IP Library Granted Patent US 11,750,737
Granted Patent B2
US 11,750,737 · App. 17/828,025 · Granted Sep 5, 2023

Electronic communication system and method with sentiment analysis

Inventors: Kevin Lee (Kanata, CA); Jonathan Braganza (Ottawa, CA); Justin Ghantous (Ottawa, CA); Logendra Naidoo (Ottawa, CA)
Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
H04M3/2218G06F40/169G06F40/53G10L25/63H04M3/42221
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Patent No.
US 11,750,737
App. No.
17/828,025
Granted
Sep 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Electronic communication methods and systems for determining sentiment associated with a communication, conveniently displaying indicia of the sentiment information, and scoring the sentiment information are disclosed. The methods and systems can include associating an emoji with a sentiment and annotating information, for example, a highlight reel or a waveform, with the emoji.

Claims (42)

1. An electronic communication system comprising:

a communication server;

a sentiment determination system coupled to the communication server;

one or more devices coupled to the communication server; and

a highlight reel production module to generate information annotated with one or more emojis indicative of sentiment;

wherein the sentiment determination system determines a sentiment during an electronic communication and generates information comprising the one or more emojis corresponding to the sentiment to illustrate sentiment versus time, wherein the one or more emojis are linked to audio and/or transcribed information;

wherein the sentiment determination system generates an acoustic wave form associated with the one or more emojis and is configured to select a section of the audio information by scrolling a cursor over the acoustic waveform.

2. The electronic communication system of claim 1 , further comprising a call recorder to record the audio information during an electronic communication between the one or more devices and the communication server.

3. The electronic communication system of claim 2 , further comprising a transcription module to transcribe the audio information.

4. The electronic communication system of claim 1 , wherein the sentiment determination system comprises a sentiment extraction engine.

5. The electronic communication system of claim 1 , further comprising a database comprising emoji information and corresponding sentiment information.

6. The electronic communication system of claim 1 , wherein the information annotated with one or more emojis indicative of sentiment further comprises an average sentiment emoji corresponding to an average sentiment for the electronic communication.

7. The electronic communication system of claim 1 , wherein a user can select an emoji to hear audio information corresponding to the sentiment associated with the selected emoji.

8. The electronic communication system of claim 1 , further comprising a score calculation module.

9. The electronic communication system of claim 8 , wherein the score calculation module determines a sentiment score associated with a caller.

10. The electronic communication system of claim 8 , wherein the score calculation module determines a sentiment score associated with an agent.

11. An electronic communication method comprising the steps of:

establishing an electronic communication;

transcribing at least a portion of a recording of the communication to generate transcribed information;

determining one or more sentiments associated with the at least a portion of the transcribed information;

generating annotated information comprising one or more emojis associated with each of the one or more sentiments;

selecting an emoji of the one or more emojis to hear audio information associated with a sentiment corresponding to the selected emoji; and

generating an acoustic wave form associated with the one or more emojis and selecting a section of the audio information by scrolling a cursor over the acoustic waveform.

12. The electronic communication method of claim 11 , further comprising the step of generating an audio recording of at least a portion of the communication.

13. The electronic communication method of claim 11 , further comprising the step of generating a highlight reel.

14. The electronic communication method of claim 11 , further comprising the step of generating an emoji score associated with a customer.

15. The electronic communication method of claim 11 , further comprising the step of generating an emoji score associated with an agent.

16. The electronic communication method of claim 11 , further comprising the step of generating a summary of emoji scores associated with the agent.

17. The electronic communication method of claim 11 , further comprising the steps of:

generating an emoji score for the electronic communication; and

comparing the emoji score for the electronic communication to a prior communication emoji score.

18. An electronic communication system comprising:

a communication server;

a sentiment determination system coupled to the communication server; and

one or more devices coupled to the communication server, wherein the sentiment determination system comprises:

a sentiment extraction engine; and

a database comprising emoji information and corresponding sentiment information;

wherein at least one emoji of the plurality of emojis is selectable to hear audio information associated with a sentiment corresponding to the selected emoji; and

wherein the sentiment determination system generates an acoustic wave form associated with the one or more emojis and is configured to select a section of the audio information by scrolling a cursor over the acoustic waveform.

19. The electronic communication method of claim 18 , further comprising the steps of:

generating an emoji score for the electronic communication; and

comparing the emoji score for the electronic communication to a prior communication emoji score.

Assignments (10)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2025
From: MLN US HOLDCO LLC; MITEL (DELAWARE), INC.; MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION; MITEL NETWORKS, INC.
To: U.S. PCI SERVICES, LLC
Reel/Frame 071758/0843 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2025
From: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
To: MITEL (DELAWARE), INC.; MITEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; MITEL NETWORKS, INC.; MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071712/0821 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2025
From: ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC
To: MITEL (DELAWARE), INC.; MITEL NETWORKS, INC.; MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071730/0632 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2025
From: MITEL (DELAWARE), INC.; MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION; MITEL NETWORKS, INC.
To: ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 071676/0815 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2025
From: MITEL (DELAWARE), INC.; MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION; MITEL NETWORKS, INC.
To: ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 070689/0857 →
NOTICE OF SUCCCESSION OF AGENCY - 2L Recorded Jan 14, 2025
From: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS LEGAL SUCCESSOR TO CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
Reel/Frame 069896/0001 →
NOTICE OF SUCCCESSION OF AGENCY - 3L Recorded Jan 14, 2025
From: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS LEGAL SUCCESSOR TO CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
Reel/Frame 070006/0268 →
NOTICE OF SUCCCESSION OF AGENCY - PL Recorded Jan 14, 2025
From: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS LEGAL SUCCESSOR TO CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
Reel/Frame 069895/0755 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2022
From: MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061824/0282 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2022
From: LEE, KEVIN; BRAGANZA, JONATHAN; GHANTOUS, JUSTIN; NAIDOO, LOGENDRA
To: MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060915/0987 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16859674 · Apr 27, 2020
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