Apparatus and methods for providing personalized application search results for wireless devices based on user profiles

• US 6,738,766 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2001
• Issued: 05/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Doongo Technologies, Inc. (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Inventors: Peng, Luosheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Alam, Shahid
• Assistant Examiner(s): EHICHIOYA, IRETE FRED
• Application Number:
  US09/776,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20010047363A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,202 Days
• Field of Search: 709/202, 709/105, 709/217, 709/219, 709/200, 709/205, 709/227, 709/203, 709/206, 709/225, 709/226, 709/229, 709/238, 709/245, 709/250, 707/104, 707/203, 707/2, 707/3, 707/4, 707/5, 707/103, 707/1, 707/6, 707/10, 707/101, 707/103.R, 707/104.1, 707/201, 705/7, 705/14, 705/18, 705/26, 705/27, 705/28, 705/38
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/121 using replacement algorithms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/06 Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/288 Distributed intermediate devices, i.e. intermediate devices for interaction with other intermediate devices on the same level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5682 Policies or rules for updating, deleting or replacing the stored data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/10 Flow control between communication endpoints
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99934 Query formulation, input preparation, or translation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99935 : Query augmenting and refining, e.g. inexact access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99936 : Pattern matching access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 : Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 : Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

An exemplary method for providing personalized application search results in a mobile device comprises the steps of receiving a search request from a user, the search request including at least one search keyword and a user identifier, searching an application registry database for a first set of matching applications based on the search keyword, searching an application selection table for a second set of matching applications based on the search keyword and the user identifier, ordering the second set of matching applications based on frequency of use parameters in the application selection table to obtain an ordered second set of matching applications, appending a set of application in the first set of matching applications but not in the second set of matching applications to the end of the ordered second set of matching applications, generating a response to the search request based on the third set of matching applications, and sending the response to the user.

Claims

1. A method for providing personalized application search results in a mobile device, comprising the steps of:

receiving a search request from a user, said search request including at least one search keyword and a user identifier;

searching an application registry database for a first set of matching applications based on said at least one search keyword;

searching an application selection table for a second set of matching applications based on said at least one search keyword and said user identifier;

ordering said second set of matching applications based on frequency of use parameters in said application selection table to obtain an ordered second set of matching applications;

appending a set of applications that are included in said first set of matching applications but not included said second set of matching applications to the end of said ordered second set of matching applications to obtain a third set of matching applications;

generating a response to said search request based on the said third set of matching applications, and

sending said response to said user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

collecting application registration information for each application, said application registration information including;

a uniform resource locator;

a brief description; and

at least one associated keyword; and

storing said application registration information in said application registry database.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving application selection records from said user, each of said application selection records including;

a uniform resource locator;

at least one associated keyword;

parameter values indicating a frequency of use; and

a time stamp indicating a last use of an application; and

storing said application selection records in said application selection table.

4. A computer program product for providing personalized application search results in a mobile device, comprising:

logic code for receiving a search request from a user, said search request including at least one search keyword and a user identifier;

logic code for searching an application registry database for a first set of matching applications based on said at least one search keyword;

logic code for searching an application selection table for a second set of matching applications based on said at least one search keyword and said user identifier;

logic code for ordering said second set of matching applications based on frequency of use parameters in said application selection table to obtain an ordered second set of matching applications;

logic code for appending a set of applications that are included in said first set of matching applications but not included said second set of matching applications to the end of said ordered second set of matching applications to obtain a third set of matching applications;

logic code for generating a response to said search request based on said third set of matching applications; and

logic code for sending said response to said user.

5. The computer program product of claim 4, further comprising:

logic code for collecting application registration information for each application, said application registration information including;

a uniform resource locator;

a brief description; and

at least one associated keyword; and

logic code for storing said application registration information in said application registry database.

6. The computer program product of claim 4, further comprising:

logic code for receiving application selection records from said user, each of said application selection records including;

a uniform resource locator;

at least one associated keyword;

parameter values indicating a frequency of use; and

a time stamp indicating a last use of an application; and

logic code for storing said application selection records in said application selection table.