User experience and user flows for third-party application recommendation in cloud storage systems

• US 10,346,416 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2016
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Procopio, Michael Jeffrey, Schoeffler, Eric Benson
• Primary Examiner(s): Beausoliel, Jr., Robert W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Khakhar, Nirav K
• Application Number:
  US15/099,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20160232164A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,181 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

Abstract

A cloud computing system identifies when to recommend applications to a user and what recommendations to make. When the user makes a request related to the applications associated with the user, the cloud computing system identifies the subject of the request. The cloud computing system identifies criteria for recommending applications based on the subject, scores applications available to the user based on the identified criteria, and filters applications based on their scores to recommend applications to the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

identifying a type of a first user request pertaining to at least one file, wherein the first user request is associated with a cloud storage account holder;

identifying a filtered list of applications, wherein an application in the filtered list is associated with a score that is based on the type of the first user request and one or more of the at least one file, the cloud storage account holder, or the application, and wherein the application in the filtered list is available to the cloud storage account holder;

providing the filtered list to the cloud storage account holder for presentation in response to the first user request pertaining to the at least one file; and

wherein the filtered list is based on a predetermined number of applications and excludes one or more designated applications.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the cloud storage account holder does not request access to the application in the filtered list within a predetermined period of time; and

in response to determining that the cloud storage account holder does not request access to the application within the predetermined period of time, adjusting at least the score associated with the application.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second user request to associate the application in the filtered list with the cloud storage account holder; and

associating the application in the filtered list with the cloud storage account holder.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the filtered list includes at least one application associated with a score above a threshold and the threshold is a function of scores associated with the filtered list of applications.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the filtered list includes at least one application associated with a score above a threshold and the threshold is a predetermined number.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising filtering the filtered list based on a client device associated with the cloud storage account holder and at least one criterion associated with the type of user request.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more designated applications are designated based on previous inclusion on at least one filtered list.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the filtered list is sorted based on scores of the applications.

9. A system comprising at least one processor in communication with an application database configured to store information regarding a plurality of applications and a user database configured to store information associating at least one cloud storage account holder with at least one application, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

identify a type of a first user request pertaining to at least one file, wherein the first user request is associated with a cloud storage account holder;

identify a filtered list of applications, wherein an application in the filtered list is associated with a score that is based on the type of the first user request and one or more of the at least one file, the cloud storage account holder or the application, and wherein the application in the filtered list is available to the cloud storage account holder;

provide the filtered list to the cloud storage account holder for presentation in response to the first user request pertaining to the at least one file; and

wherein the filtered list is based on a predetermined number of applications and excludes one or more designated applications.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine that the cloud storage account holder does not request access to the application in the filtered list within a predetermined period of time; and

in response to determining that the cloud storage account holder does not request access to the application within a predetermined period of time, adjust at least the score associated with the application.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive a second user request to associate the application in the filtered list with the cloud storage account holder; and

associate the application with the cloud storage account holder.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising a resource database for storing one or more resources associated with the at least one cloud storage account holder and metadata associated with each of the one or more resources, wherein the metadata associated with each of the one or more resources indicates an application used to generate each of the one or more resources.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the filtered list includes at least one application associated with a score above a threshold and the threshold is a function of scores associated with the applications.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the filtered list includes at least one application associated with a score above a threshold and the threshold is a predetermined number.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to filter the applications based on a client device associated with the cloud storage account holder and at least one criterion associated with the type of user request.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more designated applications are designated based on previous inclusion on at least one filtered list.

17. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to sort the filtered list based on scores of the applications.

18. The system of claim 9, wherein the user database is further configured to store information regarding application preferences indicated by each of the at least one cloud storage account holders.