Resolving remote meeting conflicts using learned attributes and context information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11928649-B2
Application number	US-202016994721-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 17, 2020
Priority date	Aug 17, 2020
Publication date	Mar 12, 2024
Grant date	Mar 12, 2024

Abstract

Embodiments of systems and methods for resolving remote meeting conflicts using learned attributes and context information are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: determine, based upon context information collected by the IHS, that a user of the IHS is more likely to attend a first remote meeting than a second remote meeting, where the first and second remote meetings are scheduled to take place, at least in part, concurrently; and in response to the determination, apply one or more settings to the IHS that are associated with the first remote meeting.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
a processor;
a sensor hub collecting context information from a plurality of sensors coupled to the sensor hub;
an embedded controller coupled to the sensor hub via an out-of-band signaling pathway; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the embedded controller, cause the embedded controller to:
determine, based upon context information collected by at least one of the plurality of sensors that are coupled to the sensor hub, that a user of the IHS is more likely to attend a first scheduled remote meeting than a second scheduled remote meeting, wherein the first and second scheduled remote meetings are, prior to the determination, scheduled to take place, at least in part, concurrently, and wherein the embedded controller retrieves the context information from the sensor hub via the out-of-band signaling pathway;
in response to the determination, prompt the user on a graphical user interface (GUI) in anticipation of the first scheduled remote meeting; and
in response to the user accepting the prompt on the GUI, modify a power consumption setting to the IHS that is associated with the first scheduled remote meeting.

2. The IHS of claim 1 , wherein the context information comprises at least one of: an identity of the user, a previous attendance to the first or second meetings, a role of the user in the first or second meeting, a user's participation rate, a time-of-day, a calendar event, or an application under execution.

3. The IHS of claim 1 , wherein the context information is collected at least in part via one or more hardware sensors coupled to the IHS, and wherein the context information comprises at least one of: a user's proximity to the IHS, a user's gaze direction, a location of the IHS, a network connection, a power usage, a peripheral device coupled to the IHS, or an IHS posture.

4. The IHS of claim 1 , wherein to determine that the user of the IHS is more likely to attend the first scheduled remote meeting than the second scheduled remote meeting, the program instructions, upon execution, further cause the IHS to:
transmit the context information to a remote server configured to make the determination using machine learning (ML); and
receive an identification of the one or more power consumption settings from the remote server.

5. The IHS of claim 1 , wherein in addition to applying a power consumption setting, the program instructions, upon execution, further cause the IHS to perform at least one of: load an application, close an application, load a data file, download a data file from a remote server, distribute a data file to another participant of the remote meeting, modify an audio setting of the IHS, and modify a display setting of the IHS.

6. The IHS of claim 1 , wherein the power consumption setting is applied prior to a start time of the first scheduled remote meeting.

7. The IHS of claim 1 , wherein the program instructions, upon execution, further cause the IHS to, prior to applying the power consumption setting, prompt the user in anticipation of the first scheduled remote meeting, and wherein the application of the power consumption setting occurs in response to the user accepting the prompt.

8. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein at least one of: (a) in response to a confidence level of the determination having a first value, the prompt identifies a first number of power consumption settings, (b) in response to a confidence level of the determination having a second value greater than the first value, the prompt identifies a second number of power consumption settings smaller than the first number; and (c) in response to a confidence level of the determination having a third value greater than the second value, the prompt: (i) identifies a third number of power consumption settings smaller than the second number or (ii) does not identify any of the one or more power consumption settings.

9. A memory storage device having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by one or more processors of an Information Handling System (IHS), cause the IHS to:
collect, by a sensor hub installed in the IHS, context information from a plurality of sensors coupled to the sensor hub;
determine, based upon context information collected by at least one of the plurality of sensors that are coupled to the sensor hub, that a user of the IHS is more likely to attend a first scheduled remote meeting than a second scheduled remote meeting, wherein the first and second scheduled remote meetings are, prior to the determination, scheduled to take place, at least in part, concurrently, wherein the context information is retrieved from the sensor hub by an embedded controller of the IHS via an out-of-band signaling pathway between the embedded controller and the sensor hub;
in response to the determination, prompt the user on a graphical user interface (GUI) in anticipation of the first scheduled remote meeting; and in response to the user accepting the prompt on the GUI, modify a power consumption setting to the IHS that is associated with the first scheduled remote meeting.

10. The memory storage device of claim 9 , wherein at least one of: (a) in response to a confidence level of the determination having a first value, the prompt identifies a first number of power consumption settings, or (b) in response to a confidence level of the determination having a second value greater than the first value, the prompt identifies a second number of power consumption settings smaller than the first number.

11. The memory storage device of claim 9 , wherein the context information comprises at least one of: an identity of the user, a previous attendance to the first or second scheduled remote meetings, a role of the user in the first or second scheduled remote meeting, a user's participation rate, a time-of-day, a calendar event, or an application under execution.

12. The memory storage device of claim 9 , wherein the context information is collected at least in part via one or more hardware sensors coupled to the IHS, and wherein the context information comprises at least one of: a user's proximity to the IHS, a user's gaze direction, a location of the IHS, a network connection, a power usage, a peripheral device coupled to the IHS, or an IHS posture.

13. The memory storage device of claim 9 , wherein to determine that the user of the IHS is more likely to attend the first scheduled remote meeting than the second scheduled remote meeting, the program instructions, upon execution, further cause the IHS to:
transmit the context information to a remote server configured to make the determination using machine learning (ML); and
receive an identification of the one or more power consumption settings from the remote server.

14. The memory storage device of claim 9 , wherein in addition to applying a power consumption setting, the program instructions, upon execution, further cause the IHS to perform at least one of: load an application, close an application, load a data file, download a data file from a remote server, distribute a data file to another participant, modify an audio setting of the IHS, and modify a display setting of the IHS.

15. A method, comprising: collecting, by a sensor hub instated in an IHS, context information from a plurality of sensors coupled to the sensor hub;
determining, based upon context information collected by at least one of the plurality of sensors that are coupled to the sensor hub of the Information Handling System (IHS), that a user of the

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Gatson Michael S
• Iyer Vivek Viswanathan

Classifications

• G06Q10/1093 Primary

  Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups · CPC title

• G06Q10/1095 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F9/4451

  User profiles; Roaming · CPC title

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title

• G06Q10/1091 Primary

  Recording time for administrative or management purposes · CPC title