Method and apparatus for generating a suggested message to be sent over a network

• US 9,191,786 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2012
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: RCS IP LLC
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Davis, Braxton K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Batista, Marcos
• Application Number:
  US13/534,351
• Publication Number:
  US 20140004889A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,238 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 370/338
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

The present disclosure is a method and apparatus for generating a suggested message. In one embodiment, a method for generating a suggested message includes monitoring, by an application server, a first device operated by a first user, detecting, by the application server, a triggering event relevant to the first user, and automatically generating the suggested message in response to the triggering event, where the suggested message is addressed to a second user.

Claims

1. A method for generating a suggested message, the method comprising:

monitoring, by an application server, a first device operated by a first user;

detecting, by the application server, a triggering event relevant to the first user;

automatically generating, by the application server, the suggested message in response to the triggering event, where the suggested message is addressed to a second user, wherein the suggested message comprises a suggestion to be acted on by the first user;

providing, by the application server, the suggested message to the first device of the first user;

receiving, by the application server, a response from the first user, wherein the response indicates whether to send the suggested message to the second user; and

sending, by the application server, the suggested message to the second user when the response from the first user indicates that the suggested message is to be sent to the second user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering event is a message received by the first device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering event is a reminder generated by a calendar application associated with the first device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering event is an execution of a search on the first device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering event is detected in an output of a sensor.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the sensor is integrated in the first device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the output of the sensor is a present geographic location of the first device.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the sensor is integrated in a second device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the second device is operated by the second user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the output of the sensor is a present geographic location of the second device.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein second device resides in a residence of the first user.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically generating the suggested action further comprises:

consulting a profile associated with the first user.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the profile stores a user preference.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the user preference is a conditional statement in which a premise of the conditional statement is the triggering event and a conclusion of the conditional statement is used to generate the suggested message.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the profile stores a pattern derived from a communication history associated with the first user.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the response includes a change made by the first user to the suggested message.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing an executable program for generating a suggested message, where the executable program, when executed by an application server, causes the application server to perform operations, the operations comprising:

monitoring a first device operated by a first user;

detecting a triggering even relevant to the first user;

automatically generating the suggested message in response to the triggering event, where the suggested messaged is addressed to a second user, wherein the suggested message comprises a suggestion to be acted on by the first user;

providing the suggested message to the first device of the first user;

receiving a response from the first user, wherein the response indicates whether to send the suggested message to the second user; and

sending the suggested message to the second user when the response from the first user indicates that the suggested message is to be sent to the second user.

18. A system for generating a suggested message, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable medium containing an executable program that causes the processor to perform operations comprising;

monitoring a first device operated by a first user;

detecting a triggering event relevant to the first user;

automatically generating the suggested message in response to the triggering event, where the suggested message is addressed to a second user wherein the suggested message comprises a suggestion to be acted on by the first user;

providing the suggested message to the first device of the first user;

receiving a response from the first user, wherein the response indicates whether to send the suggested message to the second user; and

sending the suggested message to the second user when the response from the first user indicates that the suggested message is to be sent to the second user.