Identification of a significant communication from a revived contact
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorVenkat Sreekanth KANNEPALLI
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Abstract
A system identifies a significant communication from a revived contact. A user and the contact interact, and the interaction is monitored to determine a weighted significance value to attribute to the contact. The interaction may include communication, a designation of significance by the user, and organizational associations. The weighted significance value is attributed to the contact. A subsequent communication is detected and a weighted time difference value for the subsequent communication is determined. If the subsequent communication satisfies a significant communication condition, then the subsequent communication is designated as a significant communication.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a communication monitoring service configured to detect a new communication received by a user from a contact;
- and
- a revived contact identifier configured to:
- identify a previous communication between the user and the contact;
- determine a weighted time difference value for the received new communication, the weighted time difference value being based on a time interval between the previous communication and the new communication, the weighted time difference value being higher when the time interval is longer;
- and
- designate the received new communication as a significant communication, responsive to determining that the weighted time difference value satisfies a significant communication condition.
A method comprising:
- detecting a new communication received by a user from a contact;
- identifying a previous communication between the user and the contact;
- determining a weighted time difference value for the received new communication, the weighted time difference value being based on a time interval between the previous communication and the new communication, the weighted time difference value being higher when the time interval is longer;
- and
- designating the received new communication as a significant communication, responsive to determining that the weighted time difference value satisfies a significant communication condition.
One or more tangible processor-readable storage media embodied with instructions for executing on one or more processors and circuits of a device a process comprising:
- detecting a new communication received by a user from a contact;
- identifying a previous communication between the user and the contact;
- determining a weighted time difference value for the received new communication, the weighted time difference value being based on a time interval between the previous communication and the new communication, the weighted time difference value being higher when the time interval is longer;
- and
- designating the received new communication as a significant, responsive to determining that the weighted time difference value satisfies a significant communication condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.