Generating Action Elements Suggesting Content for Ongoing Tasks

A computer-implemented method for task-specific action element generation, the method comprising:

• storing, by a computing system, a list of one or more ongoing tasks, wherein each ongoing task has an associated continually updated probabilistic transition graph;
• for a respective ongoing task in the one or more ongoing tasks:
• identifying, by the computing system, a next step intent for the respective task based at least in part on the associated continually updated probabilistic transition graph and historical user data descriptive of historical user actions;
• determining, by the computing system, a suggested content item for at least the respective ongoing task based on the next step intent;
• and
• surfacing for display to the user, by the computing system, a selectable action element for at least the respective ongoing task, the selectable action element configured to provide access to at least one suggested content item for at least the respective ongoing task.

A computing system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions executable by the one or more processors and that upon such execution cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• storing a list of one or more ongoing tasks, wherein each ongoing task has an associated continually updated probabilistic transition graph;
• for a respective ongoing task in the one or more ongoing tasks:
• identifying a next step intent for the respective task based at least in part on the associated continually updated probabilistic transition graph and historical user data descriptive of historical user actions;
• determining a suggested content item for at least the respective ongoing task based on the next step intent;
• and
• surfacing for display to the user a selectable action element for at least the respective ongoing task, the selectable action element configured to provide access to at least one suggested content item for at least the respective ongoing task.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a computing system and that upon such execution cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining, by the computing system, historical user data descriptive of historical user actions taken in one or more past user online sessions, wherein the historical user data has been annotated with annotations descriptive of attributes of content associated with the user actions;
• identifying, by the computing system, one or more ongoing tasks from the historical user data, wherein at least one task in the one or more tasks are ongoing;
• generating, by the computing system, a list of one or more ongoing tasks by determining, for each respective task in the one more or tasks, whether the respective task is ongoing or completed;
• for a respective ongoing task in the one or more ongoing tasks:
• accessing, by the computing system, a continually updated probabilistic transition graph for the respective task;
• and
• identifying, by the computing system, a next step intent for the respective task based at least in part on the continually updated probabilistic transition graph;
• determining, by the computing system, a suggested content item for at least the respective ongoing task based on the next step intent;
• and
• surfacing for display to the user, by the computing system, a selectable action element for at least the respective ongoing task, the selectable action element configured to provide access to at least one suggested content item for at least the respective ongoing task.