Patent Document ID: 9304974
Application ID: 14145102

Base Claim:
1. A computer implemented method, comprising: identifying a message of a user, wherein the message includes a plurality of terms and is an electronic communication sent or received by the user; determining an event based on the message, wherein the event includes one or more event properties that are determined based on one or more of the terms; determining an event confidence level based on the event properties; determining an effect on dissemination of information related to the event, wherein the effect is determined based on the event confidence level, wherein the dissemination of information includes a first dissemination of information that is related to a first computer application and a second dissemination of information that is related to a second computer application and that is unique from the first dissemination of information, and wherein the determining the effect on the dissemination of information comprises: determining, based on the event confidence level, to influence the first dissemination of information based on the event and to not influence the second dissemination of information based on the event, the influence of the first dissemination of information being reflected in output provided to the user via the first computer application; identifying additional data associated with the user and the event; determining a new event confidence level based on the additional data; and adjusting the effect on the dissemination of information related to the event based on the new event confidence level, wherein the adjusting the effect on the dissemination of information comprises determining, based on the new event confidence level, to influence both the first dissemination of information and the second dissemination of information based on the event, the influence of the second dissemination of information being reflected in additional output provided to the user via the second computer application.

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Claim 8:
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first dissemination of information includes providing one or more query suggestions to the user and wherein the determining to influence the first dissemination of information in the adjusting the effect on the dissemination of information related to the event includes adjusting, based on the new event confidence level, a degree of influence of the event in ranking the query suggestions.