Specialized virtual personal assistant setup

• US 9,892,199 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2013
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Perrin, Steven Richard, Hagenbuch, Matthew Lloyd, Nicholson, John Weldon
• Primary Examiner(s): Mackes, Kris
• Assistant Examiner(s): Htay, Lin Lin
• Application Number:
  US14/137,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20150178393A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,516 Days
• Field of Search: 707722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

An apparatus for setting up a specialized personal electronic assistant on an electronic device includes a processor, a display, a language module, a tracking module, a knowledge module, and a rendering module. The language module interprets a communication from a user into a data request. The tracking module stores the data request as one of a plurality of stored data requests. The knowledge module determines a response to the data request. The rendering module displays the response in a tiled area on an image display of the electronic device.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a display operatively coupled to the processor;

a memory that stores code executable by the processor to;

interpret a first communication from a user into a first data request;

identify one of;

an event and a period of time described by the first data request;

store the first data request as one of a plurality of stored data requests, wherein the first data request is stored until expiration of the event or period of time described by the first data request;

determine a first response to the first data request; and

display the first response using a first data request tile in a tiled area comprising a plurality of data request tiles of a virtual personal assistant on the display;

interpret a second communication from the user into a second data request;

determine whether the second data request is related to the first data request in response to the second communication occurring prior to expiration of the event or period of time described by the first data request;

determine a second response to the second data request, wherein determining a second response to the second data request comprises determining in the context of the first data request in response to determining that the second data request is related to the first data request; and

update the first data request tile to also include the second response in response to determining that the second data request is related to the first data request.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein determining the first response to the first data request comprises the processor searching one or more data sources for the requested data.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor further displays the second response using a second data request tile in the tiled area in response to the second data request not being related to the first data request, the second data request tile being separate from the first data request tile.

4. A method comprising:

interpreting, by use of a processor, a first communication from a user into a first data request;

identifying one of;

an event and a period of time described by the first data request;

storing the first data request as one of a plurality of stored data requests, wherein the first data request is stored until expiration of the event or period of time described by the first data request;

determining a first response to the first data request;

displaying the first response using a first data request tile in a tiled area on an image display of a virtual personal assistant of an electronic device;

interpreting a second communication from the user into a second data request;

determining whether the second data request is related to the first data request in response to the second communication occurring prior to expiration of the event or period of time described by the first data request;

determining a second response to the second data request, wherein determining a second response to the second data request comprises determining in the context of the first data request in response to determining that the second data request is related to the first data request; and

updating the first data request tile to also include the second response in response to determining that the second data request is related to the first data request.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining the first response to the first data request comprises searching one or more data sources for the requested data.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising displaying the second response using a second data request tile in the tiled area in response to the second data request not being related to the first data request, the second data request tile being separate from the first data request tile.

7. A program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing code executable by a processor to perform:

interpreting a first communication from a user into a first data request;

identify one of;

an event and a period of time included in the first communication;

storing the first data request as one of a plurality of stored data requests, wherein the first data request is stored until expiration of the event or period of time included in the first communication;

determining a first response to the first data request; and

displaying the first response using a first data request tile in a tiled area on an image display of a virtual personal assistant of an electronic device;

interpreting a second communication from the user into a second data request;

determining whether the second data request is related to the first data request in response to the second communication occurring prior to expiration of the event or period of time included in the first communication;

determining a second response to the second data request, wherein determining a second response to the second data request comprises determining in the context of the first data request in response to determining that the second data request is related to the first data request; and

updating the first data request tile to also include the second response in response to determining that the second data request is related to the first data request.

8. The program product of claim 7, further storing code executable by a processor to perform:

displaying the second response using a second data request tile in the tiled area in response to the second data request not being related to the first data request, the second data request tile being separate from the first data request tile.