Informational articles in response to detection of devices or software
First Claim
Patent Images
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.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present technology is an application that detects that a computing device associated with a user account has recently been paired with a new device, or a new service or application has been installed, and presents informational articles to the computing device in response to the detection of the new device, service or application. After the application determines that a new device or service has become present, the application requests an article pertinent to the new device or the new service from a database, displays user interface element representing the article pertinent to the new device, application, or service within the application.
-
Citations
16 Claims
-
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, and adding 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
-
-
6. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon, the instructions effective to cause an application including an informational article stream service, and a new paired device or service to cause a computing device to:
-
determine by a new paired device service that a new device or a new service has become present; request an article pertinent to the new device or the new service from a server by the informational article stream service; and display, by the informational article stream service, an icon representing article pertinent to the new device or service within a stream of icons representing informational articles within the application. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
-
-
12. A computing system comprising:
-
an operating system including a paired device application programming interface; and an application on the computing system, the application including an informational article stream service, and a new paired device service, wherein the new paired device service is configured to determine that a new device has been paired to the computing system using the paired device application programming interface, and the informational article stream service can request an article pertinent to the new device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
-
Specification