Visualization of participant relationships and sentiment for electronic messaging

US9076125B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Dragos A. Manolescu · Kirkland, US
• Matthew Jason Pope · Seattle, US
• Raymond E. Ozzie · Seattle, US
• Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer · Mercer Island, US
• F. David Jones · Redmond, US
• Mary P. Czerwinski · Woodinville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 27, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 7, 2015
• Expiry date: Sep 29, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/01
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Providing for graphical visualization of contextual information pertinent to electronic messaging is described herein. By way of example, contextual network usage information or messaging disposition can be determined for a set of participants to electronic communication. The contextual information is compiled into categories and organized at least as a function of category. The compiled data can be transformed into a visualization of user disposition or context and output to a user device as a multi-dimensional graphical rendering. By rendering contextual data graphically, the rich and diverse information available from usage histories, current user context and user dispositions can be output and consumed rapidly and efficiently, resulting in productive electronic interaction.