IP Library Granted Patent US 9,674,120
Granted Patent B2
US 9,674,120 · App. 15/224,574 · Granted Jun 6, 2017

Method and apparatus for generating a suggested message to be sent over a network

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Patent No.
US 9,674,120
App. No.
15/224,574
Granted
Jun 6, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure is a method and apparatus for generating a suggested message. In one embodiment, a method for generating a suggested message includes monitoring, by an application server, a first device operated by a first user, detecting, by the application server, a triggering event relevant to the first user, and automatically generating the suggested message in response to the triggering event, where the suggested message is addressed to a second user.

Claims (28)

1. A method for processing a suggested message, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor of a first device of a first user, the suggested message in response to a triggering event detected by an application server of a communication network, where the suggested message is addressed to a second user, wherein the suggested message comprises a suggestion to be acted on by the first user; and

sending, by the processor, a response to the application server, wherein the response indicates that the suggested message is to be sent to the second user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the triggering event is a message received by the first device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the triggering event is a reminder generated by a calendar application associated with the first device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the triggering event is an execution of a search on the first device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the triggering event is detected in an output of a sensor.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the sensor is integrated in the first device.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the output of the sensor is a present geographic location of the first device.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the sensor is integrated in a second device.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second device is operated by the second user.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the output of the sensor is a present geographic location of the second device.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second device resides in a residence of the first user.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the suggested message is automatically generated by the application server consulting a profile associated with the first user.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the profile stores a user preference.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the user preference is a conditional statement in which a premise of the conditional statement is the triggering event and a conclusion of the conditional statement is used to generate the suggested message.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the profile stores a pattern derived from a communication history associated with the first user.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the response includes a change made by the first user to the suggested message.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing an executable program for processing a suggested message, where the executable program, when executed by a processor of a first device of a first user, causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving the suggested message in response to a triggering event detected by an application server of a communication network, where the suggested message is addressed to a second user, wherein the suggested message comprises a suggestion to be acted on by the first user; and

sending a response to the application server, wherein the response indicates that the suggested message is to be sent to the second user.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the suggested message is automatically generated by the application server consulting a profile associated with the first user.

19. A system for processing a suggested message, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable medium containing an executable program that causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving the suggested message in response to a triggering event detected by an application server of a communication network, where the suggested message is addressed to a second user, wherein the suggested message comprises a suggestion to be acted on by a first user; and

sending a response to the application server, wherein the response indicates that the suggested message is to be sent to the second user.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the suggested message is automatically generated by the application server consulting a profile associated with the first user.

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