Language input presets for messaging

• US 10,104,221 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2016
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Osman, Steven, Arroyo Palacios, Jorge
• Primary Examiner(s): ALBERTALLI, BRIAN LOUIS
• Application Number:
  US15/282,257
• Publication Number:
  US 20180097926A1
• Time in Patent Office: 746 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4451 User profiles; Roaming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/42 Graphical user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/12 Language recognition, selection or translation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/58 including a multilanguage function

Abstract

Conversation-based context rules for altering virtual reality (VR) gaming and for switching between input languages based on heuristics related to past conversations between users.

Claims

1. A first device comprising:

at least one computer memory that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor to;

responsive to wireless text communication between the first device and a second device, the first and second devices being associated with respective first and second users with a history of past wireless text communication with each other, establish a first language setting for the first device responsive to the first language setting being a language setting of the first device in a most recent past communication between the first and second users;

responsive to wireless text communication between the first device and a third device of the respective first user and a third user with no history of past wireless text communication with each other, and responsive to an indication that the first and third users have no language in common with each other, establish a first language setting on the first device according to a first user-indicated language preference;

responsive to wireless text communication between the first and third devices of the respective first and third users with no history of past wireless text communication with each other, and responsive to an indication that the first and third users have one and only one language in common with each other, establish language settings on the first device according to the one and only one language;

responsive to wireless text communication between the first and third devices of the respective first and third users with no history of past wireless text communication with each other, and responsive to an indication that the first and third users have at least first and second languages in common with each other, establish language settings on the first device according to which of the first and second languages is used more frequently than the other on the first device.

2. The first device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to:

responsive to the first and third users having no language in common, present a warning user interface (UI) on the first device indicating no common language.

3. The first device of claim 2, wherein the UI includes a selector for entering a language to define the language settings.

4. The first device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are executable to:

responsive to the first and second users having plural languages in common but neither being indicated as being used more frequently than the other, present an advisory UI on the first device indicating that plural languages are shared between the first and second users.

5. The first device of claim 4, wherein the advisory includes a selector for entering a language to define the language settings.

6. The first device of claim 1, wherein the first language setting includes a language in which a person'"'"'s name is presented.

7. The first device of claim 1, wherein the first language setting includes a language in which a menu is presented.

8. The first device of claim 1, wherein the first language setting includes a language in which a widget is presented.

9. The first device of claim 1, wherein the first language setting includes a language in which a virtual keyboard is presented.

10. The first device of claim 1, comprising the at least one processor.

11. A method comprising:

determining whether first and second devices respectively associated with respective first and second users have messaged each other in the past;

responsive to the first and second devices having messaged each other in the past, configure each of the first and second devices with at least a first language setting, with the first language setting being the same language that was previously used for messages in a most recent past communication between the first and second devices;

responsive to the first and second devices not having messaged each other in the past, determining whether the first and second users have no language in common;

responsive to the first and second users having no language in common, establish and/or default each device'"'"'s language setting to the respective user'"'"'s preferred language as indicated in a respective profile and/or based on default manufacturer settings and/or based on identification of a language in which a person'"'"'s name is presented and/or based on identification of a language in which a menu is presented on the respective device and/or based on a language in which a widget is presented on the respective device and/or based on identification of a language in which a virtual keyboard is presented on the respective device;

presenting a message on at least the first or second device that the other user/device with which messages are to be exchanged does not share or otherwise have a language in common;

responsive to the first and second users having a language in common, determining, whether the first and second users have multiple languages in common;

responsive to the first and second users not having multiple languages in common, determining a one and only one language the users share in common, and establish and/or default each device'"'"'s language setting to the one and only one language;

responsive to the first and second users having multiple languages in common, determining whether one or both users use a frequent one of the multiple languages more/most frequently based at least in part on a number of past messages from one of the respective devices to the other device; and

responsive to identifying the frequent one of the multiple languages, establishing each devices'"'"'s language setting to the frequent one of the multiple languages.

12. A system comprising:

first, second, and third computerized communication devices associated with respective first, second, and third users for text communication therebetween, each computerized communication device adapted to establish language settings according to;

establishing first language settings responsive to the first language settings having been established between the first, second, and third users during a previous conversation;

establishing first language settings responsive to the first language settings being associated with a language shared between the first, second, and third users under the condition that no other language is shared between the first, second, and third users; and

establishing first language settings responsive to the first language settings being associated with a most preferred language of plural of the first, second, and third users under the condition that plural languages are shared between the first, second, and third users.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the first, second, and third devices are adapted for:

establishing first language settings responsive to the first language settings being associated with a most preferred language of a respective user of the respective device under the condition that plural languages are shared between the first, second, and third users and no most preferred language exists among plural of the first, second, and third users.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the instructions are executable for:

under the condition that plural languages are shared between the first, second, and third users and no most preferred language exists among plural of the first, second, and third users, present an advisory user interface (UI) indicating that plural languages are shared between the first and second users.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the advisory UI includes a selector for entering a language to define the language settings.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the first language settings include a language in which a person'"'"'s name is presented.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the first language settings include a language in which a menu is presented.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the first language settings include a language in which a widget is presented.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the first language settings include a language in which a virtual keyboard is presented.

20. The system of claim 12, wherein each of the first, second, and third devices includes a respective processor and respective storage with instructions executable by the respective processor to execute the establishing acts.