SUGGESTING RELATED ITEMS
First Claim
1. A method for recommending items, comprising:
- accessing an electronic message item that is displayed for composing;
determining content from the electronic message item;
accessing data sources comprising at least two of. potential recipients for the message item;
potential attachments for the message item; and
potential content for the message item;
determining recommended items from the data sources; and
displaying the items near the electronic message item.
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Abstract
Recommendations, such as recipients and attachments, are determined from content that is associated with a message item. A user may enter one or more: recipients; attachments; and message content for the message that may be used in determining recommendations. Keywords may also be identified by analyzing the content of the message to determine recommended content/recipients. Behavior patterns may also be used to determine recommendations. The recommended users/content of a message may be obtained from a messaging program, a local data store, a network data store, a cloud service, and the like. The recommended items (e.g. users/content) determined from analyzing the content are displayed such that they may be used by the user when editing the message item. The recommended items may be ranked by relevancy using metrics such as keywords, people, time last viewed and use patterns.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for recommending items, comprising:
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accessing an electronic message item that is displayed for composing; determining content from the electronic message item; accessing data sources comprising at least two of. potential recipients for the message item;
potential attachments for the message item; and
potential content for the message item;determining recommended items from the data sources; and displaying the items near the electronic message item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for recommending items, comprising:
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accessing a message item that is displayed for composing at least one of. an electronic message and an electronic appointment invitation; determining content from the message item; accessing data sources comprising potential users to include potential recipients for the task;
potential attachments for the task; and
potential content for the task;determining recommended items from the data sources; and displaying the items near the message item. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for recommending items, comprising:
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a display that is configured to receive touch input; a processor and memory; an operating environment executing using the processor; a display; and a recommendation manager that is configured to perform actions comprising; accessing a message item that is displayed for composing at least one of. an electronic message and an electronic appointment invitation; determining content from the message item; accessing data sources comprising potential users to include potential recipients for the task;
potential attachments for the task; and
potential content for the task;determining recommended items from the data sources; and displaying the items near the message item. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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