Task Reminder Generator Context Extraction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing task reminder systems rely heavily on manual inputs and fail to provide sufficient context, making it difficult for users to recall the cause and effect associated with task reminders, especially when tasks are triggered by messages that require detailed information.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method that identifies a task description from a message and generates a task reminder based on context information, such as the association between the task description and the application, allowing users to easily recall the original message and details by displaying context information like sender, timestamp, and other relevant details.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If manual work is used to generate task reminders, then users can control the reminder content, but the system cannot provide enough context and users cannot recall the cause and effect

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontext informationVSAvoidmanual input requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically extracts task descriptions and generates reminders by processing messages from applications, eliminating the need for manual input while preserving full context information. The system serves itself by autonomously capturing and storing relevant details such as sender, timestamp, and message content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary layer between the message source and the task reminder, automatically processing and enriching the information. This intermediary captures context information from applications and transforms it into structured reminder entries with full contextual details.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If detailed context information is included in task reminders, then users can recall the scenario and details, but the reminder becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontext informationVSAvoidreminder structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the context information into distinct fields (sender, timestamp, message content, application source), organizing complex information into manageable components. This segmentation maintains comprehensibility while preserving all necessary details for user recall.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11244288B2Task reminder generator
Publication Date: 2022.02.08 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

Systems and methods are provided for generating task reminders. The method includes identifying, using a processor, a task description by parsing digital text from a message in an application. The method further includes obtaining context information from the parsed digital text indicating an association between the task description and the application. The method additionally includes generating, using the processor, a task reminder based on the obtained context information, the task reminder including digital text indicating the association between the task description and the application.