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Informational articles in response to detection of devices or software

  • US 10,341,852 B2
  • Filed: 09/29/2017
  • Issued: 07/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • at a first time;

    launching an application by a computing device associated with a user account, the application providing an app downloading service including displaying a plurality of apps for selection and downloading;

    requesting, by the application, device information regarding devices previously paired with the computing device;

    receiving, by the application, device information regarding devices previously paired with the computing device in response to the request made at the launch of the application;

    recording, by the application, the device information received in response to the request made at the launch of the application;

    at a second time;

    launching the application by the computing device associated with the user account;

    requesting, by the application, device information regarding devices previously paired with the computing device at launch of the application;

    receiving, by the application, device information regarding devices previously paired with the computing device in response to the request made at the launch of the application;

    comparing the device information received in response to the request made at the second time with the device information recorded at the computing device in response to the request made at first time;

    based on the comparing, identifying at least one new device for which device information was received in response to the request made at the second time that was not in the device information received in response to the request made at the first time;

    requesting, by the application, content pertinent to the at least one new device; and

    displaying a user interface element on a display of the computing device that represents the content received in response to the request in the application;

    wherein the displaying a user interface element includes;

    displaying a streaming view of a plurality of selectable informational article user interface elements that, when selected, displays content corresponding to the selected informational article user interface element, andadding a selectable user interface element that represents the content pertinent to the at least one new device to the streaming view, based on identifying the at least one new device.

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