Automatic image generator using meeting content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12457124-B2
Application number	US-202418601441-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2024
Priority date	Aug 10, 2022
Publication date	Oct 28, 2025
Grant date	Oct 28, 2025

Abstract

Methods and systems disclosed herein describe generating virtual backgrounds for video communications. A virtual background generator may monitor a user's calendar and/or inbox for meetings. The virtual background generator may analyze the context of calendar invites and/or scheduled meetings to generate one or more virtual backgrounds for a video conference. A first background may be displayed for the video conference. Additionally, the virtual background generator may update the virtual background based on an analysis of one or more topics being discussed during the video conference. Based on the analysis of the one or more topics being discussed, the virtual background generator may generate a second virtual background to replace the first virtual background.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device and from a first device associated with a user, permission to access a calendar, associated with the user, to identify one or more meeting invitations;
monitoring, based on receiving permission to access the calendar and via an application programming interface (API), the calendar associated with the user;
identifying, based on monitoring the calendar, a first meeting invitation;
identifying, based on analyzing an attachment to the first meeting invitation, formatting associated with the attachment and one or more criteria contained in the attachment;
generating, based on the one or more criteria and using the formatting associated with the attachment, one or more virtual backgrounds; and
causing, based on receiving a selection of a virtual background of the one or more virtual backgrounds, the virtual background to be overlaid on a background of a video conference associated with a meeting.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the background of the video conference associated with the meeting is a second virtual background.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the attachment associated with the meeting comprises one or more of:
an agenda associated with the meeting;
a presentation associated with the meeting;
a deck of slides associated with the meeting;
an action item list associated with the meeting;
an image; or
a graphic.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the formatting associated with the attachment comprises one or more of:
a set of bullet points;
a date format;
a time format;
a figure format; or
a graphics format.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the one or more virtual backgrounds comprises:
parsing, using natural language processing, the one or more criteria to generate a set of word embeddings;
inputting the set of word embeddings to a machine learning model; and
generating, using the machine learning model and based on the set of word embeddings, the one or more virtual backgrounds.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more virtual backgrounds comprise at least one of a logo, a title associated with the meeting, or a graphic.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
analyzing, using a trained machine learning model, the one or more criteria to identify confidential information in the one or more criteria,
wherein the trained machine learning model is configured to exclude the confidential information when generating the one or more virtual backgrounds.

8. A computing device comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:
receive, from a first device associated with a user, permission to access a calendar, associated with the user, to identify one or more meeting invitations;
monitor, based on receiving permission to access the calendar and via an application programming interface (API), the calendar associated with the user;
identify, based on monitoring the calendar, a first meeting invitation;
identify, based on analyzing an attachment to the first meeting invitation, formatting associated with the attachment and one or more criteria contained in the attachment;
generate, based on the one or more criteria and using the formatting associated with the attachment, one or more virtual backgrounds; and
cause, based on receiving a selection of a virtual background, the virtual background to be overlaid on a background of a video conference associated with a meeting.

9. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the formatting associated with the attachment comprises one or more of:
a set of bullet points;
a date format;
a time format;
a figure format; or
a graphics format.

10. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the attachment associated with the meeting comprises one or more of:
an agenda associated with the meeting;
a presentation associated with the meeting;
a deck of slides associated with the meeting;
an action item list associated with the meeting;
an image; or
a graphic.

11. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the background of the video conference associated with the meeting is a virtual background.

12. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein generating the one or more virtual backgrounds comprises one or more image analysis techniques, wherein the one or more image analysis techniques identify images or graphics contained in the attachment.

13. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more virtual backgrounds indicate each meeting participant's role within a team or project or an indication that a participant of the meeting is external to an organization associated with the meeting.

14. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more virtual backgrounds indicate each meeting participant's role within the meeting.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to:
monitor, via an application programming interface (API), a calendar associated with a user;
identify, based on monitoring the calendar, a first meeting invitation;
identify, based on analyzing an attachment to the first meeting invitation, formatting associated with the attachment and one or more criteria contained in the attachment;
generate, based on the one or more criteria and using the formatting associated with the attachment, one or more virtual backgrounds; and
cause, based on receiving a selection of a virtual background of the one or more virtual backgrounds, the virtual background to be overlaid on a background of a video conference associated with a meeting.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing device to:
receive, from a first device associated with the user, permission to access a calendar associated with the user to identify one or more meeting invitations,
wherein monitoring the calendar is based on receiving permission to access the calendar.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein generating the one or more virtual backgrounds comprises one or more image analysis techniques.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more virtual backgrounds indicate each meeting participant's role within a team or a project.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the background of the video conference associated with the meeting is a real-time background.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the formatting associated with the attachment comprises one or more of:
a set of bullet points;
a date format;
a time format;
a figure format; or
a graphics format.

Assignees

• Capital One Services Llc

Inventors

• Kare Sarvani
• Tran Daniel
• Adcock Lee
• Shyamala Geeta
• Polk Benjamin

Classifications

• G06T11/00 Primary

  Two-dimensional [2D] image generation · CPC title

• H04L12/1827

  Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation · CPC title

• H04L12/18 Primary

  for broadcast or conference {, e.g. multicast} · CPC title