Interactive whiteboard appliances with learning capabilities

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11062271-B2
Application number	US-201715728376-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2017
Priority date	Oct 9, 2017
Publication date	Jul 13, 2021
Grant date	Jul 13, 2021

Abstract

Artificial intelligence is introduced into an electronic meeting context to perform various tasks before, during, and/or after electronic meetings. The artificial intelligence may analyze a wide variety of data such as data pertaining to other electronic meetings, data pertaining to organizations and users, and other general information pertaining to any topic. Capability is also provided to create, manage, and enforce meeting rules templates that specify requirements and constraints for various aspects of electronic meetings. Embodiments include improved approaches for translation and transcription using multiple translation/transcription services. Embodiments also include using sensors in conjunction with interactive whiteboard appliances to perform person detection, person identification, attendance tracking, and improved meeting start. Embodiments further include improvements to the presentation of content on interactive whiteboard appliances, providing meeting services for meeting attendees, agenda extraction, and learning to aid in creating new electronic meetings.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An interactive whiteboard (IWB) appliance comprising:
a display;
one or more processors; and
one or more memories storing instructions which, when processed by the one or more processors, cause the IWB appliance to perform:
retrieving IWB appliance usage information that specifies a plurality of IWB appliance setting values that were used to conduct a plurality of electronic meetings using the IWB appliance;
analyzing the IWB appliance usage information to identify one or more IWB appliance usage patterns, wherein a particular IWB appliance usage pattern, from the one or more IWB appliance usage patterns, includes an IWB appliance hardware setting value that was used to conduct two or more electronic meetings, from the plurality of electronic meetings, using the IWB appliance,
changing a current IWB appliance hardware setting value to the IWB appliance hardware setting value from the particular IWB appliance usage pattern, from the one or more IWB appliance usage patterns, for a new electronic meeting using the IWB appliance, and
the IWB appliance using the IWB appliance hardware setting value from the particular IWB appliance usage pattern, from the one or more IWB appliance usage patterns, to conduct the new electronic meeting.

2. The IWB appliance of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of IWB appliance setting values specifies one or more of meeting information, a meeting service, or a control system setting used for an electronic meeting using the IWB appliance.

3. The IWB appliance of claim 1 , wherein the IWB appliance hardware setting value from the particular IWB appliance usage pattern includes one or more of a display setting value, a camera setting value, a microphone setting value, an operating mode setting value, or an input/output setting value.

4. The IWB appliance of claim 1 , wherein:
the IWB appliance hardware setting value from the particular IWB appliance usage pattern is designated as a default value or a suggested value for the new electronic meeting, and
processing of the instructions further causes the IWB appliance to display, on the display of the IWB appliance, one or more graphical user interface controls that allow a user to accept or reject the default or suggested value for the new electronic meeting.

5. The IWB appliance of claim 1 , wherein processing of the instructions further causes the IWB appliance to collect and store the IWB appliance usage information that specifies a plurality of IWB appliance setting values that were used for two or more electronic meetings that were previously conducted using the IWB appliance.

6. The IWB appliance of claim 1 , wherein the two or more electronic meetings that were previously conducted using the IWB appliance include at least two occurrences of a particular electronic meeting.

7. The IWB appliance of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of more electronic meetings that were previously conducted using the IWB appliance include two or more occurrences of a first electronic meeting that were conducted using the IWB appliance and two or more occurrences of a second electronic meeting that were conducted using the IWB appliance,
the one or more IWB appliance usage patterns include a first IWB appliance usage pattern and a second IWB appliance usage pattern, wherein the first IWB appliance usage pattern includes a first IWB appliance hardware setting value that was used to conduct the two or more occurrences of the first electronic meeting using the IWB appliance and the second IWB appliance usage pattern includes a second IWB appliance hardware setting value that was used to conduct the two or more occurrences of the second electronic meeting using the IWB appliance,
the IWB appliance using the IWB appliance hardware setting value from the particular IWB appliance usage pattern, from the one or more IWB appliance usage patterns, to conduct the new electronic meeting includes:
determining whether the new electronic meeting using the IWB appliance corresponds to the first electronic meeting or the second electronic meeting,
in response to determining that the new electronic meeting using the IWB appliance corresponds to the first electronic meeting, using the first IWB appliance hardware setting value to conduct the new electronic meeting, and
in response to determining that the new electronic meeting using the IWB appliance corresponds to the second electronic meeting, using the second IWB appliance hardware setting value to conduct the new electronic meeting.

8. The IWB appliance of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the IWB appliance usage information to identify one or more IWB appliance usage patterns, wherein a particular IWB appliance usage pattern, from the one or more IWB appliance usage patterns, includes an IWB appliance hardware setting value that was used to conduct two or more electronic meetings from the plurality of electronic meetings using the IWB appliance includes:
transmitting for analysis to a service external to the IWB appliance via one or more communications networks, the IWB appliance usage information that specifies a plurality of IWB appliance setting values that were used to conduct a plurality of electronic meetings using the IWB appliance,
receiving, from the service external to the IWB appliance via one or more communications networks, IWB appliance usage pattern data that specifies the one or more IWB appliance usage patterns.

9. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions which, when processed by one or more processors, cause an IWB appliance to perform:
retrieving IWB appliance usage information that specifies a plurality of IWB appliance setting values that were used to conduct a plurality of electronic meetings using the IWB appliance;
analyzing the IWB appliance usage information to identify one or more IWB appliance usage patterns, wherein a particular IWB appliance usage pattern, from the one or more IWB appliance usage patterns, includes an IWB appliance hardware setting value that was used to conduct two or more electronic meetings, from the plurality of electronic meetings, using the IWB appliance,
changing a current IWB appliance hardware setting value to the IWB appliance hardware setting value from the particular IWB appliance usage pattern, from the one or more IWB appliance usage patterns, for a new electronic meeting using the IWB appliance, and
the IWB appliance using the IWB appliance hardware setting value from the particular IWB appliance usage pattern, from the one or more IWB appliance usage patterns, to conduct the new electronic meeting.

10. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of IWB appliance setting values specifies one or more of meeting information, a meeting service, or a control system setting used for an electronic meeting using the IWB appliance.

11. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9 , the IWB appliance hardware setting value from the particular IWB appliance usage pattern includes one or more of a display setting value, a camera setting value, a microphone setting value, an operating mode setting value, or an input/output setting value.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9 , wherein:
the IWB appliance hardware setting value from the particular IWB appliance usage pattern is designated as a default value or a suggested value for the new electronic meeting, and
processing of the instructions further causes the IWB appliance to display, on the display of the IWB appliance, one or more graphical user interface controls that allow a user to accept or reject the default or

Assignees

• Nelson Steven
• Kitada Hiroshi
• Wong Lana
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nelson Steven
• Kitada Hiroshi
• Wong Lana

Classifications

• G06Q10/1093 Primary

  Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups · CPC title

• H04N7/155

  involving storage of or access to video conference sessions (tracking arrangements for later retrieval of a computer conference content or participants activities H04L12/1831) · CPC title

• G06Q10/101

  Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services · CPC title

• H04M7/0027

  Collaboration services where a computer is used for data transfer and the telephone is used for telephonic communication · CPC title

• H04L12/1831

  Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status · CPC title