SPOKEN MICROAGREEMENTS WITH BLOCKCHAIN

• US 20200135207A1
• Filed: 10/29/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: TOPALOGLU, Rasit O.
• Granted Patent: US 10,916,253 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications

Abstract

Method, system, and apparatus for storing conversation data of a conversation onto a blockchain network, the conversation data comprising terms of an agreement, the method comprising: receiving audio data of a conversation between two or more participants; creating a transcript of at least some of the audio data; accessing a database comprising a plurality of words or phrases. The method, system, and apparatus are also for obtaining, from the database, predefined one or more words associated with a predefined topic; searching the transcript for the predefined one or more words; filtering the transcript based on the predefined one or more words; and storing the conversation data onto a first block of a blockchain stored on the blockchain network, wherein the conversation data comprises the filtered transcript.

Claims

1. A method of storing conversation data of a conversation onto a blockchain network, the conversation data comprising terms of an agreement, the method comprising:

receiving audio data of a conversation between two or more participants;

creating a transcript of at least some of the audio data;

accessing a database comprising a plurality of words or phrases;

obtaining, from the database, predefined one or more words associated with a predefined topic;

searching the transcript for the predefined one or more words;

filtering the transcript based on the predefined one or more words; and

storing the conversation data onto a first block of a blockchain stored on the blockchain network, wherein the conversation data comprises the filtered transcript.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating the summary of the transcript, wherein the conversation data comprises the summary of the transcript.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining an indicator of when to begin recording the audio data;

analyzing the audio data for presence of the indicator; and

upon detecting the indicator within the audio data, performing the creating of the audio recording by recording the audio data.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating an audio recording of at least some of the audio data;

accessing the database to obtain the predefined one or more words associated with the predefined topic;

searching the audio recording for the predefined one or more words; and

filtering the audio recording based on the predefined one or more words, wherein the conversation data comprises the filtered audio recording.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining an indicator of which portion of the audio data to select for storage on the blockchain;

selecting the portion of the audio data; and

performing the creating of the transcript based on the selected portion of the audio data;

wherein the conversation data comprises the selected portion of the audio data.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

converting the audio data to human-readable text while receiving the audio data;

analyzing the text for presence of the predefined one or more words; and

upon detecting the presence of the predefined one or more words, recording a subsequently received audio data as a recording onto a storage device;

wherein the file comprises the recording or a transcript of the recording.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to storing the conversation data, encrypting the conversation data.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising, subsequent to the storing the conversation data, outputting a transaction ID indicating (a) permission to access the conversation data, or (b) location of the conversation data within the blockchain.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

creating an audio recording of at least some of the audio data; and

filtering the audio recording based on the filtered transcript, wherein the conversation data comprises the filtered audio recording.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the blockchain is a public blockchain, further wherein the blockchain comprises a second block, the second block comprising a second conversation data obtained at least in part by filtering a second transcript generated from a second audio data, the filtering being performed based on a second predefined one or more words associated with two parties forming an agreement.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to the storing;

outputting the filtered transcript to the two or more participants for review;

receiving additional instructions from at least one of the two or more participants; and

modifying the filtered transcript based on the additional instructions.

12. A system, comprising:

a blockchain network comprising a blockchain;

a database comprising a plurality of words or phrases;

a processor, wherein the processor is programmed to carry out a method of storing conversation data of a conversation onto a blockchain network, the conversation data comprising terms of an agreement, the method comprising;

receiving audio data of a conversation between two or more participants;

creating a transcript of at least some of the audio data;

accessing the database comprising a plurality of words or phrases;

obtaining, from the database, predefined one or more words associated with a predefined topic;

searching the transcript for the predefined one or more words;

filtering the transcript based on the predefined one or more words; and

storing the conversation data onto a first block of the blockchain, wherein the conversation data comprises the filtered transcript.

13. The system of claim 12, the method further comprising creating the summary of the transcript, wherein the conversation data comprises the summary of the transcript.

14. The system of claim 12, the method further comprising:

obtaining an indicator of when to begin recording the audio data;

analyzing the audio data for presence of the indicator; and

upon detecting the indicator within the audio data, performing the creating of the audio recording by recording the audio data.

15. The system of claim 12, the method further comprising:

creating an audio recording of at least some of the audio data;

accessing the database to obtain the predefined one or more words associated with the predefined topic;

searching the audio recording for the predefined one or more words; and

filtering the audio recording based on the predefined one or more words, wherein the conversation data comprises the filtered audio recording.

16. The system of claim 12, the method further comprising:

obtaining an indicator of which portion of the audio data to select for storage on the blockchain;

selecting the portion of the audio data; and

performing the creating of the transcript based on the selected portion of the audio data;

wherein the conversation data comprises the selected portion of the audio data.

17. The system of claim 12, the method further comprising:

converting the audio data to human-readable text while receiving the audio data;

analyzing the text for presence of the predefined one or more words; and

upon detecting the presence of the predefined one or more words, recording a subsequently received audio data as a recording onto a storage device;

wherein the file comprises the recording or a transcript of the recording.

18. The system of claim 12, the method further comprising:

creating an audio recording of at least some of the audio data; and

filtering the audio recording based on the filtered transcript, wherein the conversation data comprises the filtered audio recording.

19. The system of claim 12, the method further comprising, prior to the storing;

outputting the filtered transcript to the two or more participants for review;

receiving additional instructions from at least one of the two or more participants; and

modifying the filtered transcript based on the additional instructions.

20. A computer program product for a method of storing conversation data of a conversation onto a blockchain network, the computer program product comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code executable by one or more computer processors to;

receive audio data of a conversation between two or more participants;

create a transcript of at least some of the audio data;

access a database comprising a plurality of words or phrases;

obtain, from the database, predefined one or more words associated with a predefined topic;

search the transcript for the predefined one or more words;

filter the transcript based on the predefined one or more words; and

store the conversation data onto a first block of a blockchain stored on the blockchain network, wherein the conversation data comprises the filtered transcript.