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A method for deducing user intent and providing computer implemented services characterized by the steps of: a) noticing a significant new event occurring within the computer system; b) deducing an intent from the significant new event and from the context in which the new event occurred; and c) pro

A method for deducing user intent and providing computer implemented services characterized by the steps of: a) noticing a significant new event occurring within the computer system; b) deducing an intent from the significant new event and from the context in which the new event occurred; and c) providing a service based upon the new event and its context. Significant events are those which the computer might be able to assist a user, and can be determined by matching the event into a database of recognizable events to make a significant observation. The deduction step takes a delimited set of significant observations and attempts to match the set against a number of intent templates. If there are multiple matches to the intent templates, the matches are ranked and a best guess is made to determine a deduced intent. Service is provided fulfilling all preconditions of a plan associated with the deduced intent, and by sequentially executing the steps of the plan. The apparatus of the present invention implements the method on a pen-based computer system.

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A method of executing an operation on a computer system in response to an opportunistic event occurring in the computer system, opportunistic events recognized by the computer system including at least fax alerts and mail alerts, the method comprising the following steps: (a) monitoring events occur

A method of executing an operation on a computer system in response to an opportunistic event occurring in the computer system, opportunistic events recognized by the computer system including at least fax alerts and mail alerts, the method comprising the following steps: (a) monitoring events occurring in the computer system; (b) recognizing the opportunistic event, the recognizing including the substep of creating a significant observation set having at least one observation of a significant event, significant events including opportunistic events and user initiated events such as pen stroke entry and user defined preferences for handling opportunistic events, the significant observation set being indicative of the opportunistic event; (c) comparing the significant observation set with a plurality of templates stored in the computer system, the templates defining operations that can be performed with the computer system, the templates also specifying one or more steps associated with their operations; (d) selecting a single template from among the plurality of templates, the selected template having the best agreement with the significant observation set; and (e) executing the operation associated with the single template.