Rich profile communication with notifications

• US 9,413,793 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Cheng, Lili, Vronay, David P., Kott, Ryszard K., Kelly, Sean U.
• Primary Examiner(s): NABI, REZA U
• Application Number:
  US13/842,369
• Publication Number:
  US 20130219301A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,243 Days
• Field of Search: 715/805
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users

Abstract

A rich communication profile system with notifications. The system is a feedback mechanism that utilizes rich content, e.g., multimedia content, as one or more indicators that represent the status of a remote user. The system includes a state component that receives information relating to state of at least one entity. A notifications component dynamically renders at least one personalized graphical indicia representative of the entity'"'"'s state. The entity can be a person, group of people, component, place, and object.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors configured to execute computer-executable instructions; and

one or more memories storing the computer-executable instructions, the one or more memories comprising;

a visualization component configured to present a thumbnail view of at least one profile associated with an entity, the entity being an individual or group of individuals;

a profile management component configured to facilitate management of the at least one profile by allowing a user to select one or more files for association with individual states of a plurality of states of the entity;

a state component configured to receive information relating to a state of the entity;

an inference component configured to infer the state of the entity at a predetermined time based at least in part on past data indicating that the state occurs at the predetermined time; and

a notifications component configured to dynamically render at least one personalized graphical indicium representative of the state of the entity, the at least one personalized graphical indicium being based at least in part on a user selected file of the one or more files that is associated with the state.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the visualization component is further configured to present the thumbnail view of the at least one profile on a periphery of a display.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the visualization component is further configured to present the at least one profile in detail mode by presenting data representative of notification, time passage, or state indicators.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a profile editing component configured to facilitate entry of new status data by an owner of the at least one profile by at least one of creating and annotating a picture, or posting an audio and/or video file.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the profile management component is further configured to facilitate allowing an owner of the at least one profile to provide access to the at least one profile by at least one other user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the profile management component is further configured to facilitate allowing the user to at least one of subscribe to another profile, add a profile, or remove a profile.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the profile management component is further configured to facilitate caching of images and usage statistical data.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a communications component configured to facilitate posting and propagation of profile changes in real-time to another system that subscribes to the at least one profile.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one personalized graphical indicium is configured to be rendered as a function of one of a type of recipient or a type of device on which the at least one personalized graphical indicium is to be rendered.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one personalized graphical indicium comprises multimedia content that includes at least one of animation or a slide show of images.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of states include predetermined states and at least one custom state provided by the user.

12. A computer-implemented method comprising:

generating at least one profile associated with an entity, the entity being an individual or group of individuals;

receiving, via user input, a selection of a file for association with a state of a plurality of states of the entity;

causing presentation of the at least one profile in a thumbnail view;

receiving, by one or more processors, state information associated with the state of the entity;

inferring the state of the entity at a predetermined time based at least in part on past data indicating that the state occurs at the predetermined time; and

updating the thumbnail view of the at least one profile in real-time based upon the state of the entity by dynamically rendering at least one graphical indicium representative of the state of the entity, the at least one graphical indicium being based at least in part on the file associated with the state.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, further comprising requesting comments related to the at least one profile from a subscriber to the at least one profile.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the file comprises an audio and/or video file, the method further comprising playing the audio and/or video file.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, further comprising receiving a user selection of the at least one graphical indicium, wherein playing the audio and/or video file occurs at least partly in response to receiving the user selection.

16. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, via user input, a profile management instruction to associate a file with a state of a plurality of states of an entity, the entity being an individual or group of individuals;

receiving, by one or more processors, state information associated with the state of the entity;

inferring the state of the entity at a predetermined time based at least in part on past data indicating that the state occurs at the predetermined time;

causing presentation of a thumbnail view of a profile displaying at least one graphical indicium representative of the state of the entity, the at least one graphical indicium being based at least in part on the file associated with the state; and

updating the thumbnail view of the profile in real-time based upon a change in state of the entity by dynamically rendering a different graphical indicium based at least in part on a different file associated with the change in the state.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16, wherein the file comprises an audio and/or video file, the method further comprising playing the audio and/or video file.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, further comprising receiving a user selection of the at least one graphical indicium, wherein playing the audio and/or video file occurs at least partly in response to receiving the user selection.