Layering prospective activity information

• US 20090063632A1
• Filed: 08/31/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rinaldo, John D. JR., Mangione-Smith, William Henry, Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A.
• Application Number:
  US11/899,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20090063632A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system, method, computer program product, and carrier are described for signaling a decision whether to present first message content at least partly based on one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers and signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

signaling a decision whether to present first message content at least partly based on one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers; and

signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content.

78. The method of claim 1 in which signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content comprises:

referring to the first message content via the second message content;

notifying the user of one or more modules for indicating the first message content;

presenting the first message content via at least one display screen;

presenting the second message content at some time after the user indicates the first message content;

configuring a module to present the second message content in a common image with the first message content in response to one or more other events relating to the first message content; and

selecting the second message content in lieu of third message content partly based on one or more apparent attributes of the user.

2-14. -14. (canceled)

15. A system comprising:

means for signaling a decision whether to present first message content at least partly based on one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers; and

means for signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content.

76. The system of claim 15 in which the means for signaling a decision whether to present first message content at least partly based on one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers comprises:

means for obtaining the one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers from an event schedule;

means for deciding whether to present the first message content partly based on one or more of a tentative message or a tentative destination; and

means for presenting a first portion of the first message content with a first one of the one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers and a second portion of the first message content with a second one of the one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers.

77. The system of claim 76 in which the means for signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content comprises:

means for referring to the first message content via the second message content;

means for notifying the user of one or more modules for indicating the first message content;

means for presenting the first message content via at least one display screen before an indication of whether the user indicates the first message content;

means for presenting the second message content operable at least after the user indicates the first message content;

means for configuring a module to present the second message content in a common image with the first message content in response to one or more other events relating to the first message content; and

means for selecting the second message content in lieu of third message content partly based on one or more apparent attributes of the user.

16-21. -21. (canceled)

22. A system comprising:

circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present first message content at least partly based on one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers; and

circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content.

23. The system of claim 22 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present first message content at least partly based on one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers comprises:

circuitry for obtaining the one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers from an event schedule.

24. The system of claim 22 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present first message content at least partly based on one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers comprises:

circuitry for deciding whether to present the first message content partly based on a tentative message or a tentative destination.

25. The system of claim 22 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content comprises:

circuitry for referring to the first message content via the second message content.

26. The system of claim 22 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content comprises:

circuitry for notifying the user of one or more modules for indicating the first message content.

27. The system of claim 22 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content comprises:

circuitry for signaling the decision whether to present the second message content in a common image with the first message content.

28. The system of claim 22 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content comprises:

circuitry for presenting the second message content operable at least after the user indicates the first message content.

29. The system of claim 22 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content comprises:

circuitry for transmitting third message content in lieu of the second message content.

30. The system of claim 22 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present first message content at least partly based on one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers comprises:

circuitry for presenting a first portion of the first message content with a first one of the one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers and a second portion of the first message content with a second one of the one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers.

31. The system of claim 22 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present first message content at least partly based on one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers comprises:

circuitry for accepting a representation of the decision whether to present the first message content from a remote source.

32. The system of claim 22 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content comprises:

circuitry for configuring a module to present the second message content in response to one or more events relating to the first message content.

33. The system of claim 22 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content comprises:

circuitry for deciding whether to relate the second message content with third message content.

34. The system of claim 22 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content comprises:

circuitry for presenting the first message content via at least one display screen before an indication of whether the user indicates the first message content.

35. The system of claim 22 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content comprises:

circuitry for selecting the second message content partly based on one or more apparent attributes of the user.

81. The system of claim 22 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content comprises:

circuitry for referring to the first message content via the second message content;

circuitry for notifying the user of one or more modules for indicating the first message content;

circuitry for presenting the first message content via at least one display screen before an indication of whether the user indicates the first message content;

circuitry for presenting the second message content operable at least after the user indicates the first message content;

circuitry for configuring a module to present the second message content in a common image with the first message content in response to one or more other events relating to the first message content; and

circuitry for selecting the second message content in lieu of third message content partly based on one or more apparent attributes of the user.

82. The system of claim 81 in which the circuitry for signaling a decision whether to present first message content at least partly based on one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers comprises:

circuitry for obtaining the one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers from an event schedule;

circuitry for deciding whether to present the first message content partly based on one or more of a tentative message or a tentative destination; and

circuitry for presenting a first portion of the first message content with a first one of the one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers and a second portion of the first message content with a second one of the one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers.

36. An apparatus comprising:

one or more physical media configured to bear a device-detectable implementation of a method including at least

signaling a decision whether to present first message content at least partly based on one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers; and

signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content.

79. The apparatus of claim 36 in which the one or more physical media configured to bear a device-detectable implementation of a method comprises:

one or more signal-bearing media configured to transmit one or more instructions for

(a) referring to the first message content via the second message content,

(b) notifying the user of one or more modules for indicating the first message content, or

(c) bearing an implementation access service operated to access a remote server running another implementation as a portion of the device-detectable implementation.

37-55. -55. (canceled)

56. An apparatus comprising:

one or more physical media bearing a device-detectable output indicating an occurrence of

signaling a decision whether to present first message content at least partly based on one or more prospective activity attribute identifiers; and

signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content.

80. The apparatus of claim 56 in which the one or more physical media bearing a device-detectable output comprise:

one or more signal-bearing media transmitting a portion of the device-detectable output at least partly responsive to signaling a decision whether to present second message content partly based on whether a user indicates the first message content and partly based on a relationship between the first message content and the second message content; and

one or more signal-bearing media bearing at least one of a special-purpose instruction sequence or an information-bearing static attribute as a portion of the device-detectable output.

57-75. -75. (canceled)