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Techniques for populating a content stream on a mobile device

  • US 8,938,488 B1
  • Filed: 12/27/2013
  • Issued: 01/20/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • at a mobile computing device, receiving from an activity recognition module, an activity status identifier derived by the activity recognition module processing information generated by one or more sensors of the mobile computing device, the activity status identifier identifying one of a plurality of possible physical activity states of a user of the mobile computing device; and

    based in part on determining that a predetermined pattern of changes in the activity status identifier has occurred, communicating a content request to a server, the content request for content items to be presented in a content feed of a mobile application executing at the mobile computing device, wherein the predetermined pattern of changes in the activity status identifier has been historically observed to have a high co-occurrence with content requests for content items to be presented in the content feed of the mobile application.

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