Automated rule generation and virtual background selection for video communications

A method for providing dynamic virtual backgrounds within a communication platform, comprising:

• establishing a connection to a calendar account of a first user, the calendar account including informational details of prior meetings;
• evaluating the information details about the prior meetings;
• determining, based on evaluating the information details about the prior meetings, that a same virtual background was used as a virtual background during video communications for multiple meetings of the prior meetings;
• identifying common information details in respective information details of the multiple meetings;
• automatically generating at least one virtual background selection rule based on the common informational details of each of the multiple meetings of the prior meetings and in response to the determination that the same virtual background was used as the virtual background during the video communications for the multiple meetings of the prior meetings, wherein the at least one virtual background selection rule is configured to use the same virtual background that was used as the virtual background during the video communications for the multiple meetings;
• storing the at least one virtual background selection rule, wherein the one virtual background selection rule comprises the common information details and the same virtual background;
• determining that information details of a planned meeting matches the common information details;
• and
• in response determining that information details of the planned meeting matches the common information details, using the same virtual background of the at least one virtual background selection rule for display by a first user device during the planned meeting.

Non-transitory computer storage medium that stores executable program instructions that when executed by at least one computing devices, configure the at least one computing devices to perform operations comprising:

• establishing a connection to a calendar account of a first user, the calendar account including informational details of prior meetings;
• evaluating the information details about the prior meetings;
• determining, based on evaluating the information details about the prior meetings, that a same virtual background was used as a virtual background during video communications for multiple meetings of the prior meetings;
• identifying common information details in respective information details of the multiple meetings;
• automatically generating at least one virtual background selection rule based on the common informational details of each of the multiple meetings of the prior meetings and in response to the determination that the same virtual background was used as the virtual background during the video communications for the multiple meetings of the prior meetings, wherein the at least one virtual background selection rule is configured to use the same virtual background that was used as the virtual background during the video communications for the multiple meetings;
• storing the at least one virtual background selection rule, wherein the one virtual background selection rule comprises the common information details and the same virtual background;
• determining that information details of a planned meeting matches the common information details;
• and
• in response determining that information details of the planned meeting matches the common information details, using the same virtual background of the at least one virtual background selection rule for display by a first user device during the planned meeting.