METHOD OF PROACTIVE OBJECT TRANSFERRING MANAGEMENT

• US 20180197536A1
• Filed: 01/10/2017
• Published: 07/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: LIU, Su, SU, Jun, WILSON, John D., XIA, Yin
• Granted Patent: US 10,249,295 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1815 Semantic context, e.g. disambiguation of the recognition hypotheses based on word meaning
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for initiating an electronic file transfer between users based on conversational context. A cognitive service monitors a communication between a given user and another user. The communication is exchanged by a mobile device associated with the given user and a mobile device of the other user. The cognitive service determines a context of the communication. The cognitive service detects, based on the context of the communication, a request between the users to share a file maintained by the given user. Upon successfully validating the request, a transfer of the file to the second user is performed.

Claims

1. A method for initiating a file transfer between users, comprising:

monitoring, via a network computing service, a communication between a first user and at least a second user, wherein the communication is exchanged by a first mobile device associated with the first user and a second mobile device associated with the second user;

determining a context of the communication;

detecting, based on the context of the communication, a request between the first user and the second user to share a file maintained by the first user;

validating the request; and

upon successfully validating the request, performing a transfer of the file to the second user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication is in an audio format, and wherein determining the context of the communication comprises:

generating a text transcript of the communication; and

performing one or more natural language processing (NLP) techniques on the text transcript.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the transfer of the file comprises:

accessing a first cloud storage account associated with the first user;

identifying the file; and

sending a copy of the file to a second cloud storage account associated with the second user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the transfer of the file comprises:

directing the first mobile device to (i) establish a connection with the second mobile device and (ii) transfer the file to the second mobile device via the established connection.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating metadata associated with the transfer of the file, wherein the metadata is transferred along with the file.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein validating the request comprises:

evaluating file permissions specified in a profile associated with the first user to determine whether the file can be sent to the second user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the request identifies the first user, the second user, the file, a location of the file, the first mobile device, and the second mobile device.

8. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions, which, when executed on a processor, performs an operation for initiating a file transfer between users, the operation comprising;

monitoring, via a network computing service, a communication between a first user and at least a second user, wherein the communication is exchanged by a first mobile device associated with the first user and a second mobile device associated with the second user;

determining a context of the communication;

detecting, based on the context of the communication, a request between the first user and the second user to share a file maintained by the first user;

validating the request; and

upon successfully validating the request, performing a transfer of the file to the second user.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the communication is in an audio format, and wherein determining the context of the communication comprises:

generating a text transcript of the communication; and

performing one or more natural language processing (NLP) techniques on the text transcript.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein performing the transfer of the file comprises:

accessing a first cloud storage account associated with the first user;

identifying the file; and

sending a copy of the file to a second cloud storage account associated with the second user.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein performing the transfer of the file comprises:

directing the first mobile device to (i) establish a connection with the second mobile device and (ii) transfer the file to the second mobile device via the established connection.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the operation further comprises:

generating metadata associated with the transfer of the file, wherein the metadata is transferred along with the file.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein validating the request comprises:

evaluating file permissions specified in a profile associated with the first user to determine whether the file can be sent to the second user.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the request identifies the first user, the second user, the file, a location of the file, the first mobile device, and the second mobile device.

15. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing program code, which, when executed on the processor, performs an operation for initiating a file transfer between users, the operation comprising;

monitoring, via a network computing service, a communication between a first user and at least a second user, wherein the communication is exchanged by a first mobile device associated with the first user and a second mobile device associated with the second user,

determining a context of the communication,

detecting, based on the context of the communication, a request between the first user and the second user to share a file maintained by the first user,

validating the request, and

upon successfully validating the request, performing a transfer of the file to the second user.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the communication is in an audio format, and wherein determining the context of the communication comprises:

generating a text transcript of the communication; and

performing one or more natural language processing (NLP) techniques on the text transcript.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein performing the transfer of the file comprises:

accessing a first cloud storage account associated with the first user;

identifying the file; and

sending a copy of the file to a second cloud storage account associated with the second user.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein performing the transfer of the file comprises:

directing the first mobile device to (i) establish a connection with the second mobile device and (ii) transfer the file to the second mobile device via the established connection.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the operation further comprises:

generating metadata associated with the transfer of the file, wherein the metadata is transferred along with the file.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the request identifies the first user, the second user, the file, a location of the file, the first mobile device, and the second mobile device.