Patent ID: 8046410

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting, by an electronic device, that a user is participating in a collaboration session between a plurality of participants, at least one of the participants being a presenter who shares content, and at least one of the participants being an attendee who receives the shared content; creating a profile associated with the user; detecting that the user is receiving content during the collaboration session; determining a subject matter of the content received by the user during the collaboration session; deriving one or more key words from the subject matter; comparing the one or more key words with profiles of the plurality of participants in the collaboration session; determining if there is a match between the one or more key words and at least some profiles of the plurality of participants; in response to determining that there is a match between the one or more key words and at least some profiles of the plurality of participants, using the one or more key words in updating an area of expertise indicated in the profile associated with the user; and in response to determining that there is not a match between the one or more key words and at least some profiles of the plurality of participants, requesting that a participant confirm the one or more key words or enter new key words in updating the area of expertise indicated in the profile associated with the user.