IP Library Granted Patent US 9,842,590
Granted Patent B2
US 9,842,590 · App. 15/389,780 · Granted Dec 12, 2017

Face-to-face communication analysis via mono-recording system and methods

Inventors: Roger Warford (Hoschton, GA); Christopher Danson (Austin, TX); Jennifer Kuhn (Austin, TX)
Assignee: MATTERSIGHT CORPORATION
G10L15/18G06Q30/01G10L17/06G10L21/0272G10L25/63
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Patent No.
US 9,842,590
App. No.
15/389,780
Granted
Dec 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The methods, apparatus, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems described herein include recording a mono recording of a face-to-face communication between an agent and a customer using a microphone, wherein the mono recording is unseparated and includes agent voice data and customer voice data, separately recording the agent voice data in an agent recording using a second microphone; aligning the unseparated mono recording and the agent recording so they are time-synched; subtracting agent voice data from the unseparated mono recording using the agent recording to provide a separated recording including only customer voice data, wherein the agent voice data is subtracted from the unseparated mono recording based on the alignment, sound frequency analysis, or both; converting at least the customer voice data to text; and determining a personality type of the customer by applying one or more computer-implemented linguistic algorithms to the text of the customer voice data.

Claims (50)

1. A system for analyzing a face-to-face customer-agent communication, comprising:

a node comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium operably coupled thereto, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions stored in association therewith that are accessible to, and executable by, the processor, wherein the plurality of instructions when executed:

record a mono recording of a communication between an agent and a customer using a microphone, wherein the mono recording is unseparated and includes agent voice data and customer voice data;

separately record the agent voice data in an agent recording using a second microphone;

align the unseparated mono recording and the agent recording so they are time-synched;

subtract agent voice data from the unseparated mono recording using the agent recording to provide a separated recording including only customer voice data, wherein the agent voice data is subtracted from the unseparated mono recording based on the alignment, sound frequency analysis, or both;

convert at least the customer voice data to text; and

determine a personality type of the customer by applying one or more computer-implemented linguistic algorithms to the text of the customer voice data.

2. The system of claim 1 , which further comprises instructions that, when executed, apply voice printing to the customer voice data to facilitate identification of the customer.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the voice printing identifies the customer.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the agent is associated with one or more commercial organizations, financial institutions, government agencies or public safety organizations.

5. The system of claim 1 , which further comprises instructions that, when executed, convert the agent recording to text.

6. The system of claim 5 , which further comprises instructions that, when executed, apply a computer-implemented linguistic algorithm to the text of the agent recording.

7. The system of claim 1 , which further comprises a computer implemented non-linguistic distress analytic tool applied to the separated recording.

8. The system of claim 5 , which further comprises instructions that, when executed, evaluate the agent, provide training to the agent, or both, based on a plurality of distress events identified in the communication.

9. The system of claim 1 , which further comprises instructions that, when executed, generate and display on an agent device one or more actionable tasks for the agent based on the personality type of the customer.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the actionable tasks comprise specific words or actions.

11. The system of claim 5 , which further comprises determining a personality type of the agent based on the computer-implemented linguistic algorithm applied to the text of the agent recording.

12. A method for analyzing a face-to-face customer-agent communication, which comprises:

recording, by one or more processors, a mono recording of a communication between an agent and a customer using a microphone, wherein the mono recording is unseparated and includes agent voice data and customer voice data;

separately recording, by one or more processors, the agent voice data in an agent recording using a second microphone;

aligning, by one or more processors, the unseparated mono recording and the agent recording so they are time-synched;

subtracting, by one or more processors, agent voice data from the unseparated mono recording using the agent recording to provide a separated recording including only customer voice data, wherein the agent voice data is subtracted from the unseparated mono recording based on the alignment, sound frequency analysis, or both;

converting at least the customer voice data to text; and

determining, by one or more processors, a personality type of the customer by applying one or more computer-implemented linguistic algorithms to the text of the customer voice data.

13. The method of claim 12 , which further comprises applying voice printing to the customer voice data to facilitate identification of the customer.

14. The method of claim 13 , which further comprises identifying the customer based on the voice printing.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the agent is associated with one or more commercial organizations, financial institutions, government agencies or public safety organizations.

16. The method of claim 12 , which further comprises instructions that, when executed, convert the agent recording to text.

17. The method of claim 12 , which further comprises applying a computer-implemented linguistic algorithm to the text of the agent recording.

18. The method of claim 12 , which further comprises applying a computer implemented non-linguistic distress analytic tool applied to the separated recording.

19. The method of claim 16 , which further comprises evaluating the agent, providing training to the agent, or both, based on a plurality of distress events identified in the communication.

20. The method of claim 12 , which further comprises generating and displaying on an agent device one or more actionable tasks for the agent based on the personality type of the customer.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the one or more actionable tasks are selected to comprise specific words or actions.

22. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions, which in response to a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:

recording a mono recording of a communication between an agent and a customer using a microphone, wherein the mono recording is unseparated and includes agent voice data and customer voice data;

separately recording the agent voice data in an agent recording using a second microphone;

aligning the unseparated mono recording and the agent recording so they are time-synched;

subtracting agent voice data from the unseparated mono recording using the agent recording to provide a separated recording including only customer voice data, wherein the agent voice data is subtracted from the unseparated mono recording based on the alignment, sound frequency analysis, or both;

converting at least the customer voice data to text; and

determining a personality type of the customer by applying one or more computer-implemented linguistic algorithms to the text of the customer voice data.

23. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22 , which further comprises applying voice printing to the customer voice data to facilitate identification of the customer.

24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 23 , which further comprises identifying the customer based on the voice printing.

25. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22 , wherein the agent is associated with one or more commercial organizations, financial institutions, government agencies or public safety organizations.

26. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22 , which further comprises instructions that, when executed, convert the agent recording to text.

27. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22 , which further comprises applying a computer-implemented linguistic algorithm to the text of the agent recording.

28. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22 , which further comprises applying a computer implemented non-linguistic distress analytic tool applied to the separated recording.

29. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 26 , which further comprises evaluating the agent, providing training to the agent, or both, based on a plurality of distress events identified in the communication.

30. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22 , which further comprises generating and displaying on an agent device one or more actionable tasks for the agent based on the personality type of the customer.

31. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 30 , wherein the one or more actionable tasks are selected to comprise specific words or actions.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2017
From: MATTERSIGHT CORPORATION
To: THE PRIVATEBANK AND TRUST COMPANY
Reel/Frame 043200/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2016
From: WARFORD, ROGER; DANSON, CHRISTOPHER; KUHN, JENNIFER
To: MATTERSIGHT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040759/0275 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15046635 · Feb 18, 2016
Continuation 14610136 · Jan 30, 2015
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