Presentation of content items based on dynamic monitoring of real-time context

• US 7,707,226 B1
• Filed: 01/29/2007
• Issued: 04/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AOL Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Tonse, Sudhir
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo; Tim T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gortayo; Dangelino N
• Application Number:
  US11/668,261
• Time in Patent Office: 1,184 Days
• Field of Search: 707/1, 707/2, 707/3, 707/100, 707/104.1, 709/206, 709/224, 709/240
• US Class Current: 707/796
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90 Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/922 Communications
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

The present invention provides systems and methods for providing real-time context-based content items to a user client system. Methods include dynamically monitoring a user client system to determine a real-time context of the user client system based on one or more of identifying one or more content keywords of an application operating on the user client system and/or one or more system capabilities of the user client system. One or more content items can be presented and changed based on changes detected in the real-time context of the user client system.

Claims

1. In a distributed computer system, a method for providing real-time context-based content items to a user client system, the method comprising:

dynamically monitoring a user client system to determine a real-time context of the user client system based on factors including;

identifying one or more content keywords of a first application operating on the user client system;

identifying one or more user demographic profile keywords of the user client system including one or more of;

a geographic location of the user client system;

a time at which the dynamic monitoring of the user client system is occurring;

a date on which the dynamic monitoring of the user client system is occurring;

an age of a user;

or

a gender of a user;

determining a first and second system capability of the user client system, each of the first and second system capability capable of presenting content items to the user client system, the first and second system capability being monitored by sending operating calls to the user client system to receive information about the first and second system capability of the user client system, the first and second system capability being an application, video capability or audio capability; and

determining that a user of the user client system is currently operating the first system capability such that the first system capability is undesirable for presenting content items to the user client system,

selecting a first content item based on the real-time context of the user client system, the first content item being capable of being presented by the second system capability of the user client system;

sending the first content item to the user client system;

further performing dynamic monitoring of the real-time context of the user client system being performed by sending operating calls to the user client system to receive information about the first and second system capability of the user client system including identifying that the user of the user client system is no longer using the first system capability;

selecting a second content item based on a change in the real-time context of the user client system, the second content item being different than the first content item and capable of being presented by the first system capability of the user client system; and

sending the second content item to the user client system.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein identifying one or more content keywords of a first application operating on a user client system comprises one or more of:

crawling content presented by the first application;

detecting metadata associated with the first application;

identifying content of interest of the first application based on user interaction with at least an aspect of the first application;

or

identifying a lack of user interaction with at least an aspect of the first application.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein identifying content of interest of the first application based on user interaction with at least an aspect of the first application includes detecting one or more of:

hovering over an aspect of a display of the first application;

clicking on a link in the content of the first application;

identifying a conversion related to content of the first application;

or

identifying content input by the user into the first application.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein determining a first and second system capability of the user client system comprises sending an operating system call to the user client system to receive information relating to one or more of:

an operating system of the user client system;

video capabilities of the user client system;

audio capabilities of the user client system;

available processing power of the user client system;

available memory of the user client system;

or

properties of the first application.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein dynamically monitoring a user client system to determine a real-time context of the user client system further comprises identifying one or more past search keywords of the user client system.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein identifying one or more past search keywords comprises exposing one or more application programming interfaces to obtain one or more previous searches performed by the user.

7. In a distributed computer system, a method for providing real-time context-based content items to a user client system, the method comprising:

dynamically monitoring a user client system to determine a real-time context of the user client system based on factors including;

determining a first and second system capability of the user client system, each of the first and second system capability capable of presenting content items to the user client system, the first and second system capability being monitored by sending operating calls to the user client system to receive information about the first and second system capability of the user client system, and

identifying one or more user demographic profile keywords of the user client system including one or more of;

a geographic location of the user client system;

a time at which the dynamic monitoring of the user client system is occurring;

a date on which the dynamic monitoring of the user client system is occurring;

an age of a user;

or

a gender of a user;

determining that a user of the user client system is currently operating the first system capability such that the first system capability is undesirable for presenting content items to the user client system;

selecting a first content item based on the real-time context of the user client system, the first content item capable of being presented by both of the first and second system capabilities of the user client system;

presenting the first content item on the user client system using the second system capability of the user client system, wherein the second system capability is selected for presenting the first content item on the user client system due to the undesirability of the first system capability;

further performing dynamic monitoring of the real-time context of the user client system to detect a change in the real-time context of the user client system being performed by sending operating calls to the user client system to receive information about the first and second system capability of the user client system including identifying that the user of the user client system is no longer using the first system capability; and

presenting the first content item on the user client system using the second system capability of the user client system.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein dynamically monitoring a user client system to determine a real-time context of the user client system further comprises one or more of:

identifying one or more content keywords of a first application operating on the user client system;

identifying user interaction with at least an aspect of the user client system;

identifying a lack of user interaction with at least an aspect of the user client system;

or

identifying one or more past search keywords of the user client system.

9. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein determining one or more system capabilities of the user client system comprises sending an operating system call to the user client system to receiving information relating to one or more of:

an embedded HTML application running on the user client system;

an operating system of the user client system;

video capabilities of one or more applications running on the user client system;

audio capabilities of one or more applications running the user client system;

available processing power of the user client system;

or

available memory of the user client system.

10. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein dynamically monitoring a user client system to determine a real-time context of the user client system further comprises identifying one or more content keywords of a first application operating on a user client system comprising one or more of:

crawling content presented by the first application on the user client system;

detecting metadata associated with the first application;

identifying user interaction with at least an aspect of the first application;

or

identifying a lack of user interaction with at least an aspect of the first application.

11. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein identifying user interaction with at least an aspect of the user client system includes one or more of:

hovering over an aspect of a display of the user client system;

clicking on a link in the content of the user client system;

identifying a conversion related to content of the user client system;

or

identifying content input by the user into the user client system.

12. In an instant messaging system comprising an instant messaging client and an instant messaging server, a method for providing real-time context-based content items to the instant messaging client, the method comprising:

identifying an instant messaging session between a first instant messaging client and a second instant messaging client;

dynamically monitoring the instant messaging session to determine a real-time context of each of the first instant messaging client and the second instant messaging client including based on factors including;

identifying one or more content keywords of the instant messaging session;

identifying one or more user demographic profile keywords of each instant messaging client including one or more of;

a geographic location of each instant messaging client,

a time at which the dynamic monitoring of the instant messaging session is occurring,

a date on which the dynamic monitoring of the instant messaging session is occurring,

an age of a user of each instant messaging client, or

a gender of a user of each instant messaging client;

determining one or more system capabilities of each instant messaging client, the system capability being monitored by sending operating calls to each instant messaging client to receive information about the system capabilities of each instant messaging client;

identifying a first content item based on the real-time context of the first instant messaging client;

sending the first content item to the first instant messaging client;

identifying a second content item based on the real-time content of the second instant messaging client, wherein the second content item is different than the first content item due to a difference in the real-time context of the first instant messaging client and the second instant messaging client;

sending the second content item to the second instant messaging client;

further performing dynamic monitoring of the real-time context of each of the first instant messaging client and the second instant messaging client;

identifying a third content item based on a change in the real-time context of the first instant messaging client;

sending the third content item to the first instant messaging client;

identifying a fourth content item based on a change in the real-time context of the second instant messaging client, wherein the fourth content item is different than the third content item due to a difference in the change of the real-time context of the first instant messaging client and the second instant messaging client; and

sending the fourth content item to the second instant messaging client.

13. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein dynamically monitoring a first instant messaging client to determine a real-time context of the first instant messaging client further comprises one or more of:

identifying a user interaction with at least an aspect of the first instant messaging client;

identifying a lack of user interaction with at least an aspect of the first instant messaging client;

or

identifying one or more past search keywords of the first instant messaging client.

14. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein determining one or more system capabilities of each instant messaging client comprises sending an operating system call to each instant messaging client to receive information relating to one or more of:

an operating system of the first instant messaging client;

video capabilities of the first instant messaging client;

audio capabilities of the first instant messaging client;

available processing power of the first instant messaging client;

or

available memory of the first instant messaging client.

15. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein identifying one or more content keywords of the instant messaging session comprises one or more of:

crawling content presented by the instant messaging session on the first instant messaging client;

detecting metadata associated with the instant messaging session;

identifying user interaction with at least an aspect of the first instant messaging client;

or

identifying a lack of user interaction with at least an aspect of the first instant messaging client.

16. The method as recited in claim 15, wherein identifying user interaction with at least an aspect of the instant messaging session includes one or more of:

hovering over an aspect of a display of the first instant messaging client;

clicking on a link in the content of the first instant messaging client;

identifying a conversion related to content of the first instant messaging client;

or

identifying content input by the user into the first instant messaging client.