DISTRIBUTED, PREDICTIVE, DICHOTOMOUS DECISION ENGINE FOR AN ELECTRONIC PERSONAL ASSISTANT
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving on a personal electronic device an environmental input from a user;
if the environmental input cannot be fully processed on the personal electronic device, the personal electronic device forwarding the environmental input to a remote device via a communication link while registering input from the user, processing the environmental input on the remote device, and the remote device returning a response for processing on the personal electronic device based on the environmental input; and
if the environmental input can be fully processed on the personal electronic device, fully processing the environmental input on the personal electronic device.
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Abstract
A system, method and user interface are described for providing a personal assistant functionality using a predictive, adaptive, dichotomous (two choices) decision engine that proactively prompts the user for decisions on matters deemed relevant by the decision engine based on past user decisions and activities.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving on a personal electronic device an environmental input from a user; if the environmental input cannot be fully processed on the personal electronic device, the personal electronic device forwarding the environmental input to a remote device via a communication link while registering input from the user, processing the environmental input on the remote device, and the remote device returning a response for processing on the personal electronic device based on the environmental input; and if the environmental input can be fully processed on the personal electronic device, fully processing the environmental input on the personal electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product comprising non-transitory computer executable code embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to:
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receive an environmental input from a user on a personal electronic device; if the environmental input cannot be fully processed on the personal electronic device, forward the environmental input to a remote device via a communication link while registering input from the user, process the environmental input on the remote device, and the remote device returns a response for processing on the personal electronic device based on the environmental input; and if the environmental input can be fully processed on the personal electronic device, fully process the environmental input on the personal electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A personal assistant system comprising:
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a personal electronic device for receiving an environmental input from a user; and a software program running on the personal electronic device that is configured to; receive the environmental input from the user; if the environmental input cannot be fully processed on the personal electronic device, forward the environmental input to a remote device via a communication link while registering input from the user, process the environmental input on the remote device, and the remote device returns a response for processing on the personal electronic device based on the environmental input; and if the environmental input can be fully processed on the personal electronic device, fully process the environmental input on the personal electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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