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Granted Patent B2
US 12,288,177 · App. 18/406,122 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Deriving employee context from structured communication

Inventors: Guy R. VanBuskirk (Greenville, SC); Steven Paul Russell (Menlo Park, CA); Andrew W. Kittler (Atherton, CA)
Assignee: Theatro Labs, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,288,177
App. No.
18/406,122
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a method of identifying a metric associated with a business, a computer system associated with the business recognizes a first user associated with a first communication device and a second user associated with a second communication device, wherein the first user is recognized as an employee of the business and the second user is recognized as an employee of the business. The computer system observes signals in between the first communication device and the second communication device, wherein at least a portion of the communication is an audible communication. The computer system identifies a metric based on the signals in the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device. The metric is then made available for decision making purposes.

Claims (53)

1. A method of identifying a metric associated with a business, the method comprising:

recognizing, by a computer system associated with the business, a first user associated with a first communication device and a second user associated with a second communication device, wherein the first user is recognized as an employee of the business and the second user is recognized as an employee of the business;

observing, by the computer system, signals of a communication between the first communication device and the second communication device, wherein at least a portion of the communication is an audible communication;

identifying, by the computer system, a metric based on signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device; and

making, by the computer system, the metric available for decision making purposes.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

storing geographic location data associated with the first communication device as the metric.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 , further comprising:

using the stored geographic location data for at least one of mapping, tracking, and predicting a position of the first communication device.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the making, by the computer system, the metric available for decision making purposes comprises:

sending, by the computer system, the metric to another computer system.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the identifying, by the computer system, a metric based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device comprises:

identifying, by the computer system, the metric as a length of time associated with the communication.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the identifying, by the computer system, a metric based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device comprises:

identifying, by the computer system, the metric as a length of time taken for one of the first user and the second user to respond to the other of the first user and the second user during the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device.

7. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the identifying, by the computer system, a metric based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device comprises:

identifying, by the computer system based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device, the metric as a length of time between a request for assistance by one of the first user and the second user and receipt of the requested assistance after the request.

8. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the identifying, by the computer system, a metric based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device comprises:

identifying, by the computer system based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device, the metric as that a query, made by one of the first user and the second user, was satisfied by the other of the first user and the second user.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the identifying, by the computer system, a metric based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device comprises:

identifying, by the computer system based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device, the metric as that a query, made by one of the first user and the second user, was not satisfied by the other of the first user and the second user.

10. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the identifying, by the computer system, a metric based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device comprises:

identifying, by the computer system, the metric as a geographic location of the second communication device during the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device.

11. A non-transitory computer-usable storage medium having instructions embodied therein that, when executed, cause a computer system to perform a method of identifying a metric associated with a business, the method comprising:

recognizing, by a computer system associated with the business, a first user associated with a first communication device and a second user associated with a second communication device, wherein the first user is recognized as an employee of the business and the second user is recognized as an employee of the business;

observing, by the computer system, signals of a communication between the first communication device and the second communication device, wherein at least a portion of the communication is an audible communication;

identifying, by the computer system, a metric based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device; and

making, by the computer system, the metric available for decision making purposes.

12. The non-transitory computer-usable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:

storing geographic location data associated with the first communication device as the metric.

13. The non-transitory computer-usable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the making, by the computer system, the metric available for decision making purposes comprises:

sending, by the computer system, the metric to another computer system.

14. The non-transitory computer-usable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the identifying, by the computer system, a metric based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device comprises:

identifying, by the computer system, the metric as one of a first length of time of time: associated with the communication; a second length of time taken for one of the first user and the second user to respond to the other of the first user and the second user during the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device; and third a length of time between a request for assistance by one of the first user and the second user and receipt of the requested assistance after the request.

15. The non-transitory computer-usable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the identifying, by the computer system, a metric based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device comprises:

identifying, by the computer system based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device, the metric as that a query, made by one of the first user and the second user, was satisfied by the other of the first user and the second user.

16. The non-transitory computer-usable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the identifying, by the computer system, a metric based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device comprises:

identifying, by the computer system based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device, the metric as that a query, made by one of the first user and the second user, was not satisfied by the other of the first user and the second user.

17. The non-transitory computer-usable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the identifying, by the computer system, a metric based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device comprises:

identifying, by the computer system, the metric as a geographic location of the second communication device during the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device.

18. A structured communications platform comprising:

a first communication device associated with a first user and configured to send a communication;

a second communication device associated with a second user and configured to receive the communication; and

a computer system associated with a business and configured to relay the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device, wherein the computer system is further configured to:

recognize the first user associated with the first communication device and the second user associated with the second communication device, wherein the first user and the second user are recognized as employees of the business;

observe signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device, wherein at least a portion of the communication is an audible communication;

identify a metric based on the signals of the communication between the first communication device and the second communication device; and

make the metric available for decision making purposes.

19. The structured communications platform as recited in claim 18 , wherein the computer system is further configured to:

recognize the first user based on a first unique signature associated with transmissions of the first communication device during the communication; and

recognize the second user based on a second unique signature associated with transmissions of the second communication device during the communication.

20. The structured communications platform as recited in claim 18 , wherein the computer system being configured to make the metric available for decision making purposes comprises:

the computer system sending the metric to another computer system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2024
From: RUSSELL, STEVEN PAUL; VANBUSKIRK, GUY R.; KITTLER, ANDREW W.
To: THEATRO LABS, INC.
Reel/Frame 066052/0144 →
Continuity (9)
Continuation 17550917 · Dec 14, 2021
Continuation 16812076 · Mar 6, 2020
Continuation 15978900 · May 14, 2018
Continuation 15208275 · Jul 12, 2016
Continuation 14572450 · Dec 16, 2014
Continuation 13401146 · Feb 21, 2012
Provisional Application 61487432 · May 18, 2011
Provisional Application 61445504 · Feb 22, 2011
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