US 11,887,062 B2
Proactively displaying relevant information related to an event on a search page
Yuan Wei, Kirkland, WA (US); Wayne Sun, South River, NJ (US); Tali Roth, Kirkland, WA (US); Miles Cole Fitzgerald, New York, NY (US); and Michael Francis Palermiti, II, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/592,002.
Application 17/592,002 is a continuation of application No. 16/395,014, filed on Apr. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,244,287.
Prior Publication US 2022/0156702 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01)
CPC G06Q 10/1095 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for proactively presenting information associated with an event involving a user, the method comprising:
receiving, at a client device of the user, a selection of a search icon associated with presenting event information for events associated with the user;
obtaining event information about an upcoming event associated with the user, wherein obtaining the event information comprises, in response to receiving the selection of the search icon and without receiving additional inputs other than the selection of the search icon:
identifying a calendar invitation for the upcoming event;
identifying at least one email conversation associated with the calendar invitation;
identifying at least one file associated with the calendar invitation; and
identifying at least one contact from a contact database included within the calendar invitation based on the at least one contact not being included within a contact list of the user of the client device; and
generating and presenting an event icon within a graphical user interface of a displayed search page on the client device, the event icon including a plurality of selectable icons, each of the selectable icons being associated with one of the at least one email conversation associated with the calendar invitation and at least one file associated with the calendar invitation.