1. Field of Art
The disclosure generally relates to the field of data collection and data mining in computing devices.
2. Description of Art
As mobile computing technology advances, more and more applications become available for mobile computing devices. As a result, users use the mobile computing devices to perform more activities. In addition, mobile computing devices are also equipped with increasing number of sensors such as Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, accelerometers, and proximity sensors. These sensors, coupled with the increased number of applications, give users access to even more information than has previously been available.
The information from the different sources has inherently relationships (e.g., the GPS receiver tracks the current geographic location while the calendar application provides the user's scheduling information). Currently, there is no solution to automatically collect and analyze the user information available on multiple sources of the mobile computing device to discover the inherent relationships and to provide the user with summaries of the collected user information and the relationships. Accordingly, there is lacking in the art, inter alia, techniques for collecting and analyzing user activities on a mobile computing device.