Sender-based ranking of person profiles and multi-person automatic suggestions
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1. A method, comprising:
- scanning, by a computing apparatus, a set of messages of a user to identify a plurality of addresses;
identifying, by the computing apparatus, names of persons at the addresses to generate a plurality of profiles for the persons, each profile of the plurality of profiles comprising a name of a respective person, and at least one address for the respective person;
determining that the user has entered a first person in an address field of a new message being composed by the user; and
computing, by the computing apparatus, scores of the persons using data in the plurality of profiles to determine relevancy of the persons to the user, wherein the scores are based at least in part on the determining that the user entered the first person in the address field, and wherein the computing the scores comprises applying a time-decay factor to each message of the set of messages.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for searching of information regarding persons or to provide assistance for completion during address input. In one embodiment, a method includes automatically generating profiles for persons identified in messages, such as outgoing emails. Based on how the addresses of the persons are used in outgoing messages, the relevancy scores of the addresses are determined. When a user is searching for information or typing an address, the profiles and the relevancy scores are used to identify and sort search results or suggestions for the completion of the address input.
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1. A method, comprising:
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scanning, by a computing apparatus, a set of messages of a user to identify a plurality of addresses; identifying, by the computing apparatus, names of persons at the addresses to generate a plurality of profiles for the persons, each profile of the plurality of profiles comprising a name of a respective person, and at least one address for the respective person; determining that the user has entered a first person in an address field of a new message being composed by the user; and computing, by the computing apparatus, scores of the persons using data in the plurality of profiles to determine relevancy of the persons to the user, wherein the scores are based at least in part on the determining that the user entered the first person in the address field, and wherein the computing the scores comprises applying a time-decay factor to each message of the set of messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions, which when executed, cause a user terminal to:
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receive an incomplete input from a user in an address field of a new message; determine that the incomplete input corresponds to a first person; and determine a ranked order based on profile data, wherein the profile data comprises a profile for each of a plurality of persons, the profile data is related to addresses used in messages associated with the user, and the ranked order is based at least in part on the determining that the input corresponds to the first person, and wherein the ranked order is further based on application of a time-decay factor to each message of the messages; present, via the user terminal, a plurality of suggestions to the user for completion of the input, wherein the plurality of suggestions is presented in the ranked order; receive, via the user terminal, a selection by the user of a first suggestion from the plurality of suggestions; and complete the input with the first suggestion. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A user terminal, comprising:
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at least one processor; and memory storing instructions configured to instruct the at least one processor to; receive an input from a user in an address field of a new message being composed by the user; determine that the input corresponds to a first person; determine a ranked order based on profile data, the profile data comprising a profile for each of a plurality of persons, each respective profile including at least one address associated with the respective person, and the profile data being related to persons used in messages associated with the user terminal, wherein the ranked order is based at least in part on the determining that the input corresponds to the first person, and the ranked order is further based on application of a time-decay factor to each message of the messages; and present a plurality of results in response to the input, wherein the plurality of results is presented in the ranked order. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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