Information management through a single application

• US 8,620,913 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2008
• Issued: 12/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Hough, Paul J., Gupta, Anoop, Ozzie, Raymond E., Curtis, Pavel
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, UYEN T
• Application Number:
  US12/098,753
• Publication Number:
  US 20110047160A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,094 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/732
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching

Abstract

Automatic capturing and recording of data in a single application is provided. The data can be obtained from multiple sources and over a short time or over an extended time. Personalized notations can be annotated with the data to provide a user with more personal information relating to why the particular data was captured and recorded. Selection of the single application can be a function of a type of the data, a user preference, or combinations thereof.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory, communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, for storing;

an observation component that acknowledges incoming data, the incoming data being identified based at least in part on an order in which the incoming data is selected, wherein the incoming data is received from multiple sources and is retained for future purposes based at least in part on whether a scrolling velocity of a user scrolling through the incoming data meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold;

an assemble component that annotates the incoming data with personalized data; and

an encapsulation component that gathers the incoming data and the personalized data into a mashup of data in a single accessible application and outputs the mashup of data upon request.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory further stores a selection module that chooses the single accessible application as a function of a type of the incoming data, a user preference, or combinations thereof.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory further stores a behavior module that detects a user behavior and gathers the incoming data based on the detected user behavior.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the detected user behavior is entry of common search terms or phrases, a searching pattern, a common theme, or combinations thereof.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the incoming data is at least a subset of a webpage.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the incoming data is from an external source, an internal source, or combinations thereof.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the assemble component automatically annotates the incoming data with a date/time stamp.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the encapsulation component saves the incoming data and the personalized data as the mashup of data.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory further stores an update module that automatically updates the incoming data in the single accessible application if additional incoming data becomes available.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the encapsulation component retains a link to a source of the incoming data.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the encapsulation component updates at least a portion of the incoming data or the personalized data before outputting the mashup of data.

12. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, a selection from a search that includes at least a subset of data;

annotating, by the computing device, the subset of data with personalized data;

selecting, by the computing device, an application type for the annotated data;

retaining, by the computing device, the annotated data for use with the selected application type; and

updating, by the computing device, the annotated data by periodically sampling a source of the subset of data based at least in part on user preferences, observed user behavior, and historical information associated with a user, the updating including automatically inferring that a new search is to be conducted based at least in part on a frequency of the search, such that previous searches are employed in connection with automatically performing inference determinations that determine when to conduct the new search for updated information of the annotated data.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

observing the user behavior; and

selecting the subset of data based on the observed user behavior.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the observing the user behavior includes observing manual inputs, gaze patterns, or combinations thereof.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a request for the annotated data; and

presenting the annotated data in a format associated with the selected application type.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising automatically updating the annotated data if a more current version of the subset of data is available.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the selecting the application type for the annotated data is a function of a type of the incoming data, the user preferences, or combinations thereof.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising retaining a link to a source of the subset of data.

19. Computer storage media having computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

accepting incoming data;

annotating the incoming data with personalized data;

choosing a single application to store the personalized data and the incoming data as a mashup of data, the single application being chosen based at least in part on a function of a type of the incoming data, a user preference, or combinations thereof;

receiving a request for the mashup of data;

presenting the mashup of data in a format associated with the chosen single application; and

updating the mashup of data to include currently available data in response to a manual user request to update the currently available data.

20. The computer storage media of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise:

observing a user behavior; and

selecting at least a subset of the incoming data based on the observed behavior.