Automatically generating activity summaries based on signals obtained from plural devices and logic components

One or more computing devices for assisting a user in generating summary documents, comprising:

• hardware logic circuitry, the hardware logic circuitry including:
• (a) one or more hardware processors that perform operations by executing machine-readable instructions stored in a memory, and/or (b) one or more other hardware logic components that perform the operations using a task-specific collection of logic gates, the operations including:
• receiving a plurality of activity signals from plural computer programs running on one or more computing devices associated with a subject, the plural computer programs including computer programs that perform different respective functions,
• each activity signal including an activity information item (AII) that corresponds to digital data that describes an activity performed by the subject, or to be performed by the subject, as recorded by a particular computer program, and
• the plurality of activity signals including at least one movement signal, each movement signal including an AII that describes movement of the subject from a first location to a second location as logged by a movement-logging computer program, each movement signal being received from a portable computing device that includes one or more movement-sensing devices that detect movement of the portable computing device;
• extracting AIIs from the activity signals, and storing the AIIs extracted from the activity signals in a graph data structure in response to commands submitted to a graph programming interface, the graph data structure being stored in a data store and including nodes that are digital data items associated with respective entities, and links between the nodes that describe relationships among the entities, each computer program being configured to interact with the graph data structure via the graph programming interface;
• receiving an invocation event that signals a start of a summary-preparation process;
• determining, by interrogating the graph data structure, by submitting commands to the graph programming interface, one or more activity clusters within a span of time, each activity cluster pertaining to a group of AIIs associated with a same encompassing project, the AIIs in each activity cluster being connected together by one or more links in the graph data structure;
• generating, in at least a semi-automatic manner, one or more summary documents based on said one or more activity clusters that are identified;
• and
• sending said one or more summary documents to an output device.

A computer-readable storage medium for storing computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by one or more hardware processors, performing a method that comprises:

• receiving a plurality of activity signals from plural computer programs running on one or more computing devices associated with a subject, the plural computer programs including computer programs that perform different respective functions, each activity signal including an activity information item (AII) that describes an activity performed by the subject, or to be performed by the subject, as recorded by a particular computer program, the plurality of activity signals including:
• at least one movement signal, each movement signal including an AII that describes movement of the subject from a first location to a second location as logged by a movement-logging computer program, each movement signal being received from a portable computing device that includes one or more movement-sensing devices that detect movement of the portable computing device;
• at least one document preparation signal, each document preparation signal including an AII that describes creation and/or editing of a document using a document-processing computer program;
• and
• at least one calendar signal, each calendar signal including an AII that describes an event which the subject is scheduled to attend;
• extracting AIIs from the activity signals, and storing the AIIs extracted from the activity signals in a graph data structure in response to commands submitted to a graph programming interface, the data structure being stored in a data store and including nodes that are digital data items associated with respective entities, and links between the nodes that describe relationships among the entities, each computer program being configured to interact with the graph data structure via the graph programming interface;
• receiving an invocation event that signals a start of a summary-preparation process;
• determining, by interrogating the graph data structure, by submitting commands to the graph programming interface, one or more activity clusters within a span of time, each activity cluster pertaining to a group of AIIs associated with a same encompassing project, the AIIs in each activity cluster being connected together by one or more links in the graph data structure,
• said determining including, for at least one activity cluster:
• identifying a seed AII to be associated with a new activity cluster;
• interrogating the graph data structure via the graph programming interface to find one or more other AIIs that are linked to the seed AII;
• and
• adding said one or more other AIIs to the new cluster;
• generating, in at least a semi-automatic manner, one or more summary documents based on said one or more activity clusters that are identified;
• and
• sending said one or more summary documents to an output device.