Inferred activity based conference enhancement method and system
AssigneeSteelcase Inc.
InventorPaul Noll
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Abstract
A method and system for optimizing conference session activities within a conference space, the system comprising at least a first sensor for sensing session characteristics and a processor receiving the sensed session characteristics and identifying a conference paradigm based on the sensed session characteristics, identifying an action sequence to perform as a function of the conference paradigm and performing the action sequence, wherein the action sequence results in automatic presentation of at least some information to at least a subset of conferees within the conference space.
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A system for optimizing conference session activities within a conference space, the system comprising:
- at least a first sensor within the conference space for sensing content shared by a first conferee within the conference space;
- at least a second sensor for sensing user locations within the conference space;
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- a processor programmed to perform the steps of:
- (i) receiving an indication of the shared content from the at least a first sensor;
- (ii) using information from the second sensor to identify a location of a second conferee within the conference space;
- (iii) identifying at least a first action sequence to perform as a function of the shared content and the location of the second conferee;
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- (iv) performing the at least a first action sequence.
A system for optimizing conference session activities within a conference space, the system comprising:
- at least a first sensor within the conference space for sensing content shared by a first conferee within the conference space;
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- a processor programmed to perform the steps of:
- (i) receiving an indication of the shared content from the at least a first sensor;
- (ii) identifying at least a first characteristic of a second conferee within the conference space;
- (iii) identifying at least a first action sequence to perform as a function of the shared content and the at least a first characteristic of the second conferee;
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- (iv) performing the at least a first action sequence;
- (v) identifying at least a second characteristic of a third conferee within the conference space;
- (vi) identifying at least a second action sequence to perform as a function of the shared content and the at least a second characteristic;
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- (vii) performing the at least a second action sequence.
A system for optimizing conference session activities within a conference space, the system comprising:
- a first common emissive surface located within the conference space for viewing by conferees within the conference space;
- a portable computing device used by a first conferee within the conference space, the first portable computing device including a second emissive surface;
- at least a first sensor within the conference space for sensing content shared by at least a subset of the conferees located within the conference space;
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- a processor programmed to perform the steps of:
- (i) receiving an indication of the shared content from the at least a first sensor;
- (ii) identifying a first subset of content to share via the first emissive surface as a function of the shared content;
- (iii) identifying a second subset of content to share via the second emissive surface as a function of the shared content wherein the second subset of content is different than the first subset of content;
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- (iv) presenting the first and second subsets of content via the first and second emissive surfaces, respectively.
A system for optimizing conference session activities within a conference space, the system comprising:
- a first portable computing device used by a first conferee within the conference space, the first portable computing device including a first emissive surface;
- a second portable computing device used by a second conferee within the conference space, the second portable computing device including a second emissive surface;
- at least a first sensor within the conference space for sensing content shared by at least a subset of the conferees located within the conference space;
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- a processor programmed to perform the steps of:
- (i) receiving an indication of the shared content from the at least a first sensor;
- (ii) identifying a first subset of content to share via the first emissive surface as a function of the shared content;
- (iii) identifying a second subset of content to share via the second emissive surface as a function of the shared content wherein the second subset of content is different than the first subset of content;
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- (iv) presenting the first and second subsets of content via the first and second emissive surfaces, respectively.
A system for optimizing conference session activities within a conference space that includes at least a first common emissive surface for viewing digital content shared during a conference session, the system comprising:
- at least a first sensor for detecting separate conferee voices within the conference space during the conference session;
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- a processor programmed to:
- (i) track, for each conferee in the conference space that speaks during the conference session, a percentage of total voice signal generated within the conference space during at least a most recent portion of the conference session;
- (ii) based on the percentages for each conferee that speaks, identifying one of a plurality of different conference paradigms;
- (ii) identify a first action sequence to perform as a function of the first conference paradigm;
- (iii) automatically performing the first action sequence to generate digital content;
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- (iv) presenting the digital content on the at least a first common emissive surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.