US 11,869,480 B2
Idea scoring for creativity tool selection
John Cronin, Jericho, VT (US); Burt Cummings, Menlo Park, CA (US); Charles Root, Underhill, VT (US); Michael D'Andrea, Burlington, VT (US); and Jeffrey Goodwin, Montpelier, VT (US)
Assigned to BRIGHT MARBLES, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by BRIGHT MARBLES, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/381,718.
Application 17/381,718 is a continuation of application No. 16/551,055, filed on Aug. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,081,113.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/724,380, filed on Aug. 29, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/722,637, filed on Aug. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/722,421, filed on Aug. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/722,641, filed on Aug. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0350806 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 15/183 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 40/205 (2020.01)
CPC G10L 15/26 (2013.01) [G06F 40/205 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06Q 10/103 (2013.01); G10L 15/183 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A method for ideation management, the method comprising:
storing a creativity tools database in memory, the creativity tools database storing information regarding one or more available creativity tools;
receiving one or more keywords from a user via a virtual assistant module of a virtual assistant network; and
executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor:
selects a creativity tool based on the one or more keywords;
executes the selected creativity tool, wherein the executed creativity tool polls for information regarding user activity from the virtual assistant module;
retrieves creativity content from a database based on a level of the polled user activity, wherein the creativity content is retrieved based on the one or more keywords; and
outputs a response that includes the retrieved creativity content, wherein a next response by the selected creativity tool includes a different variation.