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Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

May. 28, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Trudy L. Hewitt, Cary, NC (US);

Jeremy R. Fox, Georgetown, TX (US);

John Kennedy, Goatstown, IE;

Liam S. Harpur, Dublin, IE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); H04L 12/1831 (2013.01); H04L 51/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for balanced conformity in chat conversations are disclosed. A method includes: collecting, by a computing device, data from an ongoing group chat; determining, by the computing device, a baseline tone for a plurality of participants in the ongoing group chat using the collected data; determining, by the computing device, a current tone for the plurality of participants in the ongoing group chat using the collected data; determining, by the computing device, a conformity risk score using the baseline tone and the current tone for the plurality of participants in the ongoing group chat; and in response to determining that the conformity risk score exceeds a first predetermined threshold, the computing device automatically inviting an additional participant to join the ongoing group chat.


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