System and method for dynamic user interface gamification in conference calls

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9710142-B1
Application number	US-201615017309-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Feb 5, 2016
Priority date	Feb 5, 2016
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for dynamically changing a conference graphical user interface is provided. The method includes providing a graphical user interface representative of a conference in an online environment to a plurality of participants in the conference, wherein the graphical user interface includes representations of the plurality of participants, and the representations are based on scores associated with the plurality of participants. The method further includes acquiring data from one or more of the plurality of participants representative of a participation level of a participant of the plurality of participants and updating the score associated with the participant using the acquired data. Moreover, the method includes determining changes to the graphical user interface based on a comparison of the scores associated with the plurality of participants and providing the changes to the graphical user interface to the plurality of participants.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for dynamically changing a conference graphical user interface comprising:
providing a graphical user interface representative of the conference in an online environment to devices associated with a plurality of participants in the conference, wherein the graphical user interface includes representations of the plurality of participants, and the representations are based on scores associated with the plurality of participants;
acquiring data from one or more of the plurality of participants representative of a participation level of a participant of the plurality of participants;
dynamically updating the scores associated with the plurality of participants using the acquired data;
analyzing the acquired data, and trained data from past conferences to correlate patterns of contribution to successful conference outcomes;
determining a first set of changes to the graphical user interface based on a comparison of the scores associated with the plurality of participants and a second set of changes to the graphical user interface, based on the analysis, wherein the second set of changes are configured to steer a pattern of the conference to patterns correlated to successful conference outcomes; and
providing the first set of changes and the second set of changes to the graphical user interface to the plurality of participants.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of changes or the second set of changes to the graphical user interface include instructions capable of directing devices associated with the plurality of participants to update the graphical user interface displayed on the devices.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of changes or the second set of changes to the graphical user interface include adjusting the size of one or more of the representations of the plurality of participants.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of changes or the second set of changes to the graphical user interface include highlighting one or more of the representations of the plurality of participants.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of changes or the second set of changes to the graphical user interface include a visual representation of an action of one or more of the plurality of participants.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of changes or the second set of changes to the graphical user interface include a visual representation of an achievement of one or more of the plurality of participants.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of changes or the second set of changes to the graphical user interface include a visual representation of the scores associated with the plurality of participants.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of changes or the second set of changes to the graphical user interface include providing metrics associated with the conference.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the acquired data includes biometric data.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the acquired data includes explicit feedback from the one or more of the plurality of participants in the conference.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the scores associated with the plurality of participants are based on scores from at least one prior conference.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the scores associated with the plurality of participants are based on data sources external to the conference.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
analyzing the scores associated with the plurality of participants and acquired data;
recommending conference participants based on the analysis.

14. The computer implemented method of claim 13 , wherein the analysis is further based on contextual information associated with the plurality of participants.

15. A conference server for dynamically changing a conference graphical user interface comprising:
at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory stores instructions that are executed by the at least one processor to:
provide, by a user interface server, a graphical user interface representative of the conference in an online environment to a plurality of devices, each device being associated with a participant of a plurality of participants in the conference, wherein the graphical user interface includes representations of the plurality of participants, and the representations are based on scores associated with the plurality of participants;
acquire, by a scoring module, data representative of a participation level of a participant of the plurality of participants from one or more of the plurality of the participant-associated user devices, wherein the scoring module dynamically updates the score associated with the participant using the acquired data, and wherein the user interface server determines a first set of changes to the graphical user interface based on a comparison of the scores associated with the plurality of participants and provides the first set of changes to the graphical user interfaces to the plurality of participant-associated user devices;
analyze, by an analysis module, the conference using the acquired data and trained data from past conferences to correlate patterns of contribution to successful conference outcomes; and
provide, by the user interface server, a second set of changes to the graphical user interface, based on the analysis, to steer a pattern of the conference to patterns correlated to successful conference outcomes.

16. The conference server of claim 15 further comprising:
analyze, using an analysis module, the scores associated with the plurality of participants and acquired data; and
recommend, by a recommendation engine, conference participants based on the analysis.

17. The conference server of claim 16 , wherein the analysis is further based on contextual information associated with the participants.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for dynamically changing a conference graphical user interface, the method comprising:
providing a graphical user interface representative of the conference in an online environment to devices associated with a plurality of participants in the conference, wherein the graphical user interface includes representations of the plurality of participants, and the representations are based on scores associated with the plurality of participants;
acquiring data from one or more of the plurality of participants representative of a participation level of a participant of the plurality of participants;
dynamically updating the scores associated with the plurality of participants using the acquired data;
analyzing the acquired data, and trained data from past conferences to correlate patterns of contribution to successful conference outcomes;
determining a first set of changes to the graphical user interface based on a comparison of the scores associated with the plurality of participants and a second set of changes to the graphical user interface, based on the analysis, wherein the second set of changes are configured to steer a pattern of the conference to patterns correlated to successful conference outcomes; and
providing the first set o

Assignees

• Ringcentral Inc

Inventors

• Vendrow Vlad
• Van Rensburg Christopher
• Petrov Aleksei
• Solovey Dmitriy

Classifications

• H04L65/1083

  In-session procedures · CPC title

• G06F17/27

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/0482

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

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• G06F3/04845 Primary

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title