Patent application EP16174444A (EP), filed 2016-06-14
Publication number: EP3258391A1
Title: MEANS FOR DETERMINING PAST ACTIVITIES OF A USER AND TRIGGERING AN ACTION ACCORDINGLY
Abstract: Method for triggering, on a device, an action according to past activities of a user, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: during a first step (S100), determining a set of historical information related to past activities of the user, according to at least one sources of historical data available through the device (10); during a second step (S200), determining a timeline of past activities of the user, according to the set of historical information; during a third step (S300), triggering an action on the device, according to the timeline of past activities of the user; wherein during the second step S200, the timeline of the past activities of the user is determined by: determining (S210) a first list (L1) of important places where the user went previously, according to the set of historical information; determining (S220) a second list (L2) of likely complete visits for which at least an associated period and at least an associated location have been identified, according to the set of historical information; determining (S230) a third list (L3) of candidate visits for which at least a hint of an associated period and at least a hint of an associated location have been identified, according to the set of historical information; for each candidate visit of the third list (L3), obtaining a candidate place associated to said candidate visit; searching for an important place of the first list (L1) matching the candidate place; if an important place of the first list (L1) matches the candidate place, replacing, in said candidate visit, the candidate place by said important place, and moving said the candidate visit from the third list (L3) to the second list (L2) of likely complete visits; determining (S250) the timeline of the past activities of a user, according to the second list (L2) of likely complete visits.
IPC codes: G06F  17/    30            A I
G06N   5/   022            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: Method for triggering, on a device, an action according to past activities of a user, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
number: 2
text: Method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one source of historical data comprises a source of time based events, stored by or accessible through the device.
number: 3
text: Method according to claim 2, wherein the historical information related to past activities of the user determined according to the source of time based events is filtered so as to keep only:
number: 4
text: Method according to claim 2, wherein the historical information related to past activities of the user determined according to the source of time based events is filtered so as to keep only historical data comprising information related to a location and meeting a criteria based on the likeliness that the user participated to the corresponding event.
number: 5
text: Method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one source of historical data is a source of transaction records, stored by or accessible through the device.
number: 6
text: Method according to claim 5, wherein the historical information related to past activities of the user determined according to the source transaction records is filtered so as to keep only historical data comprising information related to a location.
number: 7
text: Method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one source of historical data is a source of media, stored by or accessible through the device.
number: 8
text: Method according to claim 7, wherein the historical information related to past activities of the user determined according to the source of media is filtered so as to keep only historical data related to media produced by the device or another device associated to the user.
number: 9
text: Method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one source of historical data is a source of informal communications, stored by or accessible through the device.
number: 10
text: Method according to claim 9, wherein the historical information related to past activities of the user determined according to the source of informal communication is filtered so as to keep only historical data comprising information related to a location and a date.
number: 11
text: Computer program comprising instructions for causing implementation of the method according to any one of the claims 1 to 10, when said program is run by the processor.
number: 12
text: Support for storing a computer program comprising a set of instructions causing implementation of the method according to any one of the claims 1 to 10, when the stored information is read from said support and run by a processor.
number: 13
text: Device (10) characterized in that it comprises:
Office action: search_report, dated 2017-12-20
Prior art cited: ref_id: US2010131443A1
ref_type: patent
severity: background
ref_id: US2010131443
ref_type: patent
severity: background
Final disposition: pending (2017-12-20)