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Tele-communication system and methods

  • US 10,567,444 B2
  • Filed: 05/14/2018
  • Issued: 02/18/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for tele-communication between mobile devices, comprising a cloud device comprising one or more cloud device processors configured to:

  • (i) connect, via a network, with a mobile communication device of a user, wherein the mobile communication device has one or more passive sensors and a mobile device processor configured to execute an application to collect, time-stamp, and/or store, in one or more probe datastores, raw probe data received from the one or more passive sensors;

    (ii) receive, via the network, probe data from the one or more probe datastores on the mobile communication device, the probe data including audio data, signal strength data, global position (GPS) data, call logs, text message logs, survey results, search history data, contacts data, calendar data, and application usage data;

    (iii) operate an inference engine to execute a receptivity model process to calculate one or more availability output values indicative of the availability of the user to interact based on the probe data, the operation comprising;

    determining, from the probe data, signal strength;

    determining, from the probe data, whether the mobile device is in a location where the user receives and places calls successfully;

    determining, from the probe data, whether the mobile device has been used by the user within a predetermined time interval, and whether it is currently in use at time of operation; and

    /ordetermining, from the probe data, the presence of a scheduled event at time of operation;

    (iv) operate the inference engine to execute a subscriber-benefit model process to calculate one or more interest output values indicative of the interest or need of the user to interact based on the probe data, the operation comprising;

    determining, from the probe data, changes in call and/or text patterns; and

    /ordetermining, from the probe data, elocution or articulation patterns of the user and/or a flat affect to the voice of the user;

    (v) operate a cloud user status service, which synchronizes user sharing settings received from the mobile communication device, and provide the one or more availability output values and/or the one or more interest output values to the mobile communication device and an additional mobile communication device of an additional subscriber;

    (vi) receive, from the additional mobile communication device of an additional subscriber, a connection request to the mobile communication device of the user upon initiation action from the additional subscriber when the one or more availability output values are above a configured threshold value indicating that user is available for communication; and

    (vii) transmit the connection request to the mobile communication device of the user, wherein the application is configured to operate a connection manager graphical user interface to display, upon receipt of the connection request, an interface for the user to;

    either (a) reject a received communication request or (b) accept the received communication request and automatically initiate a communication connection by direct phone call or communication software.

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