In-Meeting Coaching for Video Calls Using Stored Meeting Insights

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing virtual meeting systems are inflexible and inefficient, often requiring multiple applications to generate intelligent insights, consuming excessive computing resources, and lacking the ability to analyze contextual data beyond current video streams.

Innovation Solution

A meeting insight system that generates and provides intelligent insights by analyzing stored meeting data to suggest phrases, content items, and effectiveness scores using a knowledge graph, integrating pre-meeting, in-meeting, and post-meeting coaching tools.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple separate applications are used to generate intelligent insights for video calls, then the system can provide comprehensive coaching functionality, but the device complexity and number of user interactions increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecoaching functionalityVSAvoidnumber of applications

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple separate applications (video calling app, coaching app, content management app) into a single integrated virtual meeting system. The system includes a video calling module, a coaching module, and a content management module all operating within one application, eliminating the need for users to switch between multiple applications while providing comprehensive coaching functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The virtual meeting system is designed as a multi-functional platform that simultaneously provides video calling, intelligent coaching, content management, and insight generation capabilities. The system can perform multiple functions including real-time video communication, automated coaching feedback, content sharing, and analytical insights generation all within a single application interface.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple applications are run to access coaching and content management functions, then comprehensive functionality is available, but excessive computing resources are consumed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecoaching functionalityVSAvoidcomputing resources

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically generates intelligent insights and coaching feedback by analyzing video call data without requiring manual user input. The coaching module continuously monitors video call interactions and automatically produces personalized feedback, eliminating the need for users to manually search for or generate coaching content.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If existing systems focus on current video streams only, then computational efficiency is maintained, but the ability to generate intelligent insights from contextual data is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomputational efficiencyVSAvoidcontextual information

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of video call data during and after calls to generate intelligent insights. The coaching module analyzes video stream data, user interactions, and contextual information in real-time and post-call to generate actionable insights before the next call occurs, enabling continuous improvement without compromising computational efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where coaching insights generated from previous video calls are used to improve future call quality. The system continuously analyzes call data, generates coaching feedback, and applies this feedback to enhance user performance in subsequent calls, creating a closed-loop system that preserves computational efficiency while maximizing information utilization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12598270B2Generating and providing in-meeting coaching for video calls

Publication Date: 2026.04.07 DROPBOX INC

AI summary

The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating and providing intelligent insights for video calls and other virtual meetings. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems analyze stored meeting data from past video calls and other virtual meetings to generate intelligent insights for an upcoming video call. The disclosed systems also generate and provide intelligent insights or coaching tools for ongoing video calls. As part of the intelligent coaching tools for ongoing video calls, the disclosed systems can generate predictions for accomplishing target goals for the video calls. Further, the disclosed systems can generate intelligent insights or coaching tools after video calls take place.