发明名称 Effective contact-communication systems and methods
摘要 A mobile personal-computing device may categorize a selected contact by collecting from the user information related to the selected contact's behavior and/or personality style. After obtaining communication hints for effectively communicating with similarly categorized individuals. The mobile personal-computing device modifies a remote or local contacts database such that when the user communicates with the selected contact, the mobile personal-computing device will automatically provide the communication hints to the user.
申请公布号 US8849265(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.09.30
申请号 US201213715940 申请日期 2012.12.14
申请人 Effectiveness Institute, Inc. 发明人 Chirls Clifford
分类号 H04M3/42;H04W4/00;H04M1/2745;H04M1/57 主分类号 H04M3/42
代理机构 Law 代理人 Law ;Philipp Adam L. K.
主权项 1. A mobile-personal-computer-implemented method for promoting effective communication, the method comprising: selecting, from among a plurality of contact records stored in a contacts database, a contact record corresponding to an individual who communicates from time to time with a user of a mobile personal computer; obtaining, by the mobile personal computer, a plurality of questions that solicit information related to said individual's personality and/or behavior style; posing, via output hardware associated with the mobile personal computer, said plurality of questions to said user of the mobile personal computer in regard to said selected contact record; obtaining, via input hardware associated with the mobile personal computer, user-input indicating a plurality of answers that correspond respectively to said plurality of questions; categorizing, by the mobile personal computer based at least in part on said plurality of answers, said individual into a determined one of a plurality of predetermined personality and/or behavior style categories; obtaining, by the mobile personal computer based at least in part on said determined personality and/or behavior style category, a plurality of communication hints for effectively communicating with individuals of said determined personality and/or behavior style category; and modifying, by the mobile personal computer, said selected contact record in said contacts database to include said plurality of communication hints, such that when the mobile personal computer subsequently detects that a real-time, interactive communication session between said user and said individual is pending or in progress, the mobile personal computer will automatically obtain said plurality of communication hints from said contacts database and present said plurality of communication hints to said user via said output hardware to promote effective communication between said user and said individual.
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