Generating and routing notifications of extracted email content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10929408-B2
Application number	US-201615134748-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2016
Priority date	Apr 21, 2016
Publication date	Feb 23, 2021
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021

Abstract

In various example embodiments, a system and method for generating and routing notifications of content extracted from emails are presented. A member's interest in a specific email among a set of emails are determined based on a relevance score. Content from the specific email are extracted, the content being identified as primary information and secondary information. A notification is generated comprising of the vital content extracted from the specific email. Presentation of the primary information is caused, the primary information being associated with the notification according to a ranked order, the ranked order being based on the relevance score. In response to a member action, presentation of the secondary information is caused, the secondary information being associated with the notification.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a processor, and a memory including instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
determine a member's interest in a specific email among a set of emails based on a relevance score;
extract content from the specific email, the content including a subject of the specific email, a name of a sender of the specific email, and at least a first plurality of lines in a body of the specific email, each piece of the extracted content being identified as either primary information or secondary information, wherein the primary information includes at least some content from the at least a first plurality of lines in the body of the specific email, the primary information identified based on a predetermined indication, stored within a database, that a first type of information associated with the primary information is more important than a second type of information associated with the secondary information;
generate a notification comprising vital content extracted from the specific email, the vital content comprising information from the primary information;
cause presentation, in a graphical user interface, of the primary information associated with the notification according to a ranked order, the ranked order being based on the relevance score;
cause presentation of a first user interface element in the graphical user interface, the first user interface element designed such that when a user performs a hovering action, in the graphical user interface, in a layer over a layer containing the first user interface element, without completely obscuring the first user interface element, the graphical user interface automatically renders the secondary information, the secondary information not including any of the primary information; and
cause presentation of a second user interface element in the graphical user interface, the second user interface element designed such that when a user performs a selection action, in the graphical user interface, of the second user interface element, the graphical user interface automatically renders the specific email.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
calculate the relevance score based on a vector space model comparison between the specific email and the member profile.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
calculate the relevance score based on a vector space model comparison between the specific email and past activities of the member.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein:
the past activities of the member include emails that the user has indicated interest in.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to a second member action initiated by the member, route the member directly to the email associated with the notification within the member email inbox.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the extracting content being performed on the specific email where the corresponding relevance score transgresses a threshold.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the specific email comprises of all predetermined primary information that are required for the generated notification.

8. A method comprising: using one or more computer processors: determining a member's interest in a specific email among a set of emails based on a relevance score; extracting content from the specific email, the content including a subject of the specific email, a name of a sender of the specific email, and at least a first plurality of lines in a body of the specific email, each piece of the extracted content being identified as either primary information or secondary information, wherein the primary information includes at least some content from the at least a first plurality of lines in the body of the specific email, the primary information identified based on a predetermined indication, stored within a database, that a first type of information associated with the primary information is more important than a second type of information associated with the secondary information; generating a notification comprising vital content extracted from the specific email, the vital content comprising information from the primary information; causing presentation, in a graphical user interface, of the primary information associated with the notification according to a ranked order, the ranked order being based on the relevance score; causing presentation of a first user interface element in the graphical user interface, the first user interface element designed such that when a user performs a hovering action, in the graphical user interface, in a layer over a layer containing the first user interface element, without completely obscuring the first user interface element, the graphical user interface automatically renders the secondary information, the secondary information not including any of the primary information; and causing presentation of a second user interface element in the graphical user interface, the second user interface element designed such that when a user performs a selection action, in the graphical user interface, of the second user interface element, the graphical user interface automatically renders the specific email.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
calculating the relevance score based on a vector space model comparison between the specific email and the member profile.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
calculating the relevance score based on a vector space model comparison between the specific email and past activities of the member.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein:
the past activities of the member include emails that the user has indicated interest in.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
in response to a second member action initiated by the member, routing the member directly to the email associated with the notification within the member email inbox.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein:
the extracting content being performed on the specific email where the corresponding relevance score transgresses a threshold.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein:
the specific email comprises all predetermined primary information that are required for the generated notification.

15. A machine-readable medium not having any transitory signals and storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
determining a member's interest in a specific email among a set of emails based on a relevance score;
extracting content from the specific email, the content including a subject of the specific email, a name of a sender of the specific email, and at least a first plurality of lines in a body of the specific email, each piece of the extracted content being identified as either primary information or secondary information, wherein the primary information includes at least some content from the at least a first plurality of lines in the body of the specific email, the primary information identified based on a predetermined indication, stored within a database, that a first type of information associated with the primary information is more important than a second type of information associated with the secondary information;
generating a notification comprising vital content extracted from the specific email, the vital content comprising information from the primary information;
causing presentation, in a graphical user interface, of the primary information associated with the notification according to a ranked order, the ranked order being based on the relevance score;

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Lu Min
• Li Xuan
• Wang Weizhen
• Zheng Yu

Classifications

• H04L51/52 Primary

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• H04L51/214

  using selective forwarding · CPC title

• H04L51/224

  providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages · CPC title

• G06F16/243

  Natural language query formulation · CPC title

• G06F16/24578 Primary

  using ranking · CPC title