Answer message recommendation method and device therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11005787-B2
Application number	US-201916586430-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2019
Priority date	Sep 1, 2015
Publication date	May 11, 2021
Grant date	May 11, 2021

Abstract

An example device for transmitting an answer message includes a display configured to display information, a communicator configured to receive a question message from another device, a processor configured to control the display to display graphics representing a plurality of pieces of recommendation information which are includable in an answer message for the received question message and relations between the plurality of pieces of recommendation information, and a user input unit configured to receive a user input that selects at least one of the plurality of pieces of recommendation information, wherein the communicator is further configured to transmit an answer message including the selected recommendation information to the another device according to the user input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a communicator comprising a circuit; and
a processor configured to:
based on receiving a question message from another electronic device through the communicator, acquire at least one keyword included in a message that is exchanged with the another electronic device;
acquire a recommendation image includible in an answer message for the question message based on the at least one acquired keyword;
obtain the answer message for the question message based on the acquired recommendation image; and
control the communicator to transmit the obtained answer message to the another electronic device.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in response to receiving the question message from the another electronic device through the communicator, the processor is configured to control the display to display a user interface (UI) for providing recommendation information to be included in the answer message, and
based on the UI being selected, acquire at least one keyword included in the message exchanged with the another electronic device.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire a search keyword for searching for the recommendation image by combining the at least one keyword,
search for the recommendation image using the search keyword, and
control the display to display the searched recommendation image.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
based on receiving user command to select at least one of the acquired recommendation image, acquire a text to be included in the answer message based on the selected at least one recommendation image; and
control the communicator to transmit the answer message including the acquired text and the selected at least one recommendation image to the another electronic device.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire a keyword for the selected at least one recommendation image by analyzing the selected at least one recommendation image.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine a template to be used as the answer message among a plurality of templates based on a keyword for the selected at least one recommendation image; and
acquire a text to be included in the answer message based on the determined template and the keyword for the selected at least one recommendation image.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to, based on selecting the recommendation image, control the display to display another image related to the selected recommendation image.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a plurality of pieces of recommendation images are obtained based on content registered by a user.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the plurality of pieces of recommendation images is obtained based on tag information and importance of the registered content.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a plurality of pieces of recommendation images are obtained based on retrieved, captured, photographed or noted data.

11. A method for an electronic device, the method comprising:
based on receiving a question message from another electronic device, acquiring at least one keyword included in a message that is exchanged with the another electronic device;
acquiring a recommendation image includible in an answer message for the question message based on the at least one acquired keyword;
obtaining the answer message for the question message based on the acquired recommendation image; and
transmitting the obtained answer message to the another electronic device.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein, in response to receiving the question message from the another device, displaying a user interface (UI) for providing recommendation information to be included in the answer message, and
based on the UI being selected, acquiring at least one keyword included in the message exchanged with the another electronic device.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the acquiring of the recommendation image comprises:
acquiring a search keyword for searching the recommendation image by combining the at least one keyword;
searching for the recommendation image using the search keyword; and
displaying the searched recommendation image.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the transmitting comprises:
based on receiving user command to select at least one acquired recommendation image, acquiring a text to be included in the answer message based on the selected at least one recommendation image; and
transmitting the answer message including the acquired text and the selected at least one recommendation image to the another electronic device.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the acquiring of the text to be included in the answer message comprises:
acquiring a keyword for the selected at least one recommendation image by analyzing the selected at least one recommendation image.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the acquiring of the text to be included in the answer message comprises:
determining a template to be used as the answer message among a plurality of templates based on the keyword for the selected at least one recommendation image; and
acquiring a text to be included in the answer message based on the determined template and the keyword for the selected at least one recommendation image.

17. The method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the acquiring of the text to be included in the answer message comprises:
based on selecting the recommendation image, displaying another image related to the selected recommendation image.

18. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein a plurality of pieces of recommendation images are obtained based on content registered by a user.

19. The method as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the plurality of pieces of recommendation images are obtained based on tag information and importance of the registered content.

20. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein a plurality of pieces of recommendation images are obtained based on retrieved, captured, photographed or noted data.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Seung-Hak
• Ko Eun-Jeong
• Kim Deok-Ho
• Lee Hae-Jun

Classifications

• G06F40/56

  Natural language generation · CPC title

• G06F40/295

  Named entity recognition · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• H04W4/12

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• G06F3/0481

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title