Managing communication privacy in encroaching environments
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsNaresh Olladapu, Mudit Mehrotra, Ajay Gupta, Arvind Agarwal
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for managing communication privacy in a conversation system are provided. The method detects an utterance on a public channel by a user of a computing device. A privacy nature of the utterance is determined. Based on the privacy nature, a classification confidence is determined for the utterance. The method generates a privacy question to be presented to the user based on the privacy nature and the classification confidence. In response to a confirmation response, a privacy channel is established. The method switches from the public channel to the privacy channel.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- detecting an utterance on a public channel by a user of a computing device;
- determining a privacy nature of the utterance on the public channel using user context for the user, contents of the utterance, conversation context of the utterance, and environment of the computing device;
- using the privacy nature, determining a classification confidence for the utterance;
- using the privacy nature and the classification confidence, generating a privacy question presented to the user;
- in response to a confirmation response to the privacy question, establishing a privacy channel;
- and
- switching from the public channel to the privacy channel.
A system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a computer-readable storage medium, coupled to the one or more processors, storing program instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- detecting an utterance on a public channel by a user of a computing device;
- determining a privacy nature of the utterance on the public channel using user context for the user and contents of the utterance;
- using the privacy nature, determining a classification confidence for the utterance;
- using the privacy nature and the classification confidence, generating a privacy question presented to the user;
- in response to a confirmation response to the privacy question, establishing a privacy channel;
- and
- switching from the public channel to the privacy channel.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- detecting an utterance on a public channel by a user of a computing device;
- determining a privacy nature of the utterance on the public channel;
- using the privacy nature, determining a classification confidence for the utterance;
- using the privacy nature and the classification confidence, generating a privacy question presented to the user;
- in response to a confirmation response to the privacy question, establishing a privacy channel, wherein the confirmation response confirms that one or more utterances are intended to be private;
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- switching from the public channel to the privacy channel, wherein the switching is for a duration of future utterances.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.