IP Library Granted Patent US 11,552,910
Granted Patent B1
US 11,552,910 · App. 17/328,298 · Granted Jan 10, 2023

Techniques for messaging bot controls based on machine-learning user intent detection

Inventors: Jeremy Harrison Goldberg (San Francisco, CA); Sarah Hum (San Francisco, CA); Mikhail Larionov (San Francisco, CA); Chih Shao Lee (Sunnyvale, CA); Lei Guang (Redwood City, CA); Zhisheng Huang (San Mateo, CA); Henri Romeo Liriani (Oakland, CA)
Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
H04L51/02G06N20/00H04L67/306H04L67/34H04W4/12H04W4/50
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,552,910
App. No.
17/328,298
Granted
Jan 10, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

Techniques for messaging bot controls based on machine-learning user intent detection are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a message queue monitoring component operative to monitor a messaging interaction, the messaging interaction exchanged via a messaging system, the messaging interaction involving at least one client device; an interaction processing component operative to determine a user intent for the messaging interaction; and a bot management component operative to determine a messaging bot options configuration for the client device based on the user intent; and send the messaging bot options configuration to the client device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims (52)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

monitoring a messaging interaction between one or more users;

determining current geographic locations of the one or more users;

determining one or more user intents based on activities of the one or more users that have previously been associated with the current geographic locations of the one or more users;

determining a messaging bot options configuration, comprising a plurality of messaging bot invocation controls for display in messaging applications on client devices of the one or more users, wherein each of the messaging bot invocation controls is associated with a different messaging bot related to the one or more user intents; and

sending the messaging bot options configuration to a client device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

ranking the messaging bot invocation controls based on the current geographic locations of the one or more users.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

ranking the messaging bot invocation controls based on the one or more user intents of the one or more users.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more user intents are determined by messaging bots that were previously invoked by the one or more users from the current geographic locations of the one or more users.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more user intents are determined by messaging keywords extracted from the messaging interaction.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

including, in the messaging bot options configuration, messaging bots associated with the extracted keywords.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a user selection of one of the messaging bot invocation controls; and

sending a message bot interface to the client device for the messaging bot indicated by the selected messaging bot invocation control.

8. A system comprising:

a processor;

software that when executed by the processor, causes the system to:

monitor a messaging interaction between one or more users;

determine current geographic locations of the one or more users;

determine one or more user intents based on activities of the one or more users that have previously been associated with the current geographic locations of the one or more users;

determine a messaging bot options configuration comprising a plurality of messaging bot invocation controls for display in messaging applications on client devices of the one or more users, wherein each of the messaging bot invocation controls is associated with a different messaging bot related to the one or more user intents; and

send the messaging bot options configuration to a client device.

9. The system of claim 8 , the software further causing the system to:

rank the messaging bot invocation controls based on the current geographic locations of the one or more users.

10. The system of claim 8 , the software further causing the system to:

rank the messaging bot invocation controls based on the one or more user intents of the one or more users.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more user intents are determined by messaging bots that were previously invoked by the one or more users from the current geographic locations of the one or more users.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more user intents are determined by messaging keywords extracted from the messaging interaction.

13. The system of claim 12 , the software further causing the system to:

include, in the messaging bot options configuration, messaging bots associated with the extracted keywords.

14. The system of claim 8 , the software further causing the system to:

receive a user selection of one of the messaging bot invocation controls; and

send a message bot interface to the client device for the messaging bot indicated by the selected messaging bot invocation control.

15. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium comprising software that, when executed by a processor, cause a system to:

monitor a messaging interaction between one or more users;

determine current geographic locations of the one or more users;

determine one or more user intents based on activities of the one or more users that have previously been associated with the current geographic locations of the one or more users;

determine a messaging bot options configuration, comprising a plurality of messaging bot invocation controls for display in messaging applications on client devices of the one or more users, wherein each of the messaging bot invocation controls is associated with a different messaging bot related to the one or more user intents; and

send the messaging bot options configuration to the client device.

16. The medium of claim 15 , the software further causing the system to:

rank the messaging bot invocation controls based on the current geographic locations of the one or more users.

17. The medium of claim 15 , the software further causing the system to:

rank the messaging bot invocation controls based on the one or more user intents of the one or more users.

18. The medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more user intents are determined by messaging bots that were previously invoked by the one or more users from the current geographic locations of the one or more users.

19. The medium of claim 15 , wherein the one or more user intents are determined by messaging keywords extracted from the messaging interaction, the software further causing the system to:

include, in the messaging bot options configuration, messaging bots associated with the extracted keywords.

20. The medium of claim 15 , the software further causing the system to:

receive a user selection of one of the messaging bot invocation controls; and

send a message bot interface to the client device for the messaging bot indicated by the selected messaging bot invocation control.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 9, 2022
From: FACEBOOK, INC.
To: META PLATFORMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058981/0383 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16689692 · Nov 20, 2019
Continuation 15371159 · Dec 6, 2016
Provisional Application 62321082 · Apr 11, 2016
Provisional Application 62320869 · Apr 11, 2016
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