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Granted Patent B2
US 10,963,496 · App. 16/399,732 · Granted Mar 30, 2021

Method for capturing and updating database entries of CRM system based on voice commands

Inventor: Balasubramaniam Raju (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: CLARI, INC.
G06F16/3329G06F16/23G10L15/16G10L15/22G10L2015/223
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Patent No.
US 10,963,496
App. No.
16/399,732
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described herein are systems and methods for facilitating the information entry and task updates to a task database in a cloud server. The task database is in synchronization with a customer relationship management (CRM) system. The systems and methods described herein enable users to update the task database and enter information into the task database in a timely manner such that the task database can stay updated. The updated database can be used to construct a suggested task set at the beginning of a period of time to meet a preset target sales value for the end of the period of time. In one embodiment, a method includes the operations of receiving, by one or more neutral network models on a cloud server, voice instructions captured by an interactive voice response (IVR) application on a mobile device, wherein the voice instructions are to update states of one or more tasks displayed in a voice interface of the IVR application; recognizing the voice instructions and constructing appropriate texts using the one or more trained neutral network models; presenting the texts to one or more voice interfaces provided by the IVR application for confirmation by a user; and storing the user confirmed texts to a repository on the cloud server.

Claims (40)

1. A computer-implemented method of capturing details from voice instructions to update tasks in a customer relationship management (CRM) system, including:

receiving, at a cloud server over a network, voice instructions captured by an interactive voice response (IVR) application running on a mobile device, wherein the voice instructions are to update states of one or more tasks of a task database system;

applying a neutral network model to the voice instructions, including

performing a speech-to-text (STT) process on the voice instructions to convert the voice instructions to a text stream, and

performing a natural language process (NLP) on the text stream to recognize data to be updated and a target task to be updated;

transmitting the data to be updated and the target task to be updated to the mobile device over the network for confirmation by a user associated with the mobile device; and

in response to a confirmation received from the mobile device, transmitting a database update command to the task database system to update one or more fields of the target task based on the data to be updated.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the task database system is a database server in the cloud server, and includes a gatekeeper component to resolve conflicts between user edited and confirmed texts and existing tasks in the database server.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the texts represent updates of one or more tasks from one stage to another stage, wherein the updated tasks are to be used in constructing a suggested task set at the beginning of a time period for an achieving a target value at the end of the time period, wherein the suggested task set is constructed by the cloud server based on historical task data in the database server.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more tasks displayed in a voice user interface are preconfigured by a user.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more tasks displayed in a voice user interface are based on one or more emails generated by a pending activity reminder module in the cloud server, wherein each of the emails is sent by an outside contact associated one of the one or more displayed tasks.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the neural network model includes a voice recognition component and at least one a natural language processing neutral network.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the neural network model is deployed on a machine learning server in the cloud server.

8. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, at a cloud server over a network, voice instructions captured by an interactive voice response (IVR) application running on a mobile device, wherein the voice instructions are to update states of one or more tasks of a task database system;

applying a neutral network model to the voice instructions, including

performing a speech-to-text (STT) process on the voice instructions to convert the voice instructions to a text stream, and

performing a natural language process (NLP) on the text stream to recognize data to be updated and a target task to be updated;

transmitting the data to be updated and the target task to be updated to the mobile device over the network for confirmation by a user associated with the mobile device; and

in response to a confirmation received from the mobile device, transmitting a database update command to the task database system to update one or more fields of the target task based on the data to be updated.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the task database system is a database server in the cloud server, and includes a gatekeeper component to resolve conflicts between user edited and confirmed texts and existing tasks in the database server.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the texts represent updates of one or more tasks from one stage to another stage, wherein the updated tasks are to be used in constructing a suggested task set at the beginning of a time period for an achieving a target value at the end of the time period, wherein the suggested task set is constructed by the cloud server based on historical task data in the database server.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein one or more tasks displayed in a voice user interface are preconfigured by a user.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein one or more tasks displayed in a voice user interface are based on one or more emails generated by a pending activity reminder module in the cloud server, wherein each of the emails is sent by an outside contact associated one of the one or more displayed tasks.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the neural network model includes a voice recognition component and at least one a natural language processing neutral network.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the neural network model is deployed on a machine learning server in the cloud server.

15. A data processing system, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations including

receiving, at a cloud server over a network, voice instructions captured by an interactive voice response (IVR) application running on a mobile device, wherein the voice instructions are to update states of one or more tasks of a task database system,

applying a neutral network model to the voice instructions, including

performing a speech-to-text (STT) process on the voice instructions to convert the voice instructions to a text stream, and

performing a natural language process (NLP) on the text stream to recognize data to be updated and a target task to be updated;

transmitting the data to be updated and the target task to be updated to the mobile device over the network for confirmation by a user associated with the mobile device, and

in response to a confirmation received from the mobile device, transmitting a database update command to the task database system to update one or more fields of the target task based on the data to be updated.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the task database system is a database server in the cloud server, and includes a gatekeeper component to resolve conflicts between user edited and confirmed texts and existing tasks in the database server.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the texts represent updates of one or more tasks from one stage to another stage, wherein the updated tasks are to be used in constructing a suggested task set at the beginning of a time period for an achieving a target value at the end of the time period, wherein the suggested task set is constructed by the cloud server based on historical task data in the database server.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein one or more tasks displayed in a voice user interface are preconfigured by a user.

19. The system of claim 15 , wherein one or more tasks displayed in a voice user interface are based on one or more emails generated by a pending activity reminder module in the cloud server, wherein each of the emails is sent by an outside contact associated one of the one or more displayed tasks.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the neural network model includes a voice recognition component and at least one a natural language processing neutral network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2019
From: RAJU, BALASUBRAMANIAM
To: CLARI INC.
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