Information exchange during audio conversations

• US 9,837,074 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2015
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Saraya, Siddharth K., Singh, Alok K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Godbold, Douglas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Villena, Mark
• Application Number:
  US14/923,550
• Publication Number:
  US 20170116981A1
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/08 Speech classification or search
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/088 Word spotting
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/223 Execution procedure of a spoken command

Abstract

A method of sharing informational data during an audio conversation between a user using a first device computer and at least one recipient is disclosed. The first device computer: converting audio of the audio conversation to text; identifying specific words or phrases in the text; and determining whether the specific words or phrases are a request for information from the user by a recipient. If the first device computer determines that the specific words or phrases are a request for information from the user by the recipient, the first device computer: searching for the information requested within a repository; if the information requested is present, determining whether the information requested is sharable with the recipient based on categorization of the information requested; and if the information requested is sharable based on categorization of the information, transferring the information to the recipient.

Claims

1. A method of sharing informational data during an audio conversation between a user using a first device computer and a plurality of recipients, comprising the steps of:

the first device computer converting audio of the audio conversation to text;

the first device computer identifying words or phrases in the text; and

the first device computer determining whether the words or phrases are a request for information from the user by a first recipient of the plurality of recipients, and if the first device computer determines that the words or phrases are a request for information from the user by the first recipient, the first device computer;

searching for the information requested within a repository;

if the information requested is present, determining whether the information requested is sharable with the first recipient based on categorization of the information requested and determination of an identity of the first recipient and remaining recipients of the plurality of recipients participating in the audio conversation between the user and the plurality of recipients; and

if the information requested is sharable based on categorization of the information, transferring the information to the first recipient verbally during the audio conversation between the user and the plurality of recipients at a low volume level audible to only the first recipient.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is transferred to the recipient as data simultaneous with the audio conversation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein if the information requested is not sharable based on categorization of the information, the first device computer sending a notification to the user.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the notification requests permission from the user to send the requested information to the recipient.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein words or phrases in the text are identified by a full text search.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination of the identity of the plurality of recipients is by voice recognition.

7. A computer program product for sharing informational data during an audio conversation between a user using a first device computer, the first device computer comprising at least one processor, one or more memories, one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media and a plurality of recipients, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by the computer to perform a method comprising:

converting, by the first device computer, audio of the audio conversation to text;

identifying, by the first device computer, words or phrases in the text; and

determining, by the first device computer, whether the words or phrases are a request for information from the user by a first recipient of the plurality of recipients, and if the first device computer determines that the words or phrases are a request for information from the user by the first recipient, the first device computer;

searching for the information requested within a repository;

if the information requested is present, determining whether the information requested is sharable with the first recipient based on categorization of the information requested and determination of an identity of the first recipient and remaining recipients of the plurality of recipients participating in the audio conversation between the user and the plurality of recipients; and

if the information requested is sharable based on categorization of the information, transferring the information to the first recipient verbally during the audio conversation between the user and the plurality of recipients at a low volume level audible to only the first recipient.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the information is transferred to the recipient as data simultaneous with the audio conversation.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein if the information requested is not sharable based on categorization of the information, sending, by the first device computer, a notification to the user.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the notification requests permission from the user to send the requested information to the recipient.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein words or phrases in the text are identified by a full text search.

12. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the determination of the plurality of recipients is by voice recognition.

13. A computer system for sharing informational data during an audio conversation between a user using a first device computer and a plurality of recipients, the first device computer comprising a computer comprising at least one processor, one or more memories, one or more computer readable storage media having program instructions executable by the computer to perform the program instructions comprising:

converting, by the first device computer, audio of the audio conversation to text;

identifying, by the first device computer, words or phrases in the text; and

determining, by the first device computer, whether the words or phrases are a request for information from the user by a first recipient of the plurality of recipients, and if the first device computer determines that the words or phrases are a request for information from the user by the first recipient, the first device computer;

searching for the information requested within a repository;

if the information requested is present, determining whether the information requested is sharable with the first recipient based on categorization of the information requested and determination of an identity of the first recipient and remaining recipients of the plurality of recipients participating in the audio conversation between the user and the plurality of recipients; and

if the information requested is sharable based on categorization of the information, transferring the information to the first recipient verbally during the audio conversation between the user and the plurality of recipients at a low volume level audible to only the first recipient.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the information is transferred to the recipient by the first device computer verbalizing the information during the audio conversation between the user and the recipient.

15. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the information is transferred to the recipient as data simultaneous with the audio conversation.

16. The computer system of claim 13, wherein if the information requested is not sharable based on categorization of the information, sending, by the first device computer, a notification to the user.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the notification requests permission from the user to send the requested information to the recipient.

18. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the determination of the plurality of recipients is by voice recognition.