Tracking participation in a shared media session
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsLorraine M. Herger, Neal M. Keller, Matthew A. McCarthy, Clifford A. Pickover
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Abstract
A method for tracking user participation in a shared media session. A shared media session is connected to, where the shared media session includes a plurality of participants. A first identity is determined for a first participant with a first confidence level. The first participant is identified as the first identity if the first confidence level is above a first threshold. An amount of participation is tracked for the first identity. The amount of participation by the first identity is displayed on an electronic calendar for the shared media session to the plurality of participants.
Claims9
A method for tracking participation in a shared media session, the method comprising:
- converting speech waveforms into voice samples;
- storing the voice samples in a database;
- accessing an attendee list, in an electronic calendar, for the shared media session;
- connecting to a shared media session, the shared media session including a plurality of participants;
- monitoring voices of the participants during the shared media session;
- comparing the monitored voices to only the voice samples stored in the database of attendees listed in the attendee list;
- determining, by a computer processor, a first identity for a first participant based on the monitored voices compared with the voice samples of attendees listed in the attendee list, the first identity being determined with a first confidence level;
- identifying the first participant as the first identity if the first confidence level is above a first threshold;
- tracking an amount of participation by the first identity;
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- displaying on an electronic calendar for the shared media session the amount of participation by the first identity to the plurality of participants.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.