METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING AN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR GENERATING, USING, OR UPDATING AN ENRICHED USER PROFILE

1 . A method of communications, comprising:

obtaining an attribute associated with an enriched user profile including three or more informational elements, wherein at least one of the three or more informational elements includes a contextual sub-element;

populating an organizational matrix using the three or more informational elements; and

determining a repetitious structure based at least in part on analysis of the populated organizational matrix.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a relevance value associated with the attribute based at least in part on the determined repetitious structure; and

predicting a second attribute based at least in part on the determined relevance and the repetitious structure.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein predicting the second attribute further comprises:

detecting a modification to the attribute within a first threshold period of time;

determining a first pattern associated with the detected modification to the attribute based on the repetitious structure; and

searching the organizational matrix for a second pattern associated with the second attribute within a matching threshold of the first pattern.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

determining an event associated with the second attribute; and

using the event associated with the second attribute to predict occurrence of the event.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein two of the three or more informational elements are time based, and wherein one of the two time-based informational elements is at least one of a period of a day, days of a week, or months of a year.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the three or more informational elements used to populate the organizational matrix is dynamically changed.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the attribute further comprises:

obtaining the three or more informational elements from at least one component associated with a communications device.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one component is at least one of an application associated with the communications device, a sensor associated with the communications device, a hardware component associated with the communications device, or any combination thereof.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the attribute comprises at least one of information associated with an event start time, an event time duration, an event end time, or any combination thereof.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein obtaining the attribute further comprises obtaining a second instance of an informational element for at least one of the informational element; and

updating the at least one of the informational element with the second instance of the informational element.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining further comprises obtaining a second attribute, and wherein the determining the repetitious structure further comprises determining a temporal order of event occurrence between the attribute and the second attribute.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

querying the organizational matrix using a querying criterion.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the querying further comprises:

selecting at least one of the three or more informational elements as the querying criterion.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the selecting further comprises:

determining a level of user privacy; and

selecting the at least one of the three or more informational elements based on the level of user privacy.

15 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the organizational matrix is represented as a cube, wherein the at least one querying criterion comprises at least two querying criteria that represent a plane of the cube.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the contextual sub-element is at least one of a location associated with a user, a time of day, a day of the week, an activity associated with the user, a level of user interaction with the communications device, a user's recent interaction with the communications device, an available resource associated with the communications device, a sensor output associated with the communications device, a battery life value associated with the communications device, news relevant to the user, an item scheduled in a calendar application, weather information, traffic information, a proximity value of the communications device to another device, a proximity value of the communications device to another user, server derived content, or any combination thereof.

17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the attribute includes a non-contextual sub-element, and wherein the non-contextual sub-element is at least one of a user's gender, the user's age, another device associated with the user, the user's media interest, the user's financial information, the user's game interest, an association with a second user, the user's profession, or any combination thereof.

18 . The method of claim 1 , populating the organizational matrix further comprises:

time stamping the obtained attribute; and

removing the attribute from the organizational matrix after a threshold period of time has elapsed based on the time stamp.

19 . An apparatus for communications, comprising:

means for obtaining an attribute associated with an enriched user profile including three or more informational elements, wherein at least one of the three or more informational elements includes a contextual sub-element;

means for populating an organizational matrix using the three or more informational elements; and

means for determining a repetitious structure based at least in part on analysis of the populated organizational matrix.

20 . The apparatus of claim 19 , further comprising:

means for determining a relevance value associated with the attribute based at least in part on the determined repetitious structure; and

means for predicting a second attribute based at least in part on the determined relevance and the repetitious structure.

21 . The apparatus of claim 19 , further comprising:

means for querying the organizational matrix using a querying criterion.

22 . A computer program product, comprising:

a computer-readable medium comprising:

at least one instruction causing for causing a computer to obtain an attribute associated with an enriched user profile including three or more informational elements, wherein at least one of the three or more informational elements includes a contextual sub-element;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to populate an organizational matrix using the three or more informational elements; and

at least one instruction for causing the computer to determine a repetitious structure based at least in part on analysis of the populated organizational matrix.

23 . The computer program product of claim 22 , wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises:

at least one instruction for causing the computer to determine a relevance value associated with the attribute based at least in part on the determined repetitious structure; and

at least one instruction for the computer to predict a second attribute based at least in part on the determined relevance and the repetitious structure.

24 . The computer program product of claim 22 , wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises:

at least one instruction for causing the computer to query the organizational matrix using a querying criterion.

25 . An apparatus for communications, comprising:

an organizational matrix module configured to:

obtain an attribute associated with an enriched user profile including three or more informational elements, wherein at least one of the three or more informational elements includes a contextual sub-element;

populate an organizational matrix using the three or more informational elements; and

determine a repetitious structure based at least in part on analysis of the populated organizational matrix.

26 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the organizational matrix module is further configured to:

determine a relevance value associated with the attribute based at least in part on the determined repetitious structure; and

predict a second attribute based at least in part on the determined relevance and the repetitious structure.

27 . The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the organizational matrix module is further configured to:

detect a modification to the attribute within a first threshold period of time;

determine a first pattern associated with the detected modification to the attribute based on the repetitious structure; and

search the organizational matrix for a second pattern associated with the second attribute within a matching threshold of the first pattern.

28 . The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the organizational matrix module is further configured to:

determine an event associated with the second attribute; and

use the event associated with the second attribute to predict occurrence of the event.

29 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein two of the three or more informational elements are time based, and wherein one of the two time-based informational elements is at least one of a period of a day, days of a week, or months of a year.

30 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein at least one of the three or more informational elements used to populate the organizational matrix is dynamically changed.

31 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the organizational matrix module is further configured to:

obtain the three or more informational elements from at least one component associated with a communications device.

32 . The apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the at least one component is an application associated with the communications device, a sensor associated with the communications device, a hardware component associated with the communications device, or any combination thereof.

33 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the attribute comprises at least one of information associated with an event start time, an event time duration, an event end time, or any combination thereof.

34 . The apparatus of claim 33 , wherein the organizational matrix module is further configured to:

obtain a second instance of an informational element for at least one of the informational element; and

update the at least one of the informational element with the second instance of the informational element.

35 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the organizational matrix module is further configured to:

obtain a second attribute; and

determine a temporal order of event occurrence between the attribute and the second attribute.

36 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the organizational matrix module is further configured to:

query the organizational matrix using a querying criterion.

37 . The apparatus of claim 36 , wherein the organizational matrix module is further configured to:

select at least one of the three or more informational elements as the querying criterion.

38 . The apparatus of claim 37 , wherein the organizational matrix module is further configured to:

determine a level of user privacy; and

select the at least one of the three or more informational elements based on the level of user privacy.

39 . The apparatus of claim 36 , wherein the organizational matrix is represented as a cube, wherein the at least one querying criterion comprises at least two querying criteria that represent a plane of the cube.

40 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the contextual sub-element is at least one of a location associated with a user, a time of day, a day of the week, an activity associated with the user, a level of user interaction with the communications device, a user's recent interaction with the communications device, an available resource associated with the communications device, a sensor output associated with the communications device, a battery life value associated with the communications device, news relevant to the user, an item scheduled in a calendar application, weather information, traffic information, a proximity value of the communications device to another device, a proximity value of the communications device to another user, server derived content, or any combination thereof.

41 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the attribute includes a non-contextual sub-element, and wherein the non-contextual sub-element is at least one of a user's gender, the user's age, another device associated with the user, the user's media interest, the user's financial information, the user's game interest, an association with a second user, the user's profession, or any combination thereof.

42 . The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the organizational matrix module is further configured to:

time stamp the obtained attribute; and

remove the attribute from the organizational matrix after a threshold period of time has elapsed based on the time stamp.