SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR CONTEXT-AWARE APPLICATIONS

• US 20180107491A1
• Filed: 10/09/2017
• Published: 04/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Banma Zhixing Network (Hongkong) Co., Limited
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Kai, Yuan, Zhijun, Li, Xinzheng
• Granted Patent: US 10,642,627 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 9/461 Saving or restoring of program or task context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

A method for applications includes: determining context-related information based on a system signal obtained; executing a target application corresponding to the context-related information, wherein the target application comprises at least one application unit; and using the target application to perform a corresponding operation.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining context-related information based on a system signal obtained;

selecting, among a plurality of applications, a target application corresponding to the context-related information;

executing the target application corresponding to the context-related information;

wherein;

the target application comprises at least one application unit; and

the execution of the target application corresponding to the context-related information includes using the target application to perform a corresponding operation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the context-related information comprises:

receiving the system signal from an interface of a device; and

determining, based at least in part on subscription information that maps the system signal to the context-related information, at least one piece of context-related information corresponding to the system signal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining of the at least one piece of context-related information comprises:

searching in the subscription information by using the system signal to determine the at least one piece of context-related information, the context-related information subscribing to the system signal.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

selecting, according to a context condition of the context-related information, one or more triggered pieces of context-related information from the context-related information, wherein the one or more triggered pieces of context-related information meet the context condition.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the target application comprises:

determining, by use of a device, the target application corresponding to the context-related information; and

loading the target application for execution.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the determining the target application by use of the device comprises:

determining, by use of device information of the device, the at least one application unit corresponding to the context-related information; and

determining an application corresponding to the at least one application unit as the target application.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining the at least one application unit from a server when the at least one application unit is not locally available.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein states of the target application comprises a created state, a running state, a frozen state, and a stopped state.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the executing of the target application corresponding to the context-related information comprises:

executing the target application corresponding to the context-related information; and

controlling states of the target application.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an application interface for the target application, wherein user command information is received via the application interface.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining at least one other application correlating to the target application; and

sending instructions to a device associated with the at least one other application so that the at least one other application is executed on the device.

12. A method to operate an application, comprising:

determining, by a first device, a first piece of context-related information according to a first signal obtained;

executing, by the first device, a first application corresponding to the first piece of context-related information; and

sending, by the first device, an instruction to a second device, the instruction to be used by the second device to execute a second application corresponding to a second piece of context-related information to perform a corresponding second operation.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein a system signal comprises the first signal and/or a second signal received on the first device, and context-related information comprises the first piece of context-related information and/or the second piece of context-related information.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving the system signal; and

determining, based at least in part on subscription relationships, at least one piece of context-related information corresponding to the system signal.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the executing of the first application corresponding to the first piece of context-related information comprises:

determining the first application corresponding to the first piece of context-related information; and

loading the first application for execution;

wherein the executing of the second application corresponding to the second piece of context-related information comprises;

determining the second application corresponding to the second piece of context-related information; and

loading the second application for execution.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the first application comprises states of a created state, a running state, a frozen state, and a stopped state;

and wherein

the execution of the first application corresponding to the first piece of context-related information comprises;

executing a first target application corresponding to the first piece of context-related information; and

controlling a state of the first target application.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the second application comprises states of a created state, a running state, a frozen state, and a stopped state;

and wherein the execution of the second application corresponding to the second piece of context-related information comprises;

executing a second target application corresponding to the second piece of context-related information; and

controlling a state of the second target application.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

displaying an application interface for the first application and/or the second application; and

receiving user operation information through the application interface, wherein the application interface comprises a first application interface and/or a second application interface.

19. A device for context-based applications, comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

determine context-related information based on a system signal obtained;

execute a target application corresponding to the context-related information, wherein the target application comprises at least one application unit; and

use the target application to perform a corresponding operation; and

one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors and configured to provide the one or more processors with instructions.

20. An application system comprising a first device and a second device, wherein:

the first device is configured to determine a first piece of context-related information according to a first signal obtained; and

execute a first application corresponding to the first piece of context-related information; and

send an instruction to a second device;

the second device is configured to receive a second signal corresponding to the instruction, wherein a second piece of context-related information is obtained according to the second signal; and

execute a second application corresponding to the second piece of context-related information to perform a corresponding second operation.

21. A computer program product for applications, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

determining context-related information based on a system signal obtained;

executing a target application corresponding to the context-related information, wherein the target application comprises at least one application unit; and

using the target application to perform a corresponding operation.