Methods for supporting users with task continuity and completion across devices and time

摘要

Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing task continuity and supporting task completion across devices and time. A task management application is configured to monitor one or more interactions between a user and a device. The interactions can include the use of the device, the use of one or more applications, and/or other tasks, subtasks, or other operations. Predictive models constructed from data or logical models can be used to predict the attention resources available or allocated to a task or subtask as well as the attention and affordances available within a context for addressing the task and these inferences can be used to mark or route the task for later reminding and display. In some embodiments, the task management application is configured to remind or execute a follow-up action when a session is resumed. Embodiments include providing users with easy to use gestures and mechanisms for providing input about desired follow up on the same or other devices.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for managing a task, the computer-implemented method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for:
recognizing initiation of a session at a first computing device; identifying one or more tasks or sub-tasks associated with the session; monitoring one or more user interactions with the first computing device to determine if the one or more tasks or sub-tasks associated with the session have not been completed; manually marking, by a user of the first computing device, the one or more tasks or sub-tasks to be continued within a specified context comprising environmental information associated with a second computing device, the environmental information including data collected by one or more sensors in the second computing device; determining that the session has been resumed at the second computing device; and triggering one or more follow-up actions at the second computing device for the one or more tasks or sub-tasks that have been marked, but not been completed, the one or more follow-up actions identified based upon timing data indicating anticipated timing information for the user to complete the one or more tasks or sub-tasks.