Voice operated, matrix-connected, artificially intelligent address book system

• US 8,473,488 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2011
• Issued: 06/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Callahan Cellular LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Constad Transfer LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Basner, Charles M.
• Primary Examiner(s): LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE
• Application Number:
  US13/107,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20110211677A1
• Time in Patent Office: 774 Days
• Field of Search: 707/1, 707/104.1, 707/726, 455/418, 379/88.18
• US Class Current: 707/726
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

An online address book system having sufficient hardware and software to operate an address book user interface and to perform intelligent interpretations of voice and text inputs from users. The system includes at least one server software module that includes software to perform a plurality of functions. These include the ability to receive voice input data and separate user voice queries, wherein the software can arrange the data so as to create a data base that includes at least three access dimensions, including contact access, contact-relationship access and contact-time frame access, and so as to create a connectivity matrix based on a plurality of contact pair relationships applying connective recognition logic. The system provides a voice operated user interface that permits access to address book stored data based on user input selected from the group consisting of contact, a contact-relationship pair, a contact-time frame pair, and combinations thereof.

Claims

1. An address book system comprising:

at least one software module operable to;

store relationship data for each of a plurality of contacts in a database, wherein the plurality of contacts includes a first contact, a second contact, and a third contact;

wherein the database comprises at least three access dimensions including contact-time access associated with each of the plurality of contacts;

deduce additional relationship data between the first contact and the second contact by using at least one relationship definition and the relationship data for the first and second contacts, wherein the additional relationship data is deduced based on a relationship between the first contact and the third contact and a relationship between the second contact and the third contact; and

provide a user interface that permits access to at least one of the plurality of contacts based on the additional relationship data.

2. The address book system of claim 1, wherein the at least one relationship definition comprises a familial relationship.

3. The address book system of claim 1, wherein the relationship data is stored in a phoneme format.

4. The address book system of claim 1, wherein the at least one software module is further operable to convert voice inputs to phoneme format and access the at least one of the plurality of contacts based on a match between at least a portion of the at least one of the plurality of contacts and the voice inputs.

5. The address book system of claim 1, wherein the at least three access dimensions of the database further includes contact access and contact-relationship access.

6. The address book system of claim 1, wherein the at least one software module is operable to return information regarding the at least one of the plurality of contacts based further on a time of access.

7. The address book system of claim 1, wherein the relationship data for the first contact includes a contact-time frame pair, and wherein the contact-time frame pair correlates a first phone number for the first contact at a first time of day and a second phone number for the first contact at a second time of day.

8. The address book system of claim 7, wherein the software module is further operable to receive a voice input request to access the at least one of the plurality of contacts, and wherein the at least one software module is further operable to compare the voice input request to the stored relationship data, and provide one of the first or second phone numbers based, at least in part, on a time of the voice input request.

9. A method for accessing an address book system, the method comprising:

storing, in an electronic database and by a processing device, relationship data and contact data for each of a plurality of contacts, including a first contact, a second contact, and a third contact, wherein the electronic database comprises at least three access dimensions including contact-time access associated with each of the plurality of contacts;

deducing, by the processing device, additional relationship data between the first contact and the second contact using at least one relationship definition and relationship data specifying a relationship between the first contact and a third contact and a relationship between the second contact and the third contact;

receiving, at the processing device, a voice request for a contact having the additional relationship data; and

in response to the voice request, providing at least a portion of the contact data for the first contact.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said storing comprises storing at least a portion of the contact data in a phoneme format.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising matching the voice request to at least a portion of the contact data in the phoneme format.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the relationship definition comprises a familial relationship.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the contact data includes first contact data corresponding to a first time of day and second contact data corresponding to a second time of day.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said receiving occurs during the first time of day, and wherein said providing comprises providing the first contact data corresponding to the first time of day.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least three access dimensions of the electronic database further includes contact access and contact-relationship access.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, upon execution by an apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:

storing relationship data for each of a plurality of contacts in a database, wherein the plurality of contacts includes a first contact, a second contact, and a third contact, wherein the database comprises at least three access dimensions including contact-time access associated with each of the plurality of contacts;

deducing additional relationship data between the first contact and the second contact by using at least one relationship definition and the relationship data for the first and second contacts, wherein the additional relationship data is deduced based on a relationship between the first contact and the third contact and a relationship between the second contact and the third contact; and

providing a user interface that permits access to at least one of the plurality of contacts based on the additional relationship data.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the at least one relationship definition comprises a familial relationship.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the relationship data is stored in a phoneme format.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise converting voice inputs to phoneme format and accessing the at least one of the plurality of contacts based on a match between at least a portion of the at least one of the plurality of contacts and the voice inputs.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the at least three access dimensions of the database further includes contact access and contact-relationship access.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise returning information regarding the at least one of the plurality of contacts based further on a time of access.

22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the relationship data for the first contact includes a contact-time frame pair, and wherein the contact-time frame pair correlates a first phone number for the first contact at a first time of day and a second phone number for the first contact at a second time of day.

23. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a voice input request to access the at least one of the plurality of contacts, comparing the voice input request to the stored relationship data, and providing one of the first or second phone numbers based, at least in part, on a time of the voice input request.