MOBILE DEVICES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENHANCING SOCIAL INTERACTIONS WITH RELEVANT SOCIAL NETWORKING INFORMATION

• US 20120123779A1
• Filed: 11/15/2010
• Published: 05/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pratt, James, Belz, Steven, Sullivan, Marc
• Granted Patent: US 9,058,814 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/235
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/08 Speech classification or search
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/02 Preprocessing operations, e.g. segment selection; Pattern representation or modelling, e.g. based on linear discriminant analysis [LDA] or principal components; Feature selection or extraction
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/06 Decision making techniques; Pattern matching strategies
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/22 Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/24 the user being prompted to utter a password or a predefined phrase
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/40 using speech recognition speech recognition per se G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Devices, methods, and computer program products are for facilitating enhanced social interactions using a mobile device. A method for facilitating an enhanced social interaction using a mobile device includes receiving an audio input at the mobile device, determining a salient portion of the audio input, receiving relevant information associated with the salient portion, and presenting the relevant information via the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method for facilitating an enhanced social interaction using a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving an audio input at the mobile device;

determining a salient portion of the audio input;

receiving relevant information associated with the salient portion; and

presenting the relevant information via the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an identifier at the mobile device, the identifier identifying an individual associated with the audio input, and wherein receiving the audio input at the mobile device comprises one of:

receiving, via a microphone of the mobile device, the audio input from the individual, the individual being located within a range of the microphone;

receiving, via a microphone of the mobile device, the audio input from the individual, the individual being engaged in a vocal conversation with a user of the mobile device;

receiving, via a transceiver of the mobile device, an audio file comprising the audio input, the audio input being associated with the individual, the individual being engaged in a vocal conversation with a user of the mobile device;

receiving, via a transceiver of the mobile device, an audio file comprising the audio input, the audio input being associated with the individual, the individual being someone with whom a user of the mobile device expects to be engaged in a vocal conversation; and

receiving, via a transceiver of the mobile device, an audio file comprising the audio input, the audio input being associated with the individual, the individual being located within a pre-defined distance of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the salient portion of the audio input comprises one of:

converting at least a portion of the audio input into text and identifying at least one keyword from the text, the at least one keyword being the salient portion; and

analyzing at least a portion of the audio input and identifying at least one keyword from the audio input, the at least one keyword being the salient portion.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising comparing the salient portion of the audio input to social networking information to determine the relevant information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein comparing the salient portion of the audio input to the social networking information comprises comparing the salient portion of the audio input to social networking information associated with the individual, and the social networking information is retrieved from a data store associated with a social network.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the social networking information comprises at least one of a name, a physical address, a telephone number, an email address, a chat client handle, a user name, an avatar, a profile, a profile picture, a post by the individual, a topic of interest to the individual, and a specific detail about a topic of interest to the individual.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the relevant information comprises presenting the relevant information via at least one of a display and an audio output of the mobile device, the audio output comprising at least one of a speaker, an audio output jack to which a wired audio output device is connected, and a wireless audio output component to which a wireless audio output device is connected.

8. A mobile device for facilitating an enhanced social interaction, the mobile device comprising:

at least one of a display and an audio output;

a processor;

a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

receive an audio input;

determine a salient portion of the audio input;

receive, via the transceiver, relevant information associated with the salient portion; and

present the relevant information via at least one of the display and the audio output.

9. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the audio output comprises at least one of a speaker, an audio output jack to which a wired audio output device is connected, and a wireless audio output component to which a wireless audio output device is connected.

10. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the mobile device further comprises a microphone and wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive the audio input further comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an identifier identifying an individual associated with the audio input, and cause the processor to at least one of:

receive, via the microphone, the audio input from the individual, the individual being located within a range of the microphone; and

receive, via the microphone, the audio input from the individual, the individual being engaged in a vocal conversation with a user of the mobile device.

11. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the mobile device further comprises a transceiver and wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive the audio input further comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive an identifier identifying an individual associated with the audio input, and cause the processor to at least one of:

receive, via the transceiver of the mobile device, an audio file comprising the audio input, the audio input being associated with the individual, the individual being engaged in a vocal conversation with a user of the mobile device;

receive, via the transceiver of the mobile device, an audio file comprising the audio input, the audio input being associated with the individual, the individual being someone with whom a user of the mobile device expects to be engaged in a vocal conversation; and

receive, via the transceiver of the mobile device, an audio file comprising the audio input, the audio input being associated with the individual, the individual being located within a pre-defined distance of the mobile device.

12. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine the salient portion of the audio input further comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to at least one of:

convert at least a portion of the audio input into text and identify at least one keyword from the text, the at least one keyword being the salient portion; and

analyze at least a portion of the audio input and identify at least one keyword from the audio input, the at least one keyword being the salient portion.

13. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the memory further comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to compare the salient portion of the audio input to social networking information to determine the relevant information.

14. The mobile device of claim 13, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to compare the salient portion of the audio input to the social networking information to determine the relevant information further comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to compare the salient portion of the audio input to social networking information associated with an individual, and the social networking information being retrieved from a data store associated with a social network.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the social networking information comprises least one of a name, a physical address, a telephone number, an email address, a chat client handle, a user name, an avatar, a profile, a profile picture, a post by the individual, a topic of interest to the individual, and a specific detail about a topic of interest to the individual.

16. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to present the relevant information further comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to present the relevant information via at least one of the display and the audio output.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive an audio input;

determine a salient portion of the audio input;

receive relevant information associated with the salient portion; and

present the relevant information.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine the salient portion of the audio input further comprise instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to one of:

convert at least a portion of the audio input into text and identify at least one keyword from the text, the at least one keyword being the salient portion; and

analyze at least a portion of the audio input and identify at least one keyword from the audio input, the at least one keyword being the salient portion.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the memory further comprises instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to compare the salient portion of the audio input to social networking information to determine the relevant information.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the social networking information comprises at least one of a name, a physical address, a telephone number, an email address, a chat client handle, a user name, an avatar, a profile, a profile picture, a post by the individual, a topic of interest to the individual, and a specific detail about a topic of interest to the individual.