Automated selection of appropriate information based on a computer user's context
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- monitoring a computer user'"'"'s context, the monitoring comprising at least monitoring a physical environment of the computer user;
receiving one or more message;
parsing the one or more messages to produce metadata, parsing comprising at least extracting product or service information from the content of the one or more messages; and
filtering the messages according to an inferred interest of the computer user in the product or service, the inferred interest based at least in part on the computer user'"'"'s current context, the filtering further comprising;
evaluating the messages against a subset of one or more filters, further comprising dynamically selecting the subset of one or more filters from an equal or greater set of filters in response to changes in the computer user'"'"'s context.
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Abstract
A system filters received messages (e.g., unsolicited advertisements) to determine if they are appropriate for a user based on the non-static, constantly evolving, context of the user. The system can track the user'"'"'s context by monitoring various environmental parameters, such as related to the user'"'"'s physical, mental, computing and data environments, and can model the current context of the user based at least in part on the monitoring. The system selects a set of one or more filters to apply to incoming messages based on the user'"'"'s context, and the selected filters can be updated as the user'"'"'s context changes. Messages that survive the filters are then evaluated against the user'"'"'s context to determine whether they should be presented immediately or stored for delayed presentation.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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monitoring a computer user'"'"'s context, the monitoring comprising at least monitoring a physical environment of the computer user; receiving one or more message; parsing the one or more messages to produce metadata, parsing comprising at least extracting product or service information from the content of the one or more messages; and filtering the messages according to an inferred interest of the computer user in the product or service, the inferred interest based at least in part on the computer user'"'"'s current context, the filtering further comprising; evaluating the messages against a subset of one or more filters, further comprising dynamically selecting the subset of one or more filters from an equal or greater set of filters in response to changes in the computer user'"'"'s context. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer comprising:
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one or more sensors to detect environmental conditions of a user; a receiver to receive messages; a processing unit operatively coupled to the receiver and the one or more sensors; a set of multiple filters; and a software module that executes on the processing unit to filter messages based on the user'"'"'s environmental conditions and a selected subset of the set of multiple filters, the software module configured to dynamically select the subset in response to changes in the environmental conditions of the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. One or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, direct a computer to:
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ascertain a user'"'"'s context from data representative of various conditions of the user'"'"'s environment; select a subset of a set of multiple filters based on the user'"'"'s current context, the filters specifying inter-filter information that facilitates determining a compatibility between two or more filters; and filter unsolicited messages based at least on the user'"'"'s context and a composite of the selected subset of multiple filters. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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