PUBLISHING CLIENT DEVICE USAGE DATA

• US 20110138307A1
• Filed: 12/09/2009
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Eizadi, Omid
• Application Number:
  US12/634,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20110138307A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]

Abstract

Publishing client device usage data is described. In embodiments, usage data is received that corresponds to one or more device applications on a client device when the one or more device applications are used at the client device. A request for the usage data can be received from a requesting client device, and a portable code module is generated that includes the usage data. The portable code module that includes the usage data is then communicated to the requesting client device that can execute the portable code module to display the usage data.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving usage data that corresponds to one or more device applications on a client device when the one or more device applications are used at the client device;

receiving a request for the usage data from a requesting client device;

generating a portable code module that includes the usage data; and

communicating the portable code module that includes the usage data to the requesting client device that executes the portable code module to display the usage data.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising filtering the usage data based on user preferences that are associated with the client device, and wherein the portable code module is generated to include filtered usage data.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein types of the usage data that is received are specified by user preferences that are associated with the client device.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the usage data that is received includes identification of users that are permitted to request access to the usage data.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

generating a Web page that includes the portable code module; and

communicating the Web page that includes the portable code module to the requesting client device for display of the Web page.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the usage data that corresponds to the one or more device applications pertains to at least one of:

a Web page displayed for viewing at the client device;

media content played back at the client device;

an instant messaging session initiated at the client device;

a current location of the client device;

or

an on-line presence of a user that is associated with the client device.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising encapsulating the usage data as a Web service response and communicating the usage data to a Web service that generates the portable code module.

8. A system, comprising:

at least a memory and a processor that implement a data service configured to receive usage data that corresponds to one or more device applications on a client device when the one or more device applications are used at the client device;

the memory and the processor further implement a Web service for publishing the usage data, the Web service configured to;

receive a request for the usage data from a requesting client device;

generate a portable code module that includes the usage data; and

communicate the portable code module that includes the usage data to the requesting client device that is configured to execute the portable code module to display the usage data.

9. A system as recited in claim 8, wherein the data service is further configured to filter the usage data based on user preferences that are associated with the client device, and wherein the Web service is further configured to generate the portable code module to include filtered usage data.

10. A system as recited in claim 8, wherein types of the usage data that is received are specified by user preferences that are associated with the client device.

11. A system as recited in claim 8, wherein the usage data that is received includes identification of users that are permitted to request access to the usage data.

12. A system as recited in claim 8, wherein the Web service is further configured to:

generate a Web page that includes the portable code module; and

communicate the Web page that includes the portable code module to the requesting client device for display of the Web page.

13. A system as recited in claim 8, wherein the usage data that corresponds to the one or more device applications pertains to at least one of:

a Web page displayed for viewing at the client device;

media content played back at the client device;

an instant messaging session initiated at the client device;

a current location of the client device;

or

an on-line presence of a user that is associated with the client device.

14. A system as recited in claim 8, wherein the data service is further configured to encapsulate the usage data as a Web service response and communicate the usage data to the Web service that generates the portable code module.

15. Computer-readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a server system, initiate the server system to:

receive usage data that corresponds to one or more device applications on a client device when the one or more device applications are used at the client device;

receive a request for the usage data from a requesting client device;

generate a portable code module that includes the usage data; and

communicate the portable code module that includes the usage data to the requesting client device that executes the portable code module to display the usage data.

16. Computer-readable media as recited in claim 15, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed, further initiate the server system to filter the usage data based on user preferences that are associated with the client device, and generate the portable code module to include filtered usage data.

17. Computer-readable media as recited in claim 15, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed, further initiate the server system to receive types of the usage data that are specified by user preferences that are associated with the client device.

18. Computer-readable media as recited in claim 15, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed, further initiate the server system to receive the usage data that includes identification of users that are permitted to request access to the usage data.

19. Computer-readable media as recited in claim 15, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed, further initiate the server system to:

generate a Web page that includes the portable code module; and

communicate the Web page that includes the portable code module to the requesting client device for display of the Web page.

20. Computer-readable media as recited in claim 15, wherein the usage data that corresponds to the one or more device applications pertains to at least one of:

a Web page displayed for viewing at the client device;

media content played back at the client device;

an instant messaging session initiated at the client device;

a current location of the client device;

or

an on-line presence of a user that is associated with the client device.