US 2016/0105566 A1 · CONFERENCE CALL QUESTION MANAGER

Abstract

Questions are received for a conference call. The questions are submitted electronically, such as by email or Instant Messaging (IM). The questions can be submitted before and/or during the conference call. The questions are clustered into one or more similar categories. The clustered questions are sent to participants of a conference. For example, the questions can be sent to a presenter of the conference call as an agenda to follow for a question and answer section of the conference call. Likewise, the questions may also be sent to the conference participants as an agenda of the question and answer section of the conference call. The presenter can discuss the questions with the conference participants based on the categorization of the submitted questions.

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Dependent claims

A communication system for managing a conference call comprising:

a conference manager configured to receive a plurality of questions for the conference call, wherein the plurality of questions are electronically submitted;
a clustering module configured to cluster the plurality of questions into one or more categories for the conference call;
and
a presentation module configured to generate a presentation of the clustered questions in the one or more categories such that the presentation can be sent to one or more of a plurality of conference participants in the conference call.

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A non-transient computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions that cause a processor to execute a method, the method comprising:

instructions to receive a plurality of questions for the conference call, wherein the plurality of questions are electronically submitted;
instructions to cluster the plurality of questions into one or more categories for the conference call;
and
instructions to generate a presentation of the clustered questions in the one or more categories such that the presentation can be sent to one or more of a plurality of conference participants in the conference call.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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