Mobile devices, methods, and computer program products for enhancing social interactions with relevant social networking information

• US 9,058,814 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2010
• Issued: 06/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pratt, James, Belz, Steven, Sullivan, Marc
• Primary Examiner(s): He, Jialong
• Application Number:
  US12/946,208
• Publication Number:
  US 20120123779A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,674 Days
• Field of Search: 704/270
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/08 Speech classification or search
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/02 Preprocessing operations, e.g. segment selection; Pattern representation or modelling, e.g. based on linear discriminant analysis [LDA] or principal components; Feature selection or extraction
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/06 Decision making techniques; Pattern matching strategies
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/22 Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/24 the user being prompted to utter a password or a predefined phrase
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Devices, methods, and computer program products are for facilitating enhanced social interactions using a mobile device. A method for facilitating an enhanced social interaction using a mobile device includes receiving an audio input at the mobile device, determining a salient portion of the audio input, receiving relevant information associated with the salient portion, and presenting the relevant information via the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first mobile device, an audio input of an in-person conversation between a first user and a second user;

identifying, through the audio input, an identity of the second user associated with a second mobile device;

determining, by the first mobile device, a salient portion of the audio input;

receiving, from a system, relevant information associated with the identity of the second user based on the salient portion of the audio input; and

initiating, at the first mobile device, a presentation of the relevant information;

wherein receiving the audio input by the first mobile device comprises at least one function selected from a group consisting of;

receiving, via a microphone of the first mobile device, the audio input from the second user, the second user being engaged in a vocal in-person conversation with the first user associated with the first mobile device; and

receiving, via a transceiver of the first mobile device, an audio file comprising the audio input, the audio input being associated with the second user and the second user being engaged in the vocal in-person conversation with the first user associated with the first mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the salient portion of the audio input comprises one of:

converting at least a portion of the audio input into text and identifying at least one keyword from the text, the at least one keyword being the salient portion; and

analyzing at least a portion of the audio input and identifying at least one keyword from the audio input, the at least one keyword being the salient portion.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the relevant information being social-networking information received from a data store associated with a social network.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the social-networking information comprises at least one of a name, a physical address, a telephone number, an email address, a chat client handle, a user name, an avatar, a profile, a profile picture, a post by the individual, a topic of interest to the individual, and a specific detail about a topic of interest to the second user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating the presentation of the relevant information comprises presenting the relevant information via at least one of a display and an audio output of the first mobile device, the audio output comprising at least one of a speaker, an audio output jack to which a wired audio output device is connected, and a wireless audio output component to which a wireless audio output device is connected.

6. A mobile device comprising:

a processor;

a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving an audio input of an in-person conversation between a first user and a second user;

identifying, through the audio input, an identity of the second user associated with a second mobile device;

determining a salient portion of the audio input;

comparing the salient portion of the audio input to social-networking information associated with the identity of the second user to determine relevant information associated with the second user; and

presenting the relevant information via at least one of a display of the mobile device and an audio output component of the mobile device;

wherein receiving the audio input comprises at least one function selected from a group consisting of;

receiving, via a microphone of the mobile device, the audio input from the second user, the second user being engaged in a vocal in-person conversation with the first user associated with the mobile device; and

receiving, via a transceiver of the mobile device, an audio file comprising the audio input, the audio input being associated with the second user and the second user being engaged in a vocal in-person conversation with the first user associated with the mobile device.

7. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the audio output comprises at least one of a speaker, an audio output jack to which a wired audio output device is connected, and a wireless audio output component to which a wireless audio output device is connected.

8. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the operations further comprise receiving an identifier identifying the second user associated with the second mobile device.

9. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the operation of determining the salient portion of the audio input further comprises at least one of:

converting at least a portion of the audio input into text and identify at least one keyword from the text, the at least one keyword being the salient portion; and

analyzing at least a portion of the audio input and identify at least one keyword from the audio input, the at least one keyword being the salient portion.

10. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the social-networking information being retrieved from a data store associated with a social network.

11. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the social-networking information comprises least one of a name, a physical address, a telephone number, an email address, a chat client handle, a user name, an avatar, a profile, a profile picture, a post by the individual, a topic of interest to the individual, and a specific detail about a topic of interest to the second user.

12. The mobile device of claim 6, wherein the operation of presentation of the relevant information comprises initiating presentation of the relevant information via at least one of the display and the audio output.

13. A computer-readable storage device comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a first mobile device, an audio input of an in-person conversation between a first user and a second user;

identifying, through the audio input, an identity of the second user associated with a second mobile device;

determining a salient portion of the audio input;

comparing the salient portion of the audio input to social-networking information associated with the identity of the second user to determine relevant information associated with the of the second user; and

initiating a presentation of presenting the relevant information via the first mobile device;

wherein receiving the audio input comprises at least one function selected from a group consisting of;

receiving, via a microphone of the first mobile device, the audio input from the second user, the second user being engaged in a vocal in-person conversation with the first user of the first mobile device; and

receiving, via a transceiver of the first mobile device, an audio file comprising the audio input, the audio input being associated with the second user and the second user being engaged in a vocal in-person conversation with the first user of the first mobile device.

14. The computer-readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the operation of determining the salient portion of the audio input further comprises one of:

converting at least a portion of the audio input into text and identify at least one keyword from the text, the at least one keyword being the salient portion; and

analyzing at least a portion of the audio input and identify at least one keyword from the audio input, the at least one keyword being the salient portion.

15. The computer-readable storage device of claim 13, wherein the social-networking information comprises at least one of a name, a physical address, a telephone number, an email address, a chat client handle, a user name, an avatar, a profile, a profile picture, a post by the individual, a topic of interest to the individual, and a specific detail about a topic of interest to the second user.