One Step Task Completion

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017286133-A1
Application number	US-201615199758-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 30, 2016
Priority date	Mar 29, 2016
Publication date	Oct 5, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

In embodiments of one step task completion, a computing system includes memory to maintain metadata associated with information that corresponds to a user, where the information is then determinable with a contextual search based on the metadata. The information corresponding to a user can be determined and tagged with the metadata, such as information associated with a user account and/or activity of the user. The computing system includes a personal assistant application that is implemented to receive a request as a one step directive to locate the information and perform an action designated for the information. The personal assistant application can then locate the information based on the metadata, and perform the action designated for the information.

First claim

1 . A computing system implemented for one step task completion, the system comprising:
memory configured to maintain metadata associated with information that corresponds to a user, the information being determinable with a contextual search based on the metadata; a processor system to implement a personal assistant application that is configured to: receive a request as a one step directive to locate the information and perform an action designated for the information; locate the information based on the metadata; and perform the action designated for the information.

2 . A computing system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the information that corresponds to the user is tagged with the metadata, providing a context of the information for the contextual search.

3 . A computing system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one step directive is a multi-part, single command comprising at least a first part to find the information and at least a second part to perform the action.

4 . A computing system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the personal assistant application is configured to confirm the action of the one step directive having been performed for the information.

5 . A computing system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the personal assistant application is configured to:
receive the one step directive as a natural language input; and parse the natural language input to identify the requested information and the action to perform.

6 . A computing system as recited in claim 5 , wherein the personal assistant application is configured to receive the one step directive as the natural language input in one of an audio format, a haptic format, a typed format, or a gesture format.

7 . A computing system as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the information that corresponds to the user is search content entered in a browser application; and the personal assistant application is configured to locate the search content and perform the action associated with the search content.

8 . A computing system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the computing system includes:
a user device comprising the memory that maintains the metadata and the information; and a cloud-based computer system comprising the personal assistant application configured to receive the one step directive from the user device.

9 . A computing system as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the information that corresponds to the user is maintained as third-party data, accessible from a social media site based on a user account; the personal assistant application is a cloud-based service application configured to:
access the social media site utilizing the user account to said locate the information; and
access the information to said perform the action designated for the information.

10 . A computing system as recited in claim 1 , wherein:
the information that corresponds to the user is maintained as third-party data, accessible from a third-party data service based on a user account; and the personal assistant application is configured to:
access the third-party data service utilizing the user account to said locate the information; and
access the information to said perform the action designated for the information.

11 . A method for one step task completion, the method comprising:
receiving a request as a one step directive to locate information and perform an action designated for the information; locating the information based on metadata associated with the information; and performing the action designated for the information.

12 . The method as recited in claim 11 , further comprising:
tagging the information corresponding to a user with the metadata, the information then determinable with a contextual search based on the metadata.

13 . The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein the one step directive is a multi-part, single command comprising at least a first part to find the information and at least a second part to perform the action.

14 . The method as recited in claim 11 , further comprising:
confirming the action of the one step directive having been performed for the information.

15 . The method as recited in claim 11 , further comprising:
said receiving the one step directive as a natural language input in one of an audio format, a haptic format, a typed format, or a gesture format; and parsing the natural language input to identify the requested information and the action to perform.

16 . The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein:
the information is search content entered in a browser application; and said locating the search content and said performing the action associated with the search content.

17 . The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein the information is maintained as third-party data, accessible from a social media site based on a user account; and the method further comprising:
accessing the social media site utilizing the user account to locate the information; and accessing the information to perform the action designated for the information.

18 . The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein the information is maintained as third-party data, accessible from a third-party data service based on a user account; and the method further comprising:
accessing the third-party data service utilizing the user account to locate the information; and accessing the information to perform the action designated for the information.

19 . A computer-readable storage memory comprising a personal assistant application stored as instructions that are executable and, responsive to execution of the instructions by a computing device, performing operations comprising to:
receive a request as a one step directive to locate information and perform an action associated with the information, the one step directive being received as a natural language input; locate the information with a contextual search based on metadata associated with the information; and perform the action designated for the information.

20 . The computer-readable storage memory as recited in claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise to:
access a third-party data service utilizing a user account to said locate the information that is maintained as third-party data by the third-party data service; and access the information to said perform the action designated for the information.

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Rambhia Amy Harilal
• Howard Iii Robert J
• King Joseph Spencer

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06F16/00

  Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor · CPC title

• G06F40/205

  Parsing · CPC title

• G06F9/453 Primary

  Help systems · CPC title

• G06F16/24575

  using context · CPC title