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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2024
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Derek Engi, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US);
Matthew David Barber, London, GB;
Matthew Robert Engle, Plano, TX (US);
Joseph Michael Clarke, Cary, NC (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, computer system, and computer program product are provided for assessing workspaces for privacy and allocating users to workspaces. Audio is obtained from one or more rooms of a building, wherein the audio is obtained via one or more microphones that are positioned outside of each of the one or more rooms. The audio is analyzed to determine a privacy level for each of the one or more rooms. A user is identified who is present in the building, wherein an identity of the user indicates privacy requirements of the user. The user is assigned to a particular room of the one or more rooms based on the privacy requirements of the user and the privacy level of each of the one or more rooms.