Phone Messages

Sensor parameters description for [PHONE_MESSAGES]:

Key	Description
[TABLE]	Database table where the messages data is stored

RAPIDS provider

Available day segments and platforms

• Available for all day segments
• Available for Android only

File Sequence

- data/raw/{pid}/phone_messages_raw.csv
- data/raw/{pid}/phone_messages_with_datetime.csv
- data/interim/{pid}/phone_messages_features/phone_messages_{language}_{provider_key}.csv
- data/processed/features/{pid}/phone_messages.csv

Parameters description for [PHONE_MESSAGES][PROVIDERS][RAPIDS]:

Key	Description
[COMPUTE]	Set to True to extract PHONE_MESSAGES features from the RAPIDS provider
[MESSAGES_TYPES]	The messages_type that will be analyzed. The options for this parameter are received or sent.
[FEATURES]	Features to be computed, see table below for [MESSAGES_TYPES] received and sent

Features description for [PHONE_MESSAGES][PROVIDERS][RAPIDS]:

Feature	Units	Description
count	messages	Number of messages of type messages_type that occurred during a particular day_segment.
distinctcontacts	contacts	Number of distinct contacts that are associated with a particular messages_type during a particular day_segment.
timefirstmessages	minutes	Number of minutes between 12:00am (midnight) and the first message of a particular messages_type during a particular day_segment.
timelastmessages	minutes	Number of minutes between 12:00am (midnight) and the last message of a particular messages_type during a particular day_segment.
countmostfrequentcontact	messages	Number of messages from the contact with the most messages of messages_type during a day_segment throughout the whole dataset of each participant.

Assumptions/Observations

1. [MESSAGES_TYPES] and [FEATURES] keys in config.yaml need to match. For example, [MESSAGES_TYPES] sent matches the [FEATURES] key sent