Context sensitive framework for providing data from relevant applications

• US 10,684,866 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2015
• Issued: 06/16/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Evans, Ethan Zane
• Primary Examiner(s): Thai, Hanh B
• Application Number:
  US14/623,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20160239534A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,946 Days
• Field of Search: 707736, 707803
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Functionality is disclosed herein for using a context sensitive framework to identify relevant applications to a current context and to provide data received from the relevant applications to a user. Instead of a user having to manually locate and launch an application, relevant applications determined by a contextual service may provide data in response to receiving the context data. The applications that are identified as relevant to the context determine the application data to provide to the contextual service. The contextual service selects at least a portion of the application data to provide for display within a user interface. In some configurations, the selected application data is displayed within a user interface that maintains a same look and feel regardless of the application data that is displayed.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories to store a set of instructions, which upon execution by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

receiving context data associated with a mobile computing device;

identifying an application that is relevant to a context associated with the context data, wherein the application that is identified as relevant to the context is executed remote from the mobile computing device;

receiving, by a contextual service remote from the mobile computing device, application data from the application;

determining, by the contextual service remote from the mobile computing device, based at least in part on the context data, a part of the application data to provide to the mobile computing device; and

providing, by the contextual service remote from the mobile computing device, to the mobile computing device, the part of the application data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device displays the part of the application data within a user interface.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein an operation of the mobile computing device changes based, at least in part, on the part of the application data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the application is executed in response to a request by the contextual service.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise causing the application to be installed on a remote computing device.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the operations further comprise causing the application to be launched on the remote computing device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise providing analytics comprising usage data and revenue data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the application utilizes an application programming interface (API) to communicate with the contextual service.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the application utilizes the API to communicate with another application.

10. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving context data associated with a mobile computing device;

identifying an application that is relevant to a context associated with the context data, wherein the application that is identified as relevant to the context is executed remote from the mobile computing device;

receiving, by a contextual service remote from the mobile computing device, application data from the application;

determining, by the contextual service remote from the mobile computing device, based at least in part on the context data, a part of the application data to provide to the mobile computing device; and

providing, by the contextual service remote from the mobile computing device, to the mobile computing device, the part of the application data.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising causing an application execution service to execute the application.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising causing the application to be installed on a remote computing device.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the application utilizes an application programming interface (API) to communicate with the contextual service.

14. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media having stored thereon instructions that, upon execution by one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving context data associated with a mobile computing device;

identifying an application that is relevant to a context associated with the context data, wherein the application that is identified as relevant to the context is executed remote from the mobile computing device;

receiving, by a contextual service remote from the mobile computing device, application data from the application;

determining, by the contextual service remote from the mobile computing device, based at least in part on the context data, a part of the application data to provide to the mobile computing device; and

providing, by the contextual service remote from the mobile computing device, to the mobile computing device, the part of the application data.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise causing an application execution service to execute the application.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 14, wherein the operations further comprise causing application to be installed on a remote computing device.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 14, wherein the application utilizes an application programming interface (API) to communicate with the contextual service.