Method and System for Mashing Up and Presenting Contextual Suggestions to Mobile Users

• US 20090037832A1
• Filed: 07/30/2008
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telcordia Technologies Incorporated (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Original Assignee: Telcordia Technologies Incorporated (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Inventors: Falchuk, Benjamin W., Loeb, Shoshana K.
• Granted Patent: US 8,694,901 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

An inventive system and method for determining and presenting contextual suggestions on a mobile device is presented. The invention comprises a server having an incoming context handler, and a context presentation manager, a notifier, and a goal resolution component all on the mobile device, and user context, wherein the incoming context handler emits an event toward the mobile device, the goal resolution component determines the event causes a change in the user context and forwards notification to the context presentation manager, the notifier receives notification, renders notification on the mobile device, and presents the contextual suggestions based on the change in the user context on the mobile device. The system may further comprise a goal inferral component operable to determine detailed user context based on the event. In one embodiment, the notifier renders notification by causing the mobile device to vibrate, display multiple colors and/or emit sounds.

Claims

1. A system for determining and presenting contextual suggestions on a mobile device, comprising:

a server;

an incoming context handler residing on the server;

a context presentation manager residing on the mobile device;

a notifier residing on the mobile device;

a goal resolution component residing on the mobile device; and

user context, wherein the incoming context handler emits an event toward the mobile device, the goal resolution component determines the event causes a change in the user context and forwards notification to the context presentation manager, the notifier receives the notification from the context presentation manager and renders the notification on the mobile device and presents the contextual suggestions based on the change in the user context on the mobile device.

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a visual interface enabling user input to the server.

3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a goal inferral component operable to determine detailed user context based on the event.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the notifier renders the notification by causing the mobile device to perform at least one of vibrating, displaying multiple colors, and emitting sounds.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the goal resolution component determines the event causes a change in the user context based on the user context and rules.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the context-presentation manager queues up the notification until an appropriate time.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the contextual suggestions are presented in a hierarchical layout of differing types of the suggestions, the differing types comprising at least information type, goal achieved, time, and importance.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the contextual suggestions are presented and browsed in aggregate form and in detailed individual form.

9. A method for determining and presenting contextual suggestions on a mobile device, comprising steps of:

emitting an event from a server toward the mobile device;

determining the event causes change in a context and asking for notification;

reporting the notification to a manager residing on the mobile device;

rendering the notification on the mobile device; and

presenting the contextual suggestions based on the change in the context on the mobile device, wherein the step of determines the event causes a change is based on the context and rules.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising the steps of:

parsing and filtering the event; and

determining the effects of the event on the context.

11. The method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of determining detailed context based on the event.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step of rendering the notification is performed by causing the mobile device to perform at least one of vibrating, displaying multiple colors, and emitting sounds.

13. The method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of queuing up the notification until an appropriate time.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the contextual suggestions are presented in a hierarchical layout of differing types of the suggestions, the differing types comprising at least information type, goal achieved, time, and importance.

15. The method according to claim 9, further comprising the steps of:

detecting and compressing the contextual suggestions into one general contextual suggestion; and

breaking down another general contextual suggestion into more than one contextual suggestions, wherein the steps of detecting and breaking down are performed by at least one of system inferreals and user interactions.

16. A computer readable medium having computer readable program code for operating on a computer for determining and presenting contextual suggestions on a mobile device, the program comprising steps of:

emitting an event from a server toward the mobile device;

determining the event causes change in a context and asking for notification;

reporting the notification to a manager residing on the mobile device;

rendering the notification on the mobile device; and

presenting the contextual suggestions based on the change in the context on the mobile device, wherein the step of determines the event causes a change is based on the context and rules.

17. The program according to claim 16, further comprising the steps of:

parsing and filtering the event; and

determining the effects of the event on the context.

18. The program according to claim 16, further comprising a step of determining detailed context based on the event.

19. The program according to claim 16, wherein the step of rendering the notification is performed by causing the mobile device to perform at least one of vibrating, displaying multiple colors, and emitting sounds.

20. The program according to claim 16, wherein the contextual suggestions are presented in a hierarchical layout of differing types of the suggestions, the differing types comprising at least information type, goal achieved, time, and importance.