Method, computer program product and system for analyzing an audible alert

• US 9,171,447 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2014
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Davis, Alvin G., Hardee, Christopher J., Megarity, William M., Ruggles, April E., Wormsbecher, Paul A.
• Primary Examiner(s): MULLEN, THOMAS J
• Application Number:
  US14/212,848
• Publication Number:
  US 20150262469A1
• Time in Patent Office: 592 Days
• Field of Search: 340/540, 340/933, 340/935, 340901-904, 340/573.4, 340/691.6, 340/692, 340/407.1, 340988-990, 340/994, 381/56, 701/26, 701/301
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/00 Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 , e.g. haptic signalling
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 1/08 using electric transmission ; transformation of alarm signals to electrical signals from a different medium, e.g. transmission of an electric alarm signal upon detection of an audible alarm signal
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096758 where no selection takes place on the transmitted or the received information
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/164 Centralised systems, e.g. external to vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/51 for comparison or discrimination

Abstract

In an approach to analyzing audible alerts, one or more computer processors receive an audible alert originating external to a user. The one or more computer processors retrieve data related to the audible alert. The one or more computer processors analyze the data related to the audible alert. The one or more computer processors determine, based, at least in part, on the data related to the audible alert, a cause of the audible alert.

Claims

1. A method for analyzing audible alerts, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more computer processors, an audible alert originating external to a user;

retrieving, by the one or more computer processors, data related to the audible alert;

analyzing, by the one or more computer processors, the data related to the audible alert;

determining, by the one or more computer processors, based, at least in part, on the data related to the audible alert, a cause of the alert;

determining, by the one or more computer processors, a time of the audible alert;

determining, by the one or more computer processors, based, at least in part, on the time of the audible alert and the data related to the audible alert, a user activity at the time of the audible alert; and

notifying, by the one or more computer processors, the user of the user activity at the time of the audible alert.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing, by the one or more computer processors, the cause of the alert to the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein providing, by the one or more computer processors, the cause of the alert to the user includes at least one of displaying information on a display screen, and using a simulated voice to output information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the one or more computer processors, based, at least in part, on the retrieved data related to the audible alert, at least a time and a location of the audible alert; and

retrieving, by the one or more computer processors, information identifying a location of the user at the time of the alert.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining, by the one or more computer processors, a user route including the location of the user at the time of the alert; and

providing, by the one or more computer processors, the user with an alternate route based, at least in part, on the location of the user at the time of the alert.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing, by the one or more computer processors, the data related to the audible alert further comprises:

comparing, by the one or more computer processors, the related data to at least one predefined threshold associated with the received audible alert; and

determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether the related data meets at least one of the pre-defined thresholds for indicating a cause of the audible alert.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining, by the one or more computer processors, based, at least in part, on the data related to the audible alert, a cause of the alert further comprises:

retrieving, by the one or more computer processors, data related to two or more audible alerts;

determining, by the one or more computer processors, based, at least in part, on the data related to the two or more audible alerts, a pattern of received audible alerts; and

determining, by the one or more computer processors, based, at least in part, on the pattern of received audible alerts, a cause of the two or more audible alerts.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

providing, by the one or more computer processors, the cause of the two or more audible alerts to the user.

9. A computer program product for analyzing audible alerts, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive an audible alert originating external to a user;

program instructions to retrieve data related to the audible alert;

program instructions to analyze the data related to the audible alert;

program instructions to determine, based, at least in part, on the data related to the audible alert, a cause of the alert;

program instructions to determine a time of the audible alert;

program instructions to determine, based, at least in part, on the time of the audible alert and the data related to the audible alert, a user activity at the time of the audible alert; and

program instructions to notify the user of the user activity at the time of the audible alert.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising:

program instructions to provide the cause of the alert to the user.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein program instructions to analyze the data related to the audible alert further comprises:

program instructions to compare the related data to at least one predefined threshold associated with the received audible alert; and

program instructions to determine whether the related data meets at least one of the pre-defined thresholds for indicating a cause of the audible alert.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein program instructions to determine, based, at least in part, on the data related to the audible alert, a cause of the alert further comprises:

program instructions to retrieve data related to two or more audible alerts;

program instructions to determine, based, at least in part, on the data related to the two or more audible alerts, a pattern of received audible alerts; and

program instructions to determine, based, at least in part, on the pattern of received audible alerts, a cause of the two or more audible alerts.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, further comprising:

program instructions to provide the cause of the two or more audible alerts to the user.

14. A computer system for analyzing audible alerts, the computer system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer readable storage media;

program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive an audible alert originating external to a user;

program instructions to retrieve data related to the audible alert;

program instructions to analyze the data related to the audible alert;

program instructions to determine, based, at least in part, on the data related to the audible alert, a cause of the alert;

program instructions to determine a time of the audible alert;

program instructions to determine, based, at least in part, on the time of the audible alert and the data related to the audible alert, a user activity at the time of the audible alert; and

program instructions to notify the user of the user activity at the time of the audible alert.

15. The computer system of claim 14, further comprising:

program instructions to provide the cause of the alert to the user.

16. The computer system of claim 14, wherein program instructions to determine, based, at least in part, on the data related to the audible alert, a cause of the alert further comprises:

program instructions to retrieve data related to two or more audible alerts;

program instructions to determine, based, at least in part, on the data related to the two or more audible alerts, a pattern of received audible alerts; and

program instructions to determine, based, at least in part, on the pattern of received audible alerts, a cause of the two or more audible alerts.

17. The computer system of claim 16, further comprising:

program instructions to provide the cause of the two or more audible alerts to the user.