CONTEXT-INFORMED SUMMARIZATION

• US 20120136939A1
• Filed: 11/29/2010
• Published: 05/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Stern, Edith Helen, Harpur, Liam, O'Sullivan, Patrick Joseph, Willner, Barry E.
• Granted Patent: US 9,576,276 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes

Abstract

A method and computer program product for context-informed summarization is described. A method may comprise determining, via a computing device, a context of a communication. The method may further comprise determining, via the computing device, a summarization attribute for the communication based upon, at least in part, the context of the communication. The method may also comprise creating a summary of the communication based upon, at least in part, the summarization attribute.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, via a computing device, a context of a communication;

determining, via the computing device, a summarization attribute for the communication based upon, at least in part, the context of the communication; and

creating a summary of the communication based upon, at least in part, the summarization attribute.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a recipient attribute for the summary of the communication based upon, at least in part, the context of the communication.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

sending the summary of the communication to a recipient based upon, at least in part, the recipient attribute.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the context of the communication includes at least one of:

one or more parties involved, one or more parties invited, a time of the communication, a duration of the communication, a topic of the communication, and an organizational relationship of the one or more parties involved.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein at least one of the summarization attribute and the recipient attribute is further determined based upon, at least in part, a defined policy.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of a length of the summary of the communication and one or more filters for the summary of the communication is based upon, at least in part, a defined policy.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the defined policy includes at least one of:

a minimum communication size, a hierarchical relationship policy, an organizational relationship policy, a degree of separation policy, a communication content policy, an attendance policy, and a participation policy.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication includes multiple communications and the summary of the communication includes summaries of one or more of the multiple communications based upon, at least in part, an organizational relationship policy.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein different summaries of the communication are created based upon, at least in part, different defined policies of two or more parties involved in the communication.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication is at least one of:

an instant message chat, a text message, a text message chain, an email, an email chain, a tweet, a series of tweets, a blog comment, a series of blog comments, a web conference, a teleconference, a series of changes made to a document, and a series of comments made regarding a document.

11. A computer program product residing on a computer readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining a context of a communication;

determining a summarization attribute for the communication based upon, at least in part, the context of the communication; and

creating a summary of the communication based upon, at least in part, the summarization attribute.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising instructions for:

determining a recipient attribute for the summary of the communication based upon, at least in part, the context of the communication.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, further comprising instructions for:

sending the summary of the communication to a recipient based upon, at least in part, the recipient attribute.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein context of the communication includes at least one of:

one or more parties involved, one or more parties invited, a time of the communication, a duration of the communication, a topic of the communication, and an organizational relationship of the one or more parties involved.

15. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein at least one of the summarization attribute and the recipient attribute is further determined based upon, at least in part, a defined policy.

16. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein at least one of a length of the summary of the communication and one or more filters for the summary of the communication is based upon, at least in part, a defined policy.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the defined policy includes at least one of:

a minimum communication size, a hierarchical relationship policy, an organizational relationship policy, a degree of separation policy, a communication content policy, an attendance policy, and a participation policy.

18. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the communication includes multiple communications and the summary of the communication includes summaries of one or more of the multiple communications based upon, at least in part, an organizational relationship policy.

19. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein different summaries of the communication are created based upon, at least in part, different defined policies of two or more parties involved in the communication.

20. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the communication is at least one of:

an instant message chat, a text message, a text message chain, an email, an email chain, a tweet, a series of tweets, a blog comment, a series of blog comments, a web conference, a teleconference, a series of changes made to a document, and a series of comments made regarding a document.