Method and System for Improving Personal Productivity in Home Environments

Abstract

Method and system for improving personal productivity in home environments may store state information associated with an environment and one or more users in a knowledge base, detected activity of a user, infer location of the user based on the detected activity, and suggest one or more tasks to be performed based on the inferred user location.

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         17 . A method of improving personal productivity in an environment, comprising:
 storing state information associated with an environment and one or more users in a knowledge base;   detecting activity of a user;   inferring location of the user based on the detected activity; and   suggesting one or more tasks to be performed based on the inferred user location.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the inferring location includes using the state information associated with the environment and the detected activity of the user to infer current location of the user. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the detecting activity includes sensing user present using a plurality of sensors distributed in the environment. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the detecting activity includes receiving user input commands. 
     
     
         21 . (canceled) 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the activity of the user includes voice command, movement, put action, take action, or a task performance, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the detecting activity includes receiving user input commands via a mobile device co-located with the user. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the user input commands include voice commands, input via a user interface input, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 17 , further including:
 determining one or more future tasks the user should perform based on the detected activity and the inferred location;   determining a time at which to send a notification to the user to perform the determined one or mare future tasks.   
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 17 , further including:
 receiving feedback associated with the suggestion.   
     
     
         27 - 36 . (canceled)