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Activity assistant

  • US 9,098,606 B1
  • Filed: 12/21/2011
  • Issued: 08/04/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed by a computing device, the method comprising:

  • receiving one or more global parameters of one or more selected activities from a global activity database that comprises data defining a plurality of activities, wherein the data for each activity comprises one or more global parameters;

    receiving one or more account-specific parameters of a selected user account from a user-account database including data for each of a plurality of user accounts;

    for the selected user account, and for each of the one or more selected activities;

    (a) evaluating one or more relationships between one or more of the global parameters of the selected activity and one or more of the account-specific parameters of the selected user account, wherein the selected activity has been created using another user account;

    (b) determining one or more signals based at least in part on the evaluated relationships, wherein each signal provides an indication of importance of the selected activity to the selected user account and the one or more global parameters include a parameter designating the selected activity as one of a public activity, a private activity, or a private shared activity; and

    (c) using the determined one or more signals as a basis for determining an importance of the selected activity for a user associated with the selected user account; and

    providing for display the one or more selected activities in an arrangement that is based at least in part on the importance of the one or more selected activities relevant to one another.

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