Automatically controlling participant indication request for a virtual meeting

A system for automatically updating a participant indication request in a virtual meeting, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the system to:
• receive an indication of a participant's interest to be a focus of the virtual meeting;
• after receiving the indication, cause display of a graphical indicator associated with the participant's interest;
• after causing display of the graphical indicator, receive meeting data corresponding to the virtual meeting;
• determine, based on the meeting data, a meeting context using a participant indication model, wherein the participant indication model predicts the meeting context with one or more confidence levels based on one or more attributes of the virtual meeting, and wherein the meeting context, determined using the participant indication model, no longer indicates the participant's interest;
• and
• automatically cause, based on the determined meeting context, an update to the display of the graphical indicator, wherein the update includes deactivating a participant indication of the participant.

A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause a computer system to:

• receive an indication of a participant's interest to be a focus of the virtual meeting;
• after receiving the indication, cause display of a graphical indicator associated with the participant's interest;
• after causing display of the graphical indicator, receive meeting data corresponding to the virtual meeting;
• determine, based on the meeting data, a meeting context using a participant indication model, wherein the participant indication model predicts the meeting context with one or more confidence levels based on one or more attributes of the virtual meeting, and wherein the meeting context, determined using the participant indication model, no longer indicates the participant's interest;
• and
• automatically cause, based on the determined meeting context, an update to the display of the graphical indicator, wherein the update includes deactivating a participant indication of the participant.