INTELLIGENT, MOBILE, LOCATION-AWARE NEWS READER APPLICATION FOR COMMUTERS

• US 20140244750A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Redfern, Joff, Sharma, Manish Mohan
• Granted Patent: US 9,680,907 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A method of generating alerts pertaining to a commute by the user and selecting content items to be presented to the user in conjunction with the alerts is disclosed. A pattern in a commuting by a user is detected. A content item is selected based on a correspondence between the content item and other users and a similarity between the user and the other users. An alert is generated pertaining to a milestone in the pattern of the commuting by the user. The content item and the alert are transmitted for presentation in combination to the user during the commuting by the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting a pattern in a commuting by a user;

selecting a content item based on a correspondence between the content item and other users and a similarity between the user and the other users, wherein the selecting is performed by one or more processors;

generating an alert pertaining to a milestone in the pattern of the commuting by the user; and

transmitting the content item and the alert for presentation in combination to the user during the commuting by the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the correspondence between the content item and the other users is identified based on a monitoring of the consumption of the content item by the other users during patterns of commuting by the other users.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the similarity between the user and the other users is identified based on a comparison between an aspect of the pattern of the commute by the user and aspects of the pattern of commutes by the other users.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the similarity between the user and the other users is identified based on comparison between an amount of idle time during a pattern of the commute by the user and amounts of idle times during the patterns of the commutes by the other users.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the similarity between the user and the others users is based on a comparison between a profile of the user maintained with respect to a social networking system and profiles of the other users maintained with respect to the social networking system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the milestone in the pattern of the commute pertains to a change in a geographical direction by the user during the commute.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the content item and the alert includes instructions for a simultaneous presentation of the content item and the alert in a mobile device of the user.

8. A system comprising:

a memory;

one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to execute instructions contained in the memory to;

detect a pattern in a commuting by a user;

select a content item based on a correspondence between the content item and other users and a similarity between the user and the other users, wherein the selecting is performed by one or more processors of a computer system;

generate an alert pertaining to a milestone in the pattern of the commuting by the user; and

transmit the content item and the alert for presentation in combination to the user during the commuting by the user.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the correspondence between the content item and the other users is identified based on a monitoring of the consumption of the content item by the other users during patterns of commuting by the other users.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the similarity between the user and the other users is identified based on a comparison between an aspect of the pattern of the commute by the user and aspects of the pattern of commutes by the other users.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the similarity between the user and the other users is identified based on comparison between an amount of idle time during a pattern of the commute by the user and amounts of idle times during the patterns of the commutes by the other users.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the similarity between the user and the others users is based on a comparison between a profile of the user maintained with respect to a social networking system and profiles of the other users maintained with respect to the social networking system.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the milestone in the pattern of the commute pertains to a change in a geographical direction by the user during the commute.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the transmitting of the content item and the alert includes instructions for a simultaneous presentation of the content item and the alert in a mobile device of the user.

15. A non-transitory machine readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

detecting a pattern in a commuting by a user;

selecting a content item based on a correspondence between the content item and other users and a similarity between the user and the other users, wherein the selecting is performed by one or more processors of a computer system;

generating an alert pertaining to a milestone in the pattern of the commuting by the user; and

transmitting the content item and the alert for presentation in combination to the user during the commuting by the user.

16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the correspondence between the content item and the other users is identified based on a monitoring of the consumption of the content item by the other users during patterns of commuting by the other users.

17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the similarity between the user and the other users is identified based on a comparison between an aspect of the pattern of the commute by the user and aspects of the pattern of commutes by the other users.

18. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the similarity between the user and the other users is identified based on comparison between an amount of idle time during a pattern of the commute by the user and amounts of idle times during the patterns of the commutes by the other users.

19. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the similarity between the user and the others users is based on a comparison between a profile of the user maintained with respect to a social networking system and profiles of the other users maintained with respect to the social networking system.

20. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the milestone in the pattern of the commute pertains to a change in a geographical direction by the user during the commute.