IP Library Granted Patent US 8,849,930
Granted Patent B2
US 8,849,930 · App. 13/130,850 · Granted Sep 30, 2014

User-based semantic metadata for text messages

Inventor: Håkan Lars Emanuel Jonsson (Hjärup, SE)
Assignees: Sony Corporation; Sony Mobile Communications AB
H04L12/5895H04M1/72552H04L51/38G06F17/2785G06F3/0237G06F17/20G06F17/241
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Patent No.
US 8,849,930
App. No.
13/130,850
Granted
Sep 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, devices, and computer-readable medium described herein may provide for the adding of user-based semantic metadata to a text message. The semantic metadata may be added at a sending user device based on a user's selection. A receiving user device may interpret the text message based on the semantic metadata.

Claims (57)

1. A method performed by a user device to compose a text message, the method comprising:

receiving a user request to compose a text message;

receiving a text input;

providing semantic information associated with the text input, wherein the semantic information includes text that indicates a part of speech corresponding to the text input, and wherein the text includes words including verb, noun, adverb, adjective, and slang;

receiving a user selection of the semantic information;

adding semantic metadata with the text message in correspondence to the user selection; and

sending the text message with the semantic metadata to a recipient user device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the text input corresponds to a word or a portion of a word, and wherein the text includes words including a brand name and a trademark.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein when the text input corresponds to the portion of the word, the method further comprises:

providing text prediction, wherein the semantic information is displayed with one or more text-predictive words.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the semantic information includes a Uniform Resource Identifier.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the semantic information comprises a geographic coordinate, and the method further comprises:

receiving, by the recipient user device, the text message with the semantic metadata;

receiving a user selection of a location name included in the text message; and

displaying a map of a geographic area surrounding a location pertaining to the location name based on the geographic coordinate.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the recipient user device, the text message with the semantic metadata;

interpreting the text message based on the semantic metadata; and

automatically creating a calendar event in response to the interpreting.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the text message corresponds to a multimedia messaging service message or an e-mail message.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adding comprises:

adding the semantic metadata in a form corresponding to one of a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension attachment, an Extensible Markup Language snippet, or a Uniform Resource Identifier.

9. A user device comprising:

a communication interface;

a processing system configured to:

receive a user request to compose a text message;

receive a text input;

provide semantic information associated with the text input, wherein the semantic information includes text that indicates a part of speech that corresponds to the text input, and wherein the text includes words including verb, noun, adverb, adjective, and slang;

receive a user selection of the semantic information;

add semantic metadata with the text message in correspondence to the user selection; and

send, via the communication interface, the text message with the semantic metadata to a recipient user device.

10. The user device of claim 9 , wherein the user device comprises a wireless telephone.

11. The user device of claim 9 , wherein the text input corresponds to a word or a portion of a word, and wherein the text includes words including at least one of a brand name or a trademark.

12. The user device of claim 11 , wherein when the text input corresponds to the portion of the word, the processing system is further configured to:

provide text prediction.

13. The user device of claim 12 , wherein the semantic information includes a Uniform Resource Identifier.

14. The user device of claim 9 , wherein the text message corresponds to a multimedia message service or an e-mail message.

15. The user device of claim 9 , wherein the processing system is further configured to:

receive, via the communication interface and from another user device, a text message with semantic metadata;

interpret the text message from the other user device based on the received semantic metadata; and

automatically create a calendar event in response to an interpretation of the text message from the other user device.

16. The user device of claim 9 , wherein the semantic metadata is in a form corresponding to one of a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension attachment, an Extensible Markup Language snippet, or a Uniform Resource Identifier.

17. A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by at least one processing system, the non-transitory storage medium storing instructions for:

receiving a user request to compose a text message;

receiving a text input;

providing semantic information associated with the text input, wherein the semantic information includes words that indicate a part of speech that corresponds to the text input, and wherein the words include verb, noun, adverb, adjective, and slang;

receiving a user selection of the semantic information;

adding semantic metadata with the text message in correspondence to the user selection; and

sending the text message with the semantic metadata to a recipient user device.

18. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the non-transitory storage medium resides in a user device comprising a radio telephone, and wherein when providing, the non-transitory storage medium further storing one or more instructions for:

providing the semantic information via a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface allows a user to select the semantic information that pertains to one or more instances of the text input.

19. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 17 , the non-transitory storage medium further storing one or more instructions for:

providing text prediction, wherein the semantic information is displayed with one or more text-predictive words.

20. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the semantic information comprises a geographic coordinate, and the non-transitory storage medium further storing one or more instructions for:

receiving a text message with semantic metadata;

interpreting the received text message based on the received semantic metadata; and

automatically creating a calendar event in response to the interpreting.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2014
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY CORPORATION; SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Reel/Frame 033619/0860 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 27, 2014
From: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Reel/Frame 033644/0773 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2011
From: JONSSON, HALAN LARS EMANUEL
To: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB
Reel/Frame 026332/0191 →
Continuity (1)
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