Proactive Task Planning With Trigger-Based User Action Prediction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems lack the ability to predict user actions proactively and deliver personalized experiences without requiring runtime inference loops, failing to account for individual user interests and preferences.

Innovation Solution

A centralized action prediction system utilizing a generative model to anticipate user actions based on explicit and inferred interests, preferences, and various data sources, generating proactive task plans that are executed upon trigger events.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If a centralized action prediction system is implemented, then system complexity is reduced and resource utilization is improved, but the ability to predict user actions proactively and deliver personalized experiences is limited without runtime inference loops

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem complexityVSAvoidability to predict user actions
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-computing action predictions during offline training phases using generative models. User action predictions are generated in advance based on historical data and user profiles, stored as proactive task plans with trigger events, eliminating the need for complex runtime inference loops while maintaining personalized prediction capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If multiple systems perform independent action prediction and planning, then system autonomy is maintained, but resource utilization is inefficient and redundancy increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem autonomyVSAvoidresource utilization
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple independent action prediction and planning systems into a single centralized system. The centralized action prediction system consolidates generative models, user profile data, and task planning functions into one unified architecture, eliminating redundant computations across multiple systems while maintaining the autonomy to make independent predictions through centralized intelligence.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If runtime inference loops are used for action prediction, then personalized user experiences can be delivered, but system latency increases and real-time performance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalized user experiencesVSAvoidsystem latency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-computing personalized action predictions during offline training phases. User-specific task plans with associated trigger events are generated in advance and stored for rapid retrieval. When trigger events occur, the system executes pre-computed predictions immediately without requiring time-consuming runtime inference loops, thus delivering personalized experiences with minimal latency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20260004778A1Proactive task planning and execution
Publication Date: 2026.01.01 AMAZON TECH INC
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AI summary

Techniques for predicting an action(s) to perform for a user and, optionally, delivering proactive experiences are described. A system receives data usable to determine a predicted action of a user and invokes a generative model to process the data and determine the predicted action. The system may thereafter determine a system-performable action corresponding to the predicted action and determine a task(s) for executing the system-performable action. The system may also invoke the or another generative model to determine a trigger event(s) for triggering performance of the task(s). The system may receive an event indicating the trigger event(s) has occurred and, based thereon, perform the task(s). Alternatively, a generative model may determine proactive content is to be output during a dialog with the user and, based thereon, the system may perform the task(s).