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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2008
Applicants:

Eric S. Peyton, Lisle, IL (US);

Tim W. Bumgarner, Sharpsburg, MD (US);

Todd R. Fernandez, Mountain View, CA (US);

David H. Soghoian, Earlysville, VA (US);

Inventors:

Eric S. Peyton, Lisle, IL (US);

Tim W. Bumgarner, Sharpsburg, MD (US);

Todd R. Fernandez, Mountain View, CA (US);

David H. Soghoian, Earlysville, VA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A computer-implemented method and an apparatus for use in a computing apparatus are disclosed. The method includes determining a context and a data requirement for a candidate action to be selected, the selection specifying an action in a workflow; and filtering the candidate actions for relevance in light of the context and the data requirement. The apparatus, in a first aspect, includes a program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing device, performs the method. In a second aspect, the apparatus includes a computing apparatus programmed to perform the method.


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