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System of providing suggestions based on accessible and contextual information

US9043296B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9043296-B2
Application numberUS-84808210-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 30, 2010
Priority dateJul 30, 2010
Publication dateMay 26, 2015
Grant dateMay 26, 2015

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A system and method for offering suggestions to a user of a mobile computing device based on information relevant to the user and a context data. The mobile computing device has access to lists of data associated with the user. The mobile computing device also has a sensor for detecting data about the user's context. Based on the lists of information and the contextual data, the device generates a hypothesis as to information that may be of interest to the user. Using context data in conjunction with lists in this fashion focuses the system on information likely of interest, without requiring express user input. A search may be performed in accordance with the hypothesis. Based on the results of the search, one or more suggestions are then presented by the mobile computing device to the user. The user has the option to provide feedback input to the device resulting in an update of the suggestion.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method of providing a suggestion to a user, the method comprising: sensing context data related to a user environment through at least one sensor of a computing device; with at least one processor, generating a hypothesis of information of interest to the user based on at least one list of items and the context data, the at least one list of items reflecting a user's preference, the hypothesis premised on an interest of a user in information about…

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What does patent US9043296B2 cover?
A system and method for offering suggestions to a user of a mobile computing device based on information relevant to the user and a context data. The mobile computing device has access to lists of data associated with the user. The mobile computing device also has a sensor for detecting data about the user's context. Based on the lists of information and the contextual data, the device generate…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Mital Vijay, Rubin Darryl Ellis, Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F16/9535. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue May 26 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).