CROSS-DEVICE TASK EXECUTION

• US 20170357534A1
• Filed: 06/14/2016
• Published: 12/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2016
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Gupta, Rahul, Rao, Abhijit, Srinivasan, Sundar, Kumar, Nishchay, George, Justin
• Granted Patent: US 10,261,830 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4881 Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing

Abstract

Techniques and technologies for cross-device task execution are described. In at least some embodiments, a system includes a processing component configured to: receive device information associated with a networked group of devices; receive user preference information indicating one or more user preferences for performing one or more tasks; receive an indication of a task to be performed; select a designated device of the networked group of devices associated with the user to perform the task based at least partially on the user preference information; and transmit the task to be performed to the designated device.

Claims

1. A system for cross-device task execution, comprising:

a memory;

at least one input/output component; and

a processing component operatively coupled to the memory and to the at least one input/output component, the processing component configured to execute one or more instructions stored on the memory to perform operations including;

receive device information associated with a networked group of devices associated with a user;

receive user preference information indicating one or more user preferences for performing one or more tasks;

receive an indication of a task to be performed;

select a designated device of the networked group of devices associated with the user to perform the task based at least partially on the user preference information; and

transmit the task to be performed to the designated device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing component configured to receive an indication of a task to be performed comprises:

a processing component configured to receive an indication of a task to be performed via at least one of a voice input, a typed input, or a selection from a menu of possible task options.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing component configured to receive an indication of a task to be performed comprises:

a processing component configured to receive an indication of a task to be performed via a personal assistant.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing component configured to receive an indication of a task to be performed comprises:

a processing component configured to receive an indication of a task to be performed via a personal assistant, the personal assistant being configured to perform a voice-to-text conversion, and to interpret the text to determine the task to be performed.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the processing component configured to receive device information associated with a networked group of devices associated with a user comprises:

a processing component configured to receive device information associated with a networked group of devices associated with a user, the device information including personal assistant instance information associated with a plurality of devices of the networked group of devices.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the processing component configured to transmit the task to be performed to the designated device comprises:

a processing component configured to map the task to be performed to a form suitable for an instance of personal assistant installed on the designated device, and transmit the form suitable for the instance of personal assistant installed on the designated device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing component configured to transmit the task to be performed to the designated device further comprises:

a processing component configured to transmit;

a task identifier associated with the task; and

a device identifier associated with a requesting device from which the indication of the task to be performed was received.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the processing component is further configured to receive status information associated with a status of the task to be performed from the designated device, the status information including the task identifier associated with the task and the device identifier associated with the requesting device.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the processing component is further configured to receive one or more results of performance of the task, the one or more results of performance including the task identifier associated with the task and the device identifier associated with the requesting device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing component is further configured to transmit at least one of status information associated with performance of the task or results of performance of the task to a requesting device from which the indication of the task to be performed was received.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing component configured to transmit at least one of status information associated with performance of the task or results of performance of the task to a requesting device from which the indication of the task to be performed was received comprises:

a processing component configured to map the at least one of status information associated with performance of the task or results of performance of the task from a form suitable for an instance of personal assistant on the designated device to a form suitable for an instance of personal assistant installed on the requesting device.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing component configured to receive an indication of a task to be performed comprises a processing component configured to receive an indication of a task to be performed from a requesting device of the networked group of devices associated with the user;

and wherein the processing component configured to select a designated device of the networked group of devices associated with the user to perform the task based at least partially on the user preference information comprises;

a processing component configured to;

determine whether the user preference information indicates that the requesting device should be the designated device; and

select the requesting device as the designated device to perform the task.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing component configured to receive an indication of a task to be performed comprises a processing component configured to receive an indication of a task to be performed from a requesting device of the networked group of devices associated with the user;

and wherein the processing component configured to select a designated device of the networked group of devices associated with the user to perform the task based at least partially on the user preference information comprises;

a processing component configured to;

determine whether the requesting device is capable of performing the task;

if the user preference information indicates a different device other than the requesting device to perform the task, select the designated device based on the user preference information; and

if the user preference information does not indicate the different device other than the requesting device to perform the task, select the requesting device as the designated device to perform the task.

14. A method for cross-device task execution, comprising:

receiving device information associated with a networked group of devices associated with a user;

receiving user preference information indicating one or more user preferences for performing one or more tasks;

receiving an indication of a task to be performed;

selecting a designated device of the networked group of devices associated with the user to perform the task based at least partially on the user preference information; and

transmitting the task to be performed to the designated device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving an indication of a task to be performed comprises:

receiving a spoken indication of a task to be performed via a personal assistant;

performing a voice-to-text conversion of the spoken indication to a textual indication; and

analyzing the textual indication to determine the task to be performed.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving device information associated with a networked group of devices associated with a user comprises:

receiving personal assistant instance information associated with a plurality of devices of the networked group of devices.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein transmitting the task to be performed to the designated device comprises:

mapping the task to be performed to a form suitable for an instance of personal assistant installed on the designated device; and

transmitting the form suitable for the instance of personal assistant installed on the designated device.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving an indication of a task to be performed comprises receiving an indication from a requesting device of the networked group of devices associated with the user;

and wherein selecting a designated device of the networked group of devices associated with the user to perform the task based at least partially on the user preference information comprises;

determine whether the user preference information indicates that the requesting device should be the designated device; and

select the requesting device as the designated device to perform the task.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving an indication of a task to be performed comprises receiving an indication from a requesting device of the networked group of devices associated with the user;

and wherein selecting a designated device of the networked group of devices associated with the user to perform the task based at least partially on the user preference information comprises;

determine whether the requesting device is capable of performing the task;

if the user preference information indicates a different device other than the requesting device to perform the task, select the designated device based on the user preference information; and

if the user preference information does not indicate the different device other than the requesting device to perform the task, select the requesting device as the designated device to perform the task.

20. A system for cross-device task execution, comprising:

circuitry for receiving device information associated with a networked group of devices associated with a user;

circuitry for receiving user preference information indicating one or more user preferences for performing one or more tasks;

circuitry for receiving an indication of a task to be performed;

circuitry for selecting a designated device of the networked group of devices associated with the user to perform the task based at least partially on the user preference information; and

circuitry for transmitting the task to be performed to the designated device.