IP Library Granted Patent US 9,286,889
Granted Patent B2
US 9,286,889 · App. 13/752,503 · Granted Mar 15, 2016

Improving voice communication over a network

Inventors: Dimitri Kanevsky (Ossining, NY); Pamela A. Nesbitt (Ridgefield, CT); Tara N. Sainath (New York, NY); Elizabeth V. Woodward (Cedar Park, TX)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
G10L15/08G10L15/18G10L15/26G10L21/02G10L21/003G10L21/057G10L25/60H04M3/56
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Patent No.
US 9,286,889
App. No.
13/752,503
Granted
Mar 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for improving communication over a network are provided. A system for improving communication over a network, comprises a detection module capable of detecting data indicating a problem with a communication between at least two participants communicating via communication devices over the network, a management module capable of analyzing the data to determine whether a participant is dissatisfied with the communication, wherein the management module includes a determining module capable of determining that the participant is dissatisfied, and identifying an event causing the dissatisfaction, and a resolution module capable of providing a solution for eliminating the problem.

Claims (33)

1. A method for improving communication over a network, the method comprising:

monitoring the communication between participants over the network to detect data indicating a problem with the communication;

analyzing the data to determine whether a first participant is dissatisfied with the communication, wherein the communication is a voice communication and the dissatisfaction is based on the first participant failing to understand at least a portion of the voice communication; and

if it is determined that the first participant is dissatisfied, identifying an event causing the dissatisfaction, and providing a solution for eliminating the problem;

wherein providing the solution comprises performing an automatic operation on speech to be transmitted to the first participant from a second participant;

wherein the data comprises at least one of location information of the participants, and biometric data; and

wherein one or more steps of the method are performed by a computer system comprising a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data comprises at least part of a dialogue between participants, the part of the dialogue including at least one of a keyword or a key phrase recognized as an indicator of the problem.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the biometric data includes at least one of movement by, body temperature of and a facial expression of a participant.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data comprises at least one speech pattern of a participant.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing comprises at least one of natural language processing and automatic speech recognition.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising processing the data to classify the data into one or more events causing the dissatisfaction.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the automatic operation comprises modifying the speech from the second participant prior to reception of the speech by the first participant.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein modifying comprises converting the speech into text to be displayed for the first participant.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location information is determined based on information from respective communication devices of the participants.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location information is derived by detecting at least one of a keyword or a key phrase having different meanings across at least one of geographic regions or cultures.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein modifying comprises providing a machine translation of the misunderstood portion of the voice communication.

12. A method for improving communication over a network, the method comprising:

monitoring the communication between participants over the network to detect data indicating a problem with the communication;

analyzing the data to determine whether a first participant is dissatisfied with the communication, wherein the communication is a voice communication and the dissatisfaction is based on the first participant failing to understand at least a portion of the voice communication;

if it is determined that the first participant is dissatisfied, identifying an event causing the dissatisfaction, and providing a solution for eliminating the problem;

processing the data to classify the data into one or more events causing the dissatisfaction; and

filtering the one or more events and determining that the first participant is dissatisfied from the filtered one or more events;

wherein providing the solution comprises performing an automatic operation on speech to be transmitted to the first participant from a second participant; and

wherein one or more steps of the method are performed by a computer system comprising a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory.

13. A method for improving communication over a network, the method comprising:

monitoring the communication between participants over the network to detect data indicating a problem with the communication;

analyzing the data to determine whether a first participant is dissatisfied with the communication, wherein the communication is a voice communication and the dissatisfaction is based on the first participant failing to understand at least a portion of the voice communication; and

if it is determined that the first participant is dissatisfied, identifying an event causing the dissatisfaction, and providing a solution for eliminating the problem;

wherein providing the solution comprises performing an automatic operation on speech to be transmitted to the first participant from a second participant;

wherein the automatic operation comprises modifying the speech from the second participant prior to reception of the speech by the first participant;

wherein modifying comprises at least one of filtering one or more speech impediments, changing an accent, changing a rate of the speech, and determining parts of the speech that were dropped and integrating the dropped parts into synthesized speech; and

wherein one or more steps of the method are performed by a computer system comprising a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2013
From: KANEVSKY, DIMITRI; NESBITT, PAMELA A.; SAINATH, TARA N.; WOODWARD, ELIZABETH V.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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