PRESENTING ENTITY PROFILE INFORMATION TO A USER OF A COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20130007627A1
• Filed: 06/27/2012
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLC
• Original Assignee: Xobni Corp. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Monaco, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 9,747,583 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/739
• 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: G06F 16/387 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Entity profile information is presented to a user of a computing device. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a communication associated with a first entity; in response to receiving the communication, creating or updating, by at least one processor, a first entity profile, wherein the first entity profile is for display to the user on the computing device; and storing a plurality of entity profiles for entities, the entity profiles including the first entity profile.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a communication associated with a first entity;

in response to receiving the communication, creating or updating, by at least one processor, a first entity profile, wherein the first entity profile is for display to a user on a computing device of the user; and

storing a plurality of entity profiles for entities, the entity profiles including the first entity profile.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the entities is associated with communications received by the user of the computing device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein each of the entities associated with the communications received by the user is an entity selected from the group consisting of:

an entity copied on one of the communications;

an entity blind-copied on one of the communications;

a sender of one of the communications;

a recipient of one of the communications; and

an entity referenced in the body, text, or other content of one of the communications.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is a mobile device, a desktop computer, a laptop, or a tablet.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a server includes the at least one processor, and the method further comprising sending the first entity profile to the computing device for display.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device includes the at least one processor, and the method further comprising presenting, using a display of the computing device, the first entity profile to the user.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions, which when executed, cause a computing apparatus to:

receive a first communication associated with a first entity;

in response to receiving the first communication, create, by a computing device of a user, a first entity profile; and

present, on a display of the computing device, the first entity profile to the user.

8. The storage medium of claim 7, wherein the first entity profile comprises a list of communication addresses associated with the first entity, and the presenting comprises presenting the communication addresses to the user.

9. The storage medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the computing apparatus to receive information regarding an association of the list and the first entity from a computing device having associated the list with the first entity based on communications to or from the first entity with persons other than the user.

10. The storage medium of claim 9, wherein the persons other than the user are mobile device users that have received communications from the first entity prior to the user having received the first communication.

11. The storage medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions further cause the computing apparatus to include information in the first entity profile that is extracted from the first communication and from subsequent communications to or from the first entity.

12. The storage medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions further cause the computing apparatus to store a plurality of default entity profiles, and wherein the creating the first entity profile comprises customizing a first default entity profile of the plurality of default entity profiles, the first default entity profile corresponding to the first entity.

13. The storage medium of claim 7, wherein a predetermined number of communications from the entity are required to be received by the computing device prior to the creating the first entity profile.

14. A system, comprising:

a display;

at least one processor; and

memory storing instructions configured to instruct the at least one processor to;

receive a first communication associated with a first entity;

in response to receiving the first communication, create a first entity profile; and

present, on the display, the first entity profile for viewing by a user.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first entity profile comprises a list of communication addresses associated with the first entity, and the presenting comprises presenting the communication addresses to the user.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the instructions are further configured to instruct the at least one processor to receive information regarding an association of the list and the first entity from a server having associated the list with the first entity based on communications to or from the first entity for persons other than the user.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the persons other than the user are mobile device users that have received communications from the first entity prior to the user having received the first communication.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the instructions further instruct the at least one processor to include information in the first entity profile that is extracted from the first communication and from subsequent communications to or from the first entity.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the instructions further instruct the at least one processor to store a plurality of default entity profiles, and wherein the creating the first entity profile comprises customizing a first default entity profile of the plurality of default entity profiles, the first default entity profile corresponding to the first entity.