LIST ACCUMULATION AND REMINDER TRIGGERING

• US 20150370884A1
• Filed: 06/24/2014
• Published: 12/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Hurley, Fergus Gerard, Dua, Robin, Sung, Sangsoo, Tomkins, Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 10,783,166 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for list accumulation and reminder triggering. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a data processing apparatus, a first input comprising a plurality of terms; determining, by the data processing apparatus, that one or more of the terms in the first input specify an item that belongs to a reminder category, the reminder category being associated with a collection of items that belong to the category and for which reminders may be generated; and in response to the determination, storing data that associates a reminder type with the item specified by the one or more terms.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method performed by data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving, at a data processing apparatus, a first input comprising a plurality of terms;

determining, by the data processing apparatus, that one or more of the terms in the first input specify an item that belongs to a reminder category, the reminder category being associated with a collection of items that belong to the category and for which reminders may be generated; and

in response to the determination, storing data that associates a reminder type with the item specified by the one or more terms.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein storing data that associates a reminder type with the item specified by the one or more terms comprises:

selecting one or more reminder types based on the item specified by the one or more terms, each reminder type being different from each other reminder type;

providing data that causes a user device to present a list of one or more reminder options, each reminder option respectively corresponding to each of the one or more reminder types;

receiving a selection of one of the reminder options; and

storing data that associates the reminder type corresponding to the selected reminder option with the item specified by the one or more terms.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein determining that one or more of the terms specify an item that belongs to a reminder category comprises:

parsing the plurality of terms to generate parsed terms;

comparing the parsed terms to a plurality of reminder category dictionaries, each reminder category dictionary corresponding to a reminder category different from each other reminder category and storing terms describing items that belong to the category; and

selecting one of the reminder categories based on a match of the one or more terms to terms in the reminder category dictionary corresponding to the selected reminder category.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein each reminder category has a corresponding set of reminder types, and the set of reminder types for each category is different from the sets of reminder types for each other category.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein selecting one or more reminder types based on the item specified by the one or more terms comprises:

for the item specified by the one or more terms, accessing data in dictionary describing eligible reminder types and ineligible reminder types; and

selecting the one or more reminder types for only the eligible reminder types.

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

receiving a second input comprising a plurality of terms;

determining that one or more of the terms in the second input specify an action to process an item list that belongs to the reminder category, the item list being a collection of one or more items associated with a reminder type corresponding to a selected reminder option; and

providing data that causes the user device to present the item list of one or more items.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein determining that one or more of the terms in the second input specify an action to process an item list that belongs to the reminder category comprises:

parsing the plurality of terms of the second input to generate parsed terms;

comparing the parsed terms of the second input to the plurality of reminder category dictionaries; and

selecting one of the reminder categories based on a match of the one or more terms in the second input to terms in the reminder category dictionary corresponding to the selected reminder category.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein:

determining that one or more of the terms in the second input specify an action to process an item list that belongs to the reminder category comprises determining that parsed terms of the second input specify a first reminder type; and

providing data that causes the user device to present the item list of one or more items comprises providing data that causes the user device to present the item list of one or more where each of the one or more items is associated with the first reminder type.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein:

determining that one or more of the terms in the second input specify an action to process an item list that belongs to the reminder category comprises determining that parsed terms of the second input specify a second reminder type; and

providing data that causes the user device to present the item list of one or more items comprises providing data that causes the user device to present the item list of one or more where each of the one or more items is not associated with the second reminder type.

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

determining that an event that triggers the reminder type has occurred; and

in response to the determination, providing data that causes the user device to present a reminder and a list that includes the item.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the event is one of either the occurrence of a predefined time or the presence of the user device at a location.

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

receiving a second input comprising a plurality of terms;

determining that one or more of the terms in the second input specify an action to process an item list that lists reminders for items associated with a particular reminder type; and

providing data that causes the user device to present the item list of reminders for the items.

13. A system, comprising:

a data processing apparatus; and

a computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by the data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising;

receiving a first input comprising a plurality of terms;

determining that one or more of the terms in the first input specify an item that belongs to a reminder category, the reminder category being associated with a collection of items that belong to the category and for which reminders may be generated; and

in response to the determination, storing data that associates a reminder type with the item specified by the one or more terms.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein storing data that associates a reminder type with the item specified by the one or more terms comprises:

selecting one or more reminder types based on the item specified by the one or more terms, each reminder type being different from each other reminder type;

providing data that causes a user device to present a list of one or more reminder options, each reminder option respectively corresponding to each of the one or more reminder types;

receiving a selection of one of the reminder options; and

storing data that associates the reminder type corresponding to the selected reminder option with the item specified by the one or more terms.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein determining that one or more of the terms specify an item that belongs to a reminder category comprises:

parsing the plurality of terms to generate parsed terms;

comparing the parsed terms to a plurality of reminder category dictionaries, each reminder category dictionary corresponding to a reminder category different from each other reminder category and storing terms describing items that belong to the category; and

selecting one of the reminder categories based on a match of the one or more terms to terms in the reminder category dictionary corresponding to the selected reminder category.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein each reminder category has a corresponding set of reminder types, and the set of reminder types for each category is different from the sets of reminder types for each other category.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein selecting one or more reminder types based on the item specified by the one or more terms comprises:

for the item specified by the one or more terms, accessing data in dictionary describing eligible reminder types and ineligible reminder types; and

selecting the one or more reminder types for only the eligible reminder types.

18. The system of claim 13, the operations further comprising:

receiving a second input comprising a plurality of terms;

determining that one or more of the terms in the second input specify an action to process an item list that belongs to the reminder category, the item list being a collection of one or more items associated with a reminder type corresponding to a selected reminder option; and

providing data that causes the user device to present the item list of one or more items.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein determining that one or more of the terms in the second input specify an action to process an item list that belongs to the reminder category comprises:

parsing the plurality of terms of the second input to generate parsed terms;

comparing the parsed terms of the second input to the plurality of reminder category dictionaries; and

selecting one of the reminder categories based on a match of the one or more terms in the second input to terms in the reminder category dictionary corresponding to the selected reminder category.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein:

determining that one or more of the terms in the second input specify an action to process an item list that belongs to the reminder category comprises determining that parsed terms of the second input specify a first reminder type; and

providing data that causes the user device to present the item list of one or more items comprises providing data that causes the user device to present the item list of one or more where each of the one or more items is associated with the first reminder type.

21. A computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving a first input comprising a plurality of terms;

determining that one or more of the terms in the first input specify an item that belongs to a reminder category, the reminder category being associated with a collection of items that belong to the category and for which reminders may be generated; and

in response to the determination, storing data that associates a reminder type with the item specified by the one or more terms.