METHOD FOR OFFERING SUGGESTION DURING CONVERSATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20130297317A1
• Filed: 03/28/2013
• Published: 11/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Yu-Cheng, Tsui, Yuan-Mao, Webster, Gabriel Jesse
• Granted Patent: US 9,685,160 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/270.1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

A method for offering suggestion during conversation, an electronic device using the same, and a non-transitory storage medium are provided. The method includes listening to a conversation on a first electronic device and a second electronic device, and determining whether the conversation satisfies a recommendation criterion. The method also includes determining whether at least one suggestion information exists in a database if the conversation satisfies the recommendation criterion. The method further includes displaying at least one suggestion option related to the at least one suggestion information on the first electronic device if the at least one suggestion information exists in the database.

Claims

1. A method for offering suggestion during conversation, comprising:

listening to a conversation on a first electronic device and a second electronic device;

determining whether the conversation satisfies a recommendation criterion;

determining whether at least one suggestion information exists in a database if the conversation satisfies the recommendation criterion; and

displaying at least one suggestion option related to the at least one suggestion information on the first electronic device if the at least one suggestion information exists in the database.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the conversation satisfies the recommendation criterion comprises:

applying a keyword parsing process on the conversation to identify whether at least one keyword is in the conversation, wherein each of the at least one keyword is a name or an appellation of a person, a date and/or time, an activity, or a place;

if the at least one keyword is in the conversation, determining whether a sentence having the at least one keyword is a negative sentence; and

if the sentence is not the negative sentence, determining that the conversation satisfies the recommendation criterion.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the database comprises a local database in the first electronic device and/or the second electronic device, and the step of determining whether the at least one suggestion information exists in the database if the conversation satisfies the recommendation criterion comprises:

determining whether the at least one keyword appears in the local database; and

if the at least one keyword appears in the local database, determining that the at least one suggestion information exists in the database and regarding at least one available information in the local database which is associated with the at least one keyword as the at least one suggestion information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the database further comprises a remote database, and after the step of determining whether the at least one keyword appears in the local database, the method further comprising:

if the at least one keyword does not appear in the local database, determining whether the at least one keyword appears in the remote database; and

if the at least one keyword appears in the remote database, determining that the at least one suggestion information exists in the database and regarding at least one available information in the remote database which is associated with the at least one keyword as the at least one suggestion information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein after the step of displaying the at least one suggestion option on the first electronic device if the at least one suggestion information exists in the database, the method further comprising:

selecting a target option among the at least one suggestion option by the first electronic device; and

performing a proceeding procedure by the first electronic device, wherein the proceeding procedure is one or the combination of launching a first application installed on the first electronic device, linking to a web page through the first electronic device, and storing at least one part of the at least one suggestion information related to the target option back to a second application installed on the first electronic device, wherein the first application, the second application, and the web page are related to the target option.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein after the step of displaying the at least one suggestion option on the first electronic device if the at least one suggestion information exists in the database, the method further comprising:

selecting a target option among the at least one suggestion option by the first electronic device; and

transmitting at least one part of the at least one suggestion information related to the target option to the second electronic device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein after the step of transmitting the at least one part of the at least one suggestion information related to the target option to the second electronic device, the method further comprising:

monitoring a feedback from the second electronic device associated with the target option; and

if the feedback is positive, performing a proceeding procedure on the first electronic device, wherein the proceeding procedure is one or the combination of launching a first application installed on the first electronic device, linking to a web page through the first electronic device, and storing the at least one part of the at least one suggestion information related to the target option back to a second application installed on the first electronic device, wherein the first application, the second application, and the web page are related to the target option.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein after the step of displaying the at least one suggestion option on the first electronic device if the at least one suggestion information exists in the database, the method further comprising:

receiving an user input through the first electronic device;

transmitting the user input to the second electronic device;

monitoring a feedback from the second electronic device associated with the user input; and

if the feedback is positive, performing a proceeding procedure on the first electronic device, wherein the proceeding procedure is one or the combination of launching a first application installed on the first electronic device, linking to a web page through the first electronic device, and storing the user input back to a second application installed on the first electronic device, wherein the first application, the second application, and the web page are related to the at least one keyword and/or the user input.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the conversation is an instant messaging conversation, a short message service (SMS) conversation, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) conversation, an email conversation, or a voice conversation.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

an input unit;

a display unit;

memory;

one or more processors; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions;

to listen to a conversation on the electronic device and a second electronic device;

to determine whether the conversation satisfies a recommendation criterion;

to determine whether at least one suggestion information exists in a database if the conversation satisfies the recommendation criterion; and

to display at least one suggestion option related to the at least one suggestion information on the display unit if the at least one suggestion information exists in the database.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the instruction determines whether the conversation satisfies the recommendation criterion by applying a keyword parsing process on the conversation to identify whether at least one keyword is in the conversation, determining whether a sentence having the at least one keyword is a negative sentence if the at least one keyword is in the conversation, and determining that the conversation satisfies the recommendation criterion if the sentence is not the negative sentence, wherein each of the at least one keyword is a name or an appellation of a person, a date and/or time, an activity, or a place.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the database comprises a local database in the electronic device and/or the second electronic device, and the instruction determines whether the at least one suggestion information exists in the database by determining whether the at least one keyword appears in the local database, and determining that the at least one suggestion information exists in the database if the at least one keyword appears in the local database, wherein at least one available information in the local database which is associated with the at least one keyword is regarded as the at least one suggestion information.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the database further comprises a remote database, and the instruction further determines whether the at least one keyword appears in the remote database if the at least one keyword does not appear in the local database, and determines that the at least one suggestion information exists in the database if the at least one keyword appears in the remote database, wherein at least one available information in the remote database which is associated with the at least one keyword is regarded as the at least one suggestion information.

14. The electronic device of claim 10, after displaying the at least one suggestion option on the display unit, the one or more programs including instructions:

to select a target option among the at least one suggestion option; and

to perform a proceeding procedure on the electronic device, wherein the proceeding procedure is one or the combination of launching a first application installed on the electronic device, linking to a web page through the electronic device, and storing at least one part of the at least one suggestion information related to the target option back to a second application installed on the electronic device, wherein the first application, the second application, and the web page are related to the target option.

15. The electronic device of claim 10, after displaying the at least one suggestion option on the display unit, the one or more programs including instructions:

to select a target option among the at least one suggestion option; and

to transmit at least one part of the at least one suggestion information related to the target option.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, after transmitting the at least one part of the at least one suggestion information related to the target option to the second electronic device, the one or more programs including instructions:

to monitor a feedback from the second electronic device associated with the target option; and

to perform a proceeding procedure on the electronic device if the feedback is positive, wherein the proceeding procedure is one or the combination of launching a first application installed on the electronic device, linking to a web page through the electronic device, and storing the at least one part of the at least one suggestion information related to the target option back to a second application installed on the electronic device, wherein the first application, the second application, and the web page are related to the target option.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, after displaying the at least one suggestion option on the display unit, the one or more programs including instructions:

to receive an user input through the electronic device;

to transmit the user input to the second electronic device;

to monitor a feedback from the second electronic device associated with the user input; and

to perform a proceeding procedure on the electronic device if the feedback is positive, wherein the proceeding procedure is one or the combination of launching a first application installed on the electronic device, linking to a web page through the electronic device, and storing the user input back to a second application installed on the electronic device, wherein the first application, the second application, and the web page are related to the at least one keyword and/or the user input.

18. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the conversation is an instant messaging conversation, a short message service (SMS) conversation, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) conversation, an email conversation, or a voice conversation.

19. A non-transitory storage medium, storing a computer program for loading into an electronic device, the computer program comprising:

commands to listen to a conversation on the electronic device and a second electronic device;

commands to determine whether the conversation satisfies a recommendation criterion;

commands to determine whether at least one suggestion information exists in a database if the conversation satisfies the recommendation criterion; and

commands to display at least one suggestion option related to the at least one suggestion information on the electronic device if the at least one suggestion information exists in the database.