Method and system for predictive human interface

• US 8,581,749 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2013
• Issued: 11/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wohlert, Randolph, Pratt, James, Sullivan, Marc
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Khanh V
• Application Number:
  US13/744,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20130132858A1
• Time in Patent Office: 298 Days
• Field of Search: 341/20, 715716-729
• US Class Current: 341/20
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method and system for providing a predictive human interface for a plurality of user electronic devices, which includes storing, in an electronic database, user preferences regarding how certain specified communications related to the user electronic devices are to be processed. The method and system also includes monitoring and storing, by a network server, specific characteristics associated with communications originating from the user electronic devices, generating a similar predictive human interface for each of the user electronic devices, based upon the stored user preferences and the stored specific characteristics for the user electronic devices, and providing the predictive human interface to each of the user electronic devices for use during communications originating from one of the user electronic devices.

Claims

1. A method for providing a predictive human interface for a plurality of user electronic devices:

storing, in an electronic database, user preferences regarding how certain specified communications related to a plurality of user electronic devices are to be processed;

monitoring and storing, by a network server, specific characteristics associated with communications originating from each of the plurality of user electronic devices;

generating a similar predictive human interface for each of the plurality of user electronic devices, based upon the stored user preferences and the stored specific characteristics for the plurality of user electronic devices; and

providing the similar predictive human interface to each of the plurality of user electronic devices for use during communications originating from one of the plurality of user electronic devices.

2. The method as described in claim 1,

wherein the specific characteristics include a date and time of day of each communication.

3. The method as described in claim 1,

wherein the specific characteristics include an intended destination of each communication.

4. The method as described in claim 1,

wherein the specific characteristics include a location of a user electronic device when the user electronic device originates a communication.

5. The method as described in claim 1,

wherein the specific characteristics include a location of an intended communication recipient'"'"'s current location.

6. The method as described in claim 1,

wherein the similar predictive human interface is regenerated, and the similar regenerated predictive human interface is provided to the plurality of user electronic devices after a communication originating from any one of the plurality of user electronic devices.

7. The method as described in claim 1,

wherein the similar predictive human interface provides communication alternatives to a user that have been predicted based upon the stored user preferences and the stored specific characteristics associated with the user'"'"'s previous communications.

8. The method as described in claim 7,

wherein the communication alternatives presented are prioritized according to a most probable user communication based upon a current date and time.

9. The method as described in claim 8,

wherein the communication alternatives presented are further prioritized according to the user'"'"'s current location.

10. The method as described in claim 8,

wherein the communication alternatives are visually presented to the user as icons, each visually presented icon providing a visual distinction when a person associated with the visually presented icon is currently on-line.

11. The method as described in claim 1,

wherein the similar predictive human interface is regenerated, and the similar regenerated predictive human interface is provided to the plurality of user electronic devices immediately after a user changes a stored specific characteristic.

12. The method as described in claim 8,

wherein the communication alternatives are visually presented to the user as icons, each visually presented icon providing specific information regarding a number of pending communications that have not been communicated to the user, from each person associated with each icon.

13. The method as described in claim 8,

wherein the communication alternatives presented are further prioritized according to the stored user preferences regarding how certain specified communications are to be processed.

14. The method as described in claim 7,

wherein the user may select one of the communication alternatives in order to initiate a new communication, a communication medium being automatically selected for the new communication based on an algorithm that evaluates the stored specific characteristics, the stored specific characteristics including the frequency of particular communication mediums being previously used to communicate with an intended recipient of the new communication.

15. The method as described in claim 7,

wherein the user may select one of the communication alternatives in order to initiate a new communication, a communication medium being automatically selected for the new communication based on an algorithm that evaluates the stored user preferences.

16. The method as described in claim 1,

wherein the similar predictive human interface is regenerated, and the similar regenerated predictive human interface is provided to the plurality of user electronic devices at designated time intervals.

17. A tangible computer-readable storage medium, encoded with a computer-executable program for providing a predictive human interface for a plurality of user electronic devices, and that when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

storing, in the electronic database, user preferences regarding how certain specified communications related to a plurality of user electronic devices are to be processed;

monitoring and storing, by a core network server, specific characteristics associated with communications originating from each of the plurality of user electronic devices;

generating a similar predictive human interface for each of the plurality of user electronic devices, based upon the stored user preferences and the stored specific characteristics for the plurality of user electronic devices; and

providing the similar predictive human interface to each of the plurality of user electronic devices for use during communications originating from one of the plurality of user electronic devices.

18. The tangible computer-readable storage medium described in claim 17,

wherein the similar predictive human interface provides communication alternatives to a user that have been predicted based upon the stored user preferences and the stored specific characteristics associated with the user'"'"'s previous communications.

19. A network server for providing a predictive human interface for a plurality of user electronic devices, comprising:

a memory including an electronic database for storing an identification of each of a received plurality of user electronic devices associated a user account;

a processor for monitoring and storing specific characteristics associated with communications originating from each of the plurality of user electronic devices;

a generator for generating a similar predictive human interface for each of the plurality of user electronic devices, based upon previously stored user preferences and the stored specific characteristics for the plurality of user electronic devices; and

a transmitter for providing the similar predictive human interface to each of the plurality of user electronic devices for use during communications originating from one of the plurality of user electronic devices.

20. The network server described in claim 19,

wherein the predictive human interface provides communication alternatives to a user that have been predicted based upon the stored specific characteristics associated with the user'"'"'s previous communications.