Patent application EP16191870A (EP), filed 2016-09-30
Publication number: EP3258392A1
Title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BUILDING CONTEXTUAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR CONFERENCING SYSTEMS
Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method of highlighting at least a part of communication segments between a plurality of participants in a communication network. The method includes extracting, by a highlighting device, semantic information and a plurality of vocal cues from multimedia communication data exchanged between the plurality of participants; identifying, by the highlighting device, communication segments within the multimedia communication data by aggregating the semantic information and the plurality of vocal cues; associating, by the highlighting device, meta-data with each of the communication segments based on communication segment parameters; and highlighting, by the highlighting device, contextually, at least a part of the communication segments based on highlighting parameters received from a user.
IPC codes: G06F  17/    30            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A computer-implemented method of highlighting at least a part of communication segments between a plurality of participants in a communication network, the method comprising:
number: 2
text: The method of claim 1, wherein the highlighting parameters comprises at least one of multimedia communication sessions of interest to the user, approximate output length of highlighting required by the user, participants in the multimedia communication sessions, importance and relevance associated with the participants, time interval of interest in the multimedia communication sessions, or contextual key words used in the multimedia communication sessions.
number: 3
text: The method of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein extracting semantic information from the multimedia communication data comprises converting voice communication data in the multimedia communication data into text data using a natural language processor.
number: 4
text: The method of any of the preceding claims, wherein the semantic information comprises at least one of an ontological map of the conversations in the multimedia communication data, keywords, relevance of keywords, a relationship between keywords, grouping of the conversations, time slots for each conversation or mapping of each conversation with a conducting participant.
number: 5
text: The method of any of the preceding claims, wherein extracting the plurality of voice cues comprises filtering conversations gaps in the multimedia communication data to generate clean conversation segments.
number: 6
text: The method of any of the preceding claims, wherein a vocal cue for a participant comprises at least one of the participant's vocal intensity, engagement, authority, tone, emotions, pitch of voice, speed of conversation or response time.
number: 7
text: The method of any of the preceding claims, wherein the multimedia communication data comprises at least one of voice data and video data.
number: 8
text: The method of any of the preceding claims, wherein identifying communication segments by aggregating the semantic information and the plurality of vocal cues comprises using:
number: 9
text: The method of any of the preceding claims, wherein highlighting comprises:
number: 10
text: The method of any of the preceding claims, wherein the communication segment parameters comprise at least one of the ontological map of conversations in the multimedia communication data, the keywords, the relevance of keywords, participants in communication, intensity of at least one of the plurality of participants, engagement of at least one of the plurality of participants, authority and tone of at least one of the plurality of participant while speaking.
number: 11
text: A system for highlighting at least a part of communication segments between a plurality of participants in a communication network, the system comprising;
at least one processor; and
a computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the method of any of the preceding claims.
number: 12
text: The system of claim 11, further comprising a database configured to store the communication segments and highlighted parts of the communication segments.
number: 13
text: The system of claim 11 or claim 12, further comprising a directory service to store meta-data about the plurality of participants.
number: 14
text: The system of claim 13, further comprising a controller configured to register each of the plurality of participant and add the meta-data from the directory service.
number: 15
text: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for highlighting at least a part of communication segments between a plurality of participants in a communication network, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 10.
Office action: search_report, dated 2017-12-20
Rejection reasons: novelty_epc_54
Prior art cited: ref_id: US2015195406A1
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ref_id: US2012323925A1
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ref_id: US2012323925
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severity: novelty_destroying
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ref_id: US2015195406
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severity: novelty_destroying
Final disposition: pending (2017-12-20)