Voice operated, matrix-connected, artificially intelligent address book system

• US 20070061420A1
• Filed: 11/15/2006
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Callahan Cellular LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Constad Transfer LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Basner, Charles
• Granted Patent: US 7,958,151 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

An online address book system having sufficient hardware and software to operate an address book user interface and to perform intelligent interpretations of voice and text inputs from users. The system includes at least one server software module that includes software to perform a plurality of functions. These include the ability to receive voice input data and separate user voice queries, wherein the software can arrange the data so as to create a data base that includes at least three access dimensions, including contact access, contact-relationship access and contact-time frame access, and so as to create a connectivity matrix based on a plurality of contact pair relationships applying connective recognition logic. The system provides a voice operated user interface that permits access to address book stored data based on user input selected from the group consisting of contact, a contact-relationship pair, a contact-time frame pair, and combinations thereof.

Claims

1. An online address book system having sufficient hardware and software to operate an address book user interface and to perform intelligent interpretations of voice inputs from users, which comprises:

at least one server software module that includes software to;

a.) receive and store address book input data for contacts into a stored database, including unlimited names, and at least one of addresses, phone numbers and email addresses, for each contact;

b.) receive and store relationship input data based on contact pair relationship inputs;

c.) receive and store time frame input data based on contact-time frame inputs;

d.) create said data in phoneme format so as be utilized for matching converted user voice inputs;

e.) arrange said data so as to create a data base that includes at least three access dimensions, including contact access, contact-relationship access and contact-time access, and so as to create a connectivity matrix based on a plurality of contact pair relationships applying connective recognition logic;

f.) provide a user interface that permits access to address book stored data based on said user voice inputs selected from the group consisting of contact, a contact-relationship pair, a contact-time frame pair, and combinations thereof, wherein said user voice inputs are converted to phoneme format and are then matched to said data base for matched response to said user voice inputs.

2. The online address book system of claim 1 wherein said software creates a connectivity matrix by operation of a subsystem that includes a plurality of familial relationship definitions and includes deductive logic to arrive at conclusions by matching contact-relationship inputs to familial relationship definitions and generating additional contact relationship pairs therefrom, in phoneme format.

3. The online address book system of claim 1 wherein said software includes an intelligent interpretation feature wherein query information is stored, matched, and prioritized by a at least one criterion including frequency of usage, to set response priorities for subsequent queries.

4. The online address book system of claim 1 wherein said software includes a phoneme matching feature that matches inputted query words to at least one of existing database words, transliteration equivalent words, and, when a match fails, finds the closest phoneme and queries back if more than one potential match is found.

5. The online address book system of claim 1 wherein said software includes user customized category creation so that input data for a contact may be placed in a data subset by user-selected category selected from the group consisting of preexisting categories, customized categories and combinations thereof wherein said software provides user customized category creation that includes user ability to create as many categories as desired and to place contact information into as many categories as desired.

6. The online address book system of claim 1 wherein said software includes an automatic category creation capability based on preprogrammed category term matches with inputted contact information.

7. The online address book system of claim 1 wherein said software includes an historical context feature that alters priority response to queries based on historical performance.

8. The online address book system of claim 1 wherein said software includes an automatic word or phrase completion to assist a user when inputting a query.

9. The online address book system of claim 1 wherein said software includes contact-time frame input linking to a primary contact data set and will create override query responses made within override time frames.

10. The online address book system of claim 1 further including sufficient software with voice to phoneme capability to permit address book data input by voice.

11. The online address book system of claim 1 further including sufficient software with voice-to-phoneme and text-to-phoneme capability to permit address book data input to be selected from the group consisting of voice data input and text data input.

12. An online address book system having sufficient hardware and software to operate an address book user interface and to perform intelligent interpretations of voice inputs from users, which comprises:

at least one server software module that includes software to;

a.) receive and store address book input data into a stored database, including unlimited names, and at least one of addresses, phone numbers and email addresses, for each contact;

b.) receive and store relationship input data based on contact pair relationship inputs;

c.) receive and store time frame input data based on contact-time frame inputs;

d.) create said data in phoneme format so as be utilized for matching converted user voice inputs;

e.) arrange said data so as to create a data base that includes at least three access dimensions, including contact access, contact-relationship access and contact-time frame access, and so as to create a connectivity matrix based on a plurality of contact pair relationships applying connective recognition logic; and

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f.) provide a user interface that permits access to address book stored data based on user input selected from the group consisting of contact, a contact-relationship pair, a contact-time frame pair, and combinations thereof, wherein said user voice inputs are converted to phoneme format and are then matched to said data base for matched response to said user voice inputs;

wherein said software module has at least two levels of secure access, including a Level One Access that includes full access to use and read contact data, to input contact data, to change contact data and to delete contact data, and including a Level Two Access that includes preset limited access to use and read contact data, to input contact data, to change contact data and to delete contact data.

13. The online address book system of claim 12 wherein Level Two Access is a read only access.

14. The online address book system of claim 12 wherein said software includes a security feature that permits access to Level One Access and Level Two Access based on a combination of source of query and password input and challenge-response exchange whereby the software queries the user for personal information contained in its database before granting access.

15. The online address book system of claim 12 wherein said software creates a connectivity matrix by operation of a subsystem that includes a plurality of familial relationship definitions and includes deductive logic to arrive at conclusions by matching contact-relationship inputs to familial relationship definitions and generating additional contact relationship pairs therefrom, in phoneme format.

16. The online address book system of claim 12 wherein said software includes an intelligent interpretation feature wherein query information is stored, matched, and prioritized by at least one criterion including frequency of usage, to set response priorities for subsequent queries.

17. The online address book system of claim 12 wherein said software includes a phoneme matching feature that matches inputted query words to at least one of existing database words, transliteration equivalent words, and, when a match fails, finds the closest phoneme and queries back if more than one potential match is found.

18. The online address book system of claim 12 wherein said software includes user customized category creation so that input data for a contact may be placed in a data subset by user-selected category.

19. The online address book system of claim 18 wherein said user customized category creation includes user ability to create as many categories as desired and to place contact information into as many categories as desired.

20. The online address book system of claim 12 wherein said software includes an historical context feature that alters priority response to queries based on historical performance.

21. The online address book system of claim 12 wherein said software includes an automatic word or phrase completion to assist a user when inputting a query.

22. The online address book system of claim 12 wherein said software includes contact-time frame input linking to a primary contact and will create override query responses corresponding to override time frames.

23. The online address book system of claim 12 further including sufficient software with voice to phoneme capability to permit address book data input by voice.

24. The online address book system of claim 12 further including sufficient software with voice-to-phoneme and text-to-phoneme capability to permit address book data input to be selected from the group consisting of voice data input and text data input.