Contact relevance based on context

US9230240B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Jill S. Iwasaki · San Diego, US
• Bennett M. King · San Diego, US
• Devarshi Shah · San Diego, US
• Padmapriya Jagannathan · San Diego, US
• Pooja Aggarwal · Bengaluru, IN
• Roger M. Ruuspakka · San Diego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 21, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 5, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 20, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W8/183
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of determining a communications contact relevance for a user includes: analyzing stored contact information of a plurality of contacts with which the user can at least one of receive information from or transmit information to; analyzing context information relevant to likelihoods of imminent communication by the user with the contacts, the context information including information different from ones of the contacts with which the user most recently communicated, the context information further including present user context information and at least one of present context or historical context associated with each of the contacts, respectively; and determining the likelihoods of imminent communication between the user and the contacts based on the context information.