Intelligent delivery of actionable content

• US 10,154,104 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2017
• Issued: 12/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Woon, Clinton Chi-Wen, Lobb, Kenneth Alan, Nuttall, Andrew John, Isgreen, Adam Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Laneau, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US15/454,704
• Publication Number:
  US 20170180498A1
• Time in Patent Office: 642 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/50 Controlling the output signals based on the game progress
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/60 Generating or modifying game content before or while executing the game program, e.g. authoring tools specially adapted for game development or game-integrated level editor
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/04 Inference or reasoning models
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Technologies are described herein for providing intelligent delivery of actionable content. Metadata that describes user activities at a computer system is analyzed to determine a need for actionable content. Actionable content is dynamically delivered to one or more client consoles when need for actionable content is presented. The actionable content may be presented in a number of forms, including links to, or the delivery of, video, text and/or image content. Actionable content may also include links or deliverable environments for enabling automatic engagement of a specific application scenario. The discovery and delivery of the actionable content may be improved by the use of one or more feedback mechanisms.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

collecting information describing a current activity at a computing device;

determining a context based at least in part on the current activity;

determining that a delivery of additional information is needed based at least in part on the determined context;

generating actionable content based at least in part on the determined context and the collected information describing the current activity in response to determining that a delivery of additional information is needed; and

providing the actionable content to the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the actionable content comprises one or more links to at least one of video, text, or image content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the actionable content comprises information about a location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the collected information comprises user location data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the collected information comprises data related to user web browsing activities.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a type of delivery of the actionable content to the computing device based at least in part on the collected information comprising user profile data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the delivery of the additional information is needed comprises at least one of receiving a direct request from a user of the computing device or determining that the current activity indicates an inquiry for the additional information based at least in part on the determined context.

8. A system comprising:

memory;

one or more processors coupled to the memory to perform acts comprising;

collecting information describing a current activity at a computing device;

determining a context based at least in part on the current activity;

determining that a delivery of additional information is needed based at least in part on the determined context;

generating actionable content based at least in part on the determined context and the collected information describing the current activity in response to determining that a delivery of additional information is needed; and

providing the actionable content to the computing device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the actionable content comprises at least one of video, text, or image content.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the actionable content comprises information about a location.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the collected information comprises user location data.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the collected information comprises data related to user web browsing activities.

13. The system of claim 8, the acts further comprising determining a type of delivery of the actionable content to the computing device based at least in part on the collected information comprising user profile data.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein determining that the delivery of the additional information is needed comprises receiving a direct request from a user of the computing device.

15. One or more non-transitory computer storage media storing executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

collecting information describing a current activity at a computing device;

determining a context based at least in part on the current activity;

determining that a delivery of additional information is needed based at least in part on the determined context;

generating actionable content based at least in part on the determined context and the collected information describing the current activity in response to determining that a delivery of additional information is needed; and

providing the actionable content to the computing device.

16. The one or more computer storage media of claim 15, wherein the actionable content comprises one or more links to at least one of video, text, or image content.

17. The one or more computer storage media of claim 15, wherein the actionable content comprises information about a location.

18. The one or more computer storage media of claim 15, wherein the collected information comprises at least one of user location data or data related to user web browsing activities.

19. The one or more computer storage media of claim 15, the acts further comprising determining a type of delivery of the actionable content to the computing device based at least in part on the collected information comprising user profile data.

20. The one or more computer storage media of claim 15, wherein determining that the delivery of the additional information is needed comprises determining that the current activity indicates an inquiry for the additional information based at least in part on the determined context.

21. A method comprising:

receiving a first user input at a computing device, the first user input indicating a need for additional information;

responsive to the first user input, collecting information at a computing device based on a current activity to determine a context;

determining that a retrieval of additional information is needed, where the additional information is based at least in part on the determined context;

retrieving one or more actionable content based at least in part on the determined context and the collected information describing the current activity;

providing the one or more actionable content to the user;

receiving a second user input indicating a selection of one of the one or more actionable content; and

launching a program module based on the selection of one of the one or more actionable content.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the actionable content comprises one or more links to at least one of video, text, or image content.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the actionable content comprises information about a location.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the collected information comprises user location data.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the collected information comprises data related to user web browsing activities.