Patent ID: 8160981
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G06N

Abstract:
1. A method of anticipating a time of occurrence of an interest event of a plurality of events based on time intervals between at least two previously occurring events of the plurality of events and a previous occurrence of the interest event and based on a new occurrence of at least one of the plurality of events, the method comprising: for a respective event of the plurality of events, memorizing a plurality of inter-event interval pairs based on occurrence times of pairs of respective remaining events relative to an occurrence time of the respective event; for a respective event of the plurality of events, predicting a time of future occurrence of the interest event from the respective event based on the inter-event interval pairs that have been memorized and based on the new occurrence of the respective event and at least one of the plurality of events to obtain a plurality of interest event predictions of times of future occurrences of the interest event; processing the plurality of predictions to generate an anticipated time when the interest event will occur in the future; and presenting, to a user, at least one of the plurality of interest event predictions and/or the anticipated time when the interest event will occur in the future, wherein at least one of memorizing, predicting, processing and presenting is performed using at least one processor.