Patent ID: 8751492
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving an event associated with a user; determining a category of the event, where the category is one of a plurality of predetermined categories; determining whether the event is a recurring event, utilizing a processor; determining a time the event occurred, and storing the time and the event under the determined category in association with an identifier of the user in a database, when it is determined that the event is a recurring event; determining whether a single previous occurrence of the event or multiple previous occurrences of the event exist, when it is determined that the event is a recurring event; when it is determined that the single previous occurrence of the event exists: when it is determined that multiple previous occurrences of the event exist: receiving from a content provider a request for a category, where the request identifies the user; identifying the identifier of the user in the database by querying the database for the user identified in the request, where the identifier is associated with a plurality of categories stored in the database, and where each of the plurality of categories contains a plurality of events; determining whether a recurring event associated with the user is expected to occur within a predetermined time period, utilizing the plurality of events associated with the identifier of the user; when it is determined that the recurring event is expected to occur within the predetermined time period, returning a first category of the plurality of categories to the content provider, where the first category includes the recurring event; and when it is determined that the recurring event is not expected to occur within the predetermined time period: