Method of proactive object transferring management

• US 10,249,295 B2
• Filed: 01/10/2017
• Issued: 04/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Su, Su, Jun, Wilson, John D., Xia, Yin
• Primary Examiner(s): Sharma, Neeraj
• Application Number:
  US15/403,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20180197536A1
• Time in Patent Office: 812 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1815 Semantic context, e.g. disambiguation of the recognition hypotheses based on word meaning
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for initiating an electronic file transfer between users based on conversational context. A cognitive service monitors a communication between a given user and another user. The communication is exchanged by a mobile device associated with the given user and a mobile device of the other user. The cognitive service determines a context of the communication. The cognitive service detects, based on the context of the communication, a request between the users to share a file maintained by the given user. Upon successfully validating the request, a transfer of the file to the second user is performed.

Claims

1. A method for initiating a file transfer between storage devices associated with users, comprising:

receiving, at a cognitive network computing service, a recording of an oral communication among a plurality of users, wherein the oral communication was recorded by an application executing on a device associated with at least one of the plurality of users;

determining a context of the oral communication, wherein determining the context of the oral communication comprises;

processing the communication using one or more voice recognition models to identify a first user and a second user in the plurality of users; and

determining a topic of the oral communication;

detecting, based on the context of the oral communication, a request between the first user and the second user to share a file maintained by the first user;

validating the request, wherein validating the request comprises;

identifying the file that was requested to be shared;

determining that the identified file exists in one or more storage systems associated with the first user;

determining, based on a location-based service, that that the second user and the first user are within a predefined proximity; and

determining, based on accessing one or more social media services, that an identified relationship between the first user and the second user satisfies predefined criteria; and

upon successfully validating the request, performing the file transfer of the file from a storage device associated with the first user to a storage device associated with the second user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the recording of the oral communication is in an audio format, and wherein determining the context of the oral communication comprises:

generating a text transcript of the oral communication; and

performing one or more natural language processing (NLP) techniques on the text transcript to determine the topic of the oral communication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the file transfer comprises:

accessing a first cloud storage account associated with the first user;

identifying the file; and

sending a copy of the file to a second cloud storage account associated with the second user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the file transfer comprises:

identifying a first mobile device associated with the first user and a second mobile device associated with the second user; and

directing the first mobile device to;

(i) establish a direct peer-to-peer connection with the second mobile device; and

(ii) transfer the file to the second mobile device via the established direct peer-to-peer connection.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating metadata associated with the file transfer, wherein the metadata comprises;

a file reference identifying the file;

an NLP sentiment analysis of the oral communication;

a strength of the identified relationship between the first user and the second user;

information about one or more files which were previously shared between the first user and the second user via the cognitive network computing service; and

one or more tags about the file, wherein the one or more tags are determined based on the determined context of the oral communication; and

transferring the metadata along with the file.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein validating the request comprises:

evaluating file permissions specified in a profile associated with the first user to determine whether the file can be sent to the second user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining, based on the location-based service, that that second user and the first user are within the predefined proximity comprises using near-field communication technology to determine that a first device associated with the first user and a second device associated with the second user are within a predefined proximity of each other.

8. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed on a processor, performs an operation for initiating a file transfer between storage devices associated with users, the operation comprising;

receiving, at a cognitive network computing service, a recording of an oral communication among a plurality of users, wherein the oral communication was recorded by an application executing on a device associated with at least one of the plurality of users;

determining a context of the oral communication, wherein determining the context of the oral communication comprises;

processing the communication using one or more voice recognition models to identify a first user and a second user in the plurality of users; and

determining a topic of the oral communication;

detecting, based on the context of the oral communication, a request between the first user and the second user to share a file maintained by the first user;

validating the request, wherein validating the request comprises;

identifying the file that was requested to be shared;

determining that the identified file exists in one or more storage systems associated with the first user;

determining, based on a location-based service, that that the second user and the first user are within a predefined proximity; and

determining, based on accessing one or more social media services, that an identified relationship between the first user and the second user satisfies predefined criteria; and

upon successfully validating the request, performing a transfer of the file from a storage device associated with the first user to a storage device associated with the second user.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the recording of the oral communication is in an audio format, and wherein determining the context of the oral communication comprises:

generating a text transcript of the oral communication; and

performing one or more natural language processing (NLP) techniques on the text transcript to determine the topic of the oral communication.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein performing the transfer of the file comprises:

accessing a first cloud storage account associated with the first user;

identifying the file; and

sending a copy of the file to a second cloud storage account associated with the second user.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein performing the transfer of the file comprises:

identifying a first mobile device associated with the first user and a second mobile device associated with the second user; and

directing the first mobile device to;

(i) establish a direct peer-to-peer connection with the second mobile device; and

(ii) transfer the file to the second mobile device via the established direct peer-to-peer connection.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the operation further comprises:

generating metadata associated with the transfer of the file, wherein the metadata comprises;

a file reference identifying the file;

an NLP sentiment analysis of the oral communication;

a strength of the identified relationship between the first user and the second user;

information about one or more files which were previously shared between the first user and the second user via the cognitive network computing service; and

one or more tags about the file, wherein the one or more tags are determined based on the determined context of the oral communication; and

transferring the metadata along with the file.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein validating the request comprises:

evaluating file permissions specified in a profile associated with the first user to determine whether the file can be sent to the second user.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein determining, based on the location-based service, that that second user and the first user are within the predefined proximity comprises using near-field communication technology to determine that a first device associated with the first user and a second device associated with the second user are within a predefined proximity of each other.

15. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing program code, which, when executed on the processor, performs an operation for initiating a file transfer between storage devices associated with users, the operation comprising;

receiving, at a cognitive network computing service, a recording of an oral communication among a plurality of users, wherein the oral communication was recorded by an application executing on a device associated with at least one of the plurality of users;

determining a context of the oral communication, wherein determining the context of the oral communication comprises;

processing the communication using one or more voice recognition models to identify a first user and a second user in the plurality of users; and

determining a topic of the oral communication;

detecting, based on the context of the oral communication, a request between the first user and the second user to share a file maintained by the first user;

validating the request, wherein validating the request comprises;

identifying the file that was requested to be shared;

determining that the identified file exists in one or more storage systems associated with the first user;

determining, based on a location-based service, that that the second user and the first user are within a predefined proximity; and

determining, based on accessing one or more social media services, that an identified relationship between the first user and the second user satisfies predefined criteria; and

upon successfully validating the request, performing a transfer of the file from a storage device associated with the first user to a storage device associated with the second user.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the recording of the oral communication is in an audio format, and wherein determining the context of the oral communication comprises:

generating a text transcript of the oral communication; and

performing one or more natural language processing (NLP) techniques on the text transcript to determine the topic of the oral communication.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein performing the transfer of the file comprises:

accessing a first cloud storage account associated with the first user;

identifying the file; and

sending a copy of the file to a second cloud storage account associated with the second user.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein performing the transfer of the file comprises:

identifying a first mobile device associated with the first user and a second mobile device associated with the second user; and

directing the first mobile device to;

(i) establish a direct peer-to-peer connection with the second mobile device; and

(ii) transfer the file to the second mobile device via the established direct peer-to-peer connection.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the operation further comprises:

generating metadata associated with the transfer of the file, wherein the metadata comprises;

a file reference identifying the file;

an NLP sentiment analysis of the oral communication;

a strength of the identified relationship between the first user and the second user;

information about one or more files which were previously shared between the first user and the second user via the cognitive network computing service; and

one or more tags about the file, wherein the one or more tags are determined based on the determined context of the oral communication; and

transferring the metadata along with the file.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein determining, based on the location-based service, that that second user and the first user are within the predefined proximity comprises using near-field communication technology to determine that a first device associated with the first user and a second device associated with the second user are within a predefined proximity of each other.