Enhanced time-management and recommendation system
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPeter K. Malkin, Jacquelyn A. Martino, Clifford A. Pickover, Justin D. Weisz
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Abstract
A set of to-do items may be obtained. A specified window of time may be received. A subset of the to-do items may be automatically prioritized as candidate tasks to be performed during the specified window of time. A prioritized subset of the to-do items may be presented. Based on one or more criteria, the mode of interaction with a user with respect to the to-do items may be in virtual universe.
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A system for time management and recommendation, comprising:
- a processor;
- a user interaction module operable to execute on the processor, and further operable obtain a list of to-do items, the user interaction module further operable to receive a specified window of time representing a block of contiguous time within which a user is available to perform a task;
- an identification module operable to identify a subset of to-do items that can be performed during the specified window of time;
- a prioritization module operable to prioritize the subset of to-do items;
- and
- a switching module operable to determine whether to put a mode of interaction with the user into a virtual universe mode,
- wherein in response to the switching module determining that the user interaction should be put into a virtual universe mode, the user interaction module places its interaction mode into that of virtual universe.
A computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method of time management and recommendation, comprising:
- obtaining a set of to-do items;
- receiving a specified window of time, the window of time representing a block of contiguous time duration that a user is currently available;
- automatically prioritizing a subset of the to-do items to be performed during the specified window of time, the prioritizing based on at least one or more of a ramp-up time needed to begin performing the to-do items, an amount of user attention needed in performing the to-do items, or interruptibility associated with the to-do items, or combinations thereof;
- and
- presenting a prioritized subset of the to-do items to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.