AUTOMATIC EMAIL REMINDER SYSTEM BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING
First Claim
1. A system generating reminders regarding electronic mail that is unread or to which a user has not yet responded, the system comprising:
- one or more processing devices; and
one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to;
model a specific user'"'"'s behavior based on the user'"'"'s interaction with electronic mail and either the user'"'"'s search history or the user'"'"'s social signals using machine learning;
receive a plurality of electronic mail;
identify each electronic mail'"'"'s importance using electronic mail importance factors based on the modeled specific user behavior;
identify a relative urgency of electronic mail based on electronic mail urgency factors determined by the modeled specific user behavior and time-sensitivity;
identify an appropriate time for the user to respond to identified electronic mail using time-appropriate factors determined by the modeled specific user behavior; and
suggest that the user read or respond to identified electronic mail during the identified appropriate time.
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Abstract
Systems and methods which can determine email importance for a user, determine the urgency of a response to a given email, and suggest that the user review important and/or time-sensitive email at appropriate and convenient times for the user are provided. A user may also request a prioritized list of emails. Several factors are used to determine which email should be presented to a user. Email importance factors identify emails which are important to a user and email urgency factors identify emails which should be given more immediate attention. Additionally, time-appropriate factors are used to determine the appropriate time to present identified emails to the user.
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22 Claims
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1. A system generating reminders regarding electronic mail that is unread or to which a user has not yet responded, the system comprising:
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one or more processing devices; and one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to; model a specific user'"'"'s behavior based on the user'"'"'s interaction with electronic mail and either the user'"'"'s search history or the user'"'"'s social signals using machine learning; receive a plurality of electronic mail; identify each electronic mail'"'"'s importance using electronic mail importance factors based on the modeled specific user behavior; identify a relative urgency of electronic mail based on electronic mail urgency factors determined by the modeled specific user behavior and time-sensitivity; identify an appropriate time for the user to respond to identified electronic mail using time-appropriate factors determined by the modeled specific user behavior; and suggest that the user read or respond to identified electronic mail during the identified appropriate time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for prioritizing electronic mail that is unread or to which a user has not yet responded, the system comprising:
one or more processing devices; and one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to; model specific user behavior based on the user'"'"'s interaction with electronic mail and either the user'"'"'s search history or the user'"'"'s social signals using machine learning; receive a request to review electronic mail; prioritize electronic mail using electronic mail importance factors based on modeled specific user behavior; prioritize electronic mail based on urgency factors based on modeled specific user behavior and time-sensitivity; and display prioritized electronic mail. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A computer-implemented method for generating reminders regarding electronic mail that is unread or to which a user has not yet responded comprising:
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modeling specific user behavior based on the user'"'"'s interaction with electronic mail and either the user'"'"'s search history or the user'"'"'s social signals using machine learning; receiving a plurality of electronic mail; identifying each electronic mail'"'"'s importance using electronic mail importance factors based on modeled specific user behavior; identifying a relative urgency of electronic mail based on electronic mail urgency factors determined by modeled specific user behavior and time-sensitivity; identifying an appropriate time for the user to respond to identified electronic mail using time-appropriate factors determined by modeled specific user behavior; and suggesting that the user read or respond to identified electronic mail during the identified appropriate time. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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