Content-based navigation and launching on mobile devices
First Claim
1. A portable computing device configured for content-based navigation and launching on a portable computing device, comprising:
- a processor for executing one or more sets of instructions to carry out desired functionality of the portable computing device; and
a content navigator module executable by the processor, and for allowing a user to customize a content-based launching pad, whereupon unrelated types of digital content files are grouped into user-created categories, thereby enabling content-based navigation and launching on the portable computing device.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for a content-based navigation and launching for portable computing devices such as PDAs and smart phones. A content navigator and launcher allows a user to personalize content groupings. The techniques can run on top of any OS file system that has a mechanism to associate files with their creating applications. Personalization of the content-based navigation and launching scheme can be set-up on the user'"'"'s work station, and then transmitted and synchronized with a target mobile device. A central server can be used to carry out content harvesting and/or configuring the personalization scheme. The content and/or personalization scheme can then be pushed on to the mobile device (e.g., via a GSM network or other suitable communication link). APIs can be used by application vendors to register the content types of their own choice. A preferences utility allows users to manage the content types and associations.
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20 Claims
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1. A portable computing device configured for content-based navigation and launching on a portable computing device, comprising:
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a processor for executing one or more sets of instructions to carry out desired functionality of the portable computing device; and
a content navigator module executable by the processor, and for allowing a user to customize a content-based launching pad, whereupon unrelated types of digital content files are grouped into user-created categories, thereby enabling content-based navigation and launching on the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A server configured for content-based navigation and launching on portable computing device, comprising:
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a processor for executing one or more sets of instructions to carry out desired functionality of the server; and
a content personalization engine executable by the processor, and for allowing a user to subscribe desired digital content for downloading to a portable computing device via a wireless network;
wherein the content personalization engine operates in conjunction with a content navigator module of the portable computing device to allow a user to customize a content-based launching pad, whereupon unrelated types of digital content files are grouped into user-created categories, thereby enabling content-based navigation and launching on the portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system configured for content-based navigation and launching on a portable computing device, comprising:
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a portable computing device configured with a content navigator module for allowing a user to customize a content-based launching pad, whereupon unrelated types of digital content files are grouped into user-created categories, thereby enabling content-based navigation and launching on the portable computing device; and
a server configured with a content personalization engine that operates in conjunction with the content navigator module, for allowing a user to subscribe desired digital content for downloading to the portable computing device via a wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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