# US 10,375,236 B1 · Computer control of online social interactions based on conversation processing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,375,236 B1 - Document ID: US10375236B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/374,082 - Filed: 2016-12-09 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2008-02-28 - Applicants: Computer Products Introductions, Corporation - Inventors: Richard Leeds; Elon Gasper - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10375236B1 ## CPC - H04M 3/42051: {where the notification is included in the ringing tone} - G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services - G06Q 30/0207: Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates - G06Q 30/0241: Advertisements - H04M 1/57: Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set (at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20) - H04M 1/65: Recording arrangements {for recording a message from the calling party (in the exchange H04M3/50)} - H04M 1/656: for recording conversations - H04M 3/02: Calling substations, e.g. by ringing (selective calling H04Q) - H04M 3/42221: {Conversation recording systems (at the subscriber's set H04M1/656)} - H04M 3/42348: {Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target} - H04M 19/04: the ringing-current being generated at the substations - H04M 19/041: {Encoding the ringing signal, i.e. providing distinctive or selective ringing capability} - H04M 1/2535: {adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network (Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16)} - H04M 1/72436: for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails - H04M 1/72448: with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions - H04M 2201/36: Memories - H04M 2201/38: Displays - H04M 2201/50: Telephonic communication in combination with video communication - H04M 2203/2038: Call context notifications - H04M 2203/308: Personal name recording - H04M 2203/551: Call history - H04M 2250/12: including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A method for computer control of online social interactions based on conversation processing. A portion of a conversation with a given user is recorded, stored in memory, and processed so as to influence subsequent interactions. These may include audio or other contextualized annunciations of subsequent telephone calls. Other modes addressing conversational processing for social purposes can result in interwoven conversation guided among threads of interest, advertising and incented participation of conversational content and placement. The invention is capable of implementation in telecommunications systems such as cellular, local exchange, and VOIP, and in combination with other forms of internet-based telecommunication, including smart phones and adaptive forums chat rooms. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of marketing by means of tracked incented conversation between two participants one of whom is the conveyor and the other is the recipient, based on contextual processing of the conversation, comprising the steps of: presenting an offer from a marketer to the conveyor participant of the tracked incented conversation specifying a target sound or utterance associated with the offer; marketing to the recipient participant of the tracked incented conversation by transmitting the target sound or utterance associated with the offer from the conveyor to the recipient participant in the tracked incented conversation; tracking the incented conversation to identify and verify when the target sound or utterance associated with the offer is matched in the conversation; and archiving samples of the incented conversation as verification of the marketing from the conveyor to the recipient for examination by the marketer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the tracking includes additional data regarding at least one participant in a conversation to whom at least one particular utterance was addressed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the tracked telecommunication device provides an indication to the user that the targeted sound or utterance has been detected in a conversational voice stream. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said tracking includes additional data as indication of at least one additional incented actions by at least one participant of said conversations. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein said indication of incented actions is an indication of compliance with a medical treatment or health maintenance system. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein said incentive is evidence of compliance with a medical treatment or health maintenance system. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the tracked conversation includes a music placement. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the incentive to the user or incentive message to the device includes, as foreground or background audio, a ringtone associated with the music placement. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further including the steps: rewarding the conveyor for transmitting the incentive message to the recipient; and rewarding the conveyor directly using the incentive in the incentive message. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein there is a plurality of recipients each of whom may receive the conveyed incentive message from the conveyor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a telecommunication device can be tracked to determine the target sound, utterance, or textual pattern of the conversation.