Providing user-defined parameters to an activity assistant

摘要

Disclosed herein is an “activity assistant” and an “activity assistant user interface” that provides users with dynamically-selected “activities” that are intelligently tailored to the user's world. For example, a graphical UI includes selectable context elements, each of which corresponds to a user-attribute whose value provides a signal to the activity assistant. In response to selecting a parameter associated with at least one of the selectable context elements, a first signal is generated and provided to the activity assistant. In response to providing the signal, one or more activities are populated and ordered based, at least in part, on the signal, and subsequently displayed. The parameters may include a current mood of a user, a current location of the user, associations with other users, and a time during which the user desires to carry out the activity in some examples.

主权项

1. A method of interfacing with an activity assistant processing system comprising:
providing for display a graphical interface comprising a plurality of selectable context elements, wherein each of the plurality of selectable context elements corresponds to at least one of a mood, a location, or a time during which to carry out at least one activity of a plurality of activities, wherein each of the plurality of selectable context elements is associated with one or more respective parameters; selecting a first parameter associated with at least one selectable context element of the plurality of selectable context elements; modifying, in response to the selected first parameter, an indicated parameter associated with at least one other selectable context element of the plurality of selectable context elements; generating, in response to the selected first parameter and the modified indicated parameter, a first signal and providing the first signal to the activity assistant processing system; receiving the plurality of activities populated and ordered based, at least in part, on the first signal; and providing for display the plurality of activities ordered based at least in part on the first signal.