Method and system for predicting and posting future calendar events

• US 10,332,076 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2014
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Morita, Masahiro, Ishihara, Atsushi, Kurata, Yoshinori, Senuma, Hajime, Takada, Masayuki, Takeoka, Yoshiki, Doi, Shouichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Padot, Timothy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Walker, III, George H
• Application Number:
  US14/291,556
• Publication Number:
  US 20150006220A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,852 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063116 Schedule adjustment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment

Abstract

There is provided an information processing device including a schedule acquisition unit configured to acquire a schedule registered by a user, an action-history acquisition unit configured to acquire an action history of the user, and a past-schedule correction unit configured to correct a past schedule among the schedule on the basis of the action history.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a memory;

a display including a touch sensor to acquire a touch operation by a user;

a speaker;

a GPS sensor; and

processing circuitry configured to

acquire a schedule registered by the user, the schedule being inputted by the user using at least the touch sensor;

acquire an action history of the user using at least the GPS sensor;

correct a past schedule among the schedule based on the action history, wherein the past schedule comprises events that have already been completed and the end of the past schedule as originally registered by the user predates the correction of the past schedule;

store, in the memory, a correction pattern of the past schedule;

estimate a feasibility of a future event corresponding to event information included in a future schedule among the schedule based on the correction pattern stored in the memory;

add, to the future schedule, second event information corresponding to a second event that is expected to occur in association with a first event corresponding to first event information included in the future schedule, the second event being a transfer event from a latest user location to a place of the first event;

compare the latest user location indicated by the action history with a starting location of the transfer event included in the correction pattern, the latest user location being acquired by the GPS sensor;

determine whether or not to add the second event information to the future schedule based on the comparison of the latest user location with the starting location of the transfer event such that the second information is not added to the future schedule in a case where it is determined that the latest user location is different from the starting location; and

output, using at least the display and the speaker, action support information for supporting an action by the user regarding a future event, while suppressing generation of the action support information for a future event estimated to have low feasibility, the action support information including a notification to the user regarding the transfer event to urge the user to transfer from the latest user location to the place of the first event in a case where the second event information is determined to be added to the future schedule based on the comparison of the latest user location with the starting location of the transfer event.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein, based on the action history, the processing circuitry is configured to determine whether or not event information included in the past schedule corresponds to an actually-performed event, and deletes or nullifies, in the past schedule, the event information corresponding to an event that is not actually performed.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein, in a case where pieces of the event information compete with each other, the processing circuitry determines which event information corresponds to the actually-performed event among the pieces of competing event information.

4. The information processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to compare a user location indicated by the action history with a location indicated by the event information, and thereby determine whether or not the event information corresponds to the actually-performed event.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to add, to the past schedule, second event information corresponding to a second event that occurs in association with a first event corresponding to first event information included in the past schedule.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to resolve a writing variation in event information included in the past schedule.

7. The information processing device according to claim 6,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to compare a location or event content that is indicated by the action history with a location or event content that is indicated by the event information, and thereby resolve a writing variation in the event information.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to output the corrected past schedule.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to correct the future schedule correction pattern of the past schedule.

10. The information processing device according to claim 9,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to resolve a writing variation in event information included in the future schedule.

11. The information processing device according to claim 9,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to correct the future schedule further on the basis of the action history.

12. The information processing device according to claim 9,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to output the corrected future schedule.

13. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein, in a case where pieces of the event information compete with each other, the processing circuitry estimates which event information corresponds to an event having highest feasibility among the pieces of competing event information.

14. The information processing device according to claim 1,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured to correct the future schedule further on the basis of the action history, compare the latest user location indicated by the action history with a location included as a condition in the correction pattern, and thereby estimate the feasibility.

15. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the action support information is a message displayed on the display, or a sound output from the speaker.

16. An information processing method comprising:

acquiring a schedule registered by a user, the schedule being inputted by the user using at least a touch sensor included in a display;

acquiring an action history of the user using at least the GPS sensor;

correcting, using processing circuitry, a past schedule among the schedule based on the action history, wherein the past schedule comprises events that have already been completed and the end of the past schedule as originally registered by the user predates the correction of the past schedule;

storing, in a memory, a correction pattern of the past schedule;

estimating a feasibility of a future event corresponding to event information included in a future schedule among the schedule based on the correction pattern stored in the memory;

adding, to the future schedule, second event information corresponding to a second event that is expected to occur in association with a first event corresponding to first event information included in the future schedule, the second event being a transfer event from a latest user location to a place of the first event;

comparing the latest user location indicated by the action history with a starting location of the transfer event included in the correction pattern, the latest user location being acquired by the GPS sensor;

determining whether or not to add the second event information to the future schedule based on the comparison of the latest user location with the starting location of the transfer event such that the second information is not added to the future schedule in a case where it is determined that the latest user location is different from the starting location; and

outputting, using at least the display and a speaker, action support information for supporting an action by the user regarding a future event, while suppressing generation of the action support information for a future event estimated to have low feasibility, the action support information including a notification to the user regarding the transfer event to urge the user to transfer from the latest user location to the place of the first event in a case where the second event information is determined to be added to the future schedule based on the comparison of the latest user location with the starting location of the transfer event.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium including executable instructions, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to execute an information processing method, the method comprising:

acquiring a schedule registered by a user, the schedule being inputted by the user using at least a touch sensor included in a display;

acquiring an action history of the user using at least the GPS sensor;

correcting a past schedule among the schedule based on the action history, wherein the past schedule comprises events that have already been completed and the end of the past schedule as originally registered by the user predates the correction of the past schedule;

storing, in a memory, a correction pattern of the past schedule;

estimating a feasibility of a future event corresponding to event information included in a future schedule among the schedule based on the correction pattern stored in the memory;

adding, to the future schedule, second event information corresponding to a second event that is expected to occur in association with a first event corresponding to first event information included in the future schedule, the second event being a transfer event from a latest user location to a place of the first event;

comparing the latest user location indicated by the action history with a starting location of the transfer event included in the correction pattern, the latest user location being acquired by the GPS sensor;

determining whether or not to add the second event information to the future schedule based on the comparison of the latest user location with the starting location of the transfer event such that the second information is not added to the future schedule in a case where it is determined that the latest user location is different from the starting location; and

outputting, using at least the display and a speaker, action support information for supporting an action by the user regarding e a future event, while suppressing generation of the action support information for a future event estimated to have low feasibility, the action support information including a notification to the user regarding the transfer event to urge the user to transfer from the latest user location to the place of the first event in a case where the second event information is determined to be added to the future schedule based on the comparison of the latest user location with the starting location of the transfer event.