Conversational Style

In addition to tracking topics, we can also track the discussion's emotional content and overall conversational style. Negative and positive attitudes can be detected based on word choice using a two-class model, similarly to the method of topic classification. Alternatively, formal or casual conversation classes could be other axes that, when tracked, would measure the formality of a situation. This then determines if the meeting can be interrupted (i.e. if pager or cell phone should be allowed to ring).