Recommendations for Applications Based on Device Context

• US 20140189538A1
• Filed: 02/18/2013
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Martens, Johannes Peter Wilhelm, McLaughlin, Michael D., Tietze, Simon
• Application Number:
  US13/769,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20140189538A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications

Abstract

There is described a communication device comprising a memory, a user interface and a processor, and a method thereof. A first user interaction is detected at the user interface of the communication device with a first application of the communication device. A second user interaction is detected at the user interface of the communication device with a second application of the communication device, in which the second user interaction succeeds the first user interaction. A third application of the communication device is selected based on the first and second applications.

Claims

1. A method of a communication device comprising:

detecting a first user interaction at a user interface of the communication device with a first application of the communication device;

detecting a second user interaction at the user interface of the communication device with a second application of the communication device, wherein the second user interaction succeeds the first user interaction; and

selecting a third application of the communication device based on the first and second applications.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing an option at a display of the communication device to invoke the third application of the communication device in response to selecting the third application.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising invoking the third application of the communication device in response to selecting the third application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user interaction succeeds the first user interaction without detecting user interaction at the user interface with any other application of the communication device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user interaction succeeds the first user interaction by the first and second user interactions occurring within a predetermined time period.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the third application is selected based on the first user interaction with the first application and the second user interaction with the second application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the third application is selected based on an application type of the first application and an application type of the second application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application type is one of a text communication application or a scheduling application.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second application type is a contact list application.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein an application type of the third application is a voice communication application.

11. A method of a communication device comprising:

receiving at a transceiver of the communication device an incoming message from a remote device;

associating the incoming message with a first application of the communication device;

providing at least a portion of the incoming message at a display of the communication device;

detecting a user interaction at a user interface of the communication device with a second application of the communication device, wherein the user interaction succeeds providing the at least a portion of the incoming message at the display of the communication device; and

selecting a third application of the communication device based on the first and second applications.

15. The method of claim 15, wherein the third application is selected based on an application type of the first application and an application type of the second application.

12. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing an option at a display of the communication device to invoke the third application of the communication device in response to selecting the third application.

13. The method of claim 15, further comprising invoking the third application of the communication device in response to selecting the third application.

14. The method of claim 15, wherein the third application is selected based on a characteristic of the first application and the second user interaction with the second application.

16. A communication device comprising:

a memory configured to store a first application, a second application and a third application;

a user interface configured to detect a first user interaction with the first application and a second user interaction with the second application, wherein the second user interaction succeeds the first user interaction; and

a processor configured to select the third application based on the first and second applications.

17. The communication device of claim 16, further comprising a display configured to provide an option to invoke the third application in response to the processor selecting the third application based on the first and second applications.

18. The communication device of claim 16, further comprising a display configured to provide a portion of the third application in response to the processor selecting the third application based on the first and second applications.

19. The communication device of claim 16, wherein the processor selects the third application based on the first user interaction with the first application and the second user interaction with the second application.

20. The communication device of claim 16, wherein the processor selects the third application based on an application type of the first application and an application type of the second application.