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Method and apparatus for social network communication over a media network

  • US 9,461,957 B2
  • Filed: 12/11/2015
  • Issued: 10/04/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device, comprising:

  • a speech capture element that captures speech messages;

    a user interface;

    a processing system, coupled to the speech capture element and coupled to the user interface, including a processor; and

    a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

    initiating a communication session, wherein the communication session includes exchanging communications between a user and a member communication device;

    responsive to the initiating the communication session, accessing a user profile that is associated with the user, wherein the user profile includes a determination of a pattern of prior speech messages of the user captured by the speech capture element;

    determining a speech capture time period that is based on a time between;

    an activation of the initiating the communication session, and a period after detecting that the user has stopped speaking, wherein the determining of the speech capture time period is according to the pattern in the user profile;

    capturing, using the speech capture element, an input speech message;

    appending, to the user profile and to a data set comprising elapsed speech times, the speech capture time period; and

    transmitting, to the member communication device, a message representative of the input speech message.

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