Multi-Modality communication modification

• US 20130080917A1
• Filed: 12/09/2011
• Published: 03/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: John D. Rinaldo Jr
• Inventors: Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 9,503,550 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

Disclosed herein are example embodiments for multi-modality communication modification. By way of example but not limitation, a communication device may interact with a user for a first portion of a communication in a manner corresponding to a first communication modality in accordance with at least one intimacy setting. A communication device may further discern at least one modification to at least one user interaction communication modality of at least one intimacy setting and interact with a user for a second portion of a communication in a manner corresponding to a second communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting responsive at least partly to the at least one modification.

Claims

1. A method for handling multi-modality communication modification, the method being at least partially implemented by a communication device, the method comprising:

interacting with a user for a first portion of a communication in a manner corresponding to a first communication modality in accordance with at least one intimacy setting;

discerning at least one modification to at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting; and

interacting with the user for a second portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to a second communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting responsive at least partly to the at least one modification.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the discerning at least one modification to at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting comprises:

detecting manipulation of at least one user interface feature that modifies the at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the detecting manipulation of at least one user interface feature that modifies the at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting comprises:

detecting manipulation of at least one physical component that realizes the at least one user interface feature.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the detecting manipulation of at least one user interface feature that modifies the at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting comprises:

detecting manipulation of at least one virtual component that realizes the at least one user interface feature.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the discerning at least one modification to at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting comprises:

detecting actuation of at least one multi-modality communication auto-activation feature that modifies the at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the discerning at least one modification to at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting comprises:

detecting actuation of at least one multi-modality communication remote induction feature that modifies the at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the interacting with a user for a first portion of a communication in a manner corresponding to a first communication modality in accordance with at least one intimacy setting comprises;

accepting user input from the user for the first portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to the first communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting; and

the interacting with the user for a second portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to a second communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting responsive at least partly to the at least one modification comprises;

accepting user input from the user for the second portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to the second communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting as modified by the at least one modification.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the interacting with a user for a first portion of a communication in a manner corresponding to a first communication modality in accordance with at least one intimacy setting comprises;

presenting user output to the user for the first portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to the first communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting; and

the interacting with the user for a second portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to a second communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting responsive at least partly to the at least one modification comprises;

presenting user output to the user for the second portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to the second communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting as modified by the at least one modification.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the interacting with a user for a first portion of a communication in a manner corresponding to a first communication modality in accordance with at least one intimacy setting comprises;

accepting user input from the user for the first portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to the first communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting; and

presenting user output to the user for the first portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to the first communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting; and

the interacting with the user for a second portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to a second communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting responsive at least partly to the at least one modification comprises;

accepting user input from the user for the second portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to the first communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting; and

presenting user output to the user for the second portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to the second communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting as modified by the at least one modification.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one intimacy setting comprises at least one user input interaction communication modality and at least one user output interaction communication modality;

and wherein the discerning at least one modification to at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting comprises;

discerning the at least one modification with respect to the at least one user input interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the discerning at least one modification to at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting comprises:

discerning that the at least one modification to the at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting comprises a change from the first communication modality to the second communication modality.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first communication modality comprises a communication modality selected from a group of communication modalities comprising:

voice communication, textual communication, or video communication;

the second communication modality comprises a communication modality selected from a group of communication modalities comprising;

voice communication, textual communication, or video communication; and

the first communication modality differs from the second communication modality.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

discerning at least one other modification to the at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting; and

interacting with the user for a third portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to a third communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting responsive at least partly to the at least one other modification.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

discerning at least one other modification to the at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting; and

interacting with the user for a third portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to the first communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting responsive at least partly to the at least one other modification.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending at least one notification to at least one other party participating in the communication responsive at least partly to the at least one modification, the at least one notification indicating that the user is to interact with the communication device in a manner corresponding to the second communication modality.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending at least one notification to at least one network communication device that is related to the communication responsive at least partly to the at least one modification, the at least one notification indicating that the user is to interact with the communication device in a manner corresponding to the second communication modality.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving at least one notification from at least one other party participating in the communication, the at least one notification indicating that the at least one other party is to change a user interaction communication modality of the at least one other party; and

presenting to the user a person-perceptible indication that the at least one other party participating in the communication is to change the user interaction communication modality of the at least one other party.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

effectuating at least one conversion of communication data from corresponding to the second communication modality or to corresponding to the second communication modality responsive at least partly to the at least one modification.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the effectuating at least one conversion of communication data from corresponding to the second communication modality or to corresponding to the second communication modality responsive at least partly to the at least one modification comprises:

converting the communication data at least one of from corresponding to the second communication modality or to corresponding to the second communication modality.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the effectuating at least one conversion of communication data from corresponding to the second communication modality or to corresponding to the second communication modality responsive at least partly to the at least one modification comprises:

requesting that at least one network communication device convert the communication data at least one of from corresponding to the second communication modality or to corresponding to the second communication modality.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the effectuating at least one conversion of communication data from corresponding to the second communication modality or to corresponding to the second communication modality responsive at least partly to the at least one modification comprises:

requesting that at least one other communication device, which is associated with at least one other party participating in the communication, convert the communication data at least one of from corresponding to the second communication modality or to corresponding to the second communication modality.

22. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

verifying if infrastructure is available to accommodate a change of the at least one intimacy setting to the second communication modality responsive at least partly to the at least one modification.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the verifying if infrastructure is available to accommodate a change of the at least one intimacy setting to the second communication modality responsive at least partly to the at least one modification comprises:

verifying if a current network connection is capable of supporting the second communication modality with respect to the communication device.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the verifying if infrastructure is available to accommodate a change of the at least one intimacy setting to the second communication modality responsive at least partly to the at least one modification comprises:

verifying if conversion functionality is accessible for application to the communication with regard to communication data corresponding to the second communication modality.

25. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing in at least one buffer communication data for the communication in a format corresponding to at least one of the first communication modality or the second communication modality.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the storing in at least one buffer communication data for the communication in a format corresponding to at least one of the first communication modality or the second communication modality comprises:

storing in the at least one buffer communication data for the communication in a first format corresponding to the first communication modality and in a second format corresponding to the second communication modality.

27. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

providing a user interface that enables the user to re-present at least a portion of the communication and switch at least between experiencing a re-presentation in a manner that corresponds to the first communication modality and experiencing the re-presentation in a manner that corresponds to the second communication modality using the communication data that is stored in the at least one buffer.

28. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

presenting to the user at least a portion of the communication data from the at least one buffer in a format corresponding to the second communication modality with the at least a portion of the communication data corresponding to a time that precedes a modification time responsive at least partly to the at least one modification.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the presenting to the user at least a portion of the communication data from the at least one buffer in a format corresponding to the second communication modality with the at least a portion of the communication data corresponding to a time that precedes a modification time responsive at least partly to the at least one modification comprises:

identifying the at least a portion of the communication data to be presented based, at least partly, on a temporal period.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein the presenting to the user at least a portion of the communication data from the at least one buffer in a format corresponding to the second communication modality with the at least a portion of the communication data corresponding to a time that precedes a modification time responsive at least partly to the at least one modification comprises:

identifying the at least a portion of the communication data to be presented based, at least partly, on a person-perceptible communication segment.

31. A communication device for handling multi-modality communication modification, the communication device comprising:

at least one interaction unit configured for interacting with a user for a first portion of a communication in a manner corresponding to a first communication modality in accordance with at least one intimacy setting; and

at least one modification discernment unit configured for discerning at least one modification to at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting,

wherein the at least one interaction unit is further configured for interacting with the user for a second portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to a second communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting responsive at least partly to the at least one modification.

32-60. -60. (canceled)

61. One or more processor-accessible non-transitory media bearing instructions that, if executed, perform a method comprising:

interacting with a user for a first portion of a communication in a manner corresponding to a first communication modality in accordance with at least one intimacy setting;

discerning at least one modification to at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting; and

interacting with the user for a second portion of the communication in a manner corresponding to a second communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting responsive at least partly to the at least one modification.

62-90. -90. (canceled)