System and method for data mining of contextual conversations
First Claim
1. A method of mining telephone call data, said method comprising:
- storing voice data received during one or more telephone calls in a memory area;
receiving search criteria;
converting the stored voice data to a textual form;
searching the textual form of the voice data for the search criteria, the searching resulting in search results; and
returning the search results.
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Abstract
A system and method for mining data from stored telephone conversations is provided. Users request advanced data processing on the recorded data, either on the live data stream or the data in storage. Processes search the recorded data for keywords and phrases that the user provides the PTR. User can also request more sophisticated analysis of the recorded data for deeper contextual meaning of the conversations. Context information may include identifying the users, the locations and times referred to by the users during the conference, etc. Additional searches related to the obtained information are performed and the extracted information is compared to similar information obtained from previous meetings. Voice inflections and any emotional stress present in the voices of the users can also be detected and added to the collected information. Search terms can also be highlighted in the results.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of mining telephone call data, said method comprising:
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storing voice data received during one or more telephone calls in a memory area;
receiving search criteria;
converting the stored voice data to a textual form;
searching the textual form of the voice data for the search criteria, the searching resulting in search results; and
returning the search results. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An information handling system comprising:
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one or more processors;
a memory accessible by the processors for storing telephone call data;
a nonvolatile storage device accessible by the processors; and
a mining tool for mining telephone call data, the mining tool including;
means for storing voice data received during one or more telephone calls in the memory area;
means for receiving search criteria;
means for converting the stored voice data to a textual form;
means for searching the textual form of the voice data for the search criteria, the searching resulting in search results; and
means for returning the search results to a requester. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product stored on a computer operable media for mining telephone call data, said computer program product comprising:
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means for storing voice data received during one or more telephone calls in a memory area;
means for receiving search criteria;
means for converting the stored voice data to a textual form;
means for searching the textual form of the voice data for the search criteria, the searching resulting in search results; and
means for returning the search results. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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