Lisa Dawn Bradley

US Patent:

20160291701, Oct 6, 2016

Filed:

Mar 31, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/675736

Inventors:

- Armonk NY, US
Richard G. BOWERS - Raleigh NC, US
Lisa M. BRADLEY - Cary NC, US
Henri F. MELI - Cary NC, US
Gerald G. TOMKINS - Chapel Hill NC, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/02

Abstract:

In dynamically adjusting a keyboard mapping, a collaborative session in which a participant device is involved is detected. A conversation between participants during the collaborative session is captured, and topics being discussed during the conversation are identified using textual analysis. The topics are compared with a plurality of rules, each of which associates a topic with a keyboard mapping. From the rule that has a topic matching the identified topics, the keyboard mapping associated with the topic is obtained. The keyboard is then displayed using the keyboard mapping on the participant device. In determining the rule with the matching topic, a history of rules applied in prior collaborative session where the same or similar topics were discussed, or a profile of a participant, is considered. In this manner, keyboard mappings are dynamically adjusted, allowing for easier access to relevant keys.