User-centric contextual information for browser

A method for provisioning contextual information to a user during a browsing session, comprising:

• maintaining a user-information graph including a plurality of facts associated with the user and derived from interaction by the user with a computer service, wherein the user-information graph includes a constituent graph structure with edges connecting it to one or more other constituent graph structures, each constituent graph structure including a plurality of nodes;
• determining a recognized context based on one or more user-centric facts in the information graph;
• identifying information pertaining to the recognized context, the information being based at least on one or more facts in the user-information graph;
• and
• displaying the information to the user.

A system for providing contextual information to a user during a browsing session, comprising:

• a logic device;
• and
• a storage device configured to hold:
• a user-information graph including a plurality of facts associated with the user and derived from interaction by the user with a computer service, wherein the user-information graph includes a constituent graph structure with edges connecting it to one or more other constituent graph structures, each constituent graph structure including a plurality of nodes;
• instructions executable by the logic device to:
• recognize a context of interaction with a browser application by a user;
• and
• present information pertaining to the context, the information being based on the context and at least on one or more facts in the user-information graph.