US Patent 10230774 Virtual meeting attendee

A virtual meeting attendee includes a scheduling interface operatively coupled to a computerized meeting platform and configured to enable the virtual meeting attendee to be scheduled into meetings as a participant by users of the computerized meeting platform. The virtual meeting attendee also includes a content preparation machine configured, when the meeting attendee has been scheduled into a meeting as a participant, to receive meeting-associated content from computing devices of other participants scheduled into the meeting and output the meeting-associated content for display via a display device associated with the virtual meeting attendee.