Active Messenger Thesis
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Active Messenger
Speech Interface Group

Researchers:		Christopher Schmandt Stefan Marti
Project Web site:		http://web.media.mit.edu/~stefanm/thesis/am.html
Group Web site:		http://www.media.mit.edu/speech/

The Active Messenger is an agent that is capable of taking several steps over time to guarantee the delivery of a message, by trying multiple channels and awaiting possible user reactions.

It infers the location of the user by looking at her communication history and communication behavior. If a message arrives in the user's inbox, the Active Messenger decides if it is important by looking at user-specified rules, as well as correlating it with recent messages, the user's calendar, and her address book.

Depending on the importance of the message and the inferred location of the user, the Active Messenger decides where to send the message, possibly to several devices in turn, monitoring the reactions of the user and the success of the delivery.

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