Dynamic application arranger

• US 9,158,560 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2012
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon New Jersey Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.), Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Lee, Woo Beum, Felt, Michelle
• Primary Examiner(s): Leggett, Andrea
• Assistant Examiner(s): Samwel, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US13/661,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20140123022A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,082 Days
• Field of Search: 715700-866
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72472 wherein the items are sorted according to specific criteria, e.g. frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57

Abstract

A device may determine an application shortcut and a set of specified conditions, where the application shortcut is to be presented on a home screen of a user device when the set of specified conditions is satisfied. The device may determine a set of current conditions associated with the user device, and may present the application shortcut on the home screen of the user device based on the set of current conditions satisfying the set of specified conditions.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors, connected to the one or more memories, to;

present information that identifies a plurality of conditions associated with presenting an application shortcut for display on a home screen of the device;

receive user input that identifies a set of specified conditions, of the plurality of conditions, associated with presenting the application shortcut for display on the home screen of the device,

the set of specified conditions including at least one of;

a time detected by the device,

a day detected by the device,

a date detected by the device,

a speed detected by the device,

a geographic location detected by the device,

a temperature detected by the device,

an altitude detected by the device, or

a network connectivity detected by the device;

receive aggregated in formation aggregated from a plurality of users,

the aggregated information indicating a quantity or a percentage of users, of the plurality of users, that have launched an application, associated with the application shortcut, when the set of specified conditions is satisfied;

determine that the quantity or the percentage satisfies a threshold;

provide a recommendation that the application shortcut be presented on the home screen of the device based on determining that the quantity or the percentage satisfies the threshold;

receive user input, based on providing the recommendation, that specifies that the application shortcut is to be presented on the home screen of the device when the set of specifies conditions is met;

determine a set of current conditions associated with the device;

determine that the set of current conditions satisfies the set of specified conditions; and

present the application shortcut on the home screen of the device based on determining that the set of current conditions satisfies the set of specified conditions and based on receiving the user input that specifies that the application shortcut is to be presented on the home screen of the device when the set of specified conditions is met.

2. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

present information that identifies a plurality of application shortcuts,

the plurality of application shortcuts including the application shortcut; and

where the one or more processors, when receiving the user input that specifies that the application shortcut is to be presented on the home screen of the device when the set of specified conditions is met, are to;

receive user input that identifies the application shortcut from the plurality of application shortcuts.

3. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors, when determining the set of current conditions associated with the device, are to:

receive a request to present the home screen; and

determine the set of current conditions based on receiving the request to present the home screen.

4. The device of claim 1, where the set of specified conditions, identified by the user input, includes at least one of:

the speed detected by the device;

the temperature detected by the device;

or

the altitude detected by the device.

5. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors, when presenting the application shortcut on the home screen, are to:

download an application, associated with the application shortcut, to the device; and

present the application shortcut on the home screen based on downloading the application.

6. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors, when providing the recommendation, are to:

determine, based on information stored by the device, a quantity of times that an application, associated with the application shortcut, has been launched on the device when the set of specified conditions is satisfied;

determine that the quantity of times satisfies another threshold; and

provide the recommendation based on determining that the quantity of times satisfies the other threshold.

7. The device of claim 6, where the threshold and the other threshold are different thresholds.

8. A method comprising:

presenting, on a user interface of a user device, information that identifies a plurality of conditions associated with presenting an application shortcut for display on a home screen of the user device;

receiving, via the user interface of the user device, user input that identifies a set of specified conditions, of the plurality of conditions, associated with presenting the application shortcut for display on the home screen of the user device,

the set of specified conditions including at least one of;

a time detected by the user device,

a day detected by the user device,

a date detected by the user device,

a speed detected by the user device,

a geographic location detected by the user device,

a temperature detected by the user device,

an altitude detected by the user device, or

a network connectivity detected by the user device;

receiving, by the user device, aggregated information aggregated from a plurality of users,

the aggregated information indicating a quantity or a percentage of users, of the plurality of users, that have launched an application, associated with the application shortcut, when the set of specified conditions is satisfied;

determining, by the user device, that the quantity or the percentage satisfies a threshold;

providing, by the user device and based on determining that the quantity or the percentage satisfies the threshold, a recommendation that the application shortcut be presented on the home screen of the user device;

receiving, by the device and based on providing the recommendation, user input that specifies that the application shortcut is to be presented on the home screen of the device when the set of specified conditions is met;

detecting, by the user device, a set of current conditions associated with the user device;

determining, by the user device, that the set of current conditions satisfies the set of specified conditions; and

presenting, by the user device, the application shortcut on the home screen of the user device based on determining that the set of current conditions satisfies the set of specified conditions and based on receiving the user input that specifies that the application shortcut is to be presented on the home screen of the device when the set of specified conditions is met.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

identifying a plurality of application shortcuts, the plurality of application shortcuts including the application shortcut; and

where presenting the application shortcut on the home screen further comprises;

presenting the plurality of application shortcuts on the home screen.

10. The method of claim 8,

where providing the recommendation comprises:

providing a recommendation that the application be downloaded to the user device.

11. The method of claim 8, where the threshold is based on a quantity of times that the application has been launched with the set of specified conditions being satisfied.

12. The method of claim 8, where the threshold is based on a quantity of times that the application has been launched, with the set of specified conditions being satisfied, during a particular time period.

13. The method of claim 8, where providing the recommendation comprises:

determining a quantity of times that an application, associated with the application shortcut, is launched during a particular time period with the set of specified conditions being satisfied;

determining that the quantity of times satisfies another threshold; and

providing the recommendation based on determining that the quantity of times satisfies the other threshold.

14. The method of claim 13, where the threshold and the other threshold are different thresholds.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor of a user device, cause the processor to;

present information that identifies a plurality of conditions associated with presenting an application shortcut for display on a home screen of the user device;

receive user input that identifies a set of specified conditions, of the plurality of conditions, associated with presenting the application shortcut for display on the home screen of the user device,

the set specified conditions including at least one of;

a time detected by the user device,

a day detected by the user device,

a date detected by the user device,

a speed detected by the user device,

a geographic location detected by the user device,

a temperature detected by the user device,

an altitude detected by the user device, or

a network connectivity detected by the user device;

receive aggregated information aggregated from a plurality of users,

the aggregated information indicting a quantity or a percentage of users, of the plurality of users, that have launched an applications, associated with the application shortcut, when the set of specified conditions is satisfied;

determine that the quantity or the percentage satisfies a threshold;

provide, based on determining that the quantity or the percentage satisfies the threshold, a recommendation that the application shortcut presented on the home screen of the user device when the set of specified conditions is satisfied;

receive user input, based on providing the recommendation, that specifies that the application shortcut is to be presented on the home screen of the device when the set of specified conditions is met;

determine a set of current conditions associated with the user device;

determine that the set of current conditions satisfies the set of specified conditions; and

present the application shortcut on the home screen of the user device based on determining that the set of current conditions satisfies the set of specified conditions and based on receiving the user input that specifies that the application shortcut is to be presented on the home screen of the device when the set of specified conditions is met.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, that cause the processor to provide the recommendation, cause the processor to:

determine, based on information stored by the user device, a quantity of times that an application, associated with the application shortcut, has been launched by the user device when the set of specified conditions is satisfied;

determine that the quantity of times satisfies a threshold; and

provide the recommendation based on determining that the quantity of times satisfies the threshold.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, that cause the processor to present the application shortcut on the home screen, cause the processor to:

receive an indication that the application is to be downloaded;

download the application based on receiving the indication; and

present, based on downloading the application, the application shortcut on the home screen of the user device when the set of current conditions satisfies the set of specified conditions.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, that cause the processor to receive the user input that identifies the set of specified conditions, further cause the processor to:

receive user input that identifies at least two of;

the time detected by the user device;

the day detected by the user device;

the date detected by the user device;

the speed detected by the user device;

the geographic location of the user device;

the temperature detected by the user device;

the altitude detected by the user device;

or

the network connectivity detected by the user device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the set of specified conditions includes multiple conditions.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the one or more instructions, that cause the processor to provide the recommendation, cause the processor to:

provide information that identifies the quantity or the percentage.