METHOD AND SYSTEM TO BUILD A TIME-SENSITIVE PROFILE

• US 20140280125A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Bhardwaj, Anurag, Piramuthu, Robinson, Sundaresan, Neelakantan
• Application Number:
  US13/804,664
• Publication Number:
  US 20140280125A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A system to build a time-sensitive profile is described. A plurality of sensing devices collect respective different types of information. A data collector receives sensor data collected by an electronic sensing device. A historical profile detector determines a historical profile associated with the first sensor data and that the historical profile is to be updated using the first sensor data. A profile generator then updates the historical profile using the sensor data.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, using at least one processor, first sensor data, the first sensor data collected by an electronic sensing device, the electronic sensing device embedded in an item wearable by a user;

determining a historical profile associated with the first sensor data, the historical profile being from one or more historical profiles of the user, the historical profile having an expiration date;

determining that the historical profile is to be updated using the first sensor data;

updating the historical profile using the first sensor data; and

updating the expiration date of the historical profile.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic sensing device from a plurality of electronic sensing devices, each from the plurality of electronic sensing devices collecting respective different types of information associated with the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the updating of the historical profile is utilizing the first sensor data and a second sensor data, the second sensor data collected by a further electronic sensing device from the one or more electronic sensing devices.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

determining, using a profile of the user, context associated with the first sensor data, the profile of the user comprising the historical profile and a static profile of the user, the static profile of the user storing data about the user that is not subject to automatic updates;

determining one or more rules associated with the context; and

using the one or more rules to generate a communication for the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the first sensor data is at a smart phone of the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the updating of the historical profile is at a server computing device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the historical profile from the one or more historical profiles of the user stores data indicative of a correlation between data collected by the first electronic sensing device and data collected by a second electronic sensing device from the one or more electronic sensing devices.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the historical profile from the one or more historical profiles of the user stores data indicative of one or more activities of the user.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the updating of the historical profile comprises:

determining that a count associated with frequency with which data indicative of an activity is above a predetermined threshold value;

determining that an identification of the activity is absent from the historical profile; and

adding the identification of the activity to the historical profile.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the updating of the historical profile comprises:

determining that a count associated with frequency with which data indicative of an activity is below a predetermined threshold value, an identification of the activity included in the historical profile; and

removing the identification of the activity from the historical profile.

11. A system comprising:

a plurality of electronic sensing devices, each from the plurality of electronic sensing devices being embedded in an item wearable by the user, the plurality of sensing devices collecting respective different types of information, devices from the plurality of electronic sensing devices being in communication with each other;

one or more processors coupled to a memory;

a data collector to receive, using the one or more processors, first sensor data, the first sensor data collected by an electronic sensing device, the electronic sensing device embedded in an item wearable by a user;

a historical profile detector to, using the one or more processors;

determine a historical profile associated with the first sensor data, the historical profile being from one or more historical profiles of the user, the historical profile having an expiration date, and

determine that the historical profile is to be updated using the first sensor data; and

a profile generator to, using the one or more processors;

update the historical profile using the first sensor data, and

update the expiration date of the historical profile.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the electronic sensing device from a plurality of electronic sensing devices, each from the plurality of electronic sensing devices collecting respective different types of information associated with the user.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the profile generator is to update the historical profile utilizing the first sensor data and a second sensor data, the second sensor data collected by a further electronic sensing device from the one or more electronic sensing devices.

14. The system of claim 11, comprising a response module to:

determine, using a profile of the user, context associated with the first sensor data, the profile of the user comprising the historical profile and a static profile of the user, the static profile of the user storing data about the user that is not subject to automatic updates;

determine one or more rules associated with the context; and

generate a communication for the user using the one or more rules.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the data collector is provided at a smart phone of the user.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the profile generator is provided at a server computing device.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the historical profile from the one or more historical profiles of the user stores data indicative of a correlation between data collected by the first electronic sensing device and data collected by a second electronic sensing device from the one or more electronic sensing devices.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the historical profile from the one or more historical profiles of the user stores data indicative of one or more activities of the user.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the profile generator is to:

determine that a count associated with frequency with which data indicative of an activity is above a predetermined threshold value;

determine that an identification of the activity is absent from the historical profile; and

add the identification of the activity to the historical profile.

20. A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium having instruction data to cause a machine to:

receive first sensor data, the first sensor data collected by an electronic sensing device, the electronic sensing device embedded in an item wearable by a user;

determine a historical profile associated with the first sensor data, the historical profile being from one or more historical profiles of the user, the historical profile having an expiration date;

determine that the historical profile is to be updated using the first sensor data;

update the historical profile using the first sensor data; and

update the expiration date of the historical profile.