Providing real-time audience awareness to speaker

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10778353-B2
Application number	US-201916256241-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2019
Priority date	Jan 24, 2019
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

Providing real-time awareness of an audience to a presenter during the presentation. In response to presenting a presentation to an audience, information is automatically collected about the audience from sensors positioned amongst the audience. The collected information about the audience is analyzed and, during the presentation, recommendations are made to the presenter for improving the presentation based on the collected information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing real-time awareness to a presenter, the method comprising:
presenting a presentation to a plurality of members of an audience;
in response to presenting the presentation, collecting information about the audience from at least one sensor amongst the audience;
analyzing at least a portion of the information collected about the audience; and
during the presentation, making at least one automatically generated recommendation to the presenter for improving the presentation based on the collected information.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein collecting information about the audience from at least one sensor amongst the audience comprises collecting unsolicited information about the audience from at least one sensor amongst the audience.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein collecting information about the audience from at least one sensor amongst the audience comprises collecting information about the audience without the presenter making a request to collect information.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein collecting information about the audience from at least one sensor amongst the audience comprises automatically detecting information about the audience.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein collecting information about the audience from at least one sensor amongst the audience comprises automatically detecting information about an environment where the presentation is being made.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein collecting information about the audience from at least one sensor amongst the audience comprises automatically detecting information about the audience wherein the audience is remote from the presenter.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein collecting information about the audience from at least one sensor amongst the audience comprises automatically detecting an audience profile, wherein the audience profile comprises a profile of at least one member of the audience, a reaction or behavior from at least one member of the audience, and a presentation context wherein the presentation context comprises at least one of: a time of day, a size of a room where the audience is, and a temperature of the room where the audience is.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein making at least one recommendation to the presenter for improving the presentation based on the collected information comprises an alert of at least one of the following:
slow down,
pause,
provide a verbal description,
speak up,
engage the audience, and
repeat a question.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein making at least one recommendation to the presenter for improving the presentation based on the collected information comprises providing an identification of an expert from the audience in an area related to the presentation.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein collecting information about the audience from at least one sensor amongst the audience comprises collecting audience statistics, wherein the audience statistics comprise a total number of members of the audience, accessibility needs in a room receiving the presentation, and descriptions of professions or areas of expertise of members of the audience.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising the presenter adjusting the presentation based on the at least one recommendation.

12. A system for providing real-time awareness to a presenter, the system comprising:
a processor coupled to a memory unit, wherein the processor is configured to execute program instructions comprising:
presenting a presentation to a plurality of members of an audience;
in response to presenting the presentation, collecting information about the audience from a plurality of sensors positioned amongst the audience;
analyzing at least a portion of the information collected about the audience;
during the presentation, making at least one automatically generated recommendation to the presenter for improving the presentation based on the collected information; and
adjusting, via the presenter, the presentation based on the at least one recommendation.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the information collected from the audience is automatically collected and is unsolicited by the presenter.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein the audience is remote from the presenter.

15. The system of claim 12 further comprising a dashboard, wherein the dashboard displays an audience profile, wherein the audience profile comprises individual profiles of a plurality of the members of the audience, a reaction or behavior from at least one member of the audience, and a presentation context, wherein the presentation context comprises a time of day, a size of a room where the audience is, and a temperature of the room where the audience is.

16. The system of claim 12 further comprising a dashboard, wherein the dashboard displays alerts to slow down, pause, speak up and repeat a question.

17. The system of claim 12 further comprising a dashboard, wherein the dashboard displays audience statistics, wherein the audience statistics comprise a total number of members of the audience, accessibility needs in a room receiving the presentation, and descriptions of professions or areas of expertise of members of the audience.

18. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer processor to cause the computer processor to perform a method for providing real-time awareness to a presenter, comprising:
presenting a presentation to a plurality of members of an audience;
in response to presenting the presentation, collecting information about the audience from at least one sensor amongst the audience;
analyzing at least a portion of the information collected about the audience;
during the presentation, making at least one automatically generated recommendation to the presenter for improving the presentation based on the collected information; and
adjusting the presentation based on the at least one recommendation.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 wherein collecting information about the audience from at least one sensor amongst the audience comprises automatically detecting an audience profile, wherein the audience profile comprises a profile of at least one member of the audience, a reaction or behavior from at least one member of the audience, and a presentation context wherein the presentation context comprises a time of day, a size of a room where the audience is, and a temperature of the room where the audience is, and wherein collecting information about the audience from at least one sensor amongst the audience further comprises collecting a total number of members of the audience, accessibility needs in a room receiving the presentation, and descriptions of professions or areas of expertise of members of the audience.

20. The computer program product of claim 18 wherein making at least one recommendation to the presenter for improving the presentation based on the collected information comprising a dashboard displaying alerts to slow down, pause, speak up and repeat a question.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Agrawal Bhavna
• Mahindru Ruchi
• Murthy Karin
• Trewin Sharon M

Classifications

• G06Q50/205 Primary

  Education administration or guidance · CPC title

• H04H60/33 Primary

  Arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions · CPC title

• G10L15/005

  Language recognition · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F9/453

  Help systems · CPC title