Controls and displays for acquiring preferences, inspecting behavior, and guiding the learning and decision policies of an adaptive communications prioritization and …

EJ Horvitz, GP Baribault - US Patent 7,844,666, 2010 - Google Patents
G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY
ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR …

Inferring road speeds for context-sensitive routing

EJ Horvitz, S Srinivasan, MS Subramani… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
US PATENT DOCUMENTS velocities for different contexts where only statistics and/or
posted speed limits were available before. The predictive 5.444442 A 8, 1995 Sadakata et …

Methods, tools, and interfaces for the dynamic assignment of people to groups to enable enhanced communication and collaboration

EJ Horvitz, CM Kadie, S Blagsvedt - US Patent 7,644,144, 2010 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system for optimizing the value of communications between
communicating parties is provided. The system includes a communication group manager …

Positioning and rendering notification heralds based on user's focus of attention and activity

EJ Horvitz, JT Apacible, CD Sareen - US Patent 7,743,340, 2010 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to a system and method to facilitate providing computer users
With ef? cient access to electronic noti? cations While minimizing disruption in the context of …

Sensing, storing, indexing, and retrieving data leveraging measures of user activity, attention, and interest

ST Dumais, EJ Horvitz - US Patent 7,693,817, 2010 - Google Patents
US. PATENT DOCUMENTS data manipulation system is provided. The system includes one
or more data items that are associated With one or more 5,493,692 A 2/1996 Theimer et a1 …

Methods and architecture for learning and reasoning in support of context-sensitive reminding, informing, and service facilitation

EJ Horvitz - US Patent 7,797,267, 2010 - Google Patents
US7797267B2 - Methods and architecture for learning and reasoning in support of context-sensitive
reminding, informing, and service facilitation - Google Patents US7797267B2 - Methods and …

Guiding sensing and preferences for context-sensitive services

JT Apacible, EJ Horvitz, MS Subramani - US Patent 7,831,679, 2010 - Google Patents
US7831679B2 - Guiding sensing and preferences for context-sensitive services - Google
Patents US7831679B2 - Guiding sensing and preferences for context-sensitive services …

Subscription management in a media sharing service

D Plastina, D Jones, RA Haveson - US Patent 7,792,756, 2010 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Digital media content such as audio, video, and images may be consumed
by a user on a variety of devices such as personal computers, personal digital assistants …

Traffic forecasting employing modeling and analysis of probabilistic interdependencies and contextual data

EJ Horvitz, JT Apacible, RK Sarin - US Patent 7,698,055, 2010 - Google Patents
Systems and methods are described for constructing predic tive models, based on statistical
machine learning, that can make forecasts about traffic flows and congestions, based on an …

Methods and architecture for cross-device activity monitoring, reasoning, and visualization for providing status and forecasts of a users' presence and availability

EJ Horvitz, P Koch, JT Apacible, CM Kadie - US Patent 7,739,210, 2010 - Google Patents
(54) METHODS AND ARCHITECTURE FOR 5,544,321 A 8/1996 Theimer et a1. CROSS-
DEVICE ACTIVITY MONITORING, 5,555,376 A 9/1996 Theimer et al. REASONING, AND …