Cognitive program suite for a cognitive device and a mobile device

• US 10,565,191 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2017
• Issued: 02/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Boyer, Trent W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pullias, Jesse S
• Application Number:
  US15/613,542
• Publication Number:
  US 20180349376A1
• Time in Patent Office: 988 Days
• Field of Search: 704231-257, 704270-275
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24522 Translation of natural language queries to structured queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/433 using audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

Systems and methods for utilizing a cognitive device are disclosed. A method includes: receiving, by a computer device, a query from a cognitive device; processing, by the computer device, the query to generate a processed query; transmitting, by the computer device, the processed query to a mobile device; receiving, by the computer device, an action query result from the mobile device based on the mobile device receiving the processed query and performing an action query; transmitting, by the computer device, the action query result to the cognitive device based on receiving the action query result.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a computer device, a query from a cognitive device;

determining, by the computer device, whether a user of a mobile device has a required access level for the query, the required access level being based on the user being listed in settings of the mobile device;

restricting, by the computer device and based on a result of the determining being that the user is not listed in the settings of the mobile device, access to the mobile device by the cognitive device;

processing, by the computer device and based on the result of the determining being that the user is listed in the settings of the mobile device, the query to generate a processed query;

transmitting, by the computer device and based on the result of the determining being that the user is listed in the settings of the mobile device, the processed query to the mobile device;

receiving, by the computer device and based on the result of the determining being that the user is listed in the settings of the mobile device, an action query result from the mobile device based on the mobile device receiving the processed query and performing an action query; and

transmitting, by the computer device and based on the result of the determining being that the user is listed in the settings of the mobile device, the action query result to the cognitive device based on receiving the action query result.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing includes determining an action in the query.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the query includes one of:

send or read a SMS message, send or read an email, activate a navigation system, retrieve a phone notification, and play a voicemail.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing includes formatting the query to a format executable by the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the action query result includes one of:

a read text query result, send text query result, a notification query result, a navigation command query result, and a voicemail query result.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising confirming an action on the query with the cognitive device.

7. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer device to cause the computer device to:

receive a read Short Messaging Service (SMS) message query from a cognitive device;

determine whether a user of a mobile device has a required access level for the SMS message query, the required access level being based on the user being listed in settings of the mobile device;

restrict, based on a result of the determining being that the user is not listed in the settings of the mobile device, access to the mobile device by the cognitive device;

process, based on the result of the determining being that the user is listed in the settings of the mobile device, the read Short Messaging Service (SMS) message query to generate a read SMS message processed query;

transmit, based on the result of the determining being that the user is listed in the settings of the mobile device, the read SMS message processed query to the mobile device;

receive, based on the result of the determining being that the user is listed in the settings of the mobile device, an SMS message query result from the mobile device based on the mobile device receiving the read SMS message processed query and performing a read SMS message query;

transmit, based on the result of the determining being that the user is listed in the settings of the mobile device, the SMS message query result to the cognitive device based on receiving the SMS message query result.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein a notification server transmits the processed query to the mobile device.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the query is a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) query.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the determining comprises receiving an additional information request from the mobile device.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the additional information request includes a request for a date of the read SMS message query.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the additional information request includes a request for a particular contact in the read SMS message query.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, further comprising attempting to retrieve additional information from one of a database or the cognitive device.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising transmitting an exit command to the mobile device and the cognitive device in response to being unable to retrieve the additional information.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising transmitting the additional information to the mobile device in response to receiving the additional information from one of the database or the cognitive device.

16. A system comprising:

a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium associated with a computing device;

program instructions to receive a send email query from a cognitive device;

program instructions to determine whether a user of a mobile device has a required access level for the send email query, the required access level being based on the user being listed in settings of the mobile device;

program instructions to restrict, based on a result of the determining being that the user is not listed in the settings of the mobile device, access to the mobile device by the cognitive device;

program instructions to process, based on the result of the determining being that the user is listed in the settings of the mobile device, the send email query to generate a send email processed query;

program instructions to transmit, based on the result of the determining being that the user is listed in the settings of the mobile device, the send email processed query to the mobile device,

program instructions to receive, based on the result of the determining being that the user is listed in the settings of the mobile device, a send email query result from the mobile device based on the mobile device receiving the send email processed query and performing a send email query,

program instructions to transmit, based on the result of the determining being that the user is listed in the settings of the mobile device, the send email query result to the cognitive device based on receiving the send email query result,

wherein the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the send email processed query is a processed JSON query.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein send email processed query is in a format executable by the computing device.

19. The system of claim 16, further comprising confirming the send email processed query with the cognitive device.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising storing the send email processed query as a proposed query in a session state until confirmation of the send email processed query.