Patent Description:
Electrical appliances connect to a network to form an Internet of Thing (IoT) device environment, where a user can monitor and control operations of the electrical appliances using an electronic device such as smartphone, laptop etc. Conventional systems allow the user to control the operations of the electrical appliances in the IoT device environment based on a voice command received from the user. Further, the conventional systems predict an activation of an operation of the electrical appliances based on a history of user activities performed using the electrical appliances. Example for the user activities performed using the electrical appliances are watching a video in a smart television (TV), doing workout on a treadmill, etc..

In an example scenario, a user is watching the video in a first smart TV, where a control configuration of the first smart TV to watch the video includes an application used to play the video, a link of the video to fetch the video from a server, a sound level of the first smart TV in playing the video, etc. However, the conventional systems lack in sharing the control configuration of the smart TV to other electrical appliances such as a second smart TV, a smart phone etc., which are capable of applying the control configuration to play the video.

The conventional systems allow the user to manually share the link of the video, details about the application used to play the video, etc. to the other electrical appliances. However, recommending the control configuration to the user for sharing the control configuration to other electrical appliances is desirable. Thus, it is desired to at least provide a useful alternative. Patent document <CIT>, discloses a method of consolidating IoT devices connected via an IoT network. Another <CIT>, discloses an apparatus which receives reports of raw motion data detected in IoT environment, and receives reports indicating user-initiated events detected by a set of IoT devices within the IoT environment.

The principal object of the embodiments herein is to provide a method and system for predicting content based recommendations.

Another object of the embodiments herein is to recognize content displayed on a display of a first electronic device in a first IoT network.

Another object of the embodiments herein is to generate at least one recommendation corresponding to the content based on a history of user activities performed by a user using at least one of the first electronic device and other electronic device in the first IoT network.

Another object of the embodiments herein is to provide the at least one recommendation to the user for selecting at least one recommendation.

Another object of the embodiments herein is to automatically include the at least one selected recommendation to compose a message for a user of a first electronic device in a second IoT network.

Another object of the embodiments herein is to determine at least one electronic device in the second IoT network, relevant to the at least one selected recommendation in the message.

Another object of the embodiments herein is to automatically configure at least one relevant electronic in the second IoT network based on the at least one selected recommendation.

Accordingly the embodiments herein provide a method predicting content based recommendations.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method and system for predicting content based recommendation may be provided.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, at least one recommendation corresponding to the content may be predicted based on a history of user activities performed by the first user.

This method and system is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, throughout which like reference letters indicate corresponding parts in the various figures. The embodiments herein will be better understood from the following description with reference to the drawings, in which:.

As is traditional in the field, embodiments may be described and illustrated in terms of blocks which carry out a described function or functions. These blocks, which may be referred to herein as managers, units, modules, hardware components or the like, are physically implemented by analog and/or digital circuits such as logic gates, integrated circuits, microprocessors, microcontrollers, memory circuits, passive electronic components, active electronic components, optical components, hardwired circuits and the like, and may optionally be driven by firmware and software. The circuits may, for example, be embodied in one or more semiconductor chips, or on substrate supports such as printed circuit boards and the like. The circuits constituting a block may be implemented by dedicated hardware, or by a processor (e.g. one or more programmed microprocessors and associated circuitry), or by a combination of dedicated hardware to perform some functions of the block and a processor to perform other functions of the block. Each block of the embodiments may be physically separated into two or more interacting and discrete blocks without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Likewise, the blocks of the embodiments may be physically combined into more complex blocks without departing from the scope of the disclosure.

Accordingly the embodiments herein provide a system for predicting content based recommendations. The system includes a first IoT network and a second IoT network. A first electronic device in the first IoT network is configured to recognize content displayed on a display of the first electronic device. The first electronic device is configured to predict at least one recommendation corresponding to the content based on a history of user activities performed by a user using at least one of the first electronic device and other electronic devices in the first IoT network. For example, the first electronic device is configured to generate at least one recommendation corresponding to the content based on a history of user activities performed by a user using at least one of the first electronic device and other electronic devices in the first IoT network. The first electronic device is configured to display the at least one recommendation on a display of the first electronic device. For example, the first electronic device is configured to provide the at least one recommendation on an action prediction panel of a keyboard of the first electronic device. The first electronic device is configured to detect the at least one recommendation selected by the user. The first electronic device is configured to automatically include the at least one selected recommendation to compose a message. The first electronic device is configured to send the message to a second IoT network. A first electronic device in the second IoT network is configured to receive the message including the content and the at least one selected recommendation from the first electronic device. The first electronic device in the second IoT network is configured to determine at least one electronic device in the second IoT network, relevant to the at least one selected recommendation in the message. The first electronic device in the second IoT network is configured to automatically configure at least one relevant electronic device based on the at least one selected recommendation.

Unlike to the existing methods and systems, the first electronic device generates a semantic relation of the user activities to the associated electronic devices. Further, the first electronic device classifies the user activities which related to same event to a group, where examples for the event is baking a cake, body fitness etc. The first electronic device determines and stores a control configuration of each associated electronic device while performing the user activities. In response to detecting a chat message displayed in the display, the first electronic device generates the recommendations include the control configuration based on a chat message. The first electronic device generates the recommendations based on a relation between the chat message and the event. Therefore, the control configuration in each recommendation is relevant to the chat message. The user can share at least one recommendation as an action tag (e.g. a tagged text) to other electronic devices by selecting the at least one recommendation. Further, the user can apply the control configuration in the other electronic devices to perform the user activity by selecting the action tag. Therefore, the proposed method improves the user experience in sharing the control configuration to other electronic devices.

<FIG> is a block diagram of a system <NUM> for predicting content based recommendations and configuring at least one relevant electronic device (first electronic device 200A-nth electronic device 200F) in a second IoT network <NUM> based on at least one selected recommendation, according to an embodiment as disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the system <NUM> includes a first IoT network <NUM> and at least one second IoT network <NUM>, where the first IoT network <NUM> is connected to the at least one second IoT network <NUM>. The first IoT network <NUM> includes at least one electronic device (i.e. first electronic device 100A-nth electronic device 100F). A second IoT network <NUM> includes at least one electronic device (i.e. first electronic device 200A-nth electronic device 200F). Examples for the at least one electronic device (i.e. first electronic device 100A-nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM> and the at least one electronic device (i.e. first electronic device 200A-nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM> are, but not limited to a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, a desktop computer, a smart watch, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a multimedia device, an Internet of Things (IoT) or the like.

In an embodiment, the first electronic device 100A includes a processor 110A, a memory 120A, a display 130A and a communicator 140A, where the processor 110A is coupled to the memory 120A and the display 130A. In an embodiment, the processor 110A includes a content recognizer 111A, a recommendation engine 112A, a device configuration engine 113A, a sematic relation generator 114A, and a Machine Learning (ML) engine 115A. The processor 110A is configured to execute instructions stored in the memory 120A. The processor 110A is configured to detect a keyboard invocation. In an embodiment, the memory 120A includes a semantic instance relations database 121A. The memory 120A may include non-volatile storage elements. Examples of such non-volatile storage elements may include magnetic hard discs, optical discs, floppy discs, flash memories, or forms of an Electrically Programmable Memory (EPROM) or an Electrically Erasable and Programmable Memory (EEPROM).

In addition, the memory 120A may, in some examples, be considered a non-transitory storage medium. The term "non-transitory" may indicate that the storage medium is not embodied in a carrier wave or a propagated signal. However, the term "non-transitory" should not be interpreted that the memory 120A is non-movable. In some examples, the memory 120A can be configured to store larger amounts of information than the memory 120A. In certain examples, a non-transitory storage medium may store data that can, over time, change (e.g. in Random Access Memory (RAM) or cache).

In an embodiment, the display 130A is a touch screen display. Examples for the display 130A are, but not limited to a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen, a Light Emitting Diode (LED) display screen, and the like.

The communicator 140A is configured to communicate internally between hardware components in the first electronic device 100A. Further, the communicator 140A is configured to facilitate the communication between the electronic device 100A and the second electronic device 100B-nth electronic device 100F. Further, the communicator 140A is configured to facilitate the communication between the electronic device 100A and the second IoT network <NUM>.

In an embodiment, the second electronic device 100A-nth electronic device 100F includes similar hardware components of the first electronic device 100A. The hardware components in the second electronic device 100A-nth electronic device 100F performs same operations perform by the similar hardware component in the first electronic device 100A. In another embodiment, the first electronic device 100A operates as an IoT network server of the first IoT network <NUM>.

In an embodiment, the first electronic device 200A includes a processor 210A, a memory 220A, a display 230A and a communicator 240A, where the processor 210A is coupled to the memory 220A and the display 230A. In an embodiment, the processor 210A includes a recommendation engine 211A and a device configuration engine 212A. The processor 210A is configured to execute instructions stored in the memory 220A. The processor 210A is configured to detect the keyboard invocation. The memory 220A may include non-volatile storage elements. Examples of such non-volatile storage elements may include magnetic hard discs, optical discs, floppy discs, flash memories, or forms of an Electrically Programmable Memory (EPROM) or an Electrically Erasable and Programmable Memory (EEPROM).

In addition, the memory 220A may, in some examples, be considered a non-transitory storage medium. The term "non-transitory" may indicate that the storage medium is not embodied in a carrier wave or a propagated signal. However, the term "non-transitory" should not be interpreted that the memory 220A is non-movable. In some examples, the memory 220A can be configured to store larger amounts of information than the memory 220A. In certain examples, a non-transitory storage medium may store data that can, over time, change (e.g. in Random Access Memory (RAM) or cache).

The communicator 240A is configured to communicate internally between hardware components in the first electronic device 200A. Further, the communicator 240A is configured to facilitate the communication between the electronic device 200A and the second electronic device 200B-nth electronic device 200F. Further, the communicator 140A is configured to facilitate the communication between the electronic device 200A and the first IoT network <NUM>.

In an embodiment, the display 230A is the touch screen display. Examples for the display 230A are, but not limited to a LCD screen, a LED display screen, and the like.

In an embodiment, the second electronic device 200A-nth electronic device 200F includes similar hardware components of the first electronic device 200A. The hardware components in the second electronic device 100A-nth electronic device 100F performs same operations perform by the similar hardware component of the first electronic device 200A. In another embodiment, the first electronic device 200A operates as the IoT network server of the second IoT network <NUM>.

The first electronic device 100A is configured to detect user activities associated with the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A-nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>. Examples for the user activities are, but not limited to, reading a description about Zumba dance in a webpage, watching a video of Yoga poses, baking a cake, doing workout, doing work out on treadmill at <NUM>/h for <NUM> minutes, and the like. In an embodiment, the sematic relation generator 114A detects the user activities associated with the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>.

The first electronic device 100A is configured to classify the user activities related to same event to a group (e.g. a first group represents activities related to body fitness, a second group represents activities related to baking the cake, a third group represents watching a match, etc.), in response to detecting the user activities associated with the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F). Examples for the event are, but not limited to, the body fitness, baking the cake, watching the match. In an embodiment, the user activities are classified along with additional information of each user activity. In an embodiment, the additional information includes the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A-nth electronic device 100F) on which the user activity is performed, an application and link used to perform the user activity in the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A-nth electronic device 100F), a timestamp of each user activity, a device configuration of each electronic device (first electronic device 100A-nth electronic device 100F) to perform the user activity and a metadata associated with each user activity.

In an embodiment, the sematic relation generator 114A classifies the user activities related to the same event to the group, in response to detecting the user activities associated with the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F). In an embodiment, the sematic relation generator 114A determines data includes an information of the application used to perform the user activity, objects identified using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technique, image recognition technique and speech to text conversion technique and a context of a user of first electronic device 100A.

Examples for the context of the user of first electronic device 100A are, but not limited to a time at which the user is performing the user activity, a location of the user of first electronic device 100A, an occasion at which the user of first electronic device 100A performs the user activity, etc. Further, the sematic relation generator 114A filters the data using available knowledge databases (e.g. wikiHow®, reddit®) and extracts the objects which is frequently identified. Further, the sematic relation generator 114A determines a relation of the user activities with the event based on the extracted objects.

The first electronic device 100A is configured to record the classified user activities along with the additional information of each user activity. In an embodiment, the sematic relation generator 114A records the classified user activities along with the additional information of each user activity to the memory 120A.

The first electronic device 100A is configured to define a meaning to each user activity performed on various electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) at various timestamp. In an embodiment, the metadata is used to define the meaning to each user activity performed on various electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) at various timestamp. In an embodiment, the ML engine 115A defines the meaning of each user activity performed on the various electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) at the various timestamp. In an embodiment, the meaning is defined for each user activity performed on various electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) at various timestamp indicates a semantic relation of each user activity to the event. In an embodiment, the sematic relation generator 114A generates the semantic relation of each user activity to the event.

The first electronic device 100A is configured to convert each record to an action based on the semantic relation. Example for the actions include, but not limited to showing the video in a smart TV, operating the treadmill, operate a microwave oven to bake the cake. In an embodiment, the recommendation engine 112A converts each record to the action based on the meaning.

The first electronic device 100A is configured to attach an action tag with the associated electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>, where the action tag is used to control device settings of the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the recommendation engine 112A attaches the action tag with the associated electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>.

The first electronic device 100A is configured to store the action and the action tag to the memory 120A. In an embodiment, the semantic instance relations database 121A stores the action and the action tag. The semantic instance relations database 121A stores hot words related to an actionable data item in the content. In an example scenario, "fit" is the actionable data item in the content. The first electronic device 100A detects the hot words such as Zumba, Yoga, diet plan, exercise, weight loss related to the actionable data item "fit", which stores in the semantic instance relations database 121A.

The first electronic device 100A is configured to recognize the content displayed on the display 130A of the first electronic device 100A. An example for the content is a text, an image, a video, an audio file, a sticker and the like. In an embodiment, the content is recognized by identifying the object (e.g. noun, verb, cake, Zumba dance in the image, Yoga poses in the video, etc.) in the content. In an example, the first electronic device 100A identify the objects in the content by analyzing the content using an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technique, image recognition technique, speech to text conversion technique etc. In an embodiment, the content recognizer 111A recognizes the content displayed on the display 130A.

The first electronic device 100A is configured to determine a list of electronic devices (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) relevant to the hot words. In an embodiment, the recommendation engine 112A determines the list of electronic devices (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) relevant to the hot words.

The first electronic device 100A is configured to generate at least one recommendation corresponding to the content based on a history of the user activities performed using at least one of the first electronic device 100A and other electronic devices. The first electronic device 100A is configured to predict at least one recommendation corresponding to the content based on a history of the user activities performed using at least one of the first electronic device 100A and other electronic devices (second electronic device 100B-nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the at least one recommendation indicates an information of at least one user activity performed on the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM> and a control configuration (i.e. IoT settings) for the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A-nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM> to perform the at least one user activity.

In an embodiment, the at least one recommendation is transferrable to the electronic devices (second electronic device 100B-nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network and the electronic devices (first electronic device 200A-nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM>.

In an embodiment, the recommendation engine 112A predicts the at least one recommendation corresponding to the content based on the history of the user activities performed by the user using at least one of the first electronic device 100A and other electronic devices (second electronic device 100B- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>. For example, the recommendation engine 112A generates the at least one recommendation corresponding to the content based on the history of the user activities performed by the user using at least one of the first electronic device 100A and other electronic devices in the first IoT network. Further, the recommendation engine 112A improvise the control configuration in the at least one recommendation by detailing the control configuration. In an example scenario, the control configuration of the microwave oven for baking the cake is <NUM> for <NUM> minutes. In response to improvising the control configuration, the control configuration is modified to: switch on the microwave when the voltage is in between a range of 200V-220V, set a temperature of an air conditioner to <NUM>, set a temperature of microwave oven to <NUM> for <NUM> minutes, when a door of the microwave oven is closed.

In another embodiment, the first electronic device 100A is configured to extract actionable data items from the displayed content. In an embodiment, the actionable data items are displayed on the first electronic device 100A in one of a different color, an icon and a tagged User Interface (UI). In an embodiment, the content recognizer 111A extracts the actionable data items from the displayed content. The first electronic device 100A is configured to determine the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>), relevant to the actionable data items.

In an embodiment, the ML engine 115A determines the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>), relevant to the actionable data items. The first electronic device 100A is configured to short list and sort the relevant electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in an order by referring to the records in the memory 120A. In an embodiment, the recommendation engine 112A short lists and sorts the relevant electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the order by referring to the records in the memory 120A.

The first electronic device 100A is configured to predict the at least one recommendation representing the displayed content by fetching actions related to at least one relevant electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM> based on a timestamp of the user activity and at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) on which the user activity is performed. In an embodiment, the first electronic device 100A is configured to generate the at least one recommendation representing the displayed content by fetching actions related to at least one relevant electronic device in the first IoT network <NUM> based on a timestamp of the user activity and at least one electronic device on which the user activity is performed. In an embodiment, the recommendation engine 112A predicts(or generate) the at least one recommendation representing the displayed content by fetching the actions related to the at least one relevant electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM> based on the timestamp of the user activity and at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) on which the user activity is performed. The actions related to the electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) are predicted in the sorted order in the list by the recommendation engine 112A for fetching the actions in the sorted order.

The first electronic device 100A is configured to display the at least one recommendation on a display of the first electronic device. In an embodiment, the first electronic device 100A is configured to provide the at least one recommendation on an action prediction panel (not shown) of a keyboard (not shown) of the first electronic device 100A, where the keyboard displays on the display 130A. In an example, the action prediction panel is a space in the keyboard located above uppermost keys in the keyboard. In an embodiment, the recommendation displays as a representation of at least one of the user activity, the electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) associated with the user activity, the application associated with the user activity. In an embodiment, the recommendation engine 112A displays the at least one recommendation on a display 130A of the first electronic device 100A In an embodiment, the recommendation engine 112A provides the at least one recommendation on the action prediction panel of the keyboard of the first electronic device 100A. In an embodiment, predictions overlays on the action prediction panel of the keyboard of the first electronic device 100A for providing the at least one recommendation to the user.

The first electronic device 100A is configured to detect the at least one recommendation selected by the user. In an example, the user taps on the at least one recommendation displayed on the display 130A, for selecting at least one recommendation. In an embodiment, the recommendation engine 112A detects the at least one recommendation selected by the user. The first electronic device 100A is configured to automatically include the at least one selected recommendation to compose a message. Examples for the message are a text message, a voice call, a video call, a voice message, an image, a video message, a sticker and the like. In an embodiment, the device configuration engine 113A automatically includes the at least one selected recommendation to compose the message. In an embodiment, the at least one selected recommendation is included in the message by attaching the action tag to the message.

The first electronic device 100A is configured to send the message to the second IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the device configuration engine 113A sends the message to the second IoT network <NUM>.

The second electronic device 200A is configured to receive the message including the content and the at least one selected recommendation from the first electronic device 100A. In an embodiment, the recommendation engine 211A receives the message including the content and the at least one selected recommendation from the first electronic device 100A. The second electronic device 200A is configured to identify the selected recommendation with which the electronic devices (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM> are tagged. The recommendation engine 211A identifies the selected recommendation with which the electronic devices (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM> are tagged.

The second electronic device 200A is configured to determine the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM>, relevant to the at least one selected recommendation in the message. In an embodiment, the device configuration engine 212A determines the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM>, relevant to the at least one selected recommendation in the message. The first electronic device 200A is configured to automatically configure the at least one relevant electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) based on the at least one selected recommendation. In an embodiment, the device configuration engine 212A automatically configures the at least one relevant electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) based on the at least one selected recommendation.

In another embodiment, the device configuration engine 212A determines whether the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available in the second IoT network <NUM> corresponds to the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the second IoT network <NUM>, in response to receiving the message from the first electronic device 100A by the first electronic device 200A. The device configuration engine 212A automatically configures the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) available in the second IoT network <NUM> based on the at least one selected recommendation, when the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available in the second IoT network <NUM> corresponds to the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the second IoT network <NUM>.

The device configuration engine 212A determines at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM> which is relevant to the at least one selected recommendation, when the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A-nth electronic device 200F) is unavailable in the second IoT network <NUM> corresponds to the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the second IoT network <NUM>. Further, the device configuration engine 212A is configured to display the recommendation on the at least one relevant electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM>.

In another embodiment, the device configuration engine 212A analyzes the control configuration for the electronic devices (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in second IoT network <NUM>, in response to receiving the message from the first electronic device 100A by the first electronic device 200A. Further, the device configuration engine 212A determines whether the corresponding electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available in second IoT network <NUM>. The device configuration engine 212A applies the control configuration on the corresponding electronic devices (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F), when the corresponding electronic device (first electronic device 200Anth electronic device 200F) is available in second IoT network <NUM>. The device configuration engine 212A determine and sort nearby relevant electronic devices (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F), when the corresponding electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is unavailable in second IoT network <NUM>. Further, the device configuration engine 212A is configured to display the control configuration as a text on the display (not shown) of the relevant electronic devices (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F).

In another embodiment, the device configuration engine 212A determines whether the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available for a user of the second electronic device 200A, in response to receiving the message from the first electronic device 100A by the first electronic device 200A. Further, the device configuration engine 212A deletes the message, when the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is unavailable for the user of the second electronic device 200A. The device configuration engine 212A queries the list of electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) available for the user to the IoT network server in the second IoT network <NUM>, when the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available for the user of the second electronic device 200A.

The device configuration engine 212A determines whether the electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is compatible to Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) or other IoT compatibility standards. The device configuration engine 212A queries device properties of the similar electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F), when the electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is compatible to the OCF or the other IoT compatibility standards. Examples for the device properties are, but not limited to a capability of the device to play the video, a capability of the device to play an audio, a capability of the device to display a text, etc..

The device configuration engine 212A determines whether the electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) supports by proprietary technologies/certifications (e.g. Work With SmartThings (WWST), works with Alexa, Compatible with SmartThings (CST), etc.), when the electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is incompatible to the OCF or the other IoT compatibility standards. The device configuration engine 212A performs non-standard conversion of control configuration based on the first electronic device 200A in the second IoT network <NUM>, when the electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) does not support by the proprietary technologies/certifications.

Further, the device configuration engine 212A generates the list of the electronic devices (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) where the first electronic device 200A have the access. The device configuration engine 212A queries the device properties of the similar electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F), when the electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) supports by the proprietary technologies/certifications. Further, the device configuration engine 212A determines whether the device properties of the first electronic device 200A in the second IoT network <NUM> are same to the device properties of first electronic device 100A in the first IoT network <NUM>. The device configuration engine 212A determines base properties of both the electronic devices (i.e. first electronic device 100A and first electronic device 200A) and attach the base properties, when the device properties of first electronic device 200A in the second IoT network <NUM> are not same to the device properties of the first electronic device 100A in the first IoT network <NUM>. The base properties are a set of device properties which are available common in both the first electronic device 100A and the first electronic device 200A.

The device configuration engine 212A attaches the device properties, when the device properties of the first electronic device 200A in the second IoT network <NUM> are same to the device properties of first electronic device 100A in the first IoT network <NUM>. In response to attaching the device properties or the base prosperities, the device configuration engine 212A generates the list of the electronic devices (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) where the first electronic device 200A have the access. Further, the device configuration engine 212A sorts the electronic devices (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) based on a preference and a context of the user of the first electronic device 200A.

In an example scenario, the user of first electronic device 200A prefers to watch the video in the smart TV apart from watching the video in the smartphone. Examples for the context of the user of first electronic device 200A include, but not limited to a time at which the user of the first electronic device 200A views the message, a location of the user of the first electronic device 200A, an occasion at which the user of the first electronic device 200A receives the message, etc. The device configuration engine 212A selects the recommendation based on the user selection. Further, the device configuration engine 212A applies the control configuration in the corresponding electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F).

Although the <FIG> shows the hardware components of the electronic device <NUM> but it is to be understood that other embodiments are not limited thereon. In other embodiments, the electronic device <NUM> may include less or more number of components. Further, the labels or names of the components are used only for illustrative purpose and does not limit the scope of the invention. One or more components can be combined together to perform same or substantially similar function for predicting content based recommendations and configuring at least one relevant electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM> based on the at least one selected recommendation.

<FIG> is a flow diagram <NUM> illustrating a method for predicting the content based recommendations and configuring the at least one relevant electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM> based on the at least one selected recommendation, according to an embodiment as disclosed herein. At <NUM>, the method includes recognizing the content displayed on the display 130A of the first electronic device 100A. In an embodiment, the method allows the content recognizer 111A to recognize the content displayed on the display 130A of the first electronic device 100A. At <NUM>, the method includes predicting the at least one recommendation corresponding to the content based on the history of the user activities performed by the user using at least one of the first electronic device 100A and other electronic devices (second electronic device 100B- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the method includes generating the at least one recommendation corresponding to the content based on the history of the user activities performed by the user using at least one of the first electronic device 100A and other electronic devices (second electronic device 100B- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to predict the at least one recommendation corresponding to the content based on the history of the user activities performed by the user using at least one of the first electronic device 100A and other electronic devices (second electronic device 100B- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>.

At <NUM>, the method includes providing the at least one recommendation on the action prediction panel of the keyboard of the first electronic device 100A. In an embodiment, the method includes displaying the at least one recommendation on a display 130A of the first electronic device 100A. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to provide the at least one recommendation on the action prediction panel of the keyboard of the first electronic device 100A. At <NUM>, the method includes detecting the at least one recommendation selected by the user. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to detect the at least one recommendation selected by the user. At <NUM>, the method includes automatically including the at least one selected recommendation to compose the message. In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 113A to automatically include the at least one selected recommendation to compose the message. At <NUM>, the method includes sending the message to the second IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 113A to send the message to the second IoT network <NUM>. At <NUM>, the method includes receiving the message including the content and the at least one selected recommendation from the first electronic device 100A. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 211A to receive the message including the content and the at least one selected recommendation from the first electronic device 100A.

At <NUM>, the method includes determining whether the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available in the second IoT network <NUM> corresponds to the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 212A to determine whether the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available in the second IoT network <NUM> corresponds to the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>. At <NUM>, the method includes automatically configuring the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) available in the second IoT network <NUM> based on the at least one selected recommendation, when the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available in the second IoT network <NUM> corresponds to the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 212A to automatically configure the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) available in the second IoT network <NUM> based on the at least one selected recommendation, when the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available in the second IoT network <NUM> corresponds to the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>.

At <NUM>, the method includes determining the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM> which is relevant to the at least one selected recommendation, when the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is unavailable in the second IoT network <NUM> corresponds to the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 212A to determines the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM> which is relevant to the at least one selected recommendation, when the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is unavailable in the second IoT network <NUM> corresponds to the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>. At <NUM>, the method includes displaying the recommendation on the at least one relevant electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 212A to display the recommendation on the at least one relevant electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM>.

The various actions, acts, blocks, steps, or the like in the flow diagram <NUM> may be performed in the order presented, in a different order or simultaneously. Further, in some embodiments, some of the actions, acts, blocks, steps, or the like may be omitted, added, modified, skipped, or the like without departing from the scope of the invention.

<FIG> is a flow diagram <NUM> illustrating steps in storing the semantic relation between at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) and activities of the user, according to an embodiment as disclosed herein. At <NUM>, the method includes detecting the user activities associated with the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the method allows the sematic relation generator 114A to detect the user activities associated with the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>. At <NUM>, the method includes classifying the activities related to the same event to the group. In an embodiment, the method allows the sematic relation generator 114A to classify the activities related to the same event to the group. At <NUM>, the method includes recording the classified user activities along with the additional information of each user activity. In an embodiment, the method allows the sematic relation generator 114A to record the classified user activities along with the additional information of each user activity. At <NUM>, the method includes defining the meaning to each user activity performed on various electronic device (first electronic device 100Anth electronic device 100F) at various timestamp. In an embodiment, the method allows the ML engine 115A to define the meaning to each user activity performed on various electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) at various timestamp.

At <NUM>, the method includes converting each record to the action based on the meaning. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to convert each record to the action based on the meaning. At <NUM>, the method includes attaching the action tag with the associated electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>, where the action tag is used to control the device settings of the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to attach the action tag with the associated electronic device (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM>, where the action tag is used to control the device settings of the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM>. At <NUM>, the method includes storing the action and the action tag. In an embodiment, the method allows the semantic instance relations database 121A to stores the action and the action tag.

<FIG> is a flow diagram <NUM> illustrating steps in providing the at least one recommendation to the user for the content displayed on the display <NUM> of the first electronic device 100A in the first IoT network <NUM>, according to an embodiment as disclosed herein. At <NUM>, the method includes analyzing the content using the OCR and image recognition techniques for determining the actionable data items related to the event. In an embodiment, the method allows the content recognizer 111A to analyze the content using the OCR and image recognition techniques for determining the actionable data items related to the event. At <NUM>, the method includes identifying the electronic devices (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM> which are relevant to the actionable data items in the content. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to identify the electronic devices (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM> which are relevant to the actionable data items in the content.

At <NUM>, the method includes short listing and sorting the relevant electronic devices (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) by referring to the records in the memory 120A. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to short list and sort the relevant electronic devices (first electronic device 100Anth electronic device 100F) by referring to the records in the memory 120A. At <NUM>, the method includes predicting the actions associated with the relevant electronic devices (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the sorted order in the list. In an embodiment, the method includes generating the actions associated with the relevant electronic devices (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the sorted order in the list. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to predict the actions associated with the relevant electronic devices (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the sorted order in the list. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to generate the actions associated with the relevant electronic devices (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the sorted order in the list. At <NUM>, the method includes overlaying the recommendations on the display of the first electronic device. In embodiment, the method includes overlaying the recommendations on the action prediction panel of the keyboard of the first electronic device 100A. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to overlay the recommendations on the action prediction panel of the keyboard of the first electronic device 100A.

At <NUM>, the method includes creating the message with attached action tag includes the control configuration based on the user selection on the recommendation. In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 113A to create the message with attached action tag includes the control configuration based on the user selection on the recommendation. At <NUM>, the method includes sending the message to the second IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 113A to send the message to the second IoT network <NUM>.

<FIG> is a flow diagram <NUM> illustrating steps in displaying the control information on the relevant electronic devices (first electronic device 200A-nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM> based on the availability of the corresponding electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F), according to an embodiment as disclosed herein. At <NUM>, the method includes analyzing the control configuration for the electronic devices (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 212A to analyze the control configuration for the electronic devices (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM>.

At <NUM>, the method includes determining whether the corresponding electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available in the second IoT network <NUM> based on the control configuration. In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 212A to determine whether the corresponding electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available in the second IoT network <NUM> based on the control configuration. At <NUM>, the method includes applying the control configuration on the corresponding electronic devices (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F), when the corresponding electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available in the second IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 212A to apply the control configuration on the corresponding electronic devices (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F), when the corresponding electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available in the second IoT network <NUM>.

At <NUM>, the method includes determining and sorting the relevant devices, when the corresponding electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is unavailable in the second IoT network <NUM>. In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 212A to determine and sort the relevant devices, when the corresponding electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is unavailable in the second IoT network <NUM>. At <NUM>, the method includes displaying the control information on the relevant electronic devices (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F). In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 212A to display the control information on the relevant electronic devices (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F).

<FIG> and <FIG> are a flow diagram <NUM> illustrating steps in configuring the corresponding electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) in the second IoT network <NUM> based on the at least one selected recommendation, according to an embodiment as disclosed herein. At <NUM>, the method includes receiving the message includes the content and the selected recommendation. At <NUM>, the method includes identifying the selected recommendation with which the electronic devices (first electronic device 100A- nth electronic device 100F) in the first IoT network <NUM> are tagged, where the selected recommendation shows in the different color or tagged UI. At <NUM>, the method includes determining whether the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available for the user of the second electronic device 200A.

At <NUM>, the method includes deleting the message, when the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is unavailable for the user of the second electronic device 200A. At <NUM>, the method includes querying the list of electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) available for the user to the IoT network server in the second IoT network <NUM>, when the at least one electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is available for the user of the second electronic device 200A. At <NUM>, the method includes determining whether the electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is compatible to the OCF or the other IoT compatibility standards. Further, at <NUM>, the method includes querying the device properties of the similar electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F), when the electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is compatible to the OCF or the other IoT compatibility standards. At <NUM>, the method includes determining whether the electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) supports by the proprietary technologies/certifications, when the electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) is incompatible to the OCF or the other IoT compatibility standards. The method includes performing step <NUM>, when the electronic device 100A the electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) supports by the proprietary technologies/certifications.

At <NUM>, the method includes performing the non-standard conversion of the control configuration based on the first electronic device 200A in the second IoT network <NUM>, when the electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) does not support by the proprietary technologies/certifications. Further, at <NUM>, the method includes generating the list of the electronic devices (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) where the first electronic device 200A have the access. At <NUM>, the method includes determining whether the device properties of the first electronic device 200A in the second IoT network <NUM> are same to the device properties of the first electronic device 100A in the first IoT network <NUM>. At <NUM>, the method includes determining the base properties of both the electronic devices (i.e. first electronic device 100A and first electronic device 200A) and attach the base properties, when the device properties of first electronic device 200A in the second IoT network <NUM> are not same to the device properties of the first electronic device 100A in the first IoT network <NUM>. Further, the method includes performing the step <NUM>.

At <NUM>, the method includes attaching the device properties, when the device properties of first electronic device 200A in the second IoT network <NUM> are same to the device properties of first electronic device 100A in the first IoT network <NUM>. Further, the method includes performing the step <NUM>. At <NUM>, the method includes sorting the electronic devices (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F) based on the preference and the context of the user of first electronic device 200A. At <NUM>, the method includes selecting the recommendation based on the user selection. At <NUM>, the method includes applying the control configuration in the corresponding electronic device (first electronic device 200A- nth electronic device 200F). In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 212A to perform from the step <NUM> to step <NUM>.

<FIG> and <FIG> illustrate an example scenario of predicting the content based recommendations and configuring the smart TV 200B in the second IoT network <NUM> to play the video based on the selected recommendation, according to an embodiment as disclosed herein. In the example scenario, a smartphone 100A is the first electronic device 100A, a smart TV 100B is the second electronic device 100B, a refrigerator 100C is the third electronic device 100C and the treadmill 100D is the fourth electronic device 100D in the first IoT network <NUM>. The smartphone 100A is connected to the smart TV 100B, the refrigerator 100C and the treadmill 100D. In the example scenario, a smartphone 200A is the first electronic device 200A, a smart TV 200B is the second electronic device 200B in the second IoT network <NUM>. The smartphone 200A is connected to the smart TV 200B. Further, the first IoT network <NUM> is connected to the second IoT network <NUM>. Joy is the user of the smartphone 100A. Jessie the user of the smartphone 200A. The smartphone 100A and the smartphone 200A are supported by the proprietary technologies/certifications.

Consider, that Joy has read a journal on Zumba dance for fit body in the smartphone 100A at <NUM> AM of a day as shown in notation (a) of the <FIG>, where the journal is browsed using a browser application in the smartphone 100A. The smartphone 100A detects the user activity of reading the journal in the smartphone 100A. Further, the smartphone 100A determines that the user activity of reading the journal is related to body fitness, where the body fitness is the event in the example scenario. Further, the smartphone 100A classifies the user activity of reading the journal to a first group based on the relation of the user activity to the event. Further, the smartphone 100A records the control configuration of the smartphone 100A to provide the journal.

Consider, that Joy has seen a video of Yoga poses in the smart TV 100B at <NUM> AM of the day as shown in notation (b) of the <FIG>, where the video is played using a video player application in the smart TV 100B. The smartphone 100A detects the user activity of watching the video in the smart TV 100B. Further, the smartphone 100A determines that the user activity of watching the video is related to the body fitness. Further, the smartphone 100A classifies the user activity of watching the video to the first group based on the relation of the user activity to the event. Further, the smartphone 100A records the control configuration of the smart TV 100B to provide the video.

Consider that Joy has consumed a set of food for the day based on a diet plan from the refrigerator 100C at <NUM> AM of the day as shown in notation (c) of the <FIG>, where Joy takes different set of food in each day based on the diet plan. The smartphone 100A detects the user activity of consuming the set of food from the refrigerator 100C. Further, the smartphone 100A determines that the user activity of taking the set of food based on the diet plan is related to the body fitness. Further, the smartphone 100A classifies the user activity of taking the set of food to the first group based on the relation of the user activity to the event. Further, the smartphone 100A records the control configuration of the refrigerator 100C to provide the diet plan.

Consider, that Joy has exercised on the treadmill 100D at <NUM>/h speed for <NUM> minutes at <NUM> PM of the day as shown in notation (d) of the <FIG>. The smartphone 100A detects the user activity of exercising on the treadmill 100D. Further, the smartphone 100A determines that the user activity of exercising is related to the body fitness. Further, the smartphone 100A classifies the user activity of exercising to the first group based on the relation. Further, the smartphone 100A records the control configuration of the treadmill 100D to operate at <NUM>/h speed for <NUM> minutes.

Consider, Joy receives a text message "Hi, you look so fit in your profile picture. What is the secret?" in the smartphone 100A from Jessie as shown in notation (e) of the <FIG>. Joy inputs as "I followed" in the keyboard for providing a reply to the text message. In response to detecting the user input on the keyboard, the smartphone 100A detects the object "fit" as the actionable data item. Further, the smartphone 100A extracts the actionable data item in the text message. Further, the smartphone 100A determines the electronic devices in the first group as the relevant electronic devices based on the relation of the actionable data item and the user activities classified in the first group. Further, the smartphone 100A generates four recommendations representing the user activity on each relevant electronic device. In an embodiment, the smartphone 100A predicts four recommendations representing the user activity on each relevant electronic device. Further, the smartphone 100A sorts the four recommendations in the order based on the timestamp of each user activity. Further, the smartphone 100A displays the four recommendations in the sorted order to Joy. In an embodiment, the smartphone 100A provides the four recommendations in the sorted order to Joy. In response to detecting the user selection on the recommendation represents the user activity of watching the video on the smart TV 100B, the smartphone 100A inserts the action tag "video" in the reply message as the icon. The action tag "video" includes the control configuration of the smart TV 100B.

Consider, Joy sends the reply message to Jessie. In response to receiving the reply message, the smartphone 200A detects the action tag "video" in the reply message as shown in notation (f) of the <FIG>. Further, the smartphone 200A determines the control configuration associated with the action tag. Further, the smartphone 200A determines that the smart TV 200B as the corresponding electronic device to apply the control configuration in the second IoT network <NUM>. In response to receiving the user selection on the action tag from Jessie, the smartphone 200A applies the control configuration to the smart TV 200B to play the video of Yoga poses as shown in notation (g) of the <FIG>.

<FIG>, <FIG> and <FIG> are a sequential diagram illustrating signaling in the system <NUM> for predicting the content based recommendations and configuring the smart TV 200B in the second IoT network <NUM> to play the video based on the selected recommendation, according to an embodiment as disclosed herein. The sematic relation generator 114A determines (<NUM>) the user activities associated with the smartphone 100A- treadmill 100D performed at various instances. Further, the sematic relation generator 114A generates (<NUM>) the semantic relation of each user activity with the smartphone 100A- treadmill 100D. The sematic relation generator 114A classifies the user activities to the first group based on the relation of the user activity to the event. The device configuration engine 113A determines the control configuration of the smartphone 100A- treadmill 100D. Further, the sematic relation generator 114A sends (<NUM>) the semantic relation to the semantic instance relations database 121A. The semantic instance relations database 121A stores (<NUM>) the semantic relation and the control configuration associated with the smartphone 100A- treadmill 100D.

Consider, that Joy receives a text message "Hi, you look so fit in your profile picture. What is the secret?" in the smartphone 100A from the smartphone 200A. In response to detecting (<NUM>) the invocation on the keyboard while Joy provides the input to the smartphone 100A for sending the reply message "I followed", the processor <NUM> sends (<NUM>) the displayed content to the content recognizer 111A. The content recognizer 111A identifies (<NUM>) the object "fit" as the actionable data item in the content. Further, the content recognizer 111A requests (<NUM>) to the semantic instance relations database 121A to provide the hot words related to the actionable data item. Further, the recommendation engine 112A fetches (<NUM>) the hot words "Zumba, Yoga, diet plan, exercise and weight loss" which are related to the actionable data item from the semantic instance relations database 121A, in response to sending the request to the semantic instance relations database 121A by the content recognizer 111A.

Further, the recommendation engine 112A determines (<NUM>) the list of electronic devices (smartphone 100A-threadmill 100D) relevant to the hot words from the first group based on the metadata in the semantic relation. Further, the recommendation engine 112A generates the recommendations corresponding to each user activity and displays (<NUM>) the recommendations to Joy. In an embodiment, the recommendation engine 112A predicts the recommendations corresponding to each user activity and provides (<NUM>) the recommendations to Joy. In response to selecting the recommendation corresponds to the user activity of watching the video in the smart TV 100B, the recommendation engine 112A detects (<NUM>) the selected recommendation. Further, the recommendation engine 112A attaches the selected recommendation to the reply message by inserting the action tag "video" to the reply message. The action tag "video" includes the control configuration of the smart TV 100B. In response to detecting (<NUM>) the user selection for sending the reply message, the recommendation engine 112A sends (<NUM>) the reply message to the smartphone 200A.

In response to receiving the reply message from the smartphone 100A, the recommendation engine 211A identifies (<NUM>) the selected recommendation in the reply message. Further, the device configuration engine 212A detects (<NUM>) the electronic devices (smartphone 200A-smart TV 200B) available for Jessie to use, which is relevant to the recommendation. Further, the device configuration engine 212A determines (<NUM>) the compatibility of the available electronic devices (smartphone 200A-smart TV 200B) to apply the control configuration. Further, the device configuration engine 212A converts the control configuration to a suitable control configuration which is compatible for the available electronic devices (smartphone 200A-smart TV 200B), if the control configuration is not compatible to available electronic devices. The device configuration engine 212A detects that the smart TV 200B is the corresponding electronic device in the second IoT network <NUM>, which is available for Jessie. In response to detecting (<NUM>) the user selection on the action tag in the reply message by the recommendation engine 211A, the device configuration engine 212A apply the control configuration to the smart TV 200B to play the Yoga video, which is the corresponding electronic device in the second IoT network <NUM>.

<FIG> and <FIG> illustrate an example scenario of predicting the content based recommendations and configuring a microwave oven 200C in the second IoT network <NUM> to bake the cake based on the selected recommendation, according to an embodiment as disclosed herein. In the example scenario, the smartphone 100A is the first electronic device 100A, the smart TV 100B is the second electronic device 100B, the refrigerator 100C is the third electronic device 100C and the microwave oven 100E is the fourth electronic device 100D in the first IoT network <NUM>. The smartphone 100A is connected to the smart TV 100B, the refrigerator 100C and the microwave oven 100E. In the example scenario, the smartphone 200A is the first electronic device 200A, the smart TV 200B is the second electronic device 200B and a microwave oven 200C is the third electronic device 200C in the second IoT network <NUM>. The smartphone 200A is connected to the smart TV 200B and the microwave oven 200C. Further, the first IoT network <NUM> is connected to the second IoT network <NUM>. Joy is the user of the smartphone 100A. Jessie the user of the smartphone 200A. The smartphone 100A and the smartphone 200A are supported by the proprietary technologies/certifications.

Consider, that Joy has seen a video of cherry cake preparation in the smart TV 100B at <NUM> AM of the day as shown in notation (a) of the <FIG>, where the video is played using the video player application in the smart TV 100B. The smartphone 100A detects the user activity of watching the video in the smart TV 100B. Further, the smartphone 100A determines that the user activity of watching the video is related to baking the cake, where baking the cake is the event in the example scenario. Further, the smartphone 100A classifies the user activity of watching the video to the second group based on the relation of the user activity to the event. Further, the smartphone 100A records the control configuration of the smart TV 100B to provide the video.

Consider, that Joy has read a recipe of cherry cake displayed on the display 130C of the refrigerator 100C at <NUM> AM of a day as shown in notation (b) of the <FIG>. The smartphone 100A detects the user activity of reading the recipe in the refrigerator 100C. Further, the smartphone 100A determines that the user activity of reading the recipe is related to baking the cake. Further, the smartphone 100A classifies the user activity of reading the recipe to the second group based on the relation of the user activity to the event. Further, the smartphone 100A records the control configuration of the refrigerator 100C to provide the recipe.

Consider, that Joy has baked the cherry cake in the microwave oven 100E at <NUM> for <NUM> minutes at <NUM> PM of the day as shown in notation (c) of the <FIG>. The smartphone 100A detects the user activity of baking the cherry cake using the microwave oven 100E. Further, the smartphone 100A determines that the user activity of baking the cherry cake is related to the baking the cake. Further, the smartphone 100A classifies the user activity of baking the cherry cake to the second group based on the relation of the user activity to the event. Further, the smartphone 100A records the control configuration of the microwave oven 100E to operate at <NUM> for <NUM> minutes.

Consider, Joy sends an image of cherry cake to Jessie. Further, Joy receives a text message "Hey, it's looking delicious, can you share the recipe" in the smartphone 100A from Jessie as shown in notation (d) of the <FIG>. Joy inputs as "Yes sure, this is" in the keyboard for providing the reply to the text message. In response to detecting the user input on the keyboard, the smartphone 100A detects the object "cherry, cake, recipe" as the actionable data items. Further, the smartphone 100A extracts the actionable data items in the messages displayed in the display 130A. Further, the smartphone 100A determines the electronic devices in the second group as the relevant electronic devices based on the relation of the actionable data items and the user activities classified in the second group. Further, the smartphone 100A generates three recommendations representing the user activity on each relevant electronic device. In an embodiment, the smartphone 100A predicts three recommendations representing the user activity on each relevant electronic device. Further, the smartphone 100A sorts the three recommendations in the order based on the timestamp of each user activity. Further, the smartphone 100A displays the three recommendations in the sorted order to Joy. In an embodiment, the smartphone 100A provides the three recommendations in the sorted order to Joy. In response to detecting the user selection on the recommendation represents the user activity of baking the cherry cake using the microwave oven 100E, the smartphone 100A inserts the action tag "cake's recipe" in the reply message in the different color. The action tag "cake's recipe" includes the control configuration of the microwave oven 100E.

Consider, Joy sends the reply message to Jessie. In response to receiving the reply message, the smartphone 200A detects the action tag "cake's recipe" in the reply message as shown in notation (e) of the <FIG>. Further, the smartphone 200A determines the control configuration associated with the action tag. Further, the smartphone 200A determines that the microwave oven 200C as the corresponding electronic device to apply the control configuration in the second IoT network <NUM>. In response to receiving the user selection on the action tag from Jessie, the smartphone 200A applies the control configuration to the microwave oven 200C to operate at <NUM> for <NUM> minutes as shown in notation (f) of the <FIG>.

<FIG> is a flow diagram <NUM> illustrating steps in providing the recommendation of the video of baking the cake watched in the smart TV 100B to the user of the smartphone 200A in the first IoT network <NUM>, according to an embodiment as disclosed herein. At <NUM>, the method includes detecting the user activity associated with the smart TV <NUM>, where the user activity is watching the video of cherry cake preparation. In an embodiment, the method allows the sematic relation generator 114A to detect the user activity associated with the smart TV <NUM>. At <NUM>, the method includes determining the data related to the user activity. In an embodiment, the method allows the sematic relation generator 114A to determine the data related to the user activity of watching the video of cherry cake preparation. The data includes application name as video player application, the objects identified using OCR technique are cake and cherry, the object identified using the image recognition technique is cake and the user context (i.e. time: <NUM>:<NUM> AM, Location: Home, Occasion: None).

At <NUM>, the method includes filtering the data and extracting the frequent object in the data, where the frequent object is "cake" In an embodiment, the method allows the sematic relation generator 114A to filter the data and extracting the frequent object in the data. At <NUM>, the method includes detecting the relevant electronic devices (smart TV 100B, refrigerator 100C and microwave oven 100E) and the control configuration based on the object. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to detect the relevant electronic devices (smart TV 100B, refrigerator 100C and microwave oven 100E) based on the object. In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 113A to detect the control configuration based on the object. At <NUM>, the method includes storing the semantic relation includes the details of the relevant electronic devices (smart TV 100B, refrigerator 100C and microwave oven 100E) and the control configuration of the relevant electronic devices (smart TV 100B, refrigerator 100C and microwave oven 100E). In an embodiment, the method allows the semantic instance relations database 121A to store the semantic relation includes the details of the relevant electronic devices (smart TV 100B, refrigerator 100C and microwave oven 100E) and the control configuration of the relevant electronic devices (smart TV 100B, refrigerator 100C and microwave oven 100E).

At <NUM>, the method includes receiving the semantic relation of at least one activity performed on the at least one electronic device (smart TV 100B, refrigerator 100C and microwave oven 100E) in the first IoT network <NUM> from the sematic instance relation database 121A, in response to recognizing the content and invoking the keyboard of the smartphone 100A. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to receive the semantic relation of at least one activity performed on the at least one electronic device (smart TV 100B, refrigerator 100C and microwave oven 100E) in the first IoT network <NUM> from the sematic instance relation database 121A, in response to recognizing the content and invoking the keyboard of the smartphone 100A. At <NUM>, the method includes receiving the list of compatible electronic devices (smart TV 100B, refrigerator 100C and microwave oven 100E) from the video player application. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to receive the list of compatible electronic devices (smart TV 100B, refrigerator 100C and microwave oven 100E) from the video player application. At <NUM>, the method includes predicting the recommendation for the content displayed in the smartphone 100A based on the sematic relation and the list of compatible electronic devices (smart TV 100B, refrigerator 100C and microwave oven 100E). In an embodiment, the method includes generating the recommendation for the content displayed in the smartphone 100A based on the sematic relation and the list of compatible electronic devices (smart TV 100B, refrigerator 100C and microwave oven 100E). In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to predict the recommendation for the content displayed in the smartphone 100A based on the sematic relation and the list of compatible electronic devices (smart TV 100B, refrigerator 100C and microwave oven 100E).

At <NUM>, the method includes improvising the control configurations. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to improvise the control configurations. At <NUM>, the method includes sorting the recommendations in the order based on the timestamp of the user activity. In an embodiment, the method allows the recommendation engine 112A to sort the recommendations in the order based on the timestamp of the user activity. At <NUM>, the method includes displaying the recommendations on the display of the first electronic device. In an embodiment, the method includes displaying the recommendations on the action prediction panel of the keyboard. In an embodiment, the method allows the device configuration engine 113A to display the recommendations on the action prediction panel of the keyboard.

<FIG> and <FIG> illustrate an example scenario of predicting the content based recommendations and configuring the smartphone 200A in the second IoT network <NUM> to play the video based on the selected recommendation, according to an embodiment as disclosed herein. In the example scenario, the smartphone 100A is the first electronic device 100A and the smart TV 100B is the second electronic device 100B in the first IoT network <NUM>. The smartphone 100A is connected to the smart TV 100B. In the example scenario, the smartphone 200A is the first electronic device 200A and the smart TV 200B is the second electronic device 200B in the second IoT network <NUM>, where the smart TV 200B is unavailable to the user of the smartphone 200A. The first IoT network <NUM> is connected to the second IoT network <NUM>. Joy is the user of the smartphone 100A. Jessie the user of the smartphone 200A. The smartphone 100A and the smartphone 200A are supported by the proprietary technologies/certifications.

Consider, that Joy has seen a video of football match in the smartphone 100A at <NUM> AM of the day as shown in notation (a) of the <FIG>, where the video is played using the video player application in smartphone 100A. The smartphone 100A detects the user activity of watching the video in the smartphone 100A. Further, the smartphone 100A determines that the user activity of watching the video is related to a match, where the match is the event in the example scenario. Further, the smartphone 100A classifies the user activity of watching the video to a third group based on the relation of the user activity to the event. Further, the smartphone 100A records the control configuration of the smartphone 100A to provide the video.

Consider, that Joy has seen a video of a cricket match in the smart TV 100B at <NUM> AM of the day as shown in notation (b) of the <FIG>, where the video is played using the video player application in smart TV 100B. The smartphone 100A detects the user activity of watching the video of the cricket match in the smart TV 100B. Further, the smartphone 100A determines that the user activity of watching the video of the cricket match is related to the match. Further, the smartphone 100A classifies the user activity of watching the video of the cricket match to the third group based on the relation of the user activity to the event. Further, the smartphone 100A records the control configuration of the smart TV 100B to provide the video of the cricket match.

Consider, that Joy has seen a video of cricket match in the smartphone 100A at <NUM> PM of the day as shown in notation (c) of the <FIG>, where the video is played using the video player application in smartphone 100A. The smartphone 100A detects the user activity of watching the video of the cricket match in the smartphone 100A. Further, the smartphone 100A determines that the user activity of watching the video of the cricket match is related to the match. Further, the smartphone 100A classifies the user activity of watching the video of the cricket match to the third group based on the relation of the user activity to the event. Further, the smartphone 100A records the control configuration of the smartphone 100A to provide the video of the cricket match.

Consider, Joy receives a text message "Hi, Joy. What you done today ?" from Jessie as shown in notation (d) of the <FIG>. The user inputs as "Hey Jessie, I watched the match" in the keyboard for providing a reply to the text message. In response to detecting the user input on the keyboard, the smartphone 100A detects the object "watched, match" as the actionable data items. Further, the smartphone 100A extracts the actionable data item in the user input. Further, the smartphone 100A determines the electronic devices in the third group as the relevant electronic devices based on the relation of the actionable data item and the user activities classified in the third group. Further, the smartphone 100A predicts three recommendations representing the user activity on each relevant electronic device. In an embodiment, the smartphone 100A generates three recommendations representing the user activity on each relevant electronic device. Further, the smartphone 100A sorts the three recommendations in the order based on the timestamp of each user activity. Further, the smartphone 100A provides the three recommendations in the sorted order to the user. In an embodiment, the smartphone 100A displays the three recommendations on the display in the sorted order to the user. In response to detecting the user selection on the recommendation represents the user activity of watching the video of the cricket match on the smart TV 100B, the smartphone 100A inserts the tagged user interface to the word "match" as the action tag in the reply message. The action tag "match" includes the control configuration of the smart TV 100B.

Consider, Joy sends the reply message to Jessie. In response to receiving the reply message, the smartphone 200A detects the action tag "match" in the reply message as shown in notation (e) of the <FIG>. Further, the smartphone 200A determines the control configuration associated with the action tag. Further, the smartphone 200A determines that the smart TV 200B is unavailable to apply the control configuration. Further, the smartphone 200A determines that the smartphone 200A is relevant electronic device to play the video of cricket match. Further, the smartphone 200A convers the control configuration to the suitable control configuration to play the video of cricket match in the smartphone 200A. In response to receiving the user selection on the action tag from Jessie, the smartphone 200A applies the suitable control configuration to the smartphone 200A to play the video of cricket as shown in notation (f) of the <FIG>.

Claim 1:
A method for predicting content based recommendations, comprising:
recognizing, by a first electronic device (100A) in a first IoT network (<NUM>), content displayed on a display (130A) of the first electronic device (100A);
displaying, on the display (130A) of the first electronic device (100A), at least one recommendation corresponding to the recognized content based on a history of user activities performed by a user using at least one of the first electronic device (100A) and other electronic devices (100B-100F) in the first IoT network (<NUM>);
detecting, by the first electronic device (100A), user input for selecting the at least one recommendation; and
sending, by the first electronic device (100A), a message including the at least one selected recommendation to a second IoT network (<NUM>),
characterized in that:
the message comprises control configuration for setting of a second electronic device (200A) in a second IoT network (<NUM>),
and in that the control configuration is previously determined and stored by the first electronic device (100A) based on the history of user activities.