Patent SG-11201903607Y-A (SG)
Title: Efficiency enhancements in task management applications
Inventor: FOWLER CHAD
IPC: G06Q10/10
Filed: 2017-11-03
Abstract: WO 18/085 606 Al (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 11 May 2018 (11.05.2018) WIPO I PCT °mons °nolo III m (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/085606 Al (51) International Patent Classification: G06Q 10/10 (2012.01) GOOF 17/30 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/059812 (22) International Filing Date: 03 November 2017 (03.11.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/418,268 06 November 2016 (06.11.2016) US 15/450,825 06 March 2017 (06.03.2017) US (71) Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LI- CENSING, LLC [US/US]; One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 (US). (72) Inventors: FOWLER, Chad; MICROSOFT TECHNOL- OGY LICENSING, LLC, One Microsoft Way, Red- mond, Washington 98052-6399 (US). MATEEV, Ben- jamen Ljudmilov; MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LI- CENSING, LLC, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washing- ton 98052-6399 (US). (74) Agent: MINHAS, Sandip S. et al.; Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washing- ton 98052-6399 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (54) Title: EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENTS IN TASK MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS (57) : Efficiency improvements for electronic task managers and an im- 1100 proved user experience are realized when more relevant and fewer irrelevant tasks are presented to users and users are given greater control in manipulating those task items. By heuristically determining times, locations, and semantics associat- ed with task relevance and integrating the management of tasks into more appli- cations, the functionality of the systems providing for electronic task management 1110 Connect to Task Sources is improved, as computer resources are spent with greater utility to the users and the user experience is improved for the users. Inventory Tasks from Task Sources Create Proxy Tasks for Inventoried Tasks Provide Proxy Tasks to User in Unified Environment Provide User Interactions to Inventoried Tasks on Task Sources END [Continued on next page] ( START 1120 1130 1140 1150 WO 2018/085606 Al MIDEDIMOMMIDIREIEREINIIMMOVOIMIE Declarations under Rule 4.17: as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(11)) as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))