AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF MARKERS BASED ON SOCIAL INTERACTION

• US 20100251169A1
• Filed: 03/31/2009
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Lawler, Stephen L., Ofek, Eyal, Kimchi, Gur, Aguera y Arcas, Blaise H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,560,515 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/808
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Aspects relate to observing various activities, interactions, behaviors, and other factors associated with a data exchange and creating one or more markers based on significant details associated with the observance. The one or more markers are retained and selectively rendered as a function of one or more conditions that should be satisfied before the marker is presented to the user. Some markers can contain parameters that should be satisfied in order for the marker to be considered complete. If a parameter is not satisfied, subsequent markers can be created as a function of the rendered marker. The subsequent markers can be rendered when a condition associated with the subsequent marker is satisfied.

Claims

1. A system that facilitates automatic generation of markers based on social interaction, comprising:

an interpretation component that monitors a user interaction;

a recognition component that distinguishes relevant information associated with the user interaction;

a create component that automatically generates a marker based on the relevant information; and

a render component that outputs the marker as a function of the relevant information.

2. The system of claim 1, the relevant information is details associated with a time, a place, a person, an event, or combinations thereof.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprises a confirmation component that prompts for acceptance or non-acceptance of the marker.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

a detection component that evaluates an environment for associated parameters; and

an analysis component that evaluates the relevant information and the associated parameters to ascertain completion of the output marker, the create component automatically generates another marker, based on the content of the output marker, if there is no completion of the output marker.

5. The system of claim 4, the associated parameters comprise behaviors, actions, interactions, or combinations thereof.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprises a detection component that evaluates conditions that satisfy a parameter of the output marker.

7. The system of claim 6, the parameter comprises a location, a time, a presence, a context, or combinations thereof.

8. The system of claim 1, the recognition component distinguishes the relevant information as a function of a configurable rule, a configurable policy, or combinations thereof.

9. The system of claim 1, the marker comprises perceivable content.

10. A method for automatically generating and rending a marker, comprising:

employing a processor executing computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable storage medium to implement the following;

observing behavior, interactions, actions, contexts, or combinations thereof;

identifying important details associated with the observance;

generating at least one marker as a function of the identified details, the generated marker includes at least one parameter; and

selectively rendering the marker when conditions associated with the at least one parameter are satisfied.

11. The method of claim 10, the important details relate to a person, a place, a time, a context, or combinations thereof.

12. The method of claim 10, the important details are identified based on a rule, a policy, or combinations thereof.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

observing activities that occur after the marker is rendered;

comparing the observed activity with marker content;

determining one or more tasks associated with the marker are not completed; and

generating at least one subsequent marker as a function of the rendered marker and the one or more tasks that are not completed.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprises rendering the at least one subsequent marker when a condition associated with a parameter of the subsequent marker is satisfied.

15. The method of claim 10, the marker comprises perceivable content.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprises evaluating rules or policies to identify the important details.

17. The method of claim 10, the at least one parameter comprises a location, a time, a context, a presence, or combinations thereof.

18. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon the following computer executable components:

means for monitoring a data exchange;

means for identifying relevant information associated with the data exchange, the relevant information relates to a place, an entity, a time, or combinations thereof;

means for automatically creating a marker as a function of the identified relevant information, the marker comprises perceivable content;

means for rendering the marker when at least one condition associated with the marker is satisfied; and

means for detecting the completion of at least one parameter identified in the marker, the means for automatically creating a marker generates a subsequent marker if the at least one parameter is not completed and the means for rendering outputs the subsequent marker when a condition associated with the subsequent marker is satisfied.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, the subsequent marker is generated as a function of the at least one parameter that is not completed.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, further comprising:

means for prompting a user for acceptance of the marker or the subsequent marker; and

means for retaining the marker for later rendering of the marker.