Affecting user experience based on assessed state

One or more computer-readable storage media that store executable instructions to determine state information that applies to a user, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform acts comprising:

• receiving first information that relates to a user;
• receiving second information that is not specific to said user, said second information being distinct from said first information;
• based on said first information and said second information, inferring a state of said user;
• and
• generating data to create a user experience, wherein said data that is created is based on said state that has been inferred for said user.

A system for creating a user experience based on state information, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• a processor;
• a state information component that is stored in said memory and that executes on said processor, wherein said state information component comprises:
• an inference engine that infers, based on information that relates to a user, state information that applies to said user;
• and
• an experience generation component that generates data to create a user experience, wherein said experience generation component generates said data based on said state information, wherein said state information comprises:
• a flag that represents transient information concerning said user;
• a pattern that represents information that is recurrently, but not constantly, true about said user;
• or
• a badge that represents durable information about said user.