Triggering completion step suggestion for a task

• US 9,282,425 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2013
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Tomkins, Andrew, Harris, Tristan, Ravikumar, Shanmugasundaram, Pang, Bo, Ravi, Sujith, Sar, Can, DiNardi, Angelo
• Primary Examiner(s): TAYLOR, BARRY W
• Application Number:
  US14/065,004
• Publication Number:
  US 20150005009A1
• Time in Patent Office: 862 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.3
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services

Abstract

Methods and apparatus related to providing one or more completion step suggestions for a task that is associated with a user. In some implementations, the completion step suggestions may be provided to the user based on the satisfaction of a trigger condition. In some implementations, a trigger condition may be based on a user geographic location. In some implementations, a trigger condition may be based on an action of the user. In some implementations, a trigger condition may be based on a time when the associated task may be completed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying a user task and a due date for completion of the user task;

identifying at least one geographic location where the user task can be completed;

determining a first trigger condition for the user task for a first time period based on proximity of the first time period to the due date, the first trigger condition comprising a user geographic location being within a first threshold distance of the geographic location where the user task can be completed;

determining a modified trigger condition for the user task for a second time period based on proximity of the second time period to the due date, the second time period being later than the first time period, and the modified trigger condition comprising the user geographic location being within a second threshold distance of the geographic location;

wherein the second threshold distance is larger than the first threshold distance;

identifying a satisfaction of the modified trigger condition during the second time period; and

providing a completion step suggestion for the user task based on the identification of the satisfaction of the modified trigger condition.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user geographic location is a current location of the user and wherein identifying the satisfaction of the modified trigger condition comprises:

determining the current location of the user during the second time period is within the second threshold distance of the geographic location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first trigger condition further comprises occurrence of at least one user action related to the user task when the user geographic location is within the first threshold distance of the geographic location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user geographic location comprises at least a portion of a path indicated by a directional locational query of the user and wherein identifying satisfaction of the modified trigger condition comprises:

determining a diversion distance from the portion of the path indicated by the directional locational query is within the second threshold distance.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the current time is a time during which the completion step may be completed; and

providing the completion step suggestion for the task only when the current time is a time during which the completion step suggestion may be completed.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

identifying information related to the user task; and

determining the time during which the completion step suggestion may be completed based on the information related to the user task.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the information related to the user task includes a business identifier and further comprising determining the time during which the completion step suggestion may be completed based on the business identifier.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the due date based on user data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the user data includes user calendar data.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying information related to the user task based on user data associated with the user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the user data includes at least one of user contacts, user webpage navigation history, and user e-mails.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying at least one entity identifier identifying at least one entity associated with the user task.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the geographic location is identified based on the identified entity.

14. A system including memory and one or more processors operable to execute instructions stored in memory, comprising instructions to:

identify a user task and a due date for completion of the user task;

identify at least one geographic location where the user task can be completed;

determine a first trigger condition for the user task for a first time period based on proximity of the first time period to the due date, the first trigger condition comprising a user geographic location being within a first threshold distance of the geographic location where the user task can be completed;

determine a modified trigger condition for the user task for a second time period based on proximity of the second time period to the due date, the second time period being later than the first time period, and the modified trigger condition comprising the user geographic location being within a second threshold distance of the geographic location;

wherein the second threshold distance is larger than the first threshold distance;

identify a satisfaction of the modified trigger condition during the second time period; and

provide a completion step suggestion for the user task based on the identification of the satisfaction of the modified trigger condition.

15. At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer instructions executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

identifying a user task and a due date for completion of the user task;

identifying at least one geographic location where the user task can be completed;

determining a first trigger condition for the user task for a first time period based on proximity of the first time period to the due date, the first trigger condition comprising a user geographic location being within a first threshold distance of the geographic location where the user task can be completed;

determining a modified trigger condition for the user task for a second time period based on proximity of the second time period to the due date, the second time period being later than the first time period, and the modified trigger condition comprising the user geographic location being within a second threshold distance of the geographic location;

wherein the second threshold distance is larger than the first threshold distance;

identifying a satisfaction of the modified trigger condition during the second time period; and

providing a completion step suggestion for the user task based on the identification of the satisfaction of the modified trigger condition.