Baydin, Inc. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140257902 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCORPORATING CALENDAR FUNCTIONALITY INTO ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - A system is provided which determines that an electronic message contains natural language that relates to calendar functionality. Calendar functionality may broadly be considered any function relating to a typical Calendar application or any function typically applied to a calendar entry in an electronic calendar system or calendar application. The system may determine an association between said natural language and structured data, and modify a representation of said natural language to reflect the association between said natural language and structured data. The structured data may be structured data from a user's electronic calendar system. | 09-11-2014 |
20130007155 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING GAME MECHANICS TO THE COMPLETION OF TASKS BY USERS - The methods and systems described herein provide for effective and efficient completion of tasks by users of a computing device. Specifically, the present invention provides users with a proprietary workflow for timing the completion of a task by a user and scoring a user's ability to complete a task within a predetermined length of time. One exemplary embodiment provides for managing the completion of tasks in a task list, timing a user's ability to complete certain tasks, and providing feedback to the user according to their progress. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006403 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING GAME MECHANICS TO THE COMPLETION OF TASKS BY USERS - The methods and systems described herein provide for effective and efficient completion of tasks by users of a computing device. Specifically, the present invention provides users with a proprietary workflow for timing the completion of a task by a user and scoring a user's ability to complete a task within a predetermined length of time. One exemplary embodiment provides for managing electronic messages by scoring their ability to apply actions to messages. Incentives are provided to users to encourage users to apply actions to messages through positive and negative feedback. Scores determined for any particular user may be determined based on the elapsed time between being provided with a message and applying an action to it, or may be determined based on the contents of a message. | 01-03-2013 |