Object for pre- to post-meeting collaboration

US11836679B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Shiraz J. Cupala · Seattle, US
• Eric J. Hull · Seattle, US
• Kevin D. Morrison · Arlington, US
• Lan Ye · Redmond, US
• Shivaram Prabhakar · Bothell, US
• Julia Foran · Kirkland, US
• James Paul Kardos, Jr. · Sammamish, US
• Szymon Madejczyk · Sammamish, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 18, 2021
• Grant date: Dec 5, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 20, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/04847
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Traditionally, meetings are widely utilized in business and personal communications, whether in-person and/or virtual. Organizing such meetings typically involves multiple exchanges of content and messages between users before, during, and after the meeting. In some cases, meetings may occur impromptu and may result in inefficient and unproductive collaboration. A collaboration object configured to enable users to dynamically collaborate before, during, and after a meeting is provided. In aspects, the collaboration object links content generated before, during, and after the meeting in a single location and provides functionality for concurrent multi-user interaction and synchronization of the content across applications. The collaboration object may be available from a variety of application platforms, enabling and persisting real-time editing and collaboration before, during and after the meeting.