Dynamic invites with automatically adjusting displays

• US 9,674,121 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2015
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Lindner, Mark Aaron, Kerger, Kameron Noell
• Primary Examiner(s): BUI, JONATHAN A
• Application Number:
  US14/940,483
• Publication Number:
  US 20160072740A1
• Time in Patent Office: 571 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/06 Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements

Abstract

Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory processor-readable storage media for providing a collaboration tool for soliciting responses from users, including operations for receiving at a computing device a request from a user, transmitting to a plurality of computing devices an invitation message that causes the plurality of computing devices to render a display that solicits a response to the request, receiving a response message related to the request from at least one of the plurality of computing devices, evaluating the received response message to determine whether the received response message fulfills the request, and transmitting to the plurality of computing devices a cancellation message in response to determining that the received response message fulfills the request, the cancellation message configured to cause the plurality of computing devices to perform operations to automatically clean-up the display that solicits the response to the request.

Claims

1. A method of responding by a computing device to messages soliciting responses, comprising:

receiving, by the computing device, an invitation message configured for receipt by a plurality of recipient computing devices, wherein the received invitation message includes information associated with a request that solicits a response;

rendering and displaying, at the computing device, a first image based on the request that solicits a response;

extracting, by the computing device, content information from the received invitation message;

retrieving, by the computing device, validation information for validating the request based on the content information extracted from the received invitation message, wherein the validation information is retrieved from at least one of a time measurement unit, a source of location information, a local information database, or an Internet website;

transmitting, from the computing device, a first response message based on the retrieved validation information;

receiving, at the computing device, a cancellation message configured for receipt by the plurality of recipient computing devices; and

rendering and displaying, at the computing device, a second image based on the cancellation message.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, from the computer device, a second response message including information responding to the request that solicits a response,

wherein the second response message includes one of a follow-up question to the request, a complete answer to the request, and a partial answer to the request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the retrieved validation information includes at least one of a time, coordinates of the computing device, and calendar data associated with a user of the computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein rendering and displaying, at the computing device, the second image based on the cancellation message comprises performing one or more automatic operations that hide the display, delete the display, adjust the display to indicate the request is fulfilled, or adjust the display to indicate the request has a changed priority based on the cancellation message.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, whether the request is valid based on the retrieved validation information; and

rendering and displaying, by the computing device, a third image in response to determining that the request is not valid based on the retrieved validation information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first response message includes information indicating that the request is not valid in response to determining that the request is not still valid.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the content information is extracted from the received invitation message using natural language processing.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein the second response message includes a follow-up question to the request, the method further comprising:

receiving, at the computing device, an updated invitation message, wherein the received updated invitation message includes information associated with an updated request; and

rendering and displaying, at the computing device, a fourth image based on the updated request.

9. A computing device, comprising:

a display;

a memory; and

a processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving an invitation message configured for receipt by a plurality of recipient computing devices, wherein the received invitation message includes information associated with a request that solicits a response;

rendering and displaying, on the display, a first image based on the request that solicits a response;

extracting content information from the received invitation message;

retrieving validation information for validating the request based on the content information extracted from the received invitation message, wherein the validation information is retrieved from at least one of a time measurement unit, a source of location information, a local information database, or an Internet website;

transmitting a first response message based on the retrieved validation information;

receiving a cancellation message configured for receipt by the plurality of recipient computing devices; and

rendering and displaying, on the display, a second image based on the cancellation message.

10. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:

transmitting a second response message including information responding to the request that solicits a response,

wherein the second response message includes one of a follow-up question to the request, a complete answer to the request, and a partial answer to the request.

11. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the retrieved validation information includes at least one of a time, coordinates of the computing device, and calendar data associated with a user of the computing device.

12. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations such that rendering and displaying, at the computing device, the second image based on the cancellation message comprises performing one or more automatic operations that hide the display, delete the display, adjust the display to indicate the request is fulfilled, or adjust the display to indicate the request has a changed priority.

13. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:

determining whether the request is valid based on the retrieved validation information; and

rendering and displaying a third image in response to determining that the request is not valid based on the retrieved validation information.

14. The computing device of claim 13, wherein the first response message includes information indicating that the request is not valid in response to determining that the request is not still valid.

15. The computing device of claim 9, wherein the content information is extracted from the received invitation message using natural language processing.

16. The computing device of claim 10,

wherein the second response message includes a follow-up question to the request, and

wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:

receiving an updated invitation message, wherein the received updated invitation message includes information associated with an updated request; and

rendering and displaying a fourth image based on the updated request.

17. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor of a computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving an invitation message configured for receipt by a plurality of recipient computing devices, wherein the received invitation message includes information associated with a request that solicits a response;

rendering and displaying a first image based on the request that solicits a response;

extracting content information from the received invitation message;

retrieving validation information for validating the request based on the content information extracted from the received invitation message, wherein the validation information is retrieved from at least one of a time measurement unit, a source of location information, a local information database, or an Internet website;

transmitting a first response message based on the retrieved validation information;

receiving a cancellation message configured for receipt by the plurality of recipient computing devices; and

rendering and displaying a second image based on the cancellation message.

18. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the retrieved validation information includes at least one of a time, coordinates of the computing device, and calendar data associated with a recipient user.

19. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the processor of the computing device to perform operations such that rendering and displaying, at the computing device, the second image based on the cancellation message comprises performing one or more automatic operations that hide the display, delete the display, adjust the display to indicate the request is fulfilled, or adjust the display to indicate the request has a changed priority.

20. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the processor of the computing device to perform operations further comprising:

determining whether the request is valid based on the retrieved validation information; and

rendering and displaying a third image in response to determining that the request is not valid based on the retrieved validation information.

21. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the first response message includes information indicating the request is not valid in response to determining that the request is not still valid.

22. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 17,

wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the processor of the computing device to perform operations further comprising:

transmitting a second response message including information responding to the request that solicits a response, wherein the second response message includes a follow-up question to the request,

receiving an updated invitation message, wherein the received updated invitation message includes information associated with an updated request, and

rendering and displaying a fourth image based on the updated request.

23. A computing device, comprising:

means for receiving an invitation message configured for receipt by a plurality of recipient computing devices, wherein the received invitation message includes information associated with a request that solicits a response;

means for rendering and displaying a first image based on the request that solicits a response;

means for extracting content information from the received invitation message;

means for retrieving validation information for validating the request based on the content information extracted from the received invitation message, wherein the validation information is retrieved from at least one of a time measurement unit, a source of location information, a local information database, or an Internet website;

means for transmitting a first response message based on the retrieved validation information;

means for receiving a cancellation message configured for receipt by the plurality of recipient computing devices; and

means for rendering and displaying a second image based on the cancellation message.

24. The computing device of claim 23, further comprising:

means for transmitting a second response message including information responding to the request that solicits a response,

wherein the second response message includes one of a follow-up question to the request, a complete answer to the request, and a partial answer to the request.

25. The computing device of claim 23, wherein the retrieved validation information includes at least one of a time, coordinates of the computing device, and calendar data associated with a user of the computing device.

26. The computing device of claim 23, wherein means for rendering and displaying a second image based on the cancellation message comprises means for performing one or more automatic operations that hide the display, delete the display, adjust the display to indicate the request is fulfilled, or adjust the display to indicate the request has a changed priority.

27. The computing device of claim 23, further comprising:

means for determining whether the request is valid based on the retrieved validation information; and

means for rendering and displaying a third image in response to determining that the request is not valid based on the retrieved validation information.

28. The computing device of claim 27, wherein the first response message includes information indicating that the request is not valid in response to determining that the request is not still valid.

29. The computing device of claim 23, wherein the content information is extracted from the received invitation message using natural language processing.

30. The computing device of claim 24,

wherein the second response message includes a follow-up question to the request, and

wherein the computing device further comprising:

means for receiving an updated invitation message, wherein the received updated invitation message includes information associated with an updated request; and

means for rendering and displaying a fourth image based on the updated request.