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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2001
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
David O. Hovel, Bellevue, WA (US);
Andrew W. Jacobs, Seattle, WA (US);
Carl M. Kadie, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
David O. Hovel, Bellevue, WA (US);
Andrew W. Jacobs, Seattle, WA (US);
Carl M. Kadie, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system () and methodology () to enable a variety of information associated with one or more notification sources (-) to be directed to one or more notification sinks (-) via a notification platform architecture (). The architecture () includes a context analyzer () for determining a user's state such as location and attentional focus, wherein the user's state is employed by a notification manager () to make decisions regarding what, when and how information generated by the notification sources (-) should be forwarded to the notification sinks (-), for example. These decisions can include a cost benefit analysis wherein considerations are given as to whether the benefits of notifying the user are outweighed by the costs of disrupting the user. Decision-theoretic policies () and/or somewhat less formal heuristic policies () can be employed to enable the decision-making process within the notification manager ().