公开(公告)号：US20070043687A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-22

申请号：US11206829

申请日：2005-08-19

申请人： Andrew Bodart ,  Chris Condon

发明人： Andrew Bodart ,  Chris Condon

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06Q10/107

摘要： Systems and methods for assisting a user with a variety of tasks are provided. A virtual assistant has access to a user's contacts, calendar, and location. The virtual assistant also is able to access information about weather, traffic, and mass transit, and is able to adjust the time of for alerting a user about an upcoming appointment. The virtual assistant also has a rules engine enabling a user to create rules for handling incoming calls and instant messages, rerouting calls based on their caller identification. The virtual assistant also has a query engine enabling a user to find a document and to work with it, including sending it to a contact in the user's address book. Interfaces to virtual assistant may include installed software client, web browser, SMS/instant message, as well as an interactive voice response system.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于帮助用户进行各种任务的系统和方法。 虚拟助手可以访问用户的联系人，日历和位置。 虚拟助手还能够访问有关天气，交通和公共交通的信息，并且能够调整用户提醒即将到来的约会的时间。 虚拟助理还具有一个规则引擎，使用户能够创建处理来电和即时消息的规则，根据呼叫者身份重新路由呼叫。 虚拟助手还具有一个查询引擎，使用户能够查找文档并与之一起工作，包括将其发送到用户地址簿中的联系人。 与虚拟助手的接口可能包括已安装的软件客户端，Web浏览器，SMS /即时消息以及交互式语音响应系统。