Suggesting user actions during a video conference

A system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• a communications interface;
• a microphone;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium and the communications interface, the processor configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to cause the processor to:
• execute video conference software to participate in a video conference having a plurality of participants;
• receive and passively monitor, by the video conference software, audio received by the microphone during the video conference, the audio comprising spoken words by a user of the video conference software;
• recognize, by the video conference software, one or more words from the spoken words based on the passive monitoring;
• identify one or more keywords based on the one or more recognized words;
• access a set of rules comprising one or more rules, each rule of the one or more rules associated with an application of a set of applications, and at least one rule of the one or more rules associated with a functionality of a respective application;
• determine a context associated with the one or more keywords;
• determine an application to execute based on the one or more keywords, the context, and the one or more rules, wherein determining the application comprises determining a functionality of the application to invoke;
• and
• in response to receipt of a user confirmation of the functionality of the application to invoke, execute the application and invoke the functionality.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor to:

• execute video conference software on a client computing device to participate in a video conference having a plurality of participants;
• receive and passively monitor, by the video conference software, audio received by a microphone of the client computing device during the video conference, the audio comprising spoken words by a user of the video conference software;
• recognize, by the video conference software, one or more words from the spoken words based on the passive monitoring;
• identify one or more keywords based on the one or more recognized words;
• access a set of rules comprising one or more rules, each rule of the one or more rules associated with an application of a set of applications, and at least one rule of the one or more rules associated with a functionality of a respective application;
• determine a context associated with the one or more keywords;
• determine an application to execute based on the one or more keywords, the context, and the one or more rules, wherein determining the application comprises determining a functionality of the application to invoke;
• and
• in response to receipt of a user confirmation of the functionality of the application to invoke, execute the application and invoke the functionality.