Personal information space management system and method
First Claim
1. A system for organizing information in a personal information space, the personal information space including at least one data source on a first processing device holding at least a portion of the personal information space, comprising:
- an element comprising an agent, on the first processing device, specific to the element, the agent communicating with a data source associated with the element and providing interaction data regarding data in the data source, the interaction data including at least one of the amount of use of a data file, the frequency of use of the data file and the characterization of the use of the data file;
an interaction evaluation engine on a second processing device for directly extracting the interaction data from the data source via the agent, the engine evaluating the interaction data and returning an output reflecting one or more weighting characteristics of the interaction data, wherein the evaluating comprises using a combination of two or more weighting characteristics; and
a data output device capable of communicating the output to a user.
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Abstract
A system and method for organizing information in a personal information space. The personal information space includes at least one data source holding at least a portion of the personal information space. The system includes an agent for the data source which provides interaction information regarding data in the data source; and a interaction evaluation engine including one or more weighting characteristics for each interaction, and providing an output reflecting a weighting of one or more characteristics of the interaction. The method may comprise the steps of determining when an interaction between a contact on one of the contact data sources occurs; analyzing one or more characteristics of the interaction event to determine a at least one trait about the interaction; and generating a result based on said step of analyzing.
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81 Claims
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1. A system for organizing information in a personal information space, the personal information space including at least one data source on a first processing device holding at least a portion of the personal information space, comprising:
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an element comprising an agent, on the first processing device, specific to the element, the agent communicating with a data source associated with the element and providing interaction data regarding data in the data source, the interaction data including at least one of the amount of use of a data file, the frequency of use of the data file and the characterization of the use of the data file; an interaction evaluation engine on a second processing device for directly extracting the interaction data from the data source via the agent, the engine evaluating the interaction data and returning an output reflecting one or more weighting characteristics of the interaction data, wherein the evaluating comprises using a combination of two or more weighting characteristics; and a data output device capable of communicating the output to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method operable on a computing device in communication with a server, the method capable of managing a user'"'"'s personal contact information from one or more data sources on the computing device, each data source comprising a device or application storing contact information used by the user in a personal information space and communicating with the computing device via a network, comprising:
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determining when an interaction with a contact on a data source occurs; evaluating interaction data by using a combination of two or more characteristics of the interaction data to determine an at least one trait about the interaction, wherein the interaction data is directly extracted from the data source for the evaluation; generating a result based on said step of evaluating; and communicating the result to the server via an agent specific to the data source. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A method on a server in communication with a client device, the method capable of characterizing information acted upon by a user, comprising:
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receiving an indication of a data interaction with the user from the client device, thereby directly acquiring a set of user data interactions from a data source on the client device for evaluation; for the set of user data interactions, evaluating by an interaction evaluation engine interaction information based on using a combination of two or more characteristics of the interaction, the interaction information including at least one of the amount of use of a data file, the frequency of use of the data file and the characterization of the use of the data file; weighing elements of the interaction information based on said step of evaluating; and storing a result of said step of weighing elements of the interaction information. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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80. A system for managing data between at least a first device and a second device, the devices communicating with a server via at least one network, the first device including at least one data store having personal information associated with a user, comprising:
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an element comprising an interaction agent on the first device, the interaction agent specific to the element and communicating with a data store on the first device, wherein the element is associated with the data store; a processor on the server capable of running an evaluation engine on the second device, the evaluation engine for directly extracting interaction information from the data store via the interaction agent and evaluating user communication, wherein the evaluating comprises using a combination of two or more interaction weighting characteristics; and a database communicating with the evaluation engine and including the interaction information and the interaction weighting characteristics for at least one user, wherein the interaction information including at least one of the amount of use of a data file, the frequency of use of the data file and the characterization of the use of the data file. - View Dependent Claims (81)
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