Contextually driven messaging system

A device associated with a first user, the device comprising:

• an audio output device;
• an audio input device;
• a communication unit;
• at least one processor;
• and
• a storage device that stores a message management module operable by the at least one processor to:
• receive, via the communication unit, a message from a device associated with a second user;
• receive, via the audio input device, an audio input while the conversation in an active state, wherein, while in the active state, the computing device does not require a command to reply to the message;
• determine, based at least in part on the audio input and contextual information, a probability that the first user intends to send a response message to the device associated with the second user, the contextual information including one or more of a frequency of incoming messages from the device associated with the second user, a frequency of outgoing messages to the device associated with the second user, an amount of time that has elapsed since a most recent message was received from the device associated with the second user, an amount of time that has elapsed since a most recent response was sent to the device associated with the second user;
• determine whether the probability the first user intends to send the response message to the device associated with the second user satisfies a threshold probability;
• responsive to determining that the probability the first user intends to send the response message to the device associated with the second user satisfies the threshold probability, determine, that the first user intends to send the response message to the device associated with the second user;
• and
• responsive to determining that the first user intends to send the response message to the device associated with the second user:
• generate, based on the audio input, the response message;
• and
• send, via the communication unit, the response message to the device associated with the second user.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, configure one or more processors of a computing system associated with a first user to:

• receive a message from a device associated with a second user;
• receive an audio input while the conversation in an active state, wherein, while in the active state, the computing device does not require a command to reply to the message;
• determine, based at least in part on the audio input and contextual information, a probability that the first user intends to send a response message to the device associated with the second user, the contextual information including one or more of a frequency of incoming messages from the device associated with the second user, a frequency of outgoing messages to the device associated with the second user, an amount of time that has elapsed since a most recent message was received from the device associated with the second user, an amount of time that has elapsed since a most recent response was sent to the device associated with the second user;
• determine whether the probability the first user intends to send the response message to the device associated with the second user satisfies a threshold probability;
• responsive to determining that the probability the first user intends to send the response message to the device associated with the second user satisfies the threshold probability, determine that the first user intends to send the response message to the device associated with the second user;
• and
• responsive to determining that the first user intends to send the response message to the device associated with the second user:
• generate, based on the audio input, the response message;
• and
• send the response message to the device associated with the second user.