USER-CONFIGURABLE DELIVERY OF INFORMATIONAL EVENTS

• US 20150128051A1
• Filed: 11/01/2013
• Published: 05/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Strain, Philip Noel George, Montgomery, William Kenneth Robin
• Application Number:
  US14/070,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20150128051A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/735
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0681 Configuration of triggering conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72484 wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for delivering informational events to a user of a computing device includes a processor and a memory. The method includes receiving, into the memory from the user of the computing device, content configuration information defining a first informational element. The method also includes receiving, into the memory from the user of the computing device, trigger event configuration information associated with a trigger event. The method further includes receiving, into the memory from the user of the computing device, target display interface configuration information defining a target display interface. The method also includes determining, by the processor, that the trigger event is satisfied based on the trigger event configuration information. The method further includes automatically retrieving the first informational element based on the content configuration information when the trigger event is satisfied. The method also includes transmitting the first informational element to the target display interface.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for delivering informational events to a user of a computing device, the computing device including a processor and a memory, said method comprising:

receiving, into the memory from the user of the computing device, content configuration information defining a first informational element;

receiving, into the memory from the user of the computing device, trigger event configuration information associated with a trigger event;

receiving, into the memory from the user of the computing device, target display interface configuration information defining a target display interface;

determining, by the processor, that the trigger event is satisfied based on the trigger event configuration information;

automatically retrieving the first informational element based on the content configuration information when the trigger event is satisfied; and

transmitting the first informational element to the target display interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving trigger event configuration information comprises a trigger event including of one or more conditions, each of the one or more conditions defining a result that can be determined by the processor.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising monitoring, by the processor, a status of the first set of one or more conditions.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving trigger event configuration information further comprises receiving trigger event configuration information wherein the trigger event includes an activity event condition that is satisfied based on when the user is engaged in a first activity.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving content configuration information comprises receiving content configuration information including a data source associated with the first informational element, and wherein retrieving the first informational element comprises retrieving the first informational element from the data source.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising presenting to the user a graphical user interface on the computing device in which the user configures one or more of the content configuration information, the trigger event configuration information, and the target display interface configuration information.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

presenting to the user, via the graphical user interface, a list including a plurality of target display interfaces; and

receiving, from the user via the graphical user interface, a selection of a target display interface from the plurality of target display interfaces, the selected target display interface being included in the target display interface configuration information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving content configuration information further comprises defining the first informational element to include web analytics data.

9. A computer system comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by said at least one processor, cause said at least one processor to;

receive content configuration information defining a first informational element;

receive trigger event configuration information associated with a trigger event;

receive target display interface configuration information defining a target display interface;

determine that the trigger event is satisfied based on the trigger event configuration information;

automatically retrieve the first informational element based on the content configuration information when the trigger event is satisfied; and

transmit the first informational element to the target display interface.

10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the trigger event includes a one or more conditions, each of the one or more conditions, wherein each of the one or more conditions defines a result that can be determined by the processor.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein, when executed by said at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions further cause said at least one processor to monitor a status of the first set of one or more conditions.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the trigger event further includes an activity event condition that is satisfied based on when the user is engaged in a first activity.

13. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the content configuration information includes a data source associated with the first informational element, and wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause said at least one processor to retrieve the first informational element from the data source.

14. The computer system of claim 9, wherein, when executed by said at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions further cause said at least one processor to present to the user a graphical user interface on the computing device in which the user configures one or more of the content configuration information, the trigger event configuration information, and the target display interface configuration information.

15. The computer system of claim 14, wherein, when executed by said at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions further cause said at least one processor to:

present to the user, via the graphical user interface, a list including a plurality of target display interfaces; and

receive, from the user via the graphical user interface, a selection of a target display interface from the plurality of target display interfaces, the selected target display interface being included in the target display interface configuration information.

16. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the first informational element is defined to include web analytics data.

17. Computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein, when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to:

receive content configuration information defining a first informational element;

receive trigger event configuration information associated with a trigger event;

receive target display interface configuration information defining a target display interface;

determine that the trigger event is satisfied based on the trigger event configuration information;

retrieve the first informational element based on the content configuration information when the trigger event is satisfied; and

transmit the first informational element to the target display interface.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the trigger event configuration information comprises a trigger event including a first set of one or more conditions, each of the one or more conditions defining a result that can be determined by the processor.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to monitor status of the first set of one or more conditions.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the trigger event further includes an activity event condition that is satisfied based on when a user is engaged in a first activity.

21. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the content configuration information includes a data source associated with the first informational element, and wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the at least one processor to retrieve the first informational element from the data source.

22. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to present to a user a graphical user interface on the computing device in which the user configures one or more of the content configuration information, the trigger event configuration information, and the target display interface configuration information.

23. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to:

present to the user, via the graphical user interface, a list including a plurality of target display interfaces; and

receive, from the user via the graphical user interface, a selection of a target display interface from the plurality of target display interfaces, the selected target display interface being included in the target display interface configuration information.

24. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the first informational element is defined to include web analytics data.