Dynamic character substitution for web conferencing based on sentiment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9685193-B2
Application number	US-201615133733-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 20, 2016
Priority date	Jun 30, 2014
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

Abstract

In an approach to determining a pre-recorded video for use in place of a video feed of a user in a video conference, a computer determines a sentiment of the video conference and determines a first video of one or more pre-recorded videos of a user that corresponds to the sentiment. The computer displays the first video in the video conference.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for determining a pre-recorded video for use in a video conference, the method comprising:
determining, by one or more computer devices, a meeting tone of at least one meeting discussion in the video conference;
determining, by one or more computer devices, a first video of one or more pre-recorded videos of a user that corresponds to the meeting tone at least by determining a video segment from the one or more pre-recorded videos of the user that corresponds to the meeting tone; and
substituting, by one or more computer devices, the first video into the video conference in place of a video feed of the video conference.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by one or more computer devices, a request from the user for the one or more pre-recorded videos of the user for use in the video conference in place of the video feed in the video conference.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more pre-recorded videos of the user include at least one visual representation of an emotional state.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining, by one or more computer devices, the meeting tone further comprises analyzing the at least one meeting discussion in the video conference using at least one of a natural language processing and a sentiment analysis.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining, by one or more computer devices, the first video of the one or more pre-recorded videos of the user that corresponds to the meeting tone further comprises matching the meeting tone with the first video, based, at least in part, on a filename of the first video.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprises:
monitoring, by one or more computer devices, the at least one meeting discussion in the video conference;
determining, by one or more computer devices, whether the meeting tone of the at least one meeting discussion changed; and
responsive to determining the meeting tone of the at least one meeting discussion changed, determining, by one or more computer devices, a second video of the one or more pre-recorded videos that corresponds to the changed meeting tone.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
responsive to determining the meeting tone of the at least one meeting discussion has not changed, determining, by one or more computer devices, at least one additional video that corresponds to the meeting tone;
determining, by one or more computer devices, a rotation for the second video and the at least one additional video; and
substituting, by one or more computer devices, the second video and the at least one additional video into the video conference in place of the video feed in the video conference according to the determined rotation.

8. A computer program product for determining a pre-recorded video for use in a video conference, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer readable storage devices and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage devices, the program instructions executable by a processor, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to determine a sentiment of the video conference;
program instructions to determine a first video of one or more pre-recorded videos of a user that corresponds to the sentiment at least by determining a video segment from the one or more pre-recorded videos of the user that corresponds to the meeting tone; and
program instructions to display the first video in the video conference.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprises program instructions to receive a request from the user for the one or more pre-recorded videos of the user for use in the video conference.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the one or more pre-recorded videos of the user include at least one of a visual representation of an emotional state, a sentiment, or a response by the user.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions to determine the sentiment further comprise program instructions to analyze at least one meeting discussion in the video conference using at least one of a natural language processing and a sentiment analysis.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the program instructions to determine the first video of the one or more pre-recorded videos of the user that corresponds to the sentiment further comprise program instructions to match the sentiment with the first video, based, at least in part, on a filename of the first video.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprises:
program instructions to monitor at least one meeting discussion in the video conference;
program instructions to determine whether the sentiment of the at least one meeting discussion changed; and
responsive to determining the sentiment of the at least one meeting discussion changed, program instructions to determine a second video of the one or more pre-recorded videos that corresponds to the changed sentiment.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprises:
responsive to determining the sentiment of the at least one meeting discussion has not changed, program instructions to determine at least one additional video that corresponds to the sentiment;
program instructions to determine a rotation for the second video and the at least one additional video; and
program instructions to display the second video and the at least one additional video in the video conference according to the determined rotation.

15. A computer system for determining a pre-recorded video for use in a video conference, the computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage devices;
program instructions stored on the computer readable storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to determine a sentiment of the video conference;
program instructions to determine a first video of one or more pre-recorded videos of a user that corresponds to the sentiment at least by determining a video segment from the one or more pre-recorded videos of the user that corresponds to the meeting tone; and
program instructions to display the first video in the video conference.

16. The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the one or more pre-recorded videos of the user include at least one of a visual representation of an emotional state, a sentiment, or a response by the user.

17. The computer system of claim 15 , further comprising:
program instructions to monitor at least one meeting discussion in the video conference;
program instructions to determine whether the sentiment of the at least one meeting discussion changed; and
responsive to determining the sentiment of the at least one meeting discussion changed, program instructions to determine a second video of the one or more pre-recorded videos that corresponds to the changed sentiment.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Cunico Hernan A
• Silva Asima

Classifications

• H04N7/157

  defining a virtual conference space and using avatars or agents (computer conference optimisation or adaptation H04L12/1827) · CPC title

• H04N7/15

  Conference systems · CPC title

• H04N5/77

  between a recording apparatus and a television camera · 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

• G11B27/036 Primary

  Insert-editing · CPC title