Scheduling tasks based on cyber-physical-social contexts

US11741437B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ryen William White · Woodinville, US
• Omar SHAYA · Berlin, DE
• Kevin Michael Carter · Atlanta, US
• Yongli Ren · Melbourne, AU
• Jonathan Liono · Melbourne, AU
• Flora D. SALIM · Melbourne, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2023
• Expiry date: Apr 1, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06311
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed for scheduling a task of a user based on a cyber-physical-social (CPS) context of activities. The present disclosure is directed to increasing the efficiency of performing tasks by grouping tasks with the same or similar task CPS contexts so that they are performed in conjunction with one another. A stream of user activities is received that encompasses the CPS context, tasks are identified and classified based on a CPS context model. The CPS model is trained using CPS context and annotations for identified tasks as input to create classes of tasks. The classes of tasks from the model are used to group similar tasks. The present disclosure enables users to receive recommendations on clustering tasks with the same or similar contexts based on an online tool, a location, and collaborators to be performed together to improve productivity.