CONTEXTUAL TASK MANAGEMENT AND NOTIFICATIONS

• US 20140052488A1
• Filed: 08/15/2012
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Magnet Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Magnet Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Chan, Robyn J., Kim, Hanju, MINDER, Kevin A.
• Application Number:
  US13/586,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20140052488A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group

Abstract

Systems and processes for presenting event notifications to a target user based on the context of the user are disclosed. The event notification can be selectively presented to the target user based on a comparison between the event and the context of the user. If the event and the context of the user meet predefined criteria, the event notification can be presented to the target user. If the event and the context of the user do not meet the predefined criteria, the event notification may be stored for later delivery to the target user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for notifying a target user of an event, the method comprising:

receiving event data associated with the event;

receiving workflow data associated with an active workflow of the target user;

comparing the event data with the workflow data; and

selectively presenting a notification to the target user based at least in part on the comparing of the event data with the workflow data.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein comparing the event data with the workflow data comprises comparing a workflow of the event with the active workflow of the user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein selectively presenting the notification to the target user comprises presenting, in response to a match being identified by the comparing the event data with the workflow data, the notification to the target user.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein comparing the event data with the workflow data comprises comparing an issuing user of the event with the active workflow of the user.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein selectively presenting the notification to the target user comprises presenting, in response to a match being identified by the comparing the event data with the workflow data, the notification to the target user.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating, based on the event data, a set of event data keywords associated with the event data; and

comparing the set of event data keywords with a set of active workflow keywords associated with the active workflow of the user.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein selectively presenting the notification to the target user comprises presenting, in response to a match being identified by the comparing the set of event data keywords with the set of active workflow keywords, the notification to the target user.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the event comprises a new task to be completed by the target user.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for notifying a target user of an event, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions for:

receiving event data associated with the event;

receiving workflow data associated with an active workflow of the target user;

comparing the event data with the workflow data; and

selectively presenting a notification to the target user based at least in part on the comparing of the event data with the workflow data.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein comparing the event data with the workflow data comprises comparing a workflow of the event with the active workflow of the user.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein selectively presenting the notification to the target user comprises presenting, in response to a match being identified by the comparing the event data with the workflow data, the notification to the target user.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein comparing the event data with the workflow data comprises comparing an issuing user of the event with the active workflow of the user.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein selectively presenting the notification to the target user comprises presenting, in response to a match being identified by the comparing the event data with the workflow data, the notification to the target user.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium further comprises computer-executable instructions for:

generating, based on the event data, a set of event data keywords associated with the event data; and

comparing the set of event data keywords with a set of active workflow keywords associated with the active workflow of the user.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein selectively presenting the notification to the target user comprises presenting, in response to a match being identified by the comparing the set of event data keywords with the set of active workflow keywords, the notification to the target user.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the event comprises a new task to be completed by the target user.

17. An apparatus for notifying a target user of an event, the apparatus comprising:

a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to;

receive event data associated with the event;

receive workflow data associated with an active workflow of the target user;

compare the event data with the workflow data; and

selectively present a notification to the target user based at least in part on the comparing of the event data with the workflow data; and

a computer processor operable to execute the instructions stored in the memory.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein comparing the event data with the workflow data comprises comparing a workflow of the event with the active workflow of the user.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein selectively presenting the notification to the target user comprises presenting, in response to a match being identified by the comparing the event data with the workflow data, the notification to the target user.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein comparing the event data with the workflow data comprises comparing an issuing user of the event with the active workflow of the user.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein selectively presenting the notification to the target user comprises presenting, in response to a match being identified by the comparing the event data with the workflow data, the notification to the target user.

22. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the memory further comprises computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause he processor to:

generate, based on the event data, a set of event data keywords associated with the event data; and

compare the set of event data keywords with a set of active workflow keywords associated with the active workflow of the user.

23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein selectively presenting the notification to the target user comprises presenting, in response to a match being identified by the comparing the set of event data keywords with the set of active workflow keywords, the notification to the target user.

24. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the event comprises a new task to be completed by the target user.