Media selection and display based on conversation topics
Technical solutions are described for selecting and retrieving, by a media retrieval system, media items for displaying. An example method for selecting and retrieving the media items includes monitoring a conversation of a user via a user device, and extracting a conversation topic from the conversation. The method further includes determining that a metadata database of a media storage associated with the user includes the conversation topic. The method further includes adding, in response, to a topic match database, from the media storage, an identity of a media item matching with the conversation topic, and adding, to a list of media items to be played back by a media display device, the topic match database. Further yet, the method includes playing back, by the media display device, the media item.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
selecting and retrieving, by a media retrieval system, a plurality of media items, the selecting and retrieving comprising:
monitoring a conversation of a user via a user device;
extracting a conversation topic from the conversation;
determining that a metadata database of a media storage associated with the user includes the conversation topic;
adding, in response, to a topic match database, from the media storage, an identity of a media item matching with the conversation topic;
displaying a notification to a user indicating the conversation topic that is extracted;
receiving a user input indicative of a selection or bypassing of the conversation topic to automatically display the matching media item;
in response to receiving the user input indicative of bypassing the conversation topic, marking the topic match database as private; and
in response to receiving the user input indicative of using the conversation topic, marking the topic match database as public, and adding, to a list of media items to be played back by a media display device, the media item included in the topic match database.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the conversation comprises one or more text messages sent and/or received by the user device.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the conversation comprises one or more electronic messages sent and/or received by the user device, the electronic messages consists of one from a group of e-mail, chat message, and voice message.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the conversation comprises one or more social media posts sent and/or received by the user device.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the conversation comprises one or more phone conversations using the user device.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the conversation comprises a face-to-face conversation monitored in the background by a microphone of the user device.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the user is a first user, and the media storage comprises a first media store of the first user, and a second media store of a second user, and wherein the media items retrieved from the second media store include an image of the first user.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein adding the identity of media item to the topic match database further comprises:
monitoring a number of times the conversation topic is used by the user; and
extracting the conversation topic in response to the number of times exceeding a predetermined threshold.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the conversation topic is associated with a predetermined threshold of number of media items to be selected and retrieved from the media storage.