Routing voice commands to virtual assistants

    公开(公告)号:US11152003B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-19

    申请号:US16144270

    申请日:2018-09-27

    Inventor: Brian O'Donovan

    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided to implement an intelligent service broker for routing a voice command from a user to one or more virtual assistants based on each virtual assistant's capability to provide an accurate response. Responsive to receiving a voice command with a wake word associated with the intelligent service broker, the intelligent service broker identifies a subject or category of the voice command. Using the identified subject or category, the intelligent service broker selects one or more virtual assistants using a set of ranking values and a set of characteristics that indicate which ranking values to evaluate. The intelligent service broker sends the voice command to the identified virtual assistants and, responsive to receiving responses from more than one virtual assistant, identifies a confidence ranking for each of the responding virtual assistants and provides one or more of the responses based on a set of user configuration settings.

    Creation, publication and display of content on a social media network

    公开(公告)号:US10673988B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-02

    申请号:US16163915

    申请日:2018-10-18

    Abstract: A publication tool, and methods of use thereof, for publishing user created content as well as republishing content created by others to a social media network. The publication tool incorporates and uses analytic data from a plurality of data sources to identify and evaluate relationships between the user of the social media network and members of social media networks who subscribe to view the content published by the user on the social media network. The publication tool predicts the likelihood that a subscriber of the social media network will publish or share the same content as the user and if the publication tool predicts that the same content will be published by the user and the subscriber, the publication tool will publish the content on the social media network as a joint publication which can be viewed by all common subscribers shared between the user and the subscriber.

    Ensuring a desired distribution of images in a multimedia document utilizing facial signatures

    公开(公告)号:US10169645B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-01

    申请号:US15218496

    申请日:2016-07-25

    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for ensuring a desired distribution of images in a multimedia document (e.g., yearbook, slideshow). A desired distribution of facial signatures in a multimedia document to be created by the user is received. Upon receiving an image to be added to the multimedia document by the user, a facial signature for a face detected in the image is generated. The current number of instances of the facial signature in the multimedia document is then determined. A determination is then made as to whether the current number of instances of the facial signature meets the desired distribution. An indication is then provided to the user as to whether the current number of instances of the facial signature meets or does not meet the desired distribution. In this manner, the user can ensure a desired distribution of images in the multimedia document.

    Building or enhancing a relationship between users of a communications network

    公开(公告)号:US10333884B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-25

    申请号:US14660085

    申请日:2015-03-17

    Abstract: A method for building or enhancing a relationship between user A and user C may include receiving an identification of user C of a communications network with whom user A of the communications network wants to build or enhance a relationship. The method may also include receiving an identification of an existing relationship that user A wants to use as a model for building or enhancing the relationship with user C. The method may additionally include developing the model for building or enhancing the relationship with user C based on the existing relationship. The method may further include using the model for building or enhancing the relationship between user A and user C.

    BEHAVIOR BASED NOTIFICATIONS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180332129A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-15

    申请号:US16043654

    申请日:2018-07-24

    CPC classification number: H04L67/22 H04L51/14 H04L51/16 H04L51/32 H04L67/306

    Abstract: A computing system, computer-implemented method, and computer program product are provided for facilitating behavior based notifications concerning multiparty communication threads. According to an implementation, the computer-implemented method may include defining a rules set associated with a user for participation in a multiparty communication thread. The method may also include evaluating a plurality of communications associated with the multiparty communication thread. The method may also include determining when a given communication associated with the multiparty communication thread satisfies one or more of the rules included within the rules set. The method may further include delivering the given communication based upon, at least in part, a determining that the given communication satisfies the one or more rules.

    System for differential notification

    公开(公告)号:US10097364B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-09

    申请号:US15241323

    申请日:2016-08-19

    Abstract: A method, a processing device, and a computer program product are provided. Discussions in threads are analyzed to learn patterns that occur before at least one respective additional party joins the discussions in the threads. A model of conversation states is created based on the analyzing. Thread updates and new threads are periodically analyzed, based on the model, to determine if a corresponding triggering condition occurred with respect to any new respective discussions of the threads or the new threads. The at least one respective additional party is notified to participate in a respective new discussion when the periodically analyzing determines that the corresponding triggering condition occurred with respect to the respective new discussion in a corresponding thread or a corresponding new thread.

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