Can affect the user experience based on the state that have been evaluated

摘要

State information about user may be used to affect the way in which an application or service behaves with respect to that user. In one example, inferences about the user are drawn based on user-specific and/or non-user-specific information. Examples of user-specific information may include the user's location, searches the user has performed, purchases the user has made, etc. Non-user-specific information may include bus schedules, movie schedules, maps, etc. Inferences about the user's state may be drawn from this information. Types of state information include flags (relatively transient state information), patterns (recurring state information), and badges (relatively durable state information). State information may be made transparent to the user, and the user may be given a chance to affirm or reject state information that has been inferred about that user.