DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENRICHING COMMUNICATIONS

• US 20140004486A1
• Filed: 06/27/2012
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Crawford, Richard P., Morris, Margaret E., Hasteen-Izora, Muki, Vuckovic, Nancy
• Granted Patent: US 10,373,508 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/185
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied

Abstract

Devices, systems, and methods for enriching communications may include communications circuitry configured to process one or more verbal communications signals being transmitted between a computing device and a remote computing device, the one or more verbal communications signals relating to a conversation between a user of the computing device and a user of the remote computing device, a conversation dynamics engine configured to generate at least one suggested conversation topic by analyzing the one or more verbal communications signals, and a display configured to present the at least one suggested conversation topic to the user of the computing device.

Claims

1. A computing device for enriching communications, the computing device comprising:

communications circuitry to process one or more verbal communications signals transmitted between the computing device and a remote computing device, the one or more verbal communications signals relating to a conversation between a user of the computing device and a user of the remote computing device;

a conversation dynamics engine to generate at least one suggested conversation topic by analyzing the one or more verbal communications signals; and

a display to present the at least one suggested conversation topic to the user of the computing device.

2. The computing device of claim 1, wherein:

the conversation dynamics engine is to generate a plurality of suggested conversation topics by analyzing the one or more verbal communications signals; and

the display is to present the plurality of suggested conversation topics to the user of the computing device.

3. The computing device of claim 2, wherein the conversation dynamics engine is further to receive a feedback signal in response to a user selection of one of the plurality of suggested conversation topics.

4. The computing device of claim 3, wherein the conversation dynamics engine is further to generate at least one additional suggested conversation topic with the conversation dynamics engine in response to the feedback signal.

5. The computing device of claim 3, wherein:

the conversation dynamics engine is further to retrieve a media element in response to the feedback signal, the media element corresponding to the user selection of one of the plurality of suggested conversation topics; and

the display is further to present the media element to the user of the computing device.

6. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the conversation dynamics engine is to analyze the one or more verbal communications signals, at least in part, by assessing a voice characteristic of at least one of the user of the computing device and the user of the remote computing device.

7. The computing device of claim 1, wherein the conversation dynamics engine is to analyze the one or more verbal communications signals, at least in part, by recognizing one or more keywords spoken by at least one of the user of the computing device and the user of the remote computing device.

8. The computing device of claim 1, wherein:

the communications circuitry is further configured to process one or more video communications signals being transmitted between the computing device and the remote computing device, the one or more video communications signals relating to the conversation between the user of the computing device and the user of the remote computing device; and

the conversation dynamics engine is further to generate the at least one suggested conversation topic by analyzing the one or more video communications signals, along with the one or more verbal communications signals.

9. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the conversation dynamics engine is to analyze the one or more video communications signals, at least in part, by assessing a facial expression of at least one of the user of the computing device and the user of the remote computing device.

10. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the conversation dynamics engine is to analyze the one or more video communications signals, at least in part, by assessing one or more body gestures used by at least one of the user of the computing device and the user of the remote computing device.

11. A method for enriching communications, the method comprising:

receiving one or more verbal communications signals being transmitted between a first computing device and a second computing device, the one or more verbal communications signals relating to a conversation between a user of the first computing device and a user of the second computing device;

analyzing the one or more verbal communications signals using a conversation dynamics engine to generate at least one suggested conversation topic; and

generating one or more output signals that cause the at least one suggested conversation topic to be displayed on the first computing device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the conversation dynamics engine analyzes the one or more verbal communications signals to generate a plurality of suggested conversation topics; and

the one or more output signals cause the plurality of suggested conversation topics to be displayed on the first computing device.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving a feedback signal in response to a user selection of one of the plurality of suggested conversation topics.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising generating at least one additional suggested conversation topic with the conversation dynamics engine in response to the feedback signal.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

retrieving a media element in response to the feedback signal, the media element corresponding to the user selection of one of the plurality of suggested conversation topics; and

generating one or more output signals that cause the media element to be displayed on the first computing device.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein analyzing the one or more verbal communications signals using the conversation dynamics engine comprises assessing at least one a voice characteristic of at least one of the user of the first computing device and the user of the second computing device.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein analyzing the one or more verbal communications signals using the conversation dynamics engine comprises recognizing one or more keywords spoken by at least one of the user of the first computing device and the user of the second computing device.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving one or more video communications signals being transmitted between the first computing device and the second computing device, the one or more video communications signals relating to the conversation between the user of the first computing device and the user of the second computing device; and

analyzing the one or more video communications signals, along with the one or more verbal communications signals, using the conversation dynamics engine to generate the at least one suggested conversation topic.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein analyzing the one or more video communications signals using the conversation dynamics engine comprises assessing a facial expression of at least one of the user of the first computing device and the user of the second computing device.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein analyzing the one or more video communications signals using the conversation dynamics engine comprises assessing one or more body gestures used by at least one of the user of the first computing device and the user of the second computing device.

21. One or more machine readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to being executed, result in a first computing device:

receiving one or more verbal communications signals being transmitted between the first computing device and a second computing device, the one or more verbal communications signals relating to a conversation between a user of the first computing device and a user of the second computing device;

analyzing the one or more verbal communications signals using a conversation dynamics engine to generate at least one suggested conversation topic; and

generating one or more output signals that cause the at least one suggested conversation topic to be displayed on the first computing device.

22. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 21, wherein:

the conversation dynamics engine analyzes the one or more verbal communications signals to generate a plurality of suggested conversation topics; and

the one or more output signals cause the plurality of suggested conversation topics to be displayed on the first computing device.

23. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 22, wherein the plurality of instructions further result in the first computing device receiving a feedback signal in response to a user selection of one of the plurality of suggested conversation topics.

24. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 23, wherein the plurality of instructions further result in the first computing device generating at least one additional suggested conversation topic with the conversation dynamics engine in response to the feedback signal.

25. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 23, wherein the plurality of instructions further result in the first computing device:

retrieving a media element in response to the feedback signal, the media element corresponding to the user selection of one of the plurality of suggested conversation topics; and

generating one or more output signals that cause the media element to be displayed on the first computing device.

26. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 21, wherein analyzing the one or more verbal communications signals using the conversation dynamics engine comprises assessing at least one a voice characteristic of at least one of the user of the first computing device and the user of the second computing device.

27. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 21, wherein analyzing the one or more verbal communications signals using the conversation dynamics engine comprises recognizing one or more keywords spoken by at least one of the user of the first computing device and the user of the second computing device.

28. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 21, wherein the plurality of instructions further result in the first computing device:

receiving one or more video communications signals being transmitted between the first computing device and the second computing device, the one or more video communications signals relating to the conversation between the user of the first computing device and the user of the second computing device; and

analyzing the one or more video communications signals, along with the one or more verbal communications signals, using the conversation dynamics engine to generate the at least one suggested conversation topic.

29. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 28, wherein analyzing the one or more video communications signals using the conversation dynamics engine comprises assessing a facial expression of at least one of the user of the first computing device and the user of the second computing device.

30. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 28, wherein analyzing the one or more video communications signals using the conversation dynamics engine comprises assessing one or more body gestures used by at least one of the user of the first computing device and the user of the second computing device.