Application connectivity for aggregation

• US 10,031,645 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2015
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Jones-McFadden, Alicia C., Bullock, Caitlin Chrisman, Hsieh, Matthew, Kumar, Jaydev Ajit, Lyubetsky, Yaakov, Paik, Yun Suk, Xu, Heng, Zheng, Jimin
• Primary Examiner(s): Riegler, Patrick F
• Application Number:
  US14/927,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20170123599A1
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/305 by remotely controlling device operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

Systems, computer products, and methods are described herein for determining the applications and/or devices that a user users, or has used in the past, through a user computer system. The system categorizes the applications and/or devices related to one or more potential targets in which the user maybe interested and presents the targets to the user for selection by the user. The system monitors and aggregates information from the applications and/or devices related to the one or more desired targets and provides suggestions to aid in achieving the desired targets. The system allows the user to control, or may automatically control, the applications and/or devices related to the one or more desired targets in a central location. The aggregated information and/or one or more desired targets may be pushed to systems, applications, and devices, in order to act as filters or additional information for providing additional output to the user.

Claims

1. A system for linking with applications and devices and aggregating application information associated with the applications and the devices in order to control the applications and the devices to aid in reaching a target, the system comprising:

one or more memory devices having computer readable code store thereon; and

one or more processing devices operatively coupled to the one or more memory devices, wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to execute the computer readable code to;

access a user computer system of a user;

determine the applications on the user computer system;

determine the devices to which the user computer system connect;

categorize the applications and the devices into target categories;

determine targets to present to the user in target indicators based on the categories of the applications and the devices;

present the targets to the user through the target indicators in one or more target interfaces on the user computer system;

receive a selection of the target by the user from the targets based on a selection of a target indicator from the target indicators in the one or more target interfaces provided to the user on the user computer system;

identify target applications associated with the target selected based on the applications that the user utilizes on the user computer system and the devices to which the user computer systems connects;

access the target applications associated with the target;

monitor the target applications associated with the target;

capture application information from the target applications, wherein the application information aids in achieving the target;

transform the application information into target information;

aggregate the target information from the target applications into aggregated target information;

present the aggregated target information and the target information to the user in the one or more target interfaces;

determine target progress in reaching the target or target suggestions to aid in reaching the target based on the aggregated target information and the target information;

present the target progress or the target suggestions to the user in the one or more target interfaces;

receive approval from the user to allow control of the applications in order to aid in achieving the target; and

control the applications, wherein control of the applications includes at least controlling a feature of a device through at least one of the applications.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein determining the devices to which the user computer system connects comprises:

determining the devices currently connected to the user computer system;

determining the devices that have been connected to the user computer system in the past;

determine a frequency of use of the applications and devices;

determine most recent activity of the applications and devices; and

wherein determining the targets to present to the user in target indicators based on the categories of the applications and the devices further includes the frequency of use and the most recent activity of the applications and devices.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein determining and presenting the target progress comprises:

identifying a desired target associated with the target; and

determining from the aggregated target information if the desired target is met.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein determining and presenting the target suggestions comprises:

identifying suggested applications and suggested devices related to the target that the user does not currently utilize through the user computer system;

determining how the suggested applications and the suggested devices would aid in improving the target; and

presenting the suggested applications and the suggested devices to the user on the target interface on the user computer system along with how the suggested applications and the suggested devices would aid in reaching the target.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the target indicator for each of the targets comprises a target card, and wherein the target card presents target benefits and control factors for the applications associated with the target.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the user allows access to the applications by providing a user name and password to access the applications.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the target indicators are pre-determined and grouped into the target categories.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to execute the computer readable code to:

receive a control change for one or more applications from the user; and

adjust the control of the one or more applications based on the control change.

9. A computer implemented method for linking with applications and devices and aggregating application information associated with the applications and the devices in order to control the applications and the devices to aid in reaching a target, the method comprising:

accessing, by one or more processing components, a user computer system of a user;

determining, by the one or more processing components, applications on the user computer system;

determining, by the one or more processing components, devices to which the user computer system connect;

categorizing, by the one or more processing components, the applications and the devices into target categories;

determining, by the one or more processing components, targets to present to the user in target indicators based on the categories of the applications and the devices;

presenting, by the one or more processing components, the targets to the user through the target indicators in one or more target interfaces on the user computer system;

receiving, by one or more processing devices, a selection of the target by the user from the targets based on a selection of a target indicator from the target indicators in the one or more target interfaces provided to the user on the user computer system;

identifying, by the one or more processing components, target applications associated with the target selected based on the applications that the user utilizes on the user computer system and the devices to which the user computer systems connects;

accessing, by the one or more processing components, the target applications associated with the target;

monitoring, by the one or more processing components, the target applications associated with the target;

capturing, by the one or more processing components, application information from the target applications, wherein the application information aids in achieving the target;

transforming, by the one or more processing components, the application information into target information;

aggregating, by the one or more processing components, the target information from the applications into aggregated target information;

presenting, by the one or more processing components, the aggregated target information and the target information to the user in the one or more target interfaces;

determining, by the one or more processing components, target progress in reaching the target or target suggestions to aid in reaching the target based on the aggregated target information and the target information;

presenting, by the one or more processing components, the target progress or the target suggestions to the user in the one or more target interfaces;

receiving, by the one or more processing components, approval from the user to allow control of the applications in order to aid in achieving the target; and

controlling, by the one or more processing components, the applications, wherein control of the applications includes at least controlling a feature of a device through at least one of the applications.

10. The method of claim 9,

wherein determining the devices to which the user computer system connects comprises:

determining the devices currently connected to the user computer system; and

determining the devices that have been connected to the user computer system in the past;

wherein the method further comprises;

determining a frequency of use of the applications and devices;

determining most recent activity of the applications and devices; and

wherein determining the targets to present to the user in target indicators based on the categories of the applications and the devices further includes the frequency of use and the most recent activity of the applications and devices.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein determining and presenting the target progress comprises:

identifying a desired target associated with the target; and

determining from the aggregated target information if the desired target is met.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein determining and presenting the target suggestions comprises:

identifying suggested applications and suggested devices related to the target that the user does not currently utilizes through the user computer system;

determining how the suggested applications and the suggested devices would aid in improving the target; and

presenting the suggested applications and the suggested devices to the user on the target interface on the user computer system along with how the suggested applications and the suggested devices would aid in reaching the target.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the target indicator for each of the targets comprises a target card, and wherein the target card presents target benefits and control factors for the applications associated with the target.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the user allows access to the applications by providing a user name and password to access the applications.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the target indicators are pre-determined and grouped into the target categories.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to execute the computer readable code to:

receive a control change for one or more applications from the user; and

adjust the control of the one or more applications based on the control change.

17. A computer program product for linking with applications and devices and aggregating application information associated with the applications and the devices in order to control the applications and the devices to aid in reaching a target, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code portions embodied therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

an executable portion configured to access a user computer system of a user;

an executable portion configured to determine applications on the user computer system;

an executable portion configured to determine devices to which the user computer system connect;

an executable portion configured to categorize the applications and the devices into target categories;

an executable portion configured to determine targets to present to the user in target indicators based on the categories of the applications and the devices;

an executable portion configured to present the targets to the user through the target indicators in one or more target interfaces on the user computer system;

an executable portion configured to receive a selection of the target by the user from the targets based on a selection of a target indicator from the target indicators in the one or more target interfaces provided to the user on the user computer system;

an executable portion configured to identify target applications associated with the target selected based on the applications that the user utilizes on the user computer system and the devices to which the user computer systems connects;

an executable portion configured to access the target applications associated with the target;

an executable portion configured to monitor the target applications associated with the target;

an executable portion configured to capture application information from the target applications, wherein the application information aids in achieving the target;

an executable portion configured to transform the application information into target information;

an executable portion configured to aggregate the target information from the target applications into aggregated target information;

an executable portion configured to present the aggregated target information and the target information to the user in the one or more target interfaces;

an executable portion configured to determine target progress in reaching the target or target suggestions to aid in reaching the target based on the aggregated target information and the target information;

an executable portion configured to present the target progress or the target suggestions to the user in the one or more target interfaces;

an executable portion configured to receive approval from the user to allow control of the applications in order to aid in achieving the target; and

an executable portion configured to control the applications, wherein control of the applications includes at least controlling a feature of a device through at least one of the applications.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer-readable program code portions configured to determine the devices to which the user computer systems connects comprises:

determining the devices currently connected to the user computer system;

determining the devices that have been connected to the user computer system in the past; and

wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprise;

an executable portion configured to determine a frequency of use of the applications and devices;

an executable portion configured to determine most recent activity of the applications and devices; and

wherein the computer-readable program code portions configured to determine the targets to present to the user in target indicators based on the categories of the applications and the devices further includes the frequency of use and the most recent activity of the applications and devices.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the executable portion configured to determine and present the target progress comprises:

identifying a desired target associated with the target; and

determining from the aggregated target information if the desired target is met.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the executable portion configured to determine and present the target suggestions comprises:

identifying suggested applications and suggested devices related to the target that the user does not currently utilize through the user computer system;

determining how the suggested applications and the suggested devices would aid in improving the target; and

presenting the suggested applications and the suggested devices to the user on the target interface on the user computer system along with how the suggested applications and the suggested devices would aid in reaching the target.