Location-based application recommendation

• US 9,332,381 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2012
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Yarvis, Mark D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mizrahi, Diane
• Application Number:
  US13/977,051
• Publication Number:
  US 20140194146A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,501 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Described herein are techniques related to location-aware application recommendations in wireless devices. For example, an application recommendation alert may be displayed at the wireless device based on a current location, time, and data of the wireless device. Further, relevant applications to user location based on where the wireless device that are placed for sale at the market may be displayed at the wireless device.

Claims

1. At least one computer accessible medium having instructions stored thereon for generating location-based application recommendations, the instructions when executed on a machine, cause the machine to:

determine a current location of a wireless device

compare the determined current location to information stored in the wireless device that comprises at least one or more applications, wherein the comparing comprises adjusting user sensitivity that limits the at least one or more applications to be displayed based on user visitations to the current location; and

display the at least one or more applications that are relevant to the current location of the wireless device.

2. The computer accessible medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the determining includes tracking historical location information of the wireless device, the historical location information includes the number of times that the wireless device has been to the current location.

3. The computer accessible medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the compare includes a matching ruleset module that is configured to compare historical location information with the at least one or more applications stored in the wireless device.

4. The computer accessible medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the compare includes a matching ruleset module that is configured to compare the current location, time, and date to the at least one or more applications stored in an application location cache of the wireless device.

5. The computer accessible medium as recited in claim 1, further comprising causing the machine to trigger a recommendation alert that includes a notification for the at least one or more applications that are discovered to be relevant to the current location, time, and date of the wireless device.

6. The computer accessible medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the location-based application recommendation is from an application store.

7. The computer accessible medium as recited in claim 1, further comprising causing the machine to query an update for an application location cache of the at least one or more applications that are relevant to relevant to a physical region where a user typically visits.

8. The computer accessible medium as recited in claim 1, further comprising causing the machine to adjust location privacy of the wireless device to limit cache of entries to an application location cache, the cache of entries includes the applications that are supplied by an application location service in response to a query from a cache manager.

9. The computer accessible medium as recited in claim 1, further comprising causing the machine to supply the current location, time, and date to a matching ruleset module that is configured to compare the current location, time, and date to the at least one or more applications in the wireless device.

10. A computer accessible medium as recited in claim 1, further comprising causing the machine to interact by the wireless device with an application location service that is located in a cloud, the application location service stores the at least one or more applications that is supplied by independent software vendors (ISVs).

30. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising interacting by the wireless device with an application location service that is located in a cloud, the application location service to store the location information for at least one or more applications that is supplied by independent software vendors (ISVs).

11. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors;

a physical location module communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, that determines a current location, time and date associated with the wireless device;

an application location cache communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, to store physical locations related to at least one or more applications; and

matching ruleset logic communicatively coupled to the one or more processors configured to compare the current location, time, and date to the physical locations related to at least one or more applications, wherein the matching ruleset logic is configured to provide a user the list of at least one or more applications that are relevant to the current or historical location, time, and date of the wireless device, wherein an adjustment of a user sensitivity limits the at least one or more applications to be displayed based on user visitations to the current location.

12. The wireless device as recited in claim 11, wherein the application location cache stores corresponding locations for the at least one or more applications.

13. The wireless device as recited in claim 11, wherein the application location cache interacts with an application location service that is located in a cloud, the application location service is configured to store location information for the at least one or more applications that are supplied by independent software vendors (ISVs).

14. The wireless device as recited in claim 11, wherein the matching ruleset logic is configured to receive the current location, time, date, and historical location information that includes the number of times that the wireless device has been to the current location.

15. The wireless device as recited in claim 11, further comprising an application memory store that includes a user interface to provide a one-click installation to allow the relevant application to be installed as part of recommendation.

16. The wireless device as recited in claim 11, further comprising a recommendation alert that includes a notification for the at least one or more applications that are discovered to be relevant to the current location, time, date, and historical location information of the wireless device.

17. The wireless device as recited in claim 11, further comprising a location trending module to determine the historical location information that includes tracking the number of times that a user has been to the current location, wherein the historical location information is utilized by the matching ruleset for comparison with the at least one or more applications to provide the relevant applications.

18. The wireless device as recited in claim 11, further comprising a cache manager that updates the application location cache through querying of the at least one or more applications that are relevant to a physical region where the user typically roams.

19. The wireless device as recited in claim 11, further comprising a user preference for adjusting location privacy of the wireless device to limit cache of entries to the application location cache, the cache of entries includes the applications that are supplied by an application location service in response to a query from a cache manager.

20. The wireless device as recited in claim 11, further comprising a user preference configured to utilize the adjusted user sensitivity of the wireless device to limit the relevant applications to be supplied by the matching ruleset module based on a certain number of user visitations to the current location.

21. A method of generating location-based application recommendation comprising:

determining a current location of a wireless device;

comparing the current location to information stored in the wireless device that comprises at least one or more applications, wherein the comparing comprises adjusting of a user sensitivity that limits the at least one or more applications to be displayed based on user visitations to the current location; and

displaying a recommendation for at least one or more applications that are relevant to current or historical location of the wireless device.

22. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the determining includes tracking historical location information of the wireless device, the historical location information includes the number of times that the wireless device has been to the current location.

23. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the comparing includes a matching ruleset module that is configured to compare a historical information location with the at least one or more applications stored in the wireless device.

24. The method as recited in claim 21, wherein the comparing includes comparing by a matching ruleset module that is configured to compare the current location, time, and date to the at least one or more applications stored in an application location cache of the wireless device.

25. The method as recited in claim 21, further comprising triggering a recommendation alert that includes a notification for the at least one or more applications that are discovered to be relevant to the current location, time, and date of the wireless device.

26. The method as recited in claim 21, further comprising triggering a recommendation alert that includes a notification for the at least one or more applications that are discovered to be relevant to places a user has been.

27. The method as recited in claim 21, further comprising querying by a cache manager to update an application location cache of the at least one or more applications that are relevant to a physical region where a user of the wireless device typically visits.

28. The method as recited in claim 21, further comprising adjusting location privacy of the wireless device to limit cache of entries to an application location cache, the cache of entries includes the applications that are supplied by an application location service in response to a query from a cache manager.

29. The method as recited in claim 21, further comprising supplying the current location, time, and date to a matching ruleset module for comparing the current location, time, and date to the at least one or more applications in the wireless device.