Multi-modal device capable of automated actions

• US 20070099602A1
• Filed: 10/28/2005
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Kong, Yuan, Zhang, Zhengyou, Williams, David, Kurlander, David
• Granted Patent: US 7,778,632 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/58 including a multilanguage function

Abstract

A multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device that facilitates intelligently automating an action. The device can automatically synchronize a user schedule based upon a user state, intention, preference and/or limitation. The device can employ sensors to automatically detect criteria by which to automatically implement an action. Moreover, the system can interrogate a user thus converging upon a user intention and/or preference. An analyzer component can intelligently evaluate the compiled criterion in order to automatically perform an action. The multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device can automatically facilitate identification of an individual. Other actions that are automatically performed can include modifying personal information manager data, translating languages into a language comprehendible to a user, etc. Implementation of these actions can be based at least in part upon an environmental factor, a conversation, a location factor and a temporal factor.

Claims

1. A multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device that facilitates automating an action, comprising:

a detection component that obtains a criterion; and

an analyzer component that intelligently evaluates the criterion and automatically prompts implementation of the action based at least in part upon the criterion.

2. The multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device of claim 1, the action is an identification of an individual.

3. The multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device of claim 1, the action is a schedule manipulation action.

4. The multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device of claim 3, the analyzer component intelligently evaluates the criterion based at least upon existing personal information manager (PIM) data.

5. The multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device of claim 1, the detection component includes an inquiry component that facilitates converging on an intention of a user by obtaining the criterion from the user.

6. The multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device of claim 1, the criterion is at least one of an environmental context, a conversation context, a location context and a temporal context.

7. The multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device of claim 1, the criterion is obtained from a remote data source.

8. The multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device of claim 1, the detection component comprises at least one of an input component, an inquiry component and a sensor component.

9. The multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device of claim 1, the detection component comprises a sensor component.

10. The multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device of claim 9, the sensor component is at least one of an environmental sensor, an image capture sensor, an audio capture sensor and a location detection sensor.

11. The multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device of claim 9, the sensor component comprises an environmental sensor, an image capture sensor, an audio capture sensor and a location detection sensor.

12. The multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device of claim 1, the analyzer component comprises at least one of a learning/reasoning component and a rules-based logic component that facilitates intelligent evaluation of the criterion.

13. The multi-modal multi-lingual mobile device of claim 1, further comprising a multi-language component that facilitates translating one of text and speech into a language comprehendible to a user.

14. A computer-implemented method of prompting an automated action, comprising:

detecting a criterion;

inferring an intention of a user based at least in part upon the criterion;

intelligently determining an action based at least in part upon the intention; and

automatically implementing the action.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, the criterion is at least one of an environmental context, a conversation context, a location context and a location context.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, further comprising translating the criterion into a language comprehendible to the user.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, the act of inferring further comprises:

generating a question to the user; and

converging on the intention based at least in part upon an answer to the question.

18. A system that facilitates intelligent automation of an action based upon a plurality of factors, comprising:

means for obtaining the plurality of factors, the plurality of factors include at least one of an environmental factor, a communication factor, a location factor, a temporal factor, a user state, a user preference and a user limitation;

means for intelligently analyzing each of the plurality of factors to determine an action that a user desires to be performed; and

means for automatically implementing the action.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising means for monitoring the user to facilitate determining the action the user desires to be performed.

20. The system of claim 18, further comprising means for inferring the action that the user desires to be performed based at least in part upon historical analysis.