US 12,015,653 B1
System and method for effective communication in online collaboration
Snehal Desai, Richardson, TX (US); Stacy Callaway Huggar, San Antonio, TX (US); Noe Alberto Martinez, San Antonio, TX (US); and Kristina Suniga-Cabrera, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/696,573.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/164,089, filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/401 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/4015 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for managing an online meeting, comprising:
one or more hardware processors; and
a non-transitory memory, the non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or hardware processors, causes the one or more hardware processors to perform actions comprising:
monitoring participants during the online meeting; and
adjusting interaction between the participants via user interfaces on respective computing devices of the participants based on the monitoring, wherein adjusting the interaction comprises automatically designating a subset of the participants as a side bar conversation on the user interfaces to indicate the side bar conversation between the subset of the participants during the online meeting and designating a remainder of the participants as a main conversation on the user interfaces to indicate the main conversation between the remainder of the participants on the user interfaces; and
designating a participant in the main conversation as a current speaker based on analysis of imagery indicating certain body movements or positioning of the participant, based on a detected threshold of discernable words spoken by the participant, or a combination thereof; and
altering a queue for the remainder of the participants to speak in the main conversation during the online meeting, wherein positioning within the queue is based on participant preferences, and the participant preferences comprises a personality type or a numerical ranking on a scale of a desired participation level.