Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Facilitating conversations with automated location mapping
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Application No.: US14307439Application Date: 2014-06-17
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Publication No.: US10375129B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Lisa Stifelman , Madhusudan Chinthakunta , Julian James Odell , Larry Paul Heck , Daniel Dole
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L29/06 ; G06F11/30 ; H04L29/08 ; G06F16/44 ; G06Q30/02

Abstract:
Individuals may utilize devices to engage in conversations about topics respectively associated with a location (e.g., restaurants where the individuals may meet for dinner). Often, the individual momentarily withdraws from the conversation in order to issue commands to the device to retrieve and present such information, and may miss parts of the conversation while interacting with the device. Additionally, the individual often explores such topics individually on a device and conveys such information to the other individuals through messages, which is inefficient and error-prone. Presented herein are techniques enabling devices to facilitate conversations by monitoring the conversation for references, by one individual to another (rather than as a command to the device), to a topic associated with a location. In the absence of a command from an individual, the device may automatically present a map alongside a conversation interface showing the location(s) of the topic(s) referenced in the conversation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150365448A1 FACILITATING CONVERSATIONS WITH AUTOMATED LOCATION MAPPING Public/Granted day:2015-12-17
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