ENHANCEMENT TO AUTONOMOUSLY EXECUTED APPLICATIONS

• US 20160014167A1
• Filed: 02/13/2013
• Published: 01/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rovio Entertainment Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Ramine Darabiha
• Inventors: DARABIHA, Ramine, TAN, Miaoquing, JOKELA, Joonas
• Granted Patent: US 10,334,000 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/49 Saving the game status; Pausing or ending the game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets

Abstract

An enhancement to autonomously executed applications. based on inter-related co-operation of a user terminal (10) and a server (14) or a server cloud. The server (14) maintains user-specific conditions and uses the condition to extract from a stream of event data items information to a user-specific feed. This feed is made available via a user-specific web address. A user-initiated pause in the user terminal (10) triggers the terminal application to generate and invoke the user-specific web address such that topical feed information generated from recent events of other users and user applications becomes accessible. User experience of autonomously executed applications can be enhanced without essentially compromising the independency of the processing stage.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

running an autonomously executed user-controllable application in a user terminal, user control functions of the application applying an output window of the user terminal;

in response to a user-initiated pause function in the user terminal, invoking a web address to a web page containing user-specific feed information;

outputting the user-specific feed information in said output window of the user terminal during the user-initiated pause.

2. A method according to claim 1, characterized by invoking the web address by:

generating a web address that comprises a base element that identifies a domain of an application server, and a user-specific element that enables identification of the user;

inputting the generated web address to a browser of the user terminal.

3. A method according to claim 1, characterized by:

monitoring validity of the feed content;

re-invoking the web address in response to expiry of the validity of the web page.

13. A system comprising a user terminal configured to implement the method of claim 1 and a server configured to comprise:

storing for a first user first context data for linking the first user to one or more other users;

receiving a stream of event data items, an event data item comprising information that identifies a user to whom an event occurred and the event that occurred during execution of the application;

using the first context data to extract from the stream of event data items event data items of the one or more users linked to the first user;

creating from the extracted event data items a web page with a defined web address comprising user-specific feed information for the first user;

forwarding the web page to a user terminal of the first user.

15. A computer program product according to claim 13, characterized by invoking the web address by:

generating a web address that comprises a base element that identifies a domain of an application server, and a user-specific element that enables identification of the user;

inputting the generated web address to a browser of the user terminal.

16. A computer program product according to claim 13, characterized by:

monitoring validity of the feed content;

re-invoking the web address in response to expiry of the validity of the web page.

4. A method, comprising:

storing for a first user first context data for linking the first user to one or more other users;

receiving a stream of event data items, an event data item comprising information that identifies a user to whom an event occurred and the event that occurred during execution of the application;

using the first context data to extract from the stream of event data items event data items of the one or more users linked to the first user;

creating from the extracted event data items a web page with a defined web address comprising user-specific feed information for the first user;

forwarding the web page to a user terminal of the first user.

5. A method according to claim 4, characterized by:

storing for a first user second context data for linking the first user to one or more applications;

using also the second context data to extract from the stream of event data items event data items of the one or more users linked to the first user.

6. A method according to claim 4, characterized by:

storing for a first user third context data for linking the first user to one or more event data types;

using also the third context data to extract from the stream of event data items event data items of the one or more users linked to the first user.

7. A method according to claim 5, characterized by the second context data comprising a URI schema accessible to the user.

8. A device configured to:

run an autonomously executed user-controllable application in a user terminal, user control functions of the application applying an output window of the user terminal;

in response to a user-initiated pause function in the user terminal, invoke a web address to a web page containing user-specific feed information;

output the user-specific feed information in said output window of the user terminal during the user-initiated pause.

11. A device according to claim 8, further the device being configured to for invoking the web address by:

generate a web address that comprises a base element that identifies a domain of an application server, and a user-specific element that enables identification of the user;

input the generated web address to a browser of the user terminal.

12. A device according to claim 8 further being configured to:

monitor validity of the feed content;

re-invoke the web address in response to expiry of the validity of the web page.

9-10. -10. (canceled)

14. A computer program product, readable by a computer and encoding instructions for executing a method, comprising:

running an autonomously executed user-controllable application in a user terminal, user control functions of the application applying an output window of the user terminal;

in response to a user-initiated pause function in the user terminal, invoking a web address to a web page containing user-specific feed information;

outputting the user-specific feed information in said output window of the user terminal during the user-initiated pause.

17. A computer program product, comprising:

storing for a first user first context data for linking the first user to one or more other users;

receiving a stream of event data items, an event data item comprising information that identifies a user to whom an event occurred and the event that occurred during execution of the application;

using the first context data to extract from the stream of event data items event data items of the one or more users linked to the first user;

creating from the extracted event data items a web page with a defined web address comprising user-specific feed information for the first user;

forwarding the web page to a user terminal of the first user.

18. A computer program product according to claim 17, characterized by:

storing for a first user second context data for linking the first user to one or more applications;

using also the second context data to extract from the stream of event data items event data items of the one or more users linked to the first user.

19. A computer program product according to claim 17, characterized by:

storing for a first user third context data for linking the first user to one or more event data types;

using also the third context data to extract from the stream of event data items event data items of the one or more users linked to the first user.

20. A computer program product according to claim 19, characterized by the second context data comprising a URI schema accessible to the user.