Comprehensive task management

• US 9,514,448 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2012
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Prakash, Gyan, Gurumoorthly, Nagasubramanian, Dadu, Saurabh, Ramamurthy, Venkatesh, Sawhney, Rama
• Primary Examiner(s): Parry, Chris
• Assistant Examiner(s): JAHNIGE, CAROLINE H
• Application Number:
  US13/729,595
• Publication Number:
  US 20140189017A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,439 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1097 Task assignment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Technologies for generating tasks from communication messages includes a mobile computing device for monitoring communication messages, parsing the communication messages to detect content indicative of upcoming tasks, generating a task for each of the upcoming tasks detected, generating a task list from the generated tasks, and generating an alarm for each task. Additionally, the mobile computing device receives tasks generated by a cloud server.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device for comprehensive task management, the mobile computing device comprising:

a context monitoring module to determine a location of the mobile computing device different from a previous location;

a message monitoring module to (i) monitor communication messages on the mobile computing device, (ii) parse the communication messages, and (iii) determine whether any of the parsed communication messages comprise content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed;

a task generation module to, without direction from a user of the mobile computing device, generate a plurality of tasks from the parsed communication messages determined to comprise content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed, each task corresponding to a different upcoming task;

a task list generation module to (i) without direction from the user and in response to the determination by the message monitoring module that at least one parsed communication message comprises content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed, generate a task list from the plurality of tasks generated by the task generation module, (ii) determine that the location of the mobile computing device has changed from the previous location, (iii) determine whether one or more upcoming tasks on the task list can no longer be completed because the one or more upcoming tasks were scheduled to be completed in the previous location, (iv) update an upcoming task as a function of historical data in response to a determination that the upcoming task can no longer be completed because the upcoming task was scheduled to be completed in the previous location; and

a notification module to, without direction from the user and in response to the determination by the message monitoring module that at least one parsed communication message comprises content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed, generate an alarm for each task on the task list.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the communication messages comprise at least one of an e-mail message, a text message, a chat message, a social networking post, a social networking comment, and a voice command.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein to determine whether any of the parsed communication messages comprise content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed comprises to determine whether any of the parsed communication messages comprise content corresponding to at least one of a reference phrase and a reference keyword.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 1, further comprising a remote device synchronization module to (i) send one or more tasks generated by the task generation module to a cloud server over a network, and (ii) receive one or more additional tasks generated by the cloud server over the network.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 4, wherein to generate a task list from the plurality of tasks generated by the task generation module comprises to generate a task list from the plurality of tasks generated by the task generation module and the one or more additional tasks received from the cloud server.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 5, wherein the task list generation module further to (i) determine a priority for each task on the task list, and (ii) arrange each of the tasks on the task list as a function of the determined priority.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 6, wherein to determine a priority for each task on the task list comprises to determine a priority for each task on the task list as a function of user policy data, the user policy data comprising rules corresponding to determining the priority of tasks having one or more of health and financial implications.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the historical data comprises historical response data and historical location data, and

wherein to update an upcoming task as a function of historical data in response to determining that the upcoming task can no longer be completed because of the location change comprises to one or more of cancel, reprioritize, reschedule, or ignore the upcoming task as a function of the historical data.

9. The mobile computing device of claim 8, wherein the notification module further to one or more of disable, ignore, or modify the alarm generated for the upcoming task in response to the one or more of cancel, reprioritize, reschedule, or ignore of the upcoming task as a function of the historical data.

10. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein to generate an alarm for each task on the task list comprises to generate a notification on the mobile computing device for alerting a user prior to occurrence of the task.

11. The mobile computing device of claim 10, wherein the notification generated on the mobile computing device comprises at least one of a visual notification, and audible notification, and tactile feedback.

12. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein to update an upcoming task as a function of historical data comprises to update an upcoming task as a function of historical response data.

13. The mobile computing device of claim 12, wherein the historical response data comprises a previous response from the user ignoring, canceling, postponing, or reprioritizing a previous task in response to a location change, and

wherein to update an upcoming task as a function of historical response data comprises to update an upcoming task based on the previous response of the user.

14. A method for managing tasks, the method comprising:

determining, on the mobile computing device, a location of the mobile computing device different from a previous location;

monitoring, on a mobile computing device, communication messages on the mobile computing device;

parsing, on the mobile computing device, the communication messages;

determining, on the mobile computing device, whether any of the parsed communication messages comprise content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed;

generating, on the mobile computing device without direction from a user of the mobile computing device, a plurality of tasks from the parsed communication messages determined to comprise content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed, each task corresponding to a different upcoming task;

generating, on the mobile computing device, without direction from the user, and in response to the determination that at least one parsed communication message comprises content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed, a task list from the plurality of tasks generated;

determining, on the mobile computing device, that the location of the mobile computing device has changed from the previous location;

determining, on the mobile computing device, whether one or more upcoming tasks on the task list can no longer be completed because the one or more upcoming tasks were scheduled to be completed in the previous location;

updating, on the mobile computing device, an upcoming task as a function of historical data in response to determining that the upcoming task can no longer be completed because the upcoming task was scheduled to be completed in the previous location; and

generating, on the mobile computing device, without direction from the user, and in response to the determination that at least one parsed communication message comprises content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed, an alarm for each task on the task list.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein determining whether any of the parsed communication messages comprise content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed comprises determining whether any of the parsed communication messages comprise content corresponding to at least one of a reference phrase and a reference keyword.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

sending one or more of the tasks generated on the mobile computing device to a cloud server over a network; and

receiving, on the mobile computing device, one or more additional tasks from the cloud server over the network, the one or more additional tasks being generated by the cloud server.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

determining, on the mobile computing device, a priority for each task on the task list;

arranging, on the mobile computing device, each of the tasks on the task list as a function of the determined priority; and

wherein generating a task list from the plurality of generated tasks comprises generating a task list from the plurality of tasks generated on the mobile computing device and the one or more additional tasks received from the cloud server.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the historical data comprises historical response data and historical location data, and

wherein updating an upcoming task as a function of historical data in response to determining that the upcoming task can no longer be completed because the upcoming task was scheduled to be completed in the previous location comprises one or more of canceling, reprioritizing, rescheduling, and ignoring the upcoming task as a function of the historical data.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising one or more of disabling, ignoring, and modifying the alarm generated for the upcoming task in response to one or more of canceling, reprioritizing, rescheduling, and ignoring the upcoming task as a function of the historical data.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein updating an upcoming task as a function of historical data comprises updating an upcoming task as a function of historical response data.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the historical response data comprises a previous response from the user ignoring, canceling, postponing, or reprioritizing a previous task in response to a location change, and

wherein updating an upcoming task as a function of historical response data comprises updating an upcoming task based on the previous response of the user.

22. One or more non-transitory, machine readable media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause a mobile computing device to:

determine a location of the mobile computing device different from a previous location;

monitor communication messages on the mobile computing device;

parse the communication messages;

determine whether any of the parsed communication messages comprise content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed;

generate, without direction from a user of the mobile computing device, a plurality of tasks from the parsed communication messages determined to comprise content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed, each task corresponding to a different upcoming task;

generate, without direction from the user and in response to the determination that at least one parsed communication message comprises content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed, a task list from the plurality of tasks generated;

determine that the location of the mobile computing device has changed from the previous location;

determine whether one or more upcoming tasks on the task list can no longer be completed because the one or more upcoming tasks were scheduled to be completed in the previous location; and

update an upcoming task as a function of historical data in response to a determination that the upcoming task can no longer be completed because the upcoming task was scheduled to be completed in the previous location; and

generate, without direction from the user and in response to the determination by the message monitoring module that at least one parsed communication message comprises content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed, an alarm for each task on the task list.

23. The one or more non-transitory, machine readable media of claim 22, wherein to determine whether any of the parsed communication messages comprise content indicative of one or more upcoming tasks to be completed comprises to determine whether any of the parsed communication messages comprise content corresponding to at least one of a reference phrase and a reference keyword.

24. The one or more non-transitory, machine readable media of claim 22, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the mobile computing device to:

send one or more of the tasks generated on the mobile computing device to a cloud server over a network; and

receive one or more additional tasks from the cloud server over the network, the one or more additional tasks being generated by the cloud server.

25. The one or more non-transitory, machine readable media of claim 24, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause in the mobile computing device to:

determine a priority for each task on the task list;

arrange each of the tasks on the task list as a function of the determined priority; and

wherein to generate a task list from the plurality of generated tasks comprises to generate a task list from the plurality of tasks generated on the mobile computing device and the one or more additional tasks received from the cloud server.

26. The one or more non-transitory, machine readable media of claim 22, wherein the historical data comprises historical response data and historical location data, and

wherein to update an upcoming task as a function of historical data in response to a determination that the upcoming task can no longer be completed because of the location change comprises to one or more of cancel, reprioritize, reschedule, or ignore the upcoming task as a function of the historical data.

27. The one or more non-transitory, machine readable media of claim 26, wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the mobile computing device to disable, ignore, or modify the alarm generated for the upcoming task in response to the one or more of cancel, reprioritize, reschedule, or ignore of the upcoming task as a function of the historical data.

28. The one or more non-transitory, machine readable media of claim 22, wherein to update an upcoming task as a function of historical data comprises to update an upcoming task as a function of historical response data.

29. The one or more non-transitory, machine readable media of claim 28, wherein the historical response data comprises a previous response from the user ignoring, canceling, postponing, or reprioritizing a previous task in response to a location change, and

wherein to update an upcoming task as a function of historical response data comprises to update an upcoming task based on the previous response of the user.