Method for providing recommendations for data item by collaborative video server

• US 10,304,103 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2016
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brillio LLC
• Original Assignee: Brillio LLC
• Inventors: Thomas, Renji Kuruvilla, Jain, Gaurav, Sivaramamurthy, Venkat Kumar, Gupta, Puneet, Vinmani, Karthik Gopalakrishnan
• Primary Examiner(s): Casey, Alexis M
• Application Number:
  US15/130,293
• Publication Number:
  US 20170243270A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,138 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2641
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

Abstract

Embodiments herein provide a computer-implemented method for recommending a recommendation for at least one data item by a collaborative video server. The method includes receiving a data descriptive including at least one data item consumed from a first electronic device when the first electronic device and a second electronic device are in a video event, where the at least one data item is displayed on the second electronic device. Further, the method includes determining a recommendation for the at least one data item and a location information of the recommendation. Further, the method includes causing to display the recommendation corresponding to the at least one data item and the location information on the second electronic device.

Claims

1. A computer-implement method for recommending a recommendation for at least one data item, the method comprising:

initiating, by a collaborative agent of a first electronic device, a video call with a second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is at a store showcasing the at least one data item and the second electronic device is at a remote location, and wherein the store showcasing the at least one data item is a physical store;

establishing, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, a video session corresponding to the video call with the second electronic device;

capturing, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, a data descriptive of the at least one data item showcased in the store using a camera of the first electronic device during the video session;

sending, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, the data descriptive to the second electronic device;

receiving, by a collaborative agent of the second electronic device, the data descriptive comprising the at least one data item;

determining, by the collaborative agent of the second electronic device, a recommendation for the at least one data item and a location information of the recommendation in the store;

displaying, by the collaborative agent of the second electronic device, on the second electronic device the recommendation corresponding to the at least one data item and the location information of the recommendation in the store;

detecting, by the collaborative agent of the second electronic device, the recommendation selected by a user of the second electronic device;

sending, by the collaborative agent of the second electronic device, the selected recommendation and the location information of the selected recommendation in the store to the first electronic device;

displaying, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, the selected recommendation and the location information of the selected recommendation in the store; and

navigating, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, by displaying navigation directions indicating directions to locate the recommendation corresponding to the at least one data item in the store in the video session,

wherein the collaborative agent of the first electronic device and the collaborative agent of the second electronic device comprises a network to handle network configuration between the first electronic device and the second electronic device to establish the video call.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the navigation directions are generated based on a location of the first electronic device and the location the recommendation in the store in the video session.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data descriptive corresponds to a video content of an area of the store showcasing the at least one data item.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the collaborative agent of the first electronic device navigates to the recommendation in the store by invoking a navigation mode to locate the recommendation for the data item in the store using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) controlled by a location manager in the video session.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the recommendation comprises a data item name, description of the data item, a price of the data item, and a price trend of the data item.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the recommendation for the at least one data item and the location information of the recommendation in the store comprises:

recognizing the at least one data item from the data descriptor; and

determining the recommendation comprising data items corresponding to the at least one recognized data item.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the video session is one of an augmented reality session, a remote collaboration session, and a video conference call session comprising at least two users.

8. A collaborative system for recommending a recommendation for at least one data item, the collaborative system, comprising a first electronic device comprising a collaborative agent and a second electronic device comprising a collaborative agent having a network to handle network configuration between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, configured to:

initiate, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, a video call with the second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is at a store showcasing the at least one data item and the second electronic device is at a remote location, and wherein the store showcasing the at least one data item is a physical store;

establish, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, a video session corresponding to the video call with the second electronic device;

capture, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, a data descriptive of the at least one data item showcased in the store using a camera of the first electronic device during the video session;

send, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, the data descriptive to the second electronic device;

receive, by the collaborative agent of the second electronic device the data descriptive comprising the at least one data item;

determine, by the collaborative agent of the second electronic device, a recommendation for the at least one data item and a location information of the recommendation in the store;

display, by the collaborative agent of the second electronic device, on the second electronic device the recommendation corresponding to the at least one data item and the location information of the recommendation in the store;

detect, by the collaborative agent of the second electronic device, the recommendation selected by a user of the second electronic device;

send, by the collaborative agent of the second electronic device, selected recommendation and the location information of the selected recommendation in the store to the first electronic device;

display, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, selected recommendation and the location information of the selected recommendation in the store; and

navigate, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, by displaying navigation directions indicating directions to locate the recommendation corresponding to the at least one data item in the store in the video session.

9. The collaborative system of claim 8, wherein the navigation directions are generated based on a location of the first electronic device and the location the recommendation in the store in the video session.

10. The collaborative system of claim 8, wherein the data descriptive corresponds to a video content of an area of the store showcasing the at least one data item.

11. The collaborative system of claim 8, wherein the second electronic device comprising a collaborative video server to determine the recommendation for the at least one data item and the location information of the recommendation in the store by:

recognizing the at least one data item from the data descriptor; and

determining the recommendation comprising data items corresponding to the at least one recognized data item, wherein the recommendation comprises a data item name, description of the data item, a price of a data item name item, and a price trend of a data item.

12. The collaborative system of claim 10, wherein the video session is one of an augmented reality session, a remote collaboration session, and a conference call session comprising at least two users, and wherein the collaborative agent of the first electronic device navigates to the recommendation in the store by invoking a navigation mode to locate the recommendation for the data item in the store using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) controlled by a location manager in the video session.

13. A collaborative system for recommending a recommendation for at least one data item in a video event, the system, comprising a first electronic device having a collaborative agent, and a second electronic device having a collaborative agent, and a collaborative video server having a recommendation unit, configured to:

initiate, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, a video call with the second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is at a store showcasing the at least one data item and the second electronic device is at a remote location, and wherein the store showcasing the at least one data item is a physical store;

establish, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, a video session corresponding to the video call with the second electronic device;

capture, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, a data descriptive of the at least one data item showcased in the store using a camera of the first electronic device during the video session;

send, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, the data descriptive comprising the at least one data item to the second electronic device and the collaborative video server, wherein the at least one data item is displayed on the second electronic device; and

receive, by the recommendation unit of the collaborative video server the data descriptive comprising the at least one data item from the first electronic device;

determine, by the recommendation unit of the collaborative video server, a recommendation for the at least one data item and a location information of the recommendation in the store;

send, by the recommendation unit of the collaborative video server, the recommendation corresponding to the at least one data item and the location information to the second electronic device;

receive and display, by collaborative agent of the second electronic device, the recommendation corresponding to the at least one data item and the location information;

detect, by the collaborative agent of the second electronic device, the recommendation selected by a user of the second electronic device;

send, by the collaborative agent of the second electronic device, selected recommendation and the location information of the selected recommendation to in the store the first electronic device;

display, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, the selected recommendation and the location information of the selected recommendation in the store; and

navigate, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, by displaying navigation directions indicating directions to locate the recommendation corresponding to the at least one data item in the store in the video session,

wherein the collaborative agent of the first electronic device and the collaborative agent of the second electronic device comprises a network manager to handle network configuration between the first electronic device and the second electronic device to establish the video call and an audio/video manager to process the data descriptive of the at least one data.

14. The collaborative system of claim 13, wherein the recommendation unit of the collaborative video server determines the recommendation in the store by:

wherein the second electronic device comprising a collaborative video server to determine the recommendation for the at least one data item and the location information of the recommendation in the store by;

recognizing the at least one data item from the data descriptor; and

determining the recommendation comprising data items corresponding to the at least one recognized data item, and wherein the recommendation comprises a data item name, description of the data item, a price of a data item name item, and a price trend of a data item.

15. The collaborative system of claim 13, wherein the data descriptive corresponds to a video content of an area of the store showcasing the at least one data item.

16. The collaborative system of claim 13, wherein the collaborative agent of the first electronic device configured display the navigation directions indicating the directions to the recommendation in the store by invoking a navigation mode to locate the recommendation for the data item in the store using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) controlled by a location manager in the video session, wherein the navigation directions are generated based on a determined customer location to the location of the recommendation in the store in the video session.

17. The collaborative system of claim 13, wherein the video session is one of an augmented reality session, a remote collaboration session, and a video conference call session comprising at least two users.

18. A computer program product comprising computer executable program code recorded on a computer readable non-transitory storage medium, the computer executable program code when executed causing the actions including:

initiating, by a collaborative agent of a first electronic device, a video call with a second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device is at a store showcasing the at least one data item and the second electronic device is at a remote location, and wherein the store showcasing the at least one data item is a physical store;

establishing, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, a video session corresponding to the video call with the second electronic device;

capturing, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, a data descriptive of the at least one data item showcased in the store using a camera of the first electronic device during the video session;

sending, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, the data descriptive to the second electronic device;

receiving, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, a recommendation and the location information of the selected recommendation in the store;

receiving, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, a recommendation for the at least one data item and a location information of the recommendation in the store from the second electronic device or a collaborative video server;

determining, by the by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, navigation directions indicating directions to the recommendation in the store based on a location of the first electronic device in the store and the location information of the recommendation; and

navigating, by the collaborative agent of the first electronic device, by invoking a navigation mode to locate the recommendation for the data item in the store in the video session.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the recommendation comprises a data item name, description of the data item, a price of the data item, and a price trend of the data item.

20. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the vide session is one of an augmented reality session, a remote collaboration session, and a video conference call session comprising at least two users.