US 11,856,145 B2
Systems and methods for creating and managing breakout sessions for a conference session
Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah, Karnataka (IN); Poovarasan Chitravel, Tamil Nadu (IN); Pawan Nagdeve, Bangalore (IN); Gudimetla Baby, Andhra Pradesh (IN); Sambeet Burma, Bangalore (IN); Gyanveer Singh, Bihar (IN); and Cato Yang, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/555,110.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199120 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04L 65/401 (2022.01)
CPC H04M 3/564 (2013.01) [H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 65/4015 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
establishing, by a server, a conference call established between a plurality of devices;
determining a topic of discussion for a potential breakout session, of a plurality of potential breakout sessions, of the conference call;
accessing a topic expertise score for the topic associated with each of the plurality of devices based on a profile associated with each of the plurality of devices;
automatically selecting a subset of devices of the plurality of devices based on the topic expertise scores;
automatically, and without user intervention, invoking a backend process, by the server, to generate a link for the breakout session for the selected subset of devices; and
automatically, by the server, joining the selected subset of devices to the breakout session associated with the topic.