Making user generated audio content on the spoken web navigable by community tagging

• US 9,075,874 B2
• Filed: 08/28/2012
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Agarwal, Sheetal, Jain, Anupam, Kumar, Arun, Nanavati, Amit Anil, Rajput, Nitendra
• Primary Examiner(s): Gee, Jason K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zhu, Zhimei
• Application Number:
  US13/596,901
• Publication Number:
  US 20120324015A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,043 Days
• Field of Search: 707/999.102
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/60 of audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/61 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/632 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/64 Browsing; Visualisation therefor generation of a list or set of audio data G06F16/638
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching

Abstract

Methods and arrangements for creating and building subcategories in a user-based voice application. User posts are appended to a category in a voice application and subdivision of the category is prompted upon satisfaction of a first condition. The category is designated as a parent category, and at least one subcategory nomination are solicited from users. User input is solicited on appending at least one nominated subcategory to the parent category, and a nominated subcategory is appended to the parent category upon satisfaction of a second condition. User input is solicited to reassign a user post from the parent category to at least one subcategory.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code configured to perform the steps of;

appending user posts to a category in a voice application, the voice application including a voice-driven application platform and a plurality of voice-driven application sites, the category comprising an audio list which is browsed linearly;

prompting subdivision of the category upon satisfaction of a first condition;

designating the category as a parent category;

soliciting at least one subcategory nomination from users;

soliciting user input on appending at least one nominated subcategory to the parent category;

appending a nominated subcategory to the parent category upon satisfaction of a second condition;

wherein the second condition is a threshold comprising a predetermined number of user votes; and

soliciting user input to reassign a user post from the parent category to at least one subcategory;

wherein soliciting user input on appending at least one nominated subcategory comprises soliciting user votes through the voice application.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first condition is a threshold comprising a predetermined number of user posts.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said soliciting of user input to reassign a user post comprises soliciting user votes.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising reassigning a user post from the parent category to at least one subcategory upon satisfaction of a third condition.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said soliciting of user input to reassign a user post comprises soliciting user votes.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the third condition is a threshold comprising a predetermined number of user votes.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising at least one taken from the group consisting of:

soliciting user input to merge two or more subcategories during said soliciting of at least one subcategory nomination from users;

soliciting user input to merge two or more subcategories after said soliciting of at least one subcategory nomination from users.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising at least one taken from the group consisting of:

soliciting user comments or responses to a post and flagging the comments or responses with the same category as the post;

adding a new category which is accessible to and usable by solely a user or limited group of users;

soliciting at least one additional round of user input to iteratively refine category or subcategory content;

defining a category or subcategory along multiple dimensions.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one taken from the following group consisting of (a), (b), (c) and (d) comprises audio user input:

(a) the appended user posts;

(b) the solicited at least one subcategory nomination from users;

(c) the solicited user input on appending at least one nominated subcategory to the parent category; and

(d) the solicited user input to reassign a user post from the parent category to at least one subcategory.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one taken from the following group consisting of (a), (b), (c) and (d) comprises user voice input:

(a) the appended user posts;

(b) the solicited at least one subcategory nomination from users;

(c) the solicited user input on appending at least one nominated subcategory to the parent category; and

(d) the solicited user input to reassign a user post from the parent category to at least one subcategory.