Multimodal conversation transfer

• US 9,692,834 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2015
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Ramanathan, Rajesh, Raghav, Amritansh
• Primary Examiner(s): TRUONG, LAN DAI T
• Application Number:
  US14/968,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20160182651A1
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• Field of Search: 709207, 709205, 709204, 709203, 709227, 709228, 709206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions

Abstract

In one embodiment, a user may transfer multimodal conversation. A multimodal conversation may have a first mode communication session and a second mode communication session. A first user point of presence may execute a first transfer of the first mode communication session with a first partner point of presence from the first user point of presence to a first target point of presence. A second user point of presence may execute a second transfer of the second mode communication session with a second partner point of presence from the second user point of presence to a second target point of presence.

Claims

1. A method performed by a computing device of a user, the method comprising:

establishing, by the computing device, a multimodal conversation that comprises a first communication session in a first mode and a second communication session in a second mode;

associating, by the computing device, the first communication session and the second communication session with a multimodal conversation identifier that identifies that first communication session and the second communication session are each part of the multimodal conversation; and

transferring the multimodal conversation to at least one target computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transferring is based on an identification that the at least one target device is paired with the computing device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the transferring is based on a determination that the at least one target computing device is capable of executing the first communication session and the second communication session.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transferring transfers the multimodal conversation identifier to the at least one target computing device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising second transferring of the first communication session and the second communication session to a second target computing device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the second transferring comprises transfer of the multimodal conversation identifier to the second target computing device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second transferring is based on a determination that the second target computing device is capable of executing the first communication session and the second communication session.

8. A computing device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory connected with the processor, wherein the memory comprises computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute processing operation that comprise;

establishing a multimodal conversation that comprises a first communication session in a first mode and a second communication session in a second mode,

associating the first communication session and the second communication session with a multimodal conversation identifier that identifies that first communication session and the second communication session are each part of the multimodal conversation, and

transferring the multimodal conversation to at least one target computing device.

9. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the transferring further comprises:

transferring, to the at least one target computing device, data associated with the first communication session, data associated with the second communication session and the multimodal conversation identifier.

10. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the transferring is based on a determination that the at least one target computing device is capable of executing the first communication session and the second communication session.

11. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the transferring is based on an identification that the at least one target computing device is paired with the computing device.

12. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the processing operations further comprise:

second transferring, to a second target computing device, of the first communication session, the second communication session and the multimodal conversation identifier.

13. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the second transferring is based on a determination that the second target computing device is capable of executing the first communication session and the second communication session.

14. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the second target computing device is paired with the computing device.

15. At least one memory that comprises instructions that, based on execution by a processor of a computing device, configure the computing device to perform actions comprising:

establishing a multimodal conversation that comprises a first communication session in a first mode and a second communication session in a second mode;

associating the first communication session and the second communication session with a multimodal conversation identifier that identifies that first communication session and the second communication session are each part of the multimodal conversation; and

transferring the multimodal conversation to at least one target computing device.

16. The at least one memory of claim 15, wherein the transferring further comprises:

transferring, to the at least one target computing device, data associated with the first communication session, data associated with the second communication session and the multimodal conversation identifier.

17. The at least one memory of claim 16, wherein the transferring is based on a determination that the at least one target computing device is capable of executing the first communication session and the second communication session.

18. The at least one memory of claim 15, wherein the actions further comprising:

second transferring, to a second target computing device, of the first communication session, the second communication session and the multimodal conversation identifier.

19. The at least one memory of claim 18, wherein the second transferring is based on a determination that the second target computing device is capable of executing the first communication session and second communication session.

20. The at least one memory of claim 15, wherein the transferring is based on an identification that the at least one target computing device is paired with the computing device.