ENABLING GLOBAL APPLICATIONS AND SERVICES FOR CONTENT DEVICES

• US 20070294293A1
• Filed: 06/15/2006
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: SADOVSKY, VLADIMIR, ROSENBLOOM, OREN
• Application Number:
  US11/424,428
• Publication Number:
  US 20070294293A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

Enabling global applications and services available to a user to service an action for content on a content device associated with the user is provided. A network device detects a device event for the content device. One or more applications and services available to service one or more actions for content stored on the content device are determined. The one or more applications and services may include applications installed on any of a plurality of computing devices associated with the user. The one or more applications and services may also include web services for which the user is registered. A user interface is generated based on the one or more applications and services, and the user interface is communicated for presentation.

Claims

1. A method for providing a list of one or more applications and services available to service one or more actions for content stored on a content device associated with a user, the method comprising:

detecting, at a network device, a device event associated with the content device;

determining one or more applications and services available to service one or more actions for content stored on the content device, wherein the one or more applications and services comprise at least one of an application installed on any of a plurality of computing devices associated with the user and a web service for which the user is registered.

generating a user interface comprising an indication of the one or more applications and services; and

communicating the user interface for presentation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting a device event associated with the content device comprises determining that the content device is available and has content stored thereon.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting a device event associated with the content device comprises determining that the content device is available and has at least one queued event stored thereon, the queued event specifying an action to be performed for content stored on the content device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining one or more applications and services to service one or more actions for content stored on the content device comprises determining the one or more applications and services based on the action specified by the queued event.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining one or more applications and services to service one or more actions for content stored on the content device comprises determining the one or more applications based on the content device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining one or more applications and services to service one or more actions for content stored on the content device comprises determining the one or more applications and services based on the device event.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining one or more applications and services to service one or more actions for content stored on the content device comprises determining a content type for the content stored on the content device and determining the one or more applications and services based on the content type.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining one or more applications and services to service one or more actions for content stored on the content device comprises accessing a data store comprising data associating the one or more applications and services with at least one of the content device, the device event, and a content type.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining one or more advertisements based on at least one of the content device, the device event, and a content type, wherein each of the one or more advertisements is associated with a web service to service one or more actions for content stored on the content device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the user interface includes the one or more advertisements.

11. One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing the method of claim 1.

12. A method for servicing an action for content stored on a content device, the method comprising:

generating a user interface in response to a device event for the content device, the user interface including a list of one or more applications and services available to service an action associated with content stored on the content device, the one or more applications and services including at least one of an application installed on any of a plurality of computing devices associated with the user and a web service for which the user is registered;

receiving, via the user interface, a user selection of an application or service from the one or more applications and services;

determining a location of a computing device on which the selected application or service is installed;

accessing the content from the content device; and

communicating the content to the computing device and causing the computing device to launch the selected application or service to service the action for the content.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein receiving a user selection of an application or service from the one or more applications and services comprises receiving a user selection of an application installed on one of the plurality of computing devices associated with the user.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein receiving a user selection of an application or service from the one or more applications and services comprises receiving a user selection of a web service for which the user is registered.

15. One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing the method of claim 12.

16. A computer system for providing a list of applications and services to service one or more actions for content stored on a content device, the computer system comprising:

one or more network servers having one or more processors and one or more data stores, the one or more data stores comprising data including an identification for one or more computing devices associated with a user, the one or more computing devices including at least one content device associated with the user, the one or more data stores also comprising data associating one or more applications and services with the at least one content device.

17. The computer system of claim 16 wherein the one or more network servers further comprise a user interface module, the user interface module for generating a user interface having a list of one or more applications and services for servicing an action associated with content stored on the at least one content device.

18. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the one or more applications and services include one or more applications installed on the one or more computing devices associated with the user.

19. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the one or more applications and services include one or more registered web services for the user.

20. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the one or more applications and services include one or more advertisements for services associated with the content device.