IP Library Granted Patent US 12,602,387
Granted Patent B1
US 12,602,387 · App. 18/986,486 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Systems and methods for situationally aware output from a multi-modal artificial intelligence agent

Inventors: Erik Summa (Lockhart, TX); Jason S. Morrison (Chadron, NE)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
G06F16/24575
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Patent No.
US 12,602,387
App. No.
18/986,486
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B1
Abstract

An information handling system may include a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, and configured to, in response to a determination of a need to communicate content to a user, identify a nature of the content, determine a context associated with the user, determine device information regarding one or more user devices of the user, and based on the nature, the context, and the device information determine a mode for communicating the content to the user and communicate the content to the user in accordance with the mode.

Claims (37)

1 . An information handling system comprising:

a memory; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, and configured to, in response to a determination of a need to communicate content to a user:

identify a nature of the content, wherein the nature of the content indicates whether the content is visual, audio, and/or haptic content;

determine a context associated with the user;

determine device information regarding one or more user devices of the user; and

based on the nature, the context, and the device information:

determine a mode for communicating the content to the user; and

communicate the content to the user in accordance with the mode.

2 . The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the context comprises at least one of: a sentiment of the user, a location of the user, a time, contents of a calendar of the user, a biological signal associated with the user, a user presence with respect to the one or more user devices, and a user preference.

3 . The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the device information comprises at least one of a physical location of one or more devices and hardware capability information associated with the one or more devices.

4 . The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the mode includes an identification of a device of the one or more devices.

5 . The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the mode includes an identification of a type of interaction with the user for communicating the content.

6 . A method comprising, in response to a determination of a need to communicate content to a user:

identifying a nature of the content, wherein the nature of the content indicates whether the content is visual, audio, and/or haptic content;

determining a context associated with the user;

determining device information regarding one or more user devices of the user; and

based on the nature, the context, and the device information:

determining a mode for communicating the content to the user; and

communicating the content to the user in accordance with the mode.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the context comprises at least one of: a sentiment of the user, a location of the user, a time, contents of a calendar of the user, a biological signal associated with the user, a user presence with respect to the one or more user devices, and a user preference.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the device information comprises at least one of a physical location of one or more devices and hardware capability information associated with the one or more devices.

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the mode includes an identification of a device of the one or more devices.

10 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the mode includes an identification of a type of interaction with the user for communicating the content.

11 . An article of manufacture comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and

computer-executable instructions carried on the computer-readable medium, the instructions readable by a processor, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the processor to, in response to a determination of a need to communicate content to a user:

identify a nature of the content, wherein the nature of the content indicates whether the content is visual, audio, and/or haptic content;

determine a context associated with the user;

determine device information regarding one or more user devices of the user; and

based on the nature, the context, and the device information:

determine a mode for communicating the content to the user; and

communicate the content to the user in accordance with the mode.

12 . The article of claim 11 , wherein the context comprises at least one of: a sentiment of the user, a location of the user, a time, contents of a calendar of the user, a biological signal associated with the user, a user presence with respect to the one or more user devices, and a user preference.

13 . The article of claim 11 , wherein the device information comprises at least one of a physical location of one or more devices and hardware capability information associated with the one or more devices.

14 . The article of claim 11 , wherein the mode includes an identification of a device of the one or more devices.

15 . The article of claim 11 , wherein the mode includes an identification of a type of interaction with the user for communicating the content.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: SUMMA, ERIK; MORRISON, JASON S.
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Reel/Frame 069632/0816 →
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