System and method for providing a temporally or geographically relevant item

• US 10,102,297 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2016
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Huston, Catherine Emma, Fioravanti, Ryan James
• Primary Examiner(s): Jacob, Ajith
• Application Number:
  US15/393,209
• Publication Number:
  US 20170109362A1
• Time in Patent Office: 657 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A system and method for providing at least one of a geographically relevant item or a temporally relevant item are provided. A geographical location or temporal information of a device that is configured to access items associated with an electronic messaging account is determined. First items associated with the electronic messaging account are filtered to obtain an item relevant to the determined geographical location or temporal information. Second items associated with the electronic messaging account are filtered to obtain one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item. The relevant item and one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item are provided for display, wherein the display is differentiated from other items of the electronic messaging account.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

determining a set of device parameters of a device, wherein the device is configured to access items associated with a user account, and the set of device parameters include a geographical location and temporal information of the device;

filtering first items associated with the user account to obtain an item relevant to the set of device parameters;

filtering second items associated with the user account to obtain one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item, the second items being different than the filtered first items, the obtained one or more items comprising a characteristic of an event that is shared with the relevant item, and which is different than the set of device parameters; and

providing for display the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item, wherein the relevant item provided for display is differentiated from other items of the user account.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein filtering the first items further comprises:

determining geographical location or temporal information for the first items;

comparing the geographical location or temporal information for the first items to the geographical location or the temporal information of the device, respectively; and

filtering the first items to obtain the relevant item based on the comparison.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein providing for display further comprises:

assigning a color to the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item, wherein, the assigned color is based on whether the relevant item is relevant to the geographical location, the temporal information, or both; and

providing for display, the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item in the assigned color.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the relevant item is relevant to the geographical location, and the relevant item comprises an advertisement, an itinerary or an address.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein filtering the second items further comprises:

determining historical information for the second items;

determining historical information for the relevant item;

comparing the historical information for the second items to the historical information for the relevant item; and

filtering the second items to obtain the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item, based on the comparison.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein historical information for an item comprises information about a source of the item, individuals identified by the item, one or more destinations identified by the item, or prior interactions of a user with the individuals identified by the item.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising assigning the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item to a folder that is differentiated from other folders of the user account.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising assigning the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item to different subfolders within the folder based on temporal or geographical relevance of the relevant item.

9. A system comprising:

a memory storing executable instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the executable instructions stored in the memory, which when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising;

determining a set of device parameters of a device, wherein the device is configured to access items associated with a user account, and the set of device parameters include a geographical location and temporal information of the device;

filtering first items associated with the user account to obtain an item relevant to the set of device parameters, the filtering further comprising;

determining a set of parameters for the first items;

comparing the set of parameters for the first items to the set of device parameters of the device; and

filtering the first items to obtain the relevant item based on the comparison;

filtering second items associated with the user account to obtain one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item, the second items being different than the filtered first items, the obtained one or more items comprising a characteristic of an event that is shared with the relevant item, and which is different than the set of device parameters; and

providing for display the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item, wherein the relevant item provided for display is differentiated from other items of the user account.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein providing for display further comprises:

assigning a color to the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item, wherein, the assigned color is based on whether the relevant item is relevant to the geographical location, the temporal information, or both; and

providing for display, the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item in the assigned color.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein filtering the second items further comprises:

determining historical information for the second items;

determining historical information for the relevant item;

comparing the historical information for the second items to the historical information for the relevant item; and

filtering the second items to obtain the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item, based on the comparison.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein historical information for an item comprises information about a source of the item, individuals identified by the item, one or more destinations identified by the item, or a user'"'"'s prior interactions with the individuals identified by the item.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

assigning the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item to a folder that is differentiated from other folders of the user account and

assigning the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item to different subfolders within the folder based on temporal or geographical relevance of the relevant item.

14. A machine-readable medium storing machine-executable instructions which when executed by a machine cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

determining a set of device parameters of a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to access items associated with a user account, and the set of device parameters include a geographical location and temporal information of the mobile device;

filtering first items associated with the user account to obtain an item relevant to the set of device parameters, the filtering further comprising;

determining a set of parameters for the first items;

comparing the set of parameters for the first items to the set of device parameters of the mobile device; and

filtering the first items to obtain the relevant item based on the comparison;

filtering second items associated with the user account to obtain one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item, the second items being different than the filtered first items, the obtained one or more items comprising a characteristic of an event that is shared with the relevant item, and which is different than the set of device parameters; and

providing for display on the mobile device the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item, wherein the relevant item provided for display is differentiated from other items of the user account.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein providing for display further comprises:

assigning a color to the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item, wherein, the assigned color is based on whether the relevant item is relevant to the geographical location, the temporal information, or both; and

providing for display, the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item in the assigned color.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, wherein filtering the second items further comprises:

determining historical information for the second items;

determining historical information for the relevant item;

comparing the historical information for the second items to the historical information for the relevant item; and

filtering the second items to obtain the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item based on the comparison,

wherein historical information for an item comprises information about a source of the item, individuals identified by the item, one or more destinations identified by the item, or prior interactions of a user with the individuals identified by the item.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 14, further comprising:

assigning the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item to a folder that is differentiated from other folders of the user account; and

assigning the relevant item and the one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item to different subfolders within the folder based on temporal or geographical relevance of the relevant item.