Methods and apparatus of context-data acquisition and ranking
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a short message from a mobile device with a server;
algorithmically determining a context-data type, wherein the context-data type is determined by a meaning of a term of the short message, and wherein the context-data type provides information about an environment of the mobile device;
identifying at least one context-data source that provides the context-data type;
algorithmically ranking the at least one context data source according a specified parameter, wherein the specified parameter comprises a pecuniary cost to acquire the context data from the at least one context data source; and
generating a request for a context data of the context-data type from the at least one context data source.
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Abstract
Disclosed are a system, method, and article of manufacture of a context-data acquisition and ranking. A context-data type is determined from a query. At least one context-data source that provides the context-data type is identified. A request for a context data of the context-data type is generated from the at least one context data source. A received context data from the at least one context data source according a specified parameter may be ranked. The received context data may be provided to the device that generated a short message. The received context data may be provided to a recipient mobile device. The received context data may be associated with a component of a short message generated by a device that generated the query. The received context data may be appended to the short message.
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26 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a short message from a mobile device with a server; algorithmically determining a context-data type, wherein the context-data type is determined by a meaning of a term of the short message, and wherein the context-data type provides information about an environment of the mobile device; identifying at least one context-data source that provides the context-data type; algorithmically ranking the at least one context data source according a specified parameter, wherein the specified parameter comprises a pecuniary cost to acquire the context data from the at least one context data source; and generating a request for a context data of the context-data type from the at least one context data source. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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2. The method of claim further comprising:
providing the received context data to the device that generated a short message.
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3. The method of claim further comprising:
providing the received context data to a recipient mobile device, - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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18. A computerized-apparatus comprising:
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at least one memory having program instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the program instructions to perform the operations of; receiving a short message from a mobile device; algorithmically determining a context-data type, wherein the context-data type is determined by a meaning of a term of the short message, and wherein the context-data type provides information about an environment of the mobile device; identifying at least one context-data source that provides the context-data type; algorithmically ranking the at least one context data source according a specified parameter, wherein the specified parameter comprises a pecuniary cost to acquire the context data from the at least one context data source; and generating a request for a context data of the context-data type to the at least one context data source. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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collecting a set of context-data. from at least one context-data provider with at least one server, wherein the context-data. is related to a meaning of a short message content; algorithmically selecting a relevant context data according to a metric, wherein the metric comprises a monetary cost of the context-data, and wherein the context-data is obtained by a physical sensor; linking the relevant context data to the short message; and formatting the relevant context data and the short message according to a communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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