WO2014062209A1 - Système et procédés associés de mise à jour dynamique du contenu d'un dossier sur un dispositif - Google Patents

Système et procédés associés de mise à jour dynamique du contenu d'un dossier sur un dispositif Download PDF

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WO2014062209A1
WO2014062209A1 PCT/US2013/023628 US2013023628W WO2014062209A1 WO 2014062209 A1 WO2014062209 A1 WO 2014062209A1 US 2013023628 W US2013023628 W US 2013023628W WO 2014062209 A1 WO2014062209 A1 WO 2014062209A1
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Rami Kasterstein
Amihay Ben-David
Joey Joseph Simhon
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Myers Wolin, Llc
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    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
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  • the invention generally relates to display of applications on a device, and more specifically to techniques for adding applications to folders on a device.
  • Application programs also known as applications or Apps, are designed to help a user of a mobile device, (typically a smart phone or tablet computer) to perform specific tasks.
  • Applications may be installed on a computing device, or may be accessible and sometimes downloadable from a web source such as, for example the AppStore®.
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • a creation of a folder and placing applications in a folder is performed manually by applying different gestures. For example, a user of a mobile device can tap on an icon of one application and then drag the icon onto another icon representing a different application, in order to create a folder. Thereafter, any application can be tapped and dragged to the created folder. This allows reducing the clutter on the mobile device's display.
  • the created folder can be automatically named by the operating system of the device or manually named by the user. For example, a user can place all icons of gaming applications in one folder and name the folder "games".
  • Certain embodiments disclosed herein include a method for dynamically updating contents of a folder on a mobile device.
  • the method comprises identifying at least a folder on the mobile device as a dynamic folder; determining at least a context parameter respective of the dynamic folder; searching for applications that can be added to the dynamic folder respective of the at least context parameter; generating an icon respective of each application found by the search; and displaying each icon respective of each application in the dynamic folder.
  • Certain embodiments disclosed herein also include a system for dynamically updating contents of a folder on a mobile device.
  • the system comprises an interface for receiving identification from a user that at least a folder on the mobile device is a dynamic folder; a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor configured to store a plurality of instructions that when executed cause the system to perform;
  • determining at least a context parameter respective of the dynamic folder searching for applications that can be added to the dynamic folder respective of the at least context parameter; generating an icon respective of each application found by the search; and displaying each icon respective of each application in the dynamic folder.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a system in accordance with an embodiment
  • Figure 2 is a flowchart describing the operation of the system for updating a dynamic folder on a device in accordance with an embodiment
  • Figure 3 is a screenshot of a screen of a mobile device displaying the updating of a dynamic folder on a device in accordance with an embodiment.
  • Certain embodiments disclosed herein include a system and method for updating folders that exist on a mobile device.
  • the system identifies a folder on the mobile device as a dynamic folder and further identifies at least one context parameter respective of the dynamic folder.
  • a search is made locally on the user's mobile device, on the Internet, or on both locations to identify applications that can be added to the dynamic folder.
  • One or more icons representing the one or more applications thereby found are then displayed in the dynamic folder. Such representations may be for accessing the one more applications directly or for shortcuts thereto.
  • An application discussed herein includes, but is not limited to, a native
  • a native application is any software application that runs on a mobile device and can, but is not required to, be accessed by using the Internet or via a connection to the Internet.
  • a native application is installed on smart phones or tablet computers (Apps for Apple's iPhone® and iPAD®). Examples for native applications include applications that play movies, applications that download songs, applications through which a user can order a pizza, applications through which a user can request an electrician to make a house call, and the like.
  • a web application is any application that can be accessed on the World Wide Web (WWW) via a web browser.
  • WWW World Wide Web
  • a web application is executed by a web server and the user's device (client) receives the processing results, for example, a web application for booking flight tickets.
  • native applications and web applications are presented in the dynamic folders by using different folders.
  • FIG. 1 shows an exemplary and non-limiting schematic diagram of a network system 100 utilized to describe the various embodiments disclosed herein.
  • a user mobile device 1 10 such as but not limited to, a tablet computer, a smart phone, and the like, communicates with a network 120.
  • the network 120 may be wired, wireless, cellular, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a metro area network (MAN), the Internet, the WWW, the like, and any combination thereof.
  • LAN local area network
  • WAN wide area network
  • MAN metro area network
  • the Internet the WWW, the like, and any combination thereof.
  • a server 130 identifies a folder on the user device as a dynamic folder. The identification may be made by receiving a notification from a user through the mobile device 1 10.
  • a definition of a dynamic folder may be a default of the folder. That is, any new folder created on the mobile device is set to be a dynamic folder.
  • the server 130 then identifies a context parameter respective of the dynamic folder and processes the context parameter using a processing unit 140, operative by execution of instructions stored in a memory 145.
  • the context parameter may be, for example, the folder name.
  • the server 130 further analyzes the contents of a dynamic folder, if such exist to determine the context parameter. That is, the server 130 determines to which category each application currently contained in the dynamic folder belongs, and based on the categories of most of the applications contained therein, determines the context parameters. For example, if it is determined that the majority of the applications can be categorized as gaming applications, the context parameter may be set to "games".
  • the analysis may result in a folder being given different name, for example, if the user names the folder as "play time" and the folder includes only gaming applications, the analysis performed by the server 130 would result with a context parameter equal to "games."
  • the value of the context parameter may be set by default as the folder name provided by the user, and later when additional applications are placed therein by the user, the context parameter may be updated by the analysis performed by the users.
  • the context parameters may be stored in a database 150 for further use.
  • the identification of the context parameter may be performed by an agent (not shown) or a native application installed on the mobile device 1 10. According to this embodiment, the identification of the context parameter may be performed offline, with no connectivity to the network 120.
  • the server 130 searches locally on the mobile device 1 10, the network 120, or both the device 1 10 and network 120, for applications that can be added to the dynamic folder.
  • the server 130 then generates icons respective of the one or more applications found.
  • An icon may represent an application or a shortcut to an application.
  • the server 130 then displays the one or more icons in the dynamic folder on the user's device. When the user device is not connected to the network 120 the search can only be made locally on the mobile device 1 10.
  • the server 130 receives a request from the user through the mobile device 1 10 to add or remove icons, to and from the dynamic folder respectively.
  • the server 130 can also identify applications that are not in use or are no longer relevant and remove them from the dynamic folder unless such applications were explicitly added by the user or identified as keepers.
  • the resources 160 include, but are not limited to, a plurality of web search engines, servers of content providers, vertical comparison engines, servers of content publishers, and so on.
  • the resources 160 may include "cloud-based" applications, that is, applications executed by servers in a cloud- computing infrastructure, such as, but not limited to, a private-cloud, a public-cloud, or any combination thereof.
  • the cloud-computing infrastructure is typically realized through a data center.
  • the search for applications or content to be included in the dynamic folder may include selection of one or more resources 160 based on the context parameter.
  • the search server 120 is configured to determine which resources 160-1 through 160-n would be the most appropriate resource(s) to address the users' preference for the dynamic folder respective of the at least one context parameter.
  • a method for searching for most appropriate resource(s) is further described in the above-reference US patent application No. 13/712,563.
  • a local search for applications already installed on the mobile device 1 10 is performed.
  • the local search is performed when the mobile device 1 10 has no connection to the server 130 or when the server 130 cannot retrieve search results through the network.
  • the "off-line" search is performed by an application installed on the mobile device and is configured to remotely implement the tasks of the servers 130 for searching applications installed on the mobile device 1 10 that can be added to the dynamic folder 1 10 based on the at least one context parameter.
  • Fig. 2 depicts an exemplary and non-limiting flowchart 200 of a method for updating dynamic folders on a user's device according to one embodiment.
  • a folder on a user device for example, the mobile device 1 10 is identified as a dynamic folder by the server 130. Such identification may be made respective of the settings on the mobile device 1 10.
  • At least one context parameter respective of the dynamic folder is identified.
  • the context parameter may be set, for example, based on the name of the dynamic folder, the contents of the dynamic folder, and so on.
  • the server 130 is configured to check if the assigned name correlates to the dynamic folder's contents. If the assigned name does not correlate, an appropriate name is determined by the server 130. As noted above, such determination may be based on the category of each application in the dynamic folder that uniquely identifies the stored application.
  • a search is performed by the server 130 for one or more applications that can be added to the dynamic folder.
  • the search can be performed locally on the mobile device 1 10, in the network 120, for resources 160, or any combination thereof.
  • searching the network 120 may include searching central repositories of applications designed for mobile devices.
  • the search can be performed in AppStore®, GooglePlay®, MS Store, a cooperative repository, and the like.
  • the search may include querying one or more repositories with the context parameter.
  • a search for resources 160 is performed by the server 130 to select the most appropriate resource(s) to address the users' preference for the dynamic folder respective of the at least one context parameter.
  • a search on the mobile device 1 10 is performed to find applications locally installed on the mobile device 1 10 that can be added to the dynamic folder.
  • the local search can also be performed when the mobile device 1 10 has no active connection with the server 130.
  • the search results i.e., the applications and/or resources 160 returned by the search can be sorted and/or filtered to provide the most appropriate applications to the user.
  • the filtering and/or sorting is performed using at least one external parameter.
  • the external parameter characterizes at least one of: a user of the mobile device and the user's device.
  • the external parameter may include, but is not limited to, demographic information respective of the user, a location of the mobile device, type of the operating system of the device, and the like. For example, if the external parameter includes the user's age, then age-restricted applications found by the search (S230) can be filtered. As another example, if the operating system of the mobile device is iOS®, applications that are incompatible with this type of operating system will be filtered out.
  • the external parameter may be received from the mobile device and external databases (e.g., database 150).
  • one or more icons respective of the one or more applications found are generated.
  • the one or more icons respective of the one or more applications are displayed in the folder on the user's device.
  • web applications may be represented by a different icon than the native applications, for example, as round icons.
  • an icon may be any type of graphical symbol rendered and displayed over the display of the user device. Clicking or tapping on the icon activates the respective application or provides a link to an information resource (e.g., a news website), thereby providing the user with the desired information and/or action.
  • an icon may be in a form of a widget or a gadget that can activate and/or provide a link to a respective resource on the web.
  • the widget or gadget is associated with an application selected as described in detail above.
  • the server 130 requests the user to authorize or authenticate the placement in order to complete the operation. [0032] In S270, it is checked whether additional folders identified by the server 130 are to be added to the dynamic folder, and if so, execution continues with S220;
  • FIG. 3 shows an exemplary and non-limiting screenshot 300 of a screen of a typical mobile device 310.
  • a user enters the dynamic folder's name, in window 320. If a user enters, for example, the term "Music" as the dynamic folder's name, the server 130 searches for applications that can be added to the dynamic folder, locally and/or on the network (e.g., the Internet). The server 130 then displays icons 330
  • web applications are represented by round icons.
  • instant wallpaper is displayed in the dynamic folder 340 background with one or more pictures respective of the dynamic folder's name.
  • the display of instant wallpaper is explained in greater detail in co-pending patent application No. 13/296,619 titled “A System and Methods Thereof for Instantaneous Updating of a Wallpaper Responsive of a Query Input and Responses Thereto” filed on November 15, 201 1 , the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
  • the order of appearance of the applications in the folder is changeable respective of the user selection.
  • the server 130 can receive a selection of one or more applications from the user to be displayed in a folder.
  • the server 130 allows the creation of sub-folders that match the dynamic folder's name or the dynamic folder's content.
  • a folder named "Games” may comprise sub folders, such as "Puzzles” and “Trivia”, or other sub folders subject to the user's selection.
  • the embodiments disclosed herein allow searching for applications of interest to a user of the mobile device without even having the user provide a query for the search. That is, merely by creating a folder on a mobile device and configuring such a folder as a dynamic folder, the disclosed embodiments populate such a folder with applications that are of an interest of the user.
  • the disclosed embodiments allow placing already installed applications on the user device without any interaction from the user.
  • the various embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented as hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof.
  • the software is preferably implemented as an application program tangibly embodied on a program storage unit or tangible computer readable medium consisting of parts, or of certain devices and/or a combination of devices.
  • the application program may be uploaded to, and executed by, a machine comprising any suitable architecture.
  • the machine is implemented on a computer platform having hardware such as one or more central processing units (“CPUs"), a memory, and input/output interfaces.
  • the computer platform may also include an operating system and microinstruction code.
  • a non-transitory computer readable medium is any computer readable medium except for a transitory propagating signal.
  • the display segments and mini-display segments may be shown on a display area that can be a browser or another other appropriate graphical user interface of an internet mobile application, either generic or tailored for the purposes described in detail hereinabove.

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L'invention concerne un procédé et un système destinés à mettre à jour dynamiquement le contenu d'un dossier sur un dispositif mobile. Le système fait intervenir les étapes consistant à identifier au moins un dossier sur le dispositif mobile en tant que dossier dynamique; à déterminer au moins un paramètre de contexte correspondant au dossier dynamique; à rechercher des applications susceptibles d'être ajoutées au dossier dynamique correspondant au(x) paramètre(s) de contexte; à générer une icône correspondant à chaque application résultant de la recherche; et à afficher chaque icône correspondant à chaque application dans le dossier dynamique.
PCT/US2013/023628 2012-10-17 2013-01-29 Système et procédés associés de mise à jour dynamique du contenu d'un dossier sur un dispositif WO2014062209A1 (fr)

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