David H Dunkley

US Patent:

20120131020, May 24, 2012

Filed:

Jul 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/182245

Inventors:

KENNETH NITZ - Redwood City CA, US
David Dunkley - Cambria CA, US
Adam Cheyer - Oakland CA, US
Leslie Pound - Sunnyvale CA, US
Stephen L. Hardt - Woodinville WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707749, 707736, 707E17008, 707E17062, 707E17069

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for assembling a set of documents related to a triggering item. One embodiment of a method for assembling a set of electronic documents related to an electronic triggering item detected by a computing device being operated by a user includes automatically extracting by the computing device a set of features from the triggering item, without receiving a request by the user to assemble the set of electronic documents, and assembling as the set of electronic documents a plurality of documents that is relevant to the set of features, wherein the plurality of documents is retrieved from a plurality of different types of electronic sources.