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Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Emily Burd, New York, NY (US);

Akshat Sharma, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for verbal polling during a conference call discussion are provided. A graphical user interface (UI) is provided to participants of a video conference call. The UI enables one of the participants to verbally provide a question for polling of one or more additional participants of the participants. An indication that a first participant is to provide a verbal question is received via the UI. The verbal question provided by the first participant is recorded. An indication that the first participant has finished providing the verbal question is received via the UI. A determination is made that the verbal question is to be used for polling of second participants of the video conference call. A textual form of the verbal question is provided to the one or more second participants of the video conference call in the UI.


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