System and method for context-launching of applications

• US 10,713,312 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2015
• Issued: 07/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DoAT Media Ltd.
• Original Assignee: DoAT Media Ltd.
• Inventors: Kasterstein, Rami, Simhon, Joey Joseph, Charkham, Avi
• Primary Examiner(s): Trujillo, James
• Assistant Examiner(s): Khoshnoodi, Fariborz
• Application Number:
  US14/955,831
• Publication Number:
  US 20160077715A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,687 Days
• Field of Search: 707760, 707770
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/34 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors

Abstract

A system, method, and user device for executing actions respective of contextual scenarios. The method comprises: determining at least one variable based in part on at least one signal captured by at least one sensor of the user device; generating at least one insight based on the at least one variable; generating a context for the user device based on the at least one insight; determining, based on the context, a user intent, wherein the user intent includes at least one action; and causing execution of the at least one action on the user device.

Claims

1. A method for executing actions based on contextual scenarios related to a user device, comprising:

determining at least one variable based on at least one signal captured by at least one sensor of the user device, wherein at least one of the at least one variable is a personal variable;

generating at least one insight based on the at least one variable;

generating a weight factor for at least one of the at least one insight, wherein each generated weight factor indicates a level of confidence in each insight;

generating a context for the user device based on the at least one insight and the generated weight factors, wherein the context represents a current state of the user as demonstrated by the at least one insight;

determining, based on the context, a user intent, wherein the user intent includes at least one action; and

causing execution of the at least one action on the user device based on the determined context and the determined user intent.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least one variable is any of:

an environmental variable.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the environmental variable is determined based on the at least one sensor signal collected by the at least one sensor of the user device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the context further comprises:

matching each insight to a contextual database insight; and

determining, based on the matching, at least one contextual scenario, wherein each determined contextual scenario is associated with one of the matching contextual database insights.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the at least one insight further comprises:

classifying the variables; and

generating a conclusion based on the variables.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

wherein at least one of the at least one action is launching an application program.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the at least one action is any of:

displaying an application program, launching an application program, displaying content from the Internet, providing content from the Internet, displaying content from the user device, and providing content from the user device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying at least one insight demonstrating a common behavior pattern, wherein the context is generated based on the at least one common behavior pattern insight.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user intent is determined based on a prediction model.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the prediction model is generated based on at least one user interaction and at least one insight.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing one or more processing units to execute the method according to claim 1.

12. A user device configured to execute actions based on contextual scenarios related to the user device, comprising:

at least one sensor;

a processing unit; and

a memory, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the user device to;

determine at least one variable based on at least one signal captured by at least one sensor of the user device, wherein at least one of the at least one variable is a personal variable;

generate at least one insight based on the at least one variable generated by the at least one sensor;

generate a weight factor for at least one of the at least one insight, wherein each generated weight factor indicates a level of confidence in each insight;

generate a context for the user device based on the at least one insight and the generated weight factors, wherein the context represents a current state of the user as demonstrated by the at least one insight;

determine, based on the context, a user intent, wherein the user intent includes at least one action; and

execute the at least one action on the user device, wherein the at least one action is selected based on the determined context and the determined user intent.

13. A system for executing actions based on contextual scenarios related to a user device, comprising:

a processing unit; and

a memory, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the system to;

determine at least one variable based in part on at least one signal captured by at least one sensor of the user device, wherein at least one of the at least one variable is a personal variable;

generate at least one insight based on the at least one variable;

generate a weight factor for at least one of the at least one insight, wherein each generated weight factor indicates a level of confidence in each insight;

generate a context for the user device based on the at least one insight and the generated weight factors, wherein the context represents a current state of the user as demonstrated by the at least one insight;

determine, based on the context, a user intent, wherein the user intent includes at least one action; and

cause execution of the at least one action on the user device, wherein the at least one action is selected based on the determined context and the determined user intent.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein at least one of the at least one variable is an environmental variable.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the environmental variable is determined based on the at least one sensor signal collected by the at least one sensor of the user device.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the system is further configured to:

match each insight to a contextual database insight; and

determine, based on the matching, at least one contextual scenario, wherein each determined contextual scenario is associated with one of the matching contextual database insights.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the system is further configured to:

classify the variables; and

generate a conclusion based on the variables.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the system is further configured to:

wherein at least one of the at least one action is launching an application program.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein each of the at least one action is any of:

displaying an application program, launching an application program, displaying content from the Internet, providing content from the Internet, displaying content from the user device, and providing content from the user device.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the system is further configured to:

identify at least one insight demonstrating a common behavior pattern, wherein the context is generated based on the at least one common behavior pattern insight.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein the user intent is determined based on a prediction model.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the prediction model is generated based on at least one user interaction and at least one insight.