US 12,135,942 B1
Conversation facilitation system for mitigating loneliness
Geoffrey Nudd, San Francisco, CA (US); David Cristman, San Francisco, CA (US); John Taylor, San Francisco, CA (US); and Jonathan J. Hull, San Carlos, CA (US)
Assigned to CLEARCARE, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by ClearCare, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/492,239.
Application 18/492,239 is a continuation of application No. 17/402,990, filed on Aug. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,803,708.
Application 17/402,990 is a continuation of application No. 16/272,037, filed on Feb. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,120,226, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/769,220, filed on Nov. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/726,883, filed on Sep. 4, 2018.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 40/00 (2020.01); G06F 40/295 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06N 3/044 (2023.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G06F 40/284 (2020.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/183 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 40/30 (2020.01) [G06F 40/295 (2020.01); G06N 3/044 (2023.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06F 40/284 (2020.01); G10L 15/1822 (2013.01); G10L 15/183 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
one or more procesors;
a memory storing one or more instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to implement operations including:
identifying, with the one or more processors, a senior at risk of loneliness;
setting up a conversation of a plurality of human participants, wherein the plurality of human participants includes a senior at risk of loneliness;
identifying at least one of a subject for the conversation and a set of questions for the conversation;
monitoring, with the one or more processors, the conversation;
tracking, with the one or more processors, a topic of the conversation;
tracking, with the one or more processors, a mood of at least one participant of the conversation; and
generating, with the one or more processors, a conversation prompt, in response to the topic and mood, to intervene in the conversation and facilitate mitigation of loneliness in the senior at risk of loneliness.