US 11,895,165 B2
In-line, in-call AI virtual assistant for teleconferencing
Steven M. Casey, Littleton, CO (US); Stephen Opferman, Denver, CO (US); Felipe Castro, Erie, CO (US); and Jeff Leonard, Broomfield, CO (US)
Assigned to CenturyLink Intellellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/117,125.
Application 18/117,125 is a continuation of application No. 17/561,861, filed on Dec. 24, 2021, granted, now 11,601,479.
Application 17/561,861 is a continuation of application No. 16/543,190, filed on Aug. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,233,831, issued on Jan. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/881,253, filed on Jul. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0208891 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04L 67/025 (2022.01); H04L 65/1059 (2022.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/1069 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1059 (2013.01); H04L 67/025 (2013.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.05)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a controller coupled to an end-user device, wherein the end-user device is configured to place a webservice call to a recipient device;
a webservice stack in communication with an in-line artificial intelligence (AI) virtual assistant service, the webservice stack comprising:
a processor; and
non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions executable by the processor to:
receive, from the controller, a call invite request;
provision, via the AI virtual assistant service, an AI virtual assistant instance in response to the call invite request; and
join the AI virtual assistant instance to the webservice call with the end-user device,
wherein the AI virtual assistant instance is provisioned to have a respective uniform resource identifier, and
wherein the webservice stack is configured to connect the webservice call to the respective uniform resource identifier associated with the AI virtual assistant instance.