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On-device social grouping for automated responses

  • US 10,341,421 B2
  • Filed: 03/19/2015
  • Issued: 07/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, comprising:

  • determining, by a device, a set of attributes associated with interactions between a user and a set of contacts, the set of attributes associated with the interactions related to the device;

    wherein the set of attributes includes ratios of incoming to outgoing calls between the user and the set of contacts;

    classifying, using the device, the set of contacts into a plurality of groups by processing the set of attributes for the set of contacts through a plurality of ordered classification stages, wherein the plurality of groups are hierarchically ordered with at least one group of the plurality of groups being a subgroup of another group of the plurality of groups;

    associating, using the device, an action rule with a selected group of the plurality of groups, wherein the action rule specifies a plurality of automatic responses performed by the device applied to communications received from contacts belonging to the selected group;

    presenting, on a display screen of the device, the plurality of automatic responses as options in response to receiving a selected communication in the device from a contact belonging to the selected group and applying, using the device, the action rule to the selected communication; and

    performing a particular automatic response from the plurality of automatic responses, using the device, in response to the device receiving the selected communication from the contact in the selected group and receiving a user selection of the particular automatic response from the plurality of automatic responses presented as options.

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