Communication Issue Detection Using Ensemble Machine Learning Models

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Solution Overview

Problem

Complex telecommunication solutions in dispersed environments often lead to communication issues that cause delays, inefficiency, and a negative impact on organizational productivity and image, necessitating improved reliability and user experience.

Innovation Solution

A method employing multiple machine learning models, including trigger word analysis, audio activity pattern analysis, and communication application analysis, combined through an ensemble model to detect and address communication issues in real-time, utilizing a standalone device that processes audio signals from various communication platforms.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If multiple machine learning models are used to analyze communication signals, then communication issue detection accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication issue detection accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the communication analysis task into multiple specialized machine learning models, each focusing on specific aspects such as audio activity detection, silence pattern recognition, and communication quality assessment. This segmentation allows each model to be optimized for its specific function while collectively providing comprehensive issue detection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Multiple machine learning model outputs are combined through an ensemble approach to generate a unified communication issue detection result. The ensemble model integrates predictions from individual models, leveraging their complementary strengths to achieve higher overall accuracy than any single model could provide alone.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Reliability

If real-time analysis of communication signals is performed, then communication reliability is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication reliabilityVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Machine learning models are trained offline on extensive communication datasets before deployment. This preliminary training phase allows the models to learn complex patterns and features, enabling them to perform accurate real-time analysis with minimal computational overhead during actual communication monitoring.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Traditional rule-based or threshold-based communication monitoring approaches are replaced with machine learning-based analysis. This substitution enables more intelligent and efficient processing of communication signals, achieving better accuracy with optimized computational resource usage during real-time operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS11769520B2Communication issue detection using evaluation of multiple machine learning models
Publication Date: 2023.09.26 EMC IP HLDG CO LLC
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AI summary

Techniques are provided for evaluating multiple machine learning models to identify issues with a communication. One method comprises applying an audio signal associated with a communication to at least two of: (i) a trigger word analysis module that evaluates contextual information to determine if a trigger word is detected in the audio signal; (ii) an audio activity pattern analysis module that determines if a silence pattern anomaly is detected; and (iii) a communication application analysis module that evaluates features provided by a communication application relative to applicable thresholds; and combining results of the at least two of the trigger word analysis module, the audio activity pattern analysis module and the communication application analysis module to identify a communication issue. The combining may evaluate an accuracy of the trigger word analysis module, the audio activity pattern analysis module and/or the communication application analysis module to combine the results.