Content Distribution for Mobile Device

• US 20100037204A1
• Filed: 08/07/2008
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Jain, Ravi, Lin, Jennifer W., Yong, Kuan-Loong
• Application Number:
  US12/187,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20100037204A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/106
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices

Abstract

Among other disclosed subject matter, a computer-implemented method for providing content distribution for a mobile device includes providing a software development kit to a developer for developing an application for a mobile device. The software development kit includes an object to be inserted into the application and configured for requesting content for the application. The method includes identifying a context parameter regarding the application for use in selecting content to be distributed to the application on the mobile device. The method includes forwarding the content to the mobile device, the content being selected using the context parameter and configured to be presented to a user of the mobile device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing content distribution for a mobile device, the method comprising:

providing a software development kit to a developer for developing an application for a mobile device, the software development kit comprising an object to be inserted into the application and configured for requesting content for the application;

identifying a context parameter regarding the application for use in selecting content to be distributed to the application on the mobile device; and

forwarding the content to the mobile device, the content being selected using the context parameter and configured to be presented to a user of the mobile device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing an application program interface configured to be used by the object in requesting the content, the object configured to construct a content request based on customization by the developer, receive the content and provide for presentation of the content on the mobile device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein identifying the context parameter comprises:

receiving the application from the developer; and

extracting the context parameter from content of the application.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a new version of the application from the developer at a later time; and

revising the context parameter using the new version of the application.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein identifying the context parameter comprises:

receiving the context parameter from the developer, and recording the content parameter in association with the object.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein forwarding the content comprises:

determining what page of a plurality of pages is currently active in the application; and

selecting the content at least in part based on the page.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein determining what page is currently active in the application comprises:

receiving an identifier forwarded by the object, the identifier indicating the page.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the identifier is obtained in the application using a global variable that is updated in execution of the application.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein forwarding the content comprises:

pre-fetching the content;

forwarding the content to the mobile device, the content configured to be stored on the mobile device for presentation at a later time; and

receiving confirmation from the mobile device that the content has been presented.

10. A system comprising:

a first system available to a developer and including;

(1) a program development platform for the developer to create an application configured for a mobile device, and (2) an object configured to be inserted into the application by the developer, to generate a request for content for the application based on a context parameter, and to present the content to a user of the mobile device; and

a second system configured to receive the request from the first system, select the content based on the context parameter, and forward the content to the mobile device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the first system further comprises:

a software development kit for providing content distribution, the software development kit comprising at least the program development platform and the object.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the first system further comprises:

an application program interface configured to be used by the object in requesting the content, the object configured to construct a content request based on customization by the developer, receive the content and provide for presentation of the content on the mobile device.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the first system is further configured to forward the application to the second system for extracting the context parameter from content of the application.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the first system is further configured to forward a new version of the application to the second system at a later time for revising the context parameter using the new version of the application.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the first system is further configured to forward the context parameter to the second system for recording the content parameter in association with the object.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the object is configured to determine what page of a plurality of pages is currently active in the application and forward an identifier of the page to the second system, wherein the second system selects the content at least in part based on the page.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the object is configured to obtain the identifier in the application using a global variable that is updated in execution of the application.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein content is pre-fetched and stored on the mobile device for presentation at a later time, and wherein the object is configured to forward a confirmation from the mobile device that the content has been presented.

19. The system of claim 10, wherein the object is configured to track an interaction of the user with the content on the mobile device.

20. A computer-implemented method for providing content distribution for a mobile device, the method comprising:

generating an application for a mobile device using a software development kit;

adding a preconfigured object to the application before compilation, the object obtained from the software development kit and configured for requesting content for the application; and

providing a context parameter associated with the application to a content distributor, the context parameter configured for use by the content distributor in selecting the content for forwarding to the mobile device.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein providing the context parameter comprises:

forwarding the application to the content distributor.

22. A computer-implemented method for providing content distribution for a mobile device, the method comprising:

generating an application for a mobile device using a software development kit, the application including a preconfigured object configured for requesting content for the application;

providing the application to the mobile device, wherein the object requests the content from a content provider during use of the mobile device, the content distributor using a context parameter in selecting the content; and

receiving from the mobile device information obtained by tracking an interaction of a user with the content on the mobile device.

23. A computer-implemented method for providing content distribution for a mobile device, the method comprising:

providing an object to be inserted into a mobile device application and configured for requesting content for the application;

identifying a context parameter regarding the application;

selecting content to be distributed to the application on the mobile device using the context parameter; and

forwarding the content to be presented to a user of the mobile device.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the content is selected at a server device that is remotely connected to the mobile device, wherein the server device receives a request for the content and the content is forwarded from the server device to the mobile device.

25. A system comprising:

a server device configured to identify content based on a context parameter;

a developer system available to a developer, the developer system including a program development platform for the developer to create an application, and an object for the developer to include in the application program; and

a mobile device to execute the application created at the developer system, request the content from the server device using the object, and present the content to a user.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the developer system includes a software development kit that is used in creating the application, the software development kit including the object and conforming with the program development platform.