Component Information and Auxiliary Information Related to Information Management

• US 20170331951A1
• Filed: 05/26/2017
• Published: 11/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Cohen, Alexander J., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Mangione-Smith, William Henry, Rinaldo, JR., John D., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Application Number:
  US15/607,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20170331951A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3344 using natural language analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/35 Discourse or dialogue representation
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/04 Training, enrolment or model building
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 Multimedia

Abstract

In one aspect, a method related to receiving, retrieving and presenting information. In addition, other method, system, and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and/or text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1-76. -76. (canceled)

77. An intelligent meeting facilitator method, comprising:

receiving a discourse component including at least voice data associated with one or more participants;

obtaining one or more identifiers associated with the one or more participants;

determining auxiliary information from the discourse component including at least the voice data associated with the one or more participants; and

providing at least one graphic representation of the discourse component, the at least one graphic representation of the discourse component including at least the one or more identifiers associated with the one or more participants, at least partially based on the auxiliary information,

wherein at least one of the receiving, obtaining, determining, or providing is at least partially implemented using at least one processing device.

78. An intelligent meeting facilitator system, comprising:

at least one computing device; and

one or more instructions which, when executed on the at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform one or more operations including at least;

receiving a discourse component including at least voice data associated with one or more participants;

obtaining one or more identifiers associated with the one or more participants;

determining auxiliary information from the discourse component including at least the voice data associated with the one or more participants; and

providing at least one graphic representation of the discourse component, the at least one graphic representation of the discourse component including at least the one or more identifiers associated with the one or more participants, at least partially based on the auxiliary information.

79. An intelligent meeting facilitator system, comprising:

circuitry configured for receiving a discourse component including at least voice data associated with one or more participants;

circuitry configured for obtaining one or more identifiers associated with the one or more participants;

circuitry configured for determining auxiliary information from the discourse component including at least the voice data associated with the one or more participants; and

circuitry configured for providing at least one graphic representation of the discourse component, the at least one graphic representation of the discourse component including at least the one or more identifiers associated with the one or more participants, at least partially based on the auxiliary information.

80. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 79, wherein circuitry configured for receiving a discourse component including at least voice data associated with one or more participants comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving an audio input including at least the discourse component and the voice data associated with the one or more participants.

81. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 80, wherein circuitry configured for receiving an audio input including at least the discourse component and the voice data associated with the one or more participants comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving a microphone input including at least a live discourse component.

82. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 80, wherein circuitry configured for receiving an audio input including at least the discourse component and the voice data associated with the one or more participants comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving stored audio including at least a recorded discourse component.

83. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 79, wherein circuitry configured for receiving a discourse component including at least voice data associated with one or more participants comprises:

circuitry configured for receiving a two-or-more-way communication including at least an audio component, the two-or-more-way communication including at least discourse among the one or more participants related to at least one business matter.

84. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 79, wherein circuitry configured for obtaining one or more identifiers associated with the one or more participants comprises:

circuitry configured for determining one or more names associated with the one or more participants at least partially based on the voice data associated with one or more participants of the discourse component and at least partially based on one or more stored voiceprints associated with one or more persons.

85. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 79, wherein circuitry configured for obtaining one or more identifiers associated with the one or more participants comprises:

circuitry configured for identifying one or more speakers associated with one or more audio portions of the discourse component at least partially based on the voice data associated with one or more participants of the discourse component and at least partially based on one or more of at least one voice pattern, at least some sound frequency information, or at least some voice characterization information associated with one or more persons.

86. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 79, wherein circuitry configured for obtaining one or more identifiers associated with the one or more participants comprises:

circuitry configured for obtaining at least one identifier associated with at least one speaker heard during at least one audible portion of the discourse component at least partially via using at least one identifier of at least one network address from which the at least one audible portion of the discourse component originated.

87. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 79, wherein circuitry configured for determining auxiliary information from the discourse component including at least the voice data associated with the one or more participants comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one identification of at least one topic discussed during the discourse component and at least one time at which the at least one topic was discussed during the discourse component at least partially based on the voice data associated with one or more participants.

88. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 87, wherein circuitry configured for determining at least one identification of at least one topic discussed during the discourse component and at least one time at which the at least one topic was discussed during the discourse component at least partially based on the voice data associated with one or more participants comprises:

circuitry configured for maintaining at least one level of confidence with which the at least one identification of at least one topic discussed during the discourse component was determined.

89. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 79, wherein circuitry configured for determining auxiliary information from the discourse component including at least the voice data associated with the one or more participants comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one identification of at least one action item discussed during the discourse component and at least one time at which the at least one action item was discussed during the discourse component at least partially based on the voice data associated with one or more participants.

90. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 79, wherein circuitry configured for determining auxiliary information from the discourse component including at least the voice data associated with the one or more participants comprises:

circuitry configured for determining at least one identification of at least one business matter discussed during the discourse component and at least one time at which the at least one business matter was discussed during the discourse component at least partially based on the voice data associated with one or more participants.

91. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 79, wherein circuitry configured for providing at least one graphic representation of the discourse component, the at least one graphic representation of the discourse component including at least the one or more identifiers associated with the one or more participants, at least partially based on the auxiliary information comprises:

circuitry configured for providing at least one graphic representation of at least one event timeline associated with the discourse component.

92. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 79, wherein circuitry configured for providing at least one graphic representation of the discourse component, the at least one graphic representation of the discourse component including at least the one or more identifiers associated with the one or more participants, at least partially based on the auxiliary information comprises:

circuitry configured for providing at least one graphic representation of sonic frequency spectrum information associated with the discourse component.

93. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 79, wherein circuitry configured for providing at least one graphic representation of the discourse component, the at least one graphic representation of the discourse component including at least the one or more identifiers associated with the one or more participants, at least partially based on the auxiliary information comprises:

circuitry configured for providing, within the at least one graphic representation of the discourse component, at least one indication of at least one time at which at least one topic or at least one business matter was discussed.

94. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 93, wherein circuitry configured for providing, within the at least one graphic representation of the discourse component, at least one indication of at least one time at which at least one topic or at least one business matter was discussed comprises:

circuitry configured for providing a graphical user interface element within the at least one graphic representation of the discourse component, the graphical user interface element including the at least one indication of at least one time at which at least one topic or at least one business matter was discussed and capable of being selected for playback of the at least a portion of the discourse component at which the at least one topic or at least one business matter was discussed.

95. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 94, wherein circuitry configured for providing a graphical user interface element within the at least one graphic representation of the discourse component, the graphical user interface element including the at least one indication of at least one time at which at least one topic or at least one business matter was discussed and capable of being selected for playback of the at least a portion of the discourse component at which the at least one topic or at least one business matter was discussed comprises:

circuitry configured for providing a graphical user interface element within the at least one graphic representation of the discourse component, the graphical user interface element including the at least one indication of at least one time at which at least one topic or at least one business matter was discussed and at least one level of confidence, the graphical user interface element capable of being selected for playback of the at least a portion of the discourse component at which the at least one topic or at least one business matter was discussed

96. The intelligent meeting facilitator system of claim 79, further comprising:

circuitry configured for providing at least one graphical user interface element indexed to at least one of sonic frequency spectrum information or at least one event timeline associated with a stored discourse component, the at least one graphical user interface element enabling a user to select at least a portion of the stored discourse component for playback.