US Patent 11580496 Managing meeting divergence

A method, a computer program product, and a computer system manage meeting divergence for a meeting involving a plurality of participants to discuss a plurality of core intents. The method includes receiving a first contribution from a first one of the participants during the meeting. The method includes determining a first one of the core intents that the first contribution is associated. The method includes determining a linkage of the first contribution to at least one second, previous contribution provided during the meeting. The method includes generating a graphical representation of a progress of the meeting, the graphical representation including a first visual indicator corresponding to the first contribution and at least one second visual indicator respectively corresponding to the at least one second contribution. The first visual indicator is positioned with respect to the at least one second visual indicator to represent the linkage.