	US 12,265,580 B2
	Automatic generation of markers based on social interaction
Gur Kimchi, Bellevue, WA (US); Stephen L Lawler, Redmond, WA (US); Blaise H. Aguera y Arcas, Seattle, WA (US); and Eyal Ofek, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/359,588.
Application 18/359,588 is a continuation of application No. 14/051,692, filed on Oct. 11, 2013, granted, now 11,734,366.
Application 14/051,692 is a continuation of application No. 12/414,849, filed on Mar. 31, 2009, granted, now 8,560,515, issued on Oct. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0367824 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/95 (2019.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01)

CPC G06F 16/95 (2019.01) [G06Q 10/10 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

storing a marker associated with a first condition and a second condition, wherein the first condition is associated with a first task and the second condition is associated with a second task, wherein the first task has been performed and the second task has not been performed, wherein the marker is a subsequent marker created to remind a user to perform the second task upon presenting a previous marker associated with the first task;

obtaining data associated with the second condition and the user associated with the marker;

analyzing the data to determine if the second condition associated with the marker has been met to determine whether to render the marker associated with the first task and the second task;

based on determining that the second condition associated with the marker has not been met, automatically generating the marker; and

automatically rendering the marker in one or more applications associated with the user to remind the user to perform the second task that has not been performed associated with the first task that has been performed.