Methods, systems, and devices for providing information and recommended actions regarding advertising entities using a virtual assistant

US11301902B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Alexander MacDougall · Newnan, US
• Robert Koch · Sidney Place, US
• Anna Lidzba · Atlanta, US
• Nigel Bradley · McDonough, US
• James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr. · Lilburn, US
• Ari Craine · Marietta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 16, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 16, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T19/006
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments for presenting a group of advertisements within media content by a software application on a display communicatively coupled to the communication device resulting in a presentation of the group of advertisements, and operating a virtual assistant application simultaneously with the software application. Further embodiments include detecting voice input from a user associated with the communication device using a voice recognition technique utilized by the virtual assistant application, identifying first user data based on the voice input associated with a group of advertising entities associated with the group of advertisements, and obtaining information regarding the group of advertising entities based on the first user data. Additional embodiments include determining a group of recommended actions according to the information regarding the group of advertising entities, and providing the user with the group of recommended actions. Other embodiments are disclosed.