Contact relevance based on context
First Claim
1. A method of determining a communications contact relevance for a user, the method comprising:
- analyzing stored contact information of for contacts with which the user can at least one of receive or transmit information;
analyzing context information relevant to likelihoods of imminent communication by the user with the contacts, the context information including information different from ones of the contacts with which the user most recently communicated, the context information further including the user'"'"'s present context information and contacts context information including at least one of present context or historical context associated with each of the contacts, respectively; and
determining the likelihoods of imminent communication between the user and the contacts based on an analysis of the present context information of the user, including the user'"'"'s present location determined using a satellite-based location determination system and frequency with which the user has interacted with one or more of the contacts at or near the user'"'"'s present location, relative to the contacts context information associated with the each of the contacts in order to reorganize a contact list of the contacts according to the determined likelihoods of imminent communication between the user and the contacts.
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Abstract
A method of determining a communications contact relevance for a user includes: analyzing stored contact information of a plurality of contacts with which the user can at least one of receive information from or transmit information to; analyzing context information relevant to likelihoods of imminent communication by the user with the contacts, the context information including information different from ones of the contacts with which the user most recently communicated, the context information further including present user context information and at least one of present context or historical context associated with each of the contacts, respectively; and determining the likelihoods of imminent communication between the user and the contacts based on the context information.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of determining a communications contact relevance for a user, the method comprising:
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analyzing stored contact information of for contacts with which the user can at least one of receive or transmit information; analyzing context information relevant to likelihoods of imminent communication by the user with the contacts, the context information including information different from ones of the contacts with which the user most recently communicated, the context information further including the user'"'"'s present context information and contacts context information including at least one of present context or historical context associated with each of the contacts, respectively; and determining the likelihoods of imminent communication between the user and the contacts based on an analysis of the present context information of the user, including the user'"'"'s present location determined using a satellite-based location determination system and frequency with which the user has interacted with one or more of the contacts at or near the user'"'"'s present location, relative to the contacts context information associated with the each of the contacts in order to reorganize a contact list of the contacts according to the determined likelihoods of imminent communication between the user and the contacts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory storing context information; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to; analyze stored contact information for contacts with which a user of the apparatus can at least one of receive or transmit information; analyze the context information relevant to likelihoods of imminent communication by a user of the apparatus with the contacts, the context information including information different from ones of the contacts with which the user most recently communicated, the context information further including the user'"'"'s present context information and contacts context information including at least one of present context or historical context associated with each of the contacts, respectively; and determine the likelihoods of imminent communication between the user and the contacts based on an analysis of the present context information of the user, including the user'"'"'s present location determined using a satellite-based location determination system and frequency with which the user has interacted with one or more of the contacts at or near the user'"'"'s present location, relative to the contacts context information associated with the each of the contacts in order to reorganize of a contact list of the contacts according to the determined likelihoods of imminent communication between the user and the contacts. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory processor-readable medium and comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause a processor to:
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analyze stored contact information for contacts with which a user of the computer program product can at least one of receive or transmit information; analyze context information relevant to likelihoods of imminent communication by the user with the contacts, the context information including information different from ones of the contacts with which the user most recently communicated, the context information further including the user'"'"'s present context information and contacts context information including at least one of present context or historical context associated with each of the contacts, respectively; and determine the likelihoods of imminent communication between the user and the contacts based on an analysis of the present context information of the user, including the user'"'"'s present location determined using a satellite-based location determination system and frequency with which the user has interacted with one or more of the contacts at or near the user'"'"'s present location, relative to the contacts context information associated with the each of the contacts in order to reorganize a contact list of the contacts according to the determined likelihoods of imminent communication between the user and the contacts. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A mobile telecommunications device comprising:
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a memory storing context information; and means, communicatively coupled to the memory, for; analyzing stored contact information for contacts with which a user of the device can at least one of receive or transmit information; analyzing the context information relevant to likelihoods of imminent communication by a user of the mobile telecommunications device with the contacts, the context information including information different from ones of the contacts with which the user most recently communicated, the context information further including the user'"'"'s present context information and contacts context information including at least one of present context or historical context associated with each of the contacts, respectively; and determining the likelihoods of imminent communication between the user and the contacts based on an analysis of the present context information of the user, including the user'"'"'s present location determined using a satellite-based location determination system and frequency with which the user has interacted with one or more of the contacts at or near the user'"'"'s present location relative to the contacts context information associated with the each of the contacts in order to reorganize a contact list of the contacts according to the determined likelihoods of imminent communication between the user and the contacts. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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