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Method, system and device for inferring a mobile user's current context and proactively providing assistance

  • US 9,015,099 B2
  • Filed: 08/14/2012
  • Issued: 04/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for presenting an automated suggestion at a mobile electronic device, the method comprising, with the mobile electronic device:

  • by one or more sensors coupled to the mobile electronic device, receiving one or more real-time inputs indicative of an implicit cue regarding a user-specific physical activity in relation to a surrounding physical environment;

    by an automated inference engine coupled to the mobile electronic device, accessing the real-time inputs and one more items of previously stored user-specific information;

    by the automated inference engine, based on a combination of the one or more real-time inputs and the stored user-specific information, generating a plurality of different user-specific contexts, each user-specific context corresponding to an inferred purpose for the user-specific physical activity;

    by the automated inference engine, algorithmically selecting at least one of the plurality of different user-specific contexts;

    generating an automated suggestion based on the selected user-specific context; and

    presenting the automated suggestion by an output device of the mobile electronic device.

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