Contextual chat based on behavior and usage

摘要

Techniques are disclosed for providing an enhanced contextual chat feature in online environments. The contextual chat feature may be used to present users with a list of expressions that may be sent to other users within an online environment (or to users in other online environments). The list of messages may be derived from a linguistic profile which itself may change as the use of language in an online environment (or by a particular user group) evolves, over time. In cases where a user sends a contextual chat message to another user in the same online environment, messages may be sent without being altered. However, when a user selects a contextual chat message from the list to send to a user in another online environment, the message may be translated based on a linguistic profile associated with users in the second environment.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating communication between users in an online virtual environment, comprising:
generating a first list of expressions based on a first linguistic profile associated with a first plurality of users, wherein the first plurality of users communicate within a first online environment in a first language; generating a second list of expressions based on a second linguistic profile associated with a second plurality of users, wherein the second plurality of users communicate within a second online environment in the first language; determining a mapping from one or more entries in the first list of expressions to corresponding one or more entries in the second list of expressions; updating the first linguistic profile based on an analysis of user-to-user communications between the first plurality of users; and updating the first list of expressions based on the updated first linguistic profile.