# US 11,115,226 B2 · Debrief mode for capturing information relevant to meetings processed by a virtual meeting assistant > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,115,226 B2 - Document ID: US11115226B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/884,306 - Filed: 2018-01-30 - Published: 2019-08-01 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2018-01-30 - Assignees: Cisco Technology, Inc. - Applicants: Cisco Technology, Inc. - Inventors: David Abraham Wiener; Omar Tawakol; Tyler Scott - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11115226B2 ## CPC - H04L 12/1818: {Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties} - H04L 12/1831: {Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract In one embodiment, the interactive virtual meeting assistant implements a meeting debrief post-processing operation. For a given meeting that the interactive virtual meeting assistant participated in, a meeting post-processing engine enables one or more participants of the meeting to associate a debrief with the meeting. The debrief may be an audio recording, a video recording, text, or any file. The meeting post-processing engine stores the debrief in data stores and provides access to the debrief via the meeting GUI associated with the meeting. The meeting post-processing engine also processes the debrief to generate tasks to be assigned to participants or other entities and/or schedule reminders to be provided to the participants or other entities. The debrief may be private, such that only the participant who provided the debrief may subsequently access the debrief. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: receiving, by a virtual meeting assistant, a meeting invite from one of a plurality of meeting participants of a meeting; parsing, by the virtual meeting assistant, a plurality of meeting parameters from the meeting invite, the plurality of parameters enabling the virtual meeting assistant to join the meeting; electronically connecting, by the virtual meeting assistant, to a meeting platform based on the plurality of meeting parameters parsed from the meeting invite; determining, via a background process that operates during the meeting and independently identifies when meeting participants leave the meeting, that meeting has concluded; and subsequent to determining that the meeting has concluded, for a first participant of the plurality of participants: determining, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, that a debrief setting associated with the first participant is activated and applicable to the meeting, wherein determining, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, that the debrief setting is activated and applicable to the meeting comprises accessing, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, the debrief setting from a user profile associated with the first participant and stored in a data store, and wherein the debrief setting is activated for a meeting type associated with the meeting in which the first participant is a participant, electronically transmitting, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, a request to the first participant for providing a debrief associated with the meeting, wherein the request comprises a link to an application that enables the first participant to provide the debrief, in response to the request, receiving, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, the debrief associated with the meeting, generating, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, a private association between the debrief and the meeting, the private association limiting access to the debrief only to the first participant, and generating, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, a post meeting task from the debrief. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein electronically transmitting the request comprises transmitting the request to the first participant via a text-based message over a telecommunications network. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the debrief is a recorded audio and/or video message provided by the first participant. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the debrief is a text message provided by the first participant. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising transcribing the debrief for presentation to the first participant. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising evaluating content of the debrief to generate the post meeting task associated with the meeting. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the debrief in conjunction with a debrief view of a meeting graphical user interface associated with the meeting. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the debrief to an external system for presentation to a user within an interface managed by the external system. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute instructions associated with a virtual meeting assistant that performs the steps of: receiving, by the virtual meeting assistant, a meeting invite from one of a plurality of meeting participants of a meeting; parsing, by the virtual meeting assistant, a plurality of meeting parameters from the meeting invite, the plurality of parameters enabling the virtual meeting assistant to join the meeting; electronically connecting, by the virtual meeting assistant, to a meeting platform based on the plurality of meeting parameters parsed from the meeting invite determining, via a background process that operates during the meeting and independently identifies when meeting participants leave the meeting, that the meeting has concluded; and subsequent to determining that the meeting has concluded, for a first participant of the plurality of participants: determining, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, that a debrief setting associated with the first participant is activated and applicable to the meeting, wherein determining that the debrief setting is activated and applicable to the meeting comprises accessing the debrief setting from a user profile associated with the first participant and stored in a data store, and wherein the debrief setting is activated for a meeting type associated with the meeting in which the first participant is a participant, electronically transmitting, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, a request to the first participant for providing a debrief associated with the meeting, in response to the request, receiving, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, the debrief associated with the meeting, generating, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, a private association between the debrief and the meeting, the private association limiting access to the debrief only to the first participant, and generating, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, a post meeting task from the debrief. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein electronically transmitting the request comprises transmitting the request to the first participant via a text-based message over a telecommunications network. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the link enables the application through which the debrief is recorded. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The computer readable medium of claim 9, the steps further comprising transcribing the debrief for presentation to the first participant. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The computer readable medium of claim 9, the steps further comprising evaluating content of the debrief to generate the post meeting task associated with the meeting. ### Claim 14 A computer system, comprising: a memory storing instructions associated with a virtual meeting assistant; and a processor for executing the instructions to perform the steps of: receiving, by the virtual meeting assistant, a meeting invite from one of a plurality of meeting participants of a meeting; parsing, by the virtual meeting assistant, a plurality of meeting parameters from the meeting invite, the plurality of parameters enabling the virtual meeting assistant to join the meeting; electronically connecting, by the virtual meeting assistant, to a meeting platform based on the plurality of meeting parameters parsed from the meeting invite, determining, via a background process that operates during the meeting and independently identifies when meeting participants leave, that the meeting has concluded, and subsequent to determining that the meeting has concluded, for a first participant of the plurality of participants: determining, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, that a debrief setting associated with the first participant is activated and applicable to the meeting, wherein determining that the debrief setting is activated and applicable to the meeting comprises accessing the debrief setting from a user profile associated with the first participant and stored in a data store, and wherein the debrief setting is activated for a meeting type associated with the meeting in which the first participant is a participant, electronically transmitting, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, a request to the first participant for providing a debrief associated with the meeting, wherein the request comprises a link to an application that enables the first participant to provide the debrief, in response to the request, receiving, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, the debrief associated with the meeting, generating, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, a private association between the debrief and the meeting, the private association limiting access to the debrief only to the first participant, and generating, by the interactive virtual meeting assistant, a post meeting task from the debrief. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The computer system of claim 14, wherein the debrief is a recorded audio and/or video message provided by the first participant. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The computer system of claim 14, wherein the debrief is a text message provided by the first participant. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The computer system of claim 14, further comprising transcribing the debrief for presentation to the first participant. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The computer system of claim 14, further comprising evaluating content of the debrief to generate the post meeting task associated with the meeting. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The computer system of claim 14, further comprising presenting the debrief in conjunction with a debrief view of a meeting graphical user interface associated with the meeting. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The computer system of claim 14, further comprising transmitting the debrief to an external system for presentation to a user within an interface managed by the external system.