US 8,266,534 B2Granted

Collaborative generation of meeting minutes and agenda confirmation

AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation

InventorsPavel Curtis, Anoop Gupta, Bruce Johnson, Katherine J. Drakos, Paul J. Hough, Mary P. Czerwinski, Richard J. McAniff, Raymond E. Ozzie

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Abstract

Members working on the same project can access similar resources at substantially the same time to facilitate active participation in the project. A meeting associated with the project can be given a unique identifier that can allow the project members to access a meeting or other content and view similar documents or other content as it is discussed in the meeting. As information is edited, modified, created, etc. the members can selectively be presented with the information. A common repository can provide the members with an area or platform in which the project material can be accessed, discussed or other functions performed by the project members, allowing for collaboration of the project details.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

one or more processors;
and
memory, coupled to the one or more processors, to store:
an indicator component that selectively cross-references a meeting to a unique identifier;
a meeting repository that indexes content associated with the meeting based on the unique identifier;
a presentation component that selectively outputs the indexed content to two or more entities, whereby the two or more entities view similar content;
a cross-reference module that associates the meeting with one or more other meetings based on an association between the indexed content of the meeting and related content from the one or more other meetings and enables the two or more entities to identify additional resources associated with the indexed content and the related content;
and
an assignment generation component that:
automatically sends, during the meeting and to a particular one of the two or more entities, a message describing an action item relating to the indexed content when the action item is assigned to that particular entity, wherein the action item is to be completed by a certain date in order to implement one or more sub-components associated with the action item;
tracks the action item for completion, reassignment, and other scheduled actions to maintain implementation of the action item;
determines that the action item is behind schedule or should be reassigned;
and
is configured to modify a due date associated with the action item, reassign the action item to a different entity, and provide an environment in which each of the two or more entities monitors completion of the action item.

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A system having one or more processors and memory coupled to the one or more processors, the system comprising:

means for identifying a meeting based in part on a unique identifier;
means for monitoring content of the meeting;
means for presenting the monitored content to a plurality of users that accessed the meeting based on the unique identifier, the means for presenting further including evaluating the content referenced during the meeting to identify a subject matter of the content and key words or phrases found in the content and, during the meeting, providing the subject matter to the plurality of users and directing the plurality of users to a particular portion of the content based on the identified key words or phrases;
means for selectively modifying the content based on one or more changes made to the content during the meeting;
means for populating a meeting repository with the meeting content;
means for associating the meeting with one or more other meetings based on an association between the meeting content and related content associated with the one or more other meetings, the meeting content and the related content being used to identify additional resources associated with the meeting content and the related content;
means for automatically assigning an action item to a particular one of the plurality of users, the particular user being informed of the action item via a message transmitted to the particular user and the action item is to be completed by a certain date in order to implement one or more sub-components associated with the action item;
means for tracking the action item for completion, reassignment, and other scheduled actions to maintain implementation of the action item;
means for determining that the action item is behind schedule or should be reassigned;
and
means for modifying a due date associated with the action item, reassigning the action item to a different one of the plurality of users, and providing an environment in which each of the plurality of users monitors completion of the action item.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.