US 12,764,255 B1Granted

Systems and methods for simulating meetings in virtual environments

AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)

InventorsAngelica Nichole White, Sean Carl Mitchem, Arthur Quentin Smith, Justin Dax Haslam, Robert Wilson Barner, Stacy Callaway Huggar, Venkateswara Rao Puttagunta

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Abstract

A method includes receiving, via at least one processor, meeting information data associated with a plurality of users, the meeting information data comprising a scheduled meeting time. The method also includes identifying a portion of the plurality of users with one or more meetings at the scheduled meeting time based on the meeting information data. The method also includes retrieving user data associated with each user of the portion of the plurality of users from a database. The method also includes determining one or more groups of the portion of the plurality of users based on the user data. The method also includes generating a virtual conference room for each of the one or more groups. The method also includes connecting a user device associated with each user of the one or more groups to the virtual conference room.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

receiving, via at least one processor, meeting information data associated with a plurality of users, the meeting information data comprising a scheduled meeting time;
identifying, via the at least one processor, a portion of the plurality of users associated with one or more meetings at the scheduled meeting time based on the meeting information data;
retrieving, via the at least one processor, user data associated with each user of the portion of the plurality of users from a database;
determining, via the at least one processor, two or more groups of the portion of the plurality of users based on a similarity between two or more users of the portion of the plurality of users according to the user data;
generating, via the at least one processor, a virtual conference room for each of the two or more groups, wherein the virtual conference room for each of the two or more groups is scheduled to begin at a first time before the scheduled meeting time;
connecting, via the at least one processor, a user device associated with a respective user of each of the two or more groups to a respective virtual conference room;
and
connecting, via the at least one processor, the portion of the plurality of users to one or more additional virtual conference rooms associated with the one or more meetings at a second time that occurs after the first time, wherein the one or more additional conference virtual rooms are initiated at the scheduled meeting time.

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A system, comprising:

one or more client devices;
a user information database;
and
a meeting platform system comprising one or more processors configured to:
receive meeting information data associated with a plurality of users associated with the one or more client devices, the meeting information data comprising a scheduled meeting time;
identify a portion of the plurality of users with one or more meetings at the scheduled meeting time based on the meeting information data;
retrieve user data associated with each user of the portion of the plurality of users from the user information database;
determine two or more groups of the portion of the plurality of users based on a similarity between two or more users of the portion of the plurality of users according to the user data;
generate a virtual conference room for each of the two or more groups, wherein the virtual conference room for each of the two or more groups is scheduled to begin at a first time before the scheduled meeting time;
connect a user device of the one or more client devices associated with a respective user of each of the two or more groups to a respective virtual conference room;
and
connect the portion of the plurality of users to one or more additional virtual conference rooms associated with the one or more meetings at a second time that occurs after the first time, wherein the one or more additional conference virtual rooms are initiated at the scheduled meeting time.

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A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium, comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

receive meeting information data associated with a plurality of users associated with one or more client devices, the meeting information data comprising a scheduled meeting time;
identify a portion of the plurality of users with one or more meetings at the scheduled meeting time based on the meeting information data;
retrieve user data associated with each user of the portion of the plurality of users from a user information database;
determine two or more groups of the portion of the plurality of users based on a similarity between two or more users of the portion of the plurality of users according to the user data;
generate virtual conference room for each of the two or more groups, wherein the virtual conference room for each of the two or more groups is scheduled to begin at a first time before the scheduled meeting time;
connect a user device of the one or more client devices associated with a respective user of each of the two or more groups to a respective virtual conference room;
and
connect the portion of the plurality of users to one or more additional virtual conference rooms associated with the one or more meetings at a second time that occurs after the first time, wherein the one or more additional conference virtual rooms are initiated at the scheduled meeting time.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.