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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Christopher J. Poole, Romsey, GB;

Mark A. Woolley, Winchester, GB;

Andrew Wright, Eastleigh, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/1095 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 21/6209 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method for automatic inference of meeting attendance is provided. The method comprises sending a calendar request to a plurality of users that are invited to a meeting. The method further comprises receiving from each user of the plurality, a unique string identifying the user. The method further comprises generating a lookup table identifying the users of the plurality and their respective unique strings. The method further comprises receiving a first string broadcasted by a first user during the meeting. The method further comprises, responsive to determining that the broadcasted first string does not match one of the unique strings in the lookup table, performing an action to prevent the first user from receiving meeting content determined to be confidential.


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