ASSOCIATING DATA WITH R-SMART CRITERIA

• US 20110208740A1
• Filed: 05/04/2011
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Liang Holdings LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Liang Holdings LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Lynch, Thomas W.
• Application Number:
  US13/100,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20110208740A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/38 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Organizing information and/or contacts using emotient properties are provided. A method can include associating respective emotient attributes with contacts utilizing respective index values, and grouping at least two contacts of the contacts into a group based on at least one index value of the index values. The method can further include defining an event by at least one of a time interval or a scenario related to the time interval; receiving, during the event, a message from a contact of the contacts including information associated with the contact; and determining, based on the information, a membership of the contact in the group. Another method can include receiving an emotient property of a contact associated with information, and associating the emotient property with the information utilizing an index value. Further, the method can include providing at least a portion of the information based on the index value.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

associating respective emotient attributes with contacts utilizing respective index values; and

grouping at least two contacts of the contacts into a group based on at least one index value of the index values.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the associating further includes associating, with the at least two contacts, at least one of:

a familiarity with the at least two contacts, an affection for the at least two contacts, a respect for the at least two contacts, an esteem for the at least two contacts, or an acting role of the at least two contacts.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

deriving an emotient attribute of the respective emotient attributes according to a number of contacts of the at least two contacts.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the grouping includes grouping the at least two contacts into a relationship ring based on at least one of a familiarity with the group, an affection for the group, a respect for the group, an esteem for the group, or an acting role of the group.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the grouping the at least two contacts into the relationship ring further includes dividing at least two contacts into at least one of sub-groups or sub-rings.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising selecting the at least one of the sub-groups or the sub-rings based on at least one emotient attribute of the respective emotient attributes.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

defining an event by at least one of a time interval or a scenario related to the time interval;

receiving, during the event, a message from a contact of the contacts including information associated with the contact; and

determining, based on the information, a membership of the contact in the group.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

rendering, based on the message, a notification including selecting a type of the notification based on the information.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

modifying a level of a notification according to the membership; and

providing the notification to the contact based on the level.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the modifying further includes modifying at least one of a volume of the notification or a vibration level of the notification based on the membership.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the receiving the message further includes receiving at least one of a name of the contact, an acting role of the contact, or an indication of a membership of the contact in the group.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

a display component configured to;

provide a representation of groups of contacts sharing respective emotient attributes based on respective index values; and

a processing component configured to;

receive, via an input interface, criteria for selecting a group of the groups according to at least one emotient attribute of the respective emotient attributes.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processing component is further configured to:

receive, via the input interface, input for grouping at least two contacts of the group into a relationship ring based on at least one of a familiarity with the group, an affection for the group, a respect for the group, an esteem for the group, or an acting role of the group.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the processing component is further configured to:

receive, via the input interface, input for selecting information based on an emotient attribute of the respective emotient attributes;

wherein the display component is further configured to display at least a portion of the information.

15. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that, in response to execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving an emotient property of a contact associated with information; and

associating the emotient property with the information utilizing an index value.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the receiving the emotient property further includes:

receiving an indication of at least one of;

a familiarity with the contact, an affection for the contact, a respect for the contact, an esteem for the contact, or an acting role of the contact.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the associating the emotient property further includes:

grouping items of the information into an information ring based on at least one of a familiarity with the contact, an affection for the contact, a respect for the contact, an esteem for the contact, or an acting role of the contact.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

providing at least a portion of the information based on the index value.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the providing further includes providing at least one of an image or a file based on the index value.

20. An apparatus, comprising:

means for associating an emotient attribute with a contact utilizing an index value; and

means for generating, based on the index value, a group including the contact and another contact.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the emotient attribute includes at least one of a familiarity with the contact, an affection for the contact, a respect for the contact, an esteem for the contact, or an acting role of the contact.

22. The apparatus of claim 20, further comprising:

means for including the contact in a relationship ring of contacts based on at least one of a familiarity with the contact, an affection for the contact, a respect for the contact, an esteem for the contact, or an acting role of the contact.

23. The apparatus of claim 20, further comprising:

means for associating an event with at least one of an interval of time or a scenario related to the interval of time;

means for receiving, during the event, a message from the contact including information associated with the contact; and

means for determining, based on the information, a status of the contact in the group.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, further comprising:

means for modifying a notification level according to the status; and

means for generating the notification according to the level.

25. The apparatus of claim 20, further comprising:

means for providing at least one of an image or a file based on the index value.