Context-based information processing

• US 20050060365A1
• Filed: 01/24/2002
• Published: 03/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Wade, Nicholas D., Tham, Kit Y., Robinson, Scott L., Thakkar, Shreekant S., Anderson, Andrew V., Bennett, Steven M., Pering, Trevor A., Pierce, Paul R., Sengupta, Uttam
• Application Number:
  US10/057,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20050060365A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

Methods and apparatus are provided for processing information items. Processing comprises one of context filtering, context prioritizing, or both context filtering and context prioritizing. In some embodiments the set of context items from which processing criteria are derived includes a user'"'"'s calendar of appointments, schedule changes, exceptions, and the like.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transferring a proper subset of a first plurality of information items;

receiving at least one information item separate from the first plurality of information items;

forming a second plurality of information items including the first plurality of information items and the at least one information item; and

processing the second plurality of information items, providing at least one dynamically processed information item.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein processing comprises one of filtering, prioritizing, and filtering and prioritizing.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein, when processing includes prioritizing, the method further comprises:

transferring, in prioritized order, at least two dynamically processed information items.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the second plurality of information items comprises a complement of the proper subset of the first plurality of information items, the complement comprising information items within the first plurality of information items that are not in the proper subset of the first plurality of information items.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first plurality of information items is heterogeneous.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first plurality of information items is received from a user input.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the second plurality of information items is received from a user input.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first plurality of information items is received from a separate second device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the second plurality of information items is received from a second device.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising promoting a dynamically processed information item to a user-accessible state.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein when processing comprises prioritizing, providing includes presenting in prioritized order.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising transferring a dynamically processed information item to a separate second device.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising intra-device transferring a dynamically processed information item.

6. The method of claim I wherein the second plurality of information items is heterogeneous.

15. A machine readable medium, having stored thereon, a set of instructions, which when executed, cause a machine to perform a method comprising:

transferring a proper subset of a first plurality of information items;

receiving at least one information item separate from the first plurality of information items;

forming a second plurality of information items including the first plurality of information items and the at least one information item; and

processing the second plurality of information items, providing at least one dynamically processed information item.

16. The machine readable medium of claim 15 wherein processing comprises one of filtering, prioritizing, and filtering and prioritizing.

17. The machine readable medium of claim 16 wherein, when processing includes prioritizing, the method further comprises:

transferring, in prioritized order, at least two dynamically processed information items.

18. The machine readable medium of claim 15 wherein the second plurality of information items comprises a complement of the proper subset of the first plurality of information items, the complement comprising information items within the first plurality of information items that are not in the proper subset of the first plurality of information items.

19. The machine readable medium of claim 15 wherein the first plurality of information items is heterogeneous.

20. The machine readable medium of claim 15 wherein the second plurality of information items is heterogeneous.

21. The machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein at least one of the first plurality of information items is received from a user input.

22. The machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein at least one of the second plurality of information items is received from a user input.

23. The machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein at least one of the first plurality of information items is received from a separate second device.

24. The machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein at least one of the second plurality of information items is received from a separate second device.

25. The machine readable medium of claim 15 further comprising promoting a dynamically processed information item to a user-accessible state.

26. The machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein when processing comprises prioritizing, providing includes presenting in prioritized order.

27. The machine readable medium of claim 15 further comprising transferring a dynamically processed information item to a separate second device.

28. The machine readable medium of claim 15 further comprising intra-device transferring a dynamically processed information item.

29. An apparatus comprising:

a first unit to transfer a proper subset of a first plurality of information items;

a second unit, connected to the first unit, to receive at least one information item separate from the first plurality of information items;

a third unit, connected to the second unit, to form a second plurality of information items including the first plurality of information items and the at least one information item; and

a fourth unit, connected to the third unit, to process the second plurality of information items, providing at least one dynamically processed information item.

30. The apparatus of claim 29 wherein the processing of the fourth unit comprises one of filtering, prioritizing, and filtering and prioritizing.

31. The apparatus of claim 30 wherein, when the processing of the fourth unit includes prioritizing, the fourth unit further transfers, in prioritized order, at least two dynamically processed information items.