IP Library Granted Patent US 11,733,844
Granted Patent B2
US 11,733,844 · App. 17/735,864 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Smart email task reminders

Inventors: Mayank Kulkarni (Gainesville, FL); Adam Chow (Atlanta, GA)
Assignee: VMware, Inc.
G06F3/04842G06Q10/107H04L51/42G06Q10/10
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,733,844
App. No.
17/735,864
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods herein assist users by identifying actionable tasks in an email and providing reminders and other tracking mechanisms for those tasks. For example, a method can include extracting a portion of the email and assigning a number to each word of the extracted portion of the email according to a library. The method can further include determining, based on the assigned numbers, whether the extracted portion of the email includes at least one actionable portion. In response to determining that the extracted portion of the email includes at least one actionable portion, at least one actionable portion can be presented to the user on a GUI associated with the user's device.

Claims (41)

1. A method for presenting actionable items from a received email, comprising:

extracting a portion of the received email and processing the portion with a trained model;

determining that the portion includes at least one new actionable item;

displaying, in a first view of a graphical user interface (“GUI”), a card that:

displays the at least one new actionable item extracted from the received email;

displays a button that the user can select to indicate that the new actionable item has been completed; and

displays a selection element for viewing additional new actionable items within the card.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the card further displays a progress icon that provides a graphical indication of the user's progress through actionable items that have not yet been completed.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the graphical indication includes a circle with a first portion of the circle having a first color indicating completed actionable items and a second portion of the circle having a second color indicating uncompleted actionable items.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the completed actionable items are determined over a seven-day period.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the graphical indication includes a number associated with the percentage of actionable items completed over a period of time.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a second view of the GUI, the second view comprising a graph displaying a first line corresponding to a number of uncompleted actionable items over a time period and a second line corresponding to a rate of completing actionable items of the time period.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second view further includes a message to the user providing an indication of whether the user is on track to completing all of the uncompleted actionable items.

8. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform stages for presenting actionable items from a received email, the stages comprising:

extracting a portion of the received email and processing the portion with a trained model;

determining that the portion includes at least one new actionable item;

displaying, in a first view of a graphical user interface (“GUI”), a card that:

displays the at least one new actionable item extracted from the received email;

displays a button that the user can select to indicate that the new actionable item has been completed; and

displays a selection element for viewing additional new actionable items within the card.

9. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the card further displays a progress icon that provides a graphical indication of the user's progress through actionable items that have not yet been completed.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the graphical indication includes a circle with a first portion of the circle having a first color indicating completed actionable items and a second portion of the circle having a second color indicating uncompleted actionable items.

11. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the completed actionable items are determined over a seven-day period.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the graphical indication includes a number associated with the percentage of actionable items completed over a period of time.

13. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , the stages further comprising displaying a second view of the GUI, the second view comprising a graph displaying a first line corresponding to a number of uncompleted actionable items over a time period and a second line corresponding to a rate of completing actionable items of the time period.

14. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , the stages further comprising:

presenting a feedback element in the GUI;

generating feedback data indicating an accuracy of the determining based on a selection of at least one selectable element associated with the feedback element; and

utilizing the feedback data to refine the trained model for identifying actionable items.

15. A system, for presenting actionable items from a received email, comprising: a memory storage including a non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions; and a user device including a processor that executes the instructions to carry out stages comprising:

extracting a portion of the received email and processing the portion with a trained model;

determining that the portion includes at least one new actionable item;

displaying, in a first view of a graphical user interface (“GUI”), a card that:

displays the at least one new actionable item extracted from the received email;

displays a button that the user can select to indicate that the new actionable item has been completed; and

displays a selection element for viewing additional new actionable items within the card.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the card further displays a progress icon that provides a graphical indication of the user's progress through actionable items that have not yet been completed.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the graphical indication includes a circle with a first portion of the circle having a first color indicating completed actionable items and a second portion of the circle having a second color indicating uncompleted actionable items.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the completed actionable items are determined over a seven-day period.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the graphical indication includes a number associated with the percentage of actionable items completed over a period of time.

20. The system of claim 15 , the stages further comprising displaying a second view of the GUI, the second view comprising a graph displaying a first line corresponding to a number of uncompleted actionable items over a time period and a second line corresponding to a rate of completing actionable items of the time period.

Assignments (3)
PATENT ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 5, 2024
From: VMWARE LLC
To: OMNISSA, LLC
Reel/Frame 068327/0365 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2024
From: OMNISSA, LLC
To: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH
Reel/Frame 068118/0004 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 15, 2024
From: VMWARE, INC.
To: VMWARE LLC
Reel/Frame 067102/0395 →