Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Confidentiality-smart voice delivery of text-based incoming messages
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Application No.: US15842973Application Date: 2017-12-15
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Publication No.: US10257340B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Darryl M. Adderly , Jonathan W. Jackson , Ajit Jariwala , Eric B. Libow
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC
- Agent Maeve Carpenter; George S. Blasiak
- Main IPC: H04W4/14
- IPC: H04W4/14 ; H04M1/725 ; H04W12/02 ; G10L13/00 ; H04L29/06 ; H04M1/67

Abstract:
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: a voice delivery application, running on a mobile device of a user, receives a text message from a user; by use of sensor inputs of the mobile device, the mobile device stores data regarding environment of the mobile device including external audio equipment, speed of the user, and bystanders within a hearing range of the environment; various data describing a sender of the text message and the bystanders are analyzed for respective relationships with the user and with each other to determine a confidentiality group dictating whether or not the text message may be heard by the bystander; the text message may be scanned for content screening, then according to configuration of the voice delivery application, the text message is securely delivered to the user by voice.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180109665A1 CONFIDENTIALITY-SMART VOICE DELIVERY OF TEXT-BASED INCOMING MESSAGES Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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