Marta Coleman, Christine Pizzo
  • Patent number: 11917386
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing at least one audio activity (e.g., conducting a phone call or playing music or other audio content) in an environment including by determining an estimated location of a user in the environment in response to sound uttered by the user (e.g., a voice command), and controlling the audio activity in response to determining the estimated user location. The environment may have zones which are indicated by a zone map and estimation of the user location may include estimating in which of the zones the user is located. The audio activity may be performed using microphones and loudspeakers which are implemented in or coupled to smart audio devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Carlos Eduardo Medaglia Dyonisio, David Gunawan
  • Patent number: 11917101
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using a registry to assure parties receiving a communication, such as an incoming phone call, that the party sending the communication, such as the caller is, who it appears to be. In some embodiments the registry is a publicly accessible database which stores communication identifiers such as telephone numbers for parties in association with other data including data provided by the parties or others. The other data may include the name of the party associated with the identifier, a cryptographic public key used by the party as part of a public/private key pair, data representing the intent of the party in sending a communication, and parameters set by parties to be satisfied to receive communications or in determining how such communications should be handled. The system may provide the data representing the party's specific intention in that call or other communication to the party receiving the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: YouMail, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander E. Quilici, Michael J. Rudolph
  • Patent number: 11916687
    Abstract: A conference system automatically detects a topic in a discussion between two or more participants in a conference based on a real-time transcription of an audio component of the conference. The conference system determines that the discussion is a side conversation based on a determination that the topic is not related to any discussion points of the conference. The conference system determines which participants are related to the side conversation and schedules a future conference between these participants. The conference system generates one or more discussion points for the future conference based on the topic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Nick Swerdlow
  • Patent number: 11894131
    Abstract: Systems and methods include determining, by an appointment management system, a condition that an appointment to conduct an intraoral scan at an intraoral scanning site has been missed by a user, automatically generating a message to the user indicating that an at-home dental impression kit can be sent to the user based on determining that the appointment has been missed, and transmitting the automatically generated message to a communications device associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SDC U.S. SmilePay SPV
    Inventors: Jordan Katzman, Alex Fenkell, David Katzman, Christopher Yancey, Josh Chapman, Jessica Cicurel
  • Patent number: 11893544
    Abstract: Aspects discussed herein may relate to methods and techniques for automatically generating a test drive schedule for a user based on known inventory, user preferences, demographic information, employee availability, and other factors, as well as detecting conflicts and rescheduling test drives in response to those conflicts. This may allow for easier access to test drives for the consumer, which may promote more test drives and higher resultant sales, as well as allowing for rescheduling in advance of conflicts, which may reduce lost consumers due to test drives that were conflicted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Vishwanath Hiremath, Satish Chikkaveerappa, Ponnazhakan Subramanian
  • Patent number: 11880561
    Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying on an electronic device an identifier and an associated time, date, or time and date, wherein the identifier is a name of an entity that a user is scheduled to visit at the associated time, date, or time and date. Determining, at around the time, date, or time and date, using a location sensor, a location of the electronic device as an entity address. Associating the identifier with the entity address and storing the identifier and associated entity address. Upon receipt of the identifier as an input: retrieving, using the identifier, the entity address, displaying, at the touch-sensitive display, a selectable user interface element corresponding to the entity address, receiving a selection of the selectable user interface element corresponding to the entity address, and in response to receiving the selection, providing the entity address to an application on the electronic device for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Daniel C. Gross
  • Patent number: 11871148
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for artificial intelligence communication assistance for aiding in the audio-visual composition of electronic communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Grammarly, Inc.
    Inventors: Oleksiy Shevchenko, Ayan Mandal, Bradley Jon Hoover, Joel Tetreault, Maksym Lytvyn, Dmytro Lider
  • Patent number: 11816746
    Abstract: A system and method for dynamic dining patty group management that may comprise a software application operating on a user mobile device which facilitates communication with other application users, restaurant devices, and a dining party management server which provides various services for implementing dining party group management. Restaurant devices may include various detection devices that detect the late arrival of a dining party group member, wherein the detection of a late arrival may be communicated with the dining party management server such that the server generates and sends a text-based message to the mobile device of the late arriving dining party member that confirms the mobile device user is a dining party member and allows the user to place a food order via their mobile phone such that the food order arrives at the same time as the rest of the dining party's food orders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: ROCKSPOON, INC
    Inventor: Nagib Georges Mimassi
  • Patent number: 11797948
    Abstract: Method, apparatus and computer program product for facilitating event creation and modification in a group-based communication platform are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Schemers, James McPhail, Lydia Han
  • Patent number: 11797937
    Abstract: A server hosts an application for hiring persons to perform services on a temporary basis. At least one hiring user electronic device and at least one worker user electronic device are placed in communication with the server. The application gathers information to register new worker users and hiring users as well as create new job entries. The application presents a list of matching jobs to a worker user. Once a job is selected, the worker performs the services. The hiring user confirms that the work was performed and the worker user's compensation is calculated and disbursed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Mark Lamoncha
  • Patent number: 11757949
    Abstract: An event registration system includes a user terminal; a storage to store organization information on one or more organizations; and circuitry configured to display, on a display, a particular participation candidate of a particular event identified based on an input from the user terminal, and a particular person based on the particular participation candidate and particular organization information of a particular organization to which the particular participation candidate belongs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiya Koura, Ryo Iwasaki, Masaaki Kagawa, Takuya Imai, Hiromasa Koike, Takuro Mano
  • Patent number: 11757669
    Abstract: Generating an agenda for a meeting includes creating a content repository that includes content corresponding to feedback from previous targeted meetings and/or information corresponding to ongoing discussions between potential attendees of the meeting, automatically creating a prioritized list of discussion topics, and at least one expert providing gestures to a computer screen to create an assessment for the discussion topics, display additional data for the prioritized list of the discussion topics, and/or transfer one or more of the discussion topics of the prioritized list of the discussion topics to either a list of dropped discussion topics or to an ordered list of selected discussion topics. An agenda is automatically generated based on the ordered list of selected discussion topics and on weights assigned to the at least one expert according to relative expertise. An order of agenda items is based in part on the weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Daommo, Inc.
    Inventors: Chuhan Wang, Wentao Zheng, Phil Libin
  • Patent number: 11736912
    Abstract: An electronic notebook system is described comprising a housing, a computing device, wireless interfaces, antennas, sensors, a touch display configured to receive input via a stylus and/or human digit input, the stylus comprising a pressure and/or an inclination sensor, a microphone, camera, the system configured to provide a user condition interface, receive a user selection of a first user condition, provide an interface configured to receive user details, receive audible user details via the microphone, convert the audible user details received via the microphone to text, perform natural language processing to identify text keywords utilizing sentence segmentation, part-of-speech tagging, paraphrase recognition, and/or co-reference resolution, identify a condition based at least in part on the identified one or more keywords, dynamically generate an alert based at least in part on the identified condition, wirelessly transmit the alert to one or more destinations via at least a first wireless interface and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: The Notebook, LLC
    Inventor: Karen Elaine Khaleghi
  • Patent number: 11736308
    Abstract: A device for providing a location-based automatic participation chat room, the device, when a request to open a chat room is received along with service location information from at least one host terminal, creates at least one chat room, and sets a chat room identifier and a recognition code corresponding to each of the at least one chat room, and when at least one guest terminal accesses a location corresponding to the service location information using a pre-set participation means or the recognition code included in the participation means is received, makes the guest terminal participate in the chat room corresponding to the recognition code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Eui-Young Chung, Seong-Lyun Kim, Dae Hyung Cho, Sang Hyup Lee, Gi Lee, Tae Yang Jeong
  • Patent number: 11727361
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing events. A stream of event data for a plurality of events corresponding to an entity is received. A timeline for the plurality of events is generated based on the stream of the event data. A set of event chains is identified based on the timeline, the event data, and a set of policies. A trigger related to an event belonging to an event chain of the set of event chains is detected. A number of effects of the trigger is identified in which the number of effects includes at least one of a number of insights, a number of actions, or a number of opportunities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ADP, INC.
    Inventors: Roberto A. Masiero, Jigesh Saheba, Umakant Saraswat
  • Patent number: 11729009
    Abstract: A system and method and for monitoring an online meeting includes receiving an indication that the online meeting has been started, retrieving meeting metadata associated with the online meeting, meeting content data from the online meeting, and user data associated with one or more meeting invitees; providing at least one of the meeting metadata, meeting content data and the user data to a machine-learning model for detecting a meeting stage for the online meeting in real-time, determining and based on at least one of the detected meeting stage, meeting content data or the user data that a notification about the online meeting should be provided to one of the meeting invitees, generating data for the notification, and providing the data for the notification for display to the meeting invitee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Tomasz Lukasz Religa, Max Wang, Huitian Jiao
  • Patent number: 11715570
    Abstract: Systems and methods to connect care seekers with care providers for caretaking needs are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store seeker profiles for care seekers and/or provider profiles for care providers; present a user interface configured to facilitate generation of individual provider profiles; receive care seeker-defined characteristics of potential care providers; generate new individual provider profiles for individual potential care providers; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Helpr, Inc.
    Inventors: Kasey Mackensie Edwards, Rebecca Meghan Klauber
  • Patent number: 11665213
    Abstract: A meeting host or moderator can control communications among participants in virtual breakout rooms without requiring the host to join a breakout room as a participant. The host can run conferencing software to instantiate a meeting room and breakout rooms associated with the meeting room. The host can control communications in the breakout rooms, such as by transmitting and/or receiving content through one or more channels established by the conferencing software. The host can transmit and/or receive content such as a real time audio stream, a transcription of the audio stream, a screen or window being shared, chat messages, and the like, without joining the breakout room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Nick Swerdlow
  • Patent number: 11663559
    Abstract: A meeting system facilitates spontaneous social encounter between users with a meeting server. The meeting server obtains calendar data and user preferences associated with each user of a plurality of users. The meeting server also prompts a first user device associated with a first user, and a second user device associated with a second user, for a social encounter based on the calendar data and the user preferences. Responsive to obtaining acceptances from the first user and the second user, the meeting server facilitates the social encounter between the first user and the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Kemper Johnston, David C. White, Jr., Magnus Mortensen
  • Patent number: 11657440
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (100) and a method (1000) for generating and presenting on-demand detailing content (120) with communication interface (128) about a product or service (102). The invention facilitates a plurality of first set of users (106) to scan a product or service recognition code (140) and to obtain on-demand detailing content (120) about particular product or service (102) created by second set of users (110) using authoring module (112) and configured the communication user interface (122) to facilitate real-time communication between first set of users (106) and plurality of third set of users (132) over a live video and/or audio call or text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: AxPrism Health Systems Private Limited
    Inventor: Maruthi Viswanathan
  • Patent number: 11659332
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing at least one audio activity (e.g., conducting a phone call or playing music or other audio content) in an environment including by determining an estimated location of a user in the environment in response to sound uttered by the user (e.g., a voice command), and controlling the audio activity in response to determining the estimated user location. The environment may have zones which are indicated by a zone map and estimation of the user location may include estimating in which of the zones the user is located. The audio activity may be performed using microphones and loudspeakers which are implemented in or coupled to smart audio devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Carlos Eduardo Medaglia Dyonisio, David Gunawan
  • Patent number: 11645330
    Abstract: In some examples, a randomization searching engine is described that enables randomized searching and recommendation of authorized user profiles. The randomization searching engine implements a search routine that identifies search results by prioritizing authorized user profiles, bucketizing authorized user profiles, categorizing authorized user profiles results, collating authorized user profiles, and generating a set of search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: C/HCA, Inc.
    Inventors: John William Benton Morrow, Deborah Reiner, Lars Erik Larsen, Jason Draper Wood, Kari Beam, David Webb
  • Patent number: 11636444
    Abstract: A resource reservation system includes a terminal apparatus including first circuitry; and an information processing apparatus including second circuitry. The first circuitry is configured to transmit, to the information processing apparatus, a request for a start of use of a resource, using an identification information of a user of the terminal apparatus. The second circuitry is configured to: in response to receiving the request for the start of use, in a case in which the identification information of the user is included in next reservation information after a time when the request is received and the resource is not reserved for the time when the request is received, advance a start time of a reservation of the next reservation information after the time when the request is received; and permit the start of use of the resource identified by the next reservation information in which the start time is advanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11625456
    Abstract: Provided are a group-based community system and managing method thereof. The group-based system comprises a group management module for creating a group and assigning a plurality of members to the group, and a badge management module for creating a badge related to the group and awarding the badge to a first member of the plurality of members, wherein, by using the badge, a right of the first member for a predetermined function in a community platform in which at least some members of the plurality of members participate is managed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Sang Hyun Shin
  • Patent number: 11601516
    Abstract: Methods and systems provide for dynamically altering notification preferences within a communication platform. The system receives one or more future events and one or more past events associated with a user of a communication platform; a notification associated with a future event; and a user behavioral profile associated with the user. The system determines whether one of the future events coincides with the notification time for the notification. The system then deploys an artificial intelligence (AI) model to analyze the user behavioral profile with respect to the event notifications at the notification time, the one or more past events, and any coinciding future events, and provide, based on the analysis, a prediction score for whether notification preferences associated with the notification should be altered for the user at the notification time. Finally, the system alters the notification preferences if the prediction score meets or exceeds an alteration threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Shane Paul Springer