Devices, systems, and methods for context management

A system for contextual management, the system comprising:

• one or more computer-readable media;
• one or more input/output interfaces;
• and
• one or more processors that are configured to cause the system to
• retrieve content information from a first application that is operating on a computing device;
• retrieve context information from the first application;
• retrieve metadata related to a user that is associated with the computing device;
• retrieve context information from other second applications on the computing device;
• send a query to a searching device, wherein the query includes the content information from the first application, the context information from the first application, the metadata related to the user, and the context information from the other second applications;
• extract relevant contents from the content information;
• send the relevant contents, the context information from the first application, the metadata related to the user, and the context information from the other second applications to a recommendation service;
• at the recommendation service, generate a recommendation based on the relevant contents, the context information from the first application, the metadata related to the user, and the context information from the other second applications, wherein the recommendation indicates one or more of a storage location and a digital file;
• and
• send the recommendation to the computing device.

One or more computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

• extracting context information and content information from a collection of content items;
• generating an index of the extracted context information and content information;
• storing the indexed context information and content information;
• receiving a query from computing device, wherein the query is associated with a user;
• determining a context of the user;
• determining a context of a user activity;
• determining contents of the query;
• generating a recommendation in response to the query based on the context of the user, the context of the user activity, and the contents of the query;
• and
• returning the recommendation to the computing device.