Providing personalized content based on historical interaction with a mobile device

• US 9,769,634 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2016
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Marti, Lukas M., Han, Xufeng
• Primary Examiner(s): WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE
• Application Number:
  US15/210,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20170013429A1
• Time in Patent Office: 432 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

Methods and computer products can provide personalized content based on historical interaction with a mobile device. A computing device can receive information about a user interaction with an application running on the mobile device at a first time and location. A type of the application can be identified by parsing a description of the application (e.g., using a natural language processing algorithm). An affinity model can be generated that associates the type of the application with the first time and/or location. At a second time and location, it can be determined that the second time corresponds to the first time and/or that the second location corresponds to the first location. Using the affinity model, the second time and/or location can be associated with the type of the application, and the mobile device may then display content related to the type of the application.

Claims

1. A method for receiving personalized content based on historical interaction with a mobile device, the method comprising:

determining, by the mobile device, information about a user interaction with an application running on the mobile device;

identifying a type of the application by parsing a description of the application;

determining a first location of the mobile device;

generating an affinity model that associates the type of the application with the first location;

determining that a second location of the mobile device corresponds to the first location;

determining, using the affinity model, that the second location is associated with the type of the application based on the correspondence of the second location to the first location; and

providing, to a display of the mobile device, content related to the type of the application,

wherein the determining, using the affinity model, that the second location is associated with the type of the application comprises;

determining a confidence value that the second location is associated with the type of the application;

comparing the confidence value against a threshold value; and

determining that the confidence value exceeds the threshold value.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the content related to the type of the application is displayed as a banner on the display of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the description of the application is parsed using a natural language processing algorithm.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the second location corresponds to the first location comprises determining that the second location and the first location are the same location.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the second location corresponds to the first location comprises determining that the second location and the first location share a common attribute.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a concept tag corresponding to the type of the application and a concept tag corresponding to the first location of the mobile device, wherein generating the affinity model that associates the type of the application with the first location includes associating the concept tag corresponding to the type of the application with the concept tag corresponding to the first location in the affinity model.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein determining that the second location of the mobile device corresponds to the first location includes determining that the concept tag corresponding to the first location also corresponds to the second location.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

assigning a counter to the association of the concept tag corresponding to the type of the application with the concept tag corresponding to the first location;

incrementing the counter in response to receiving the information about the user interaction with the application of the identified type at the first location; and

providing the content related to the type of the application in response to determining that;

the concept tag corresponding to the first location also corresponds to the second location; and

the counter meets or exceeds the threshold value.

9. A mobile device for providing personalized content based on historical interaction comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled with and readable by the one or more processors, the memory configured to store a set of instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to;

receive information about a user interaction with an application running on the mobile device;

identify a type of the application by parsing a description of the application;

determine a first location of the mobile device;

generate an affinity model that associates the type of the application with the first location;

determine that a second location of the mobile device corresponds to the first location;

determine, using the affinity model, that the second location is associated with the type of the application based on the correspondence of the second location to the first location; and

providing, to a display of the mobile device, content related to the type of the application,

wherein the determining, using the affinity model, that the second location is associated with the type of the application comprises;

determining a confidence value that the second location is associated with the type of the application;

comparing the confidence value against a threshold value; and

determining that the confidence value exceeds the threshold value.

10. The mobile device according to claim 9, wherein the content related to the type of the application is displayed as a banner on the display of the mobile device.

11. The mobile device according to claim 9, wherein the description of the application is parsed using a natural language processing algorithm.

12. The mobile device according to claim 9, wherein determining that the second location corresponds to the first location comprises determining that the second location and the first location are the same location.

13. The mobile device according to claim 9, wherein determining that the second location corresponds to the first location comprises determining that the second location and the first location share a common attribute.

14. A computer product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions that when executed controls a computing device included on a mobile device to provide personalized content based on historical interaction, the instructions comprising:

determining, by the mobile device, information about a user interaction with an application running on the mobile device;

identifying a type of the application by parsing a description of the application;

determining a first location of the mobile device;

generating an affinity model that associates the type of the application with the first location;

determining that a second location of the mobile device corresponds to the first location;

determining, using the affinity model, that the second location is associated with the type of the application based on the correspondence of the second location to the first location; and

providing, to a display of the mobile device, content related to the type of the application,

wherein the determining, using the affinity model, that the second location is associated with the type of the application comprises;

determining a confidence value that the second location is associated with the type of the application;

comparing the confidence value against a threshold value; and

determining that the confidence value exceeds the threshold value.

15. The computer product according to claim 14, wherein the content related to the type of the application is displayed as a banner on the display of the mobile device.

16. The computer product according to claim 14, wherein the description of the application is parsed using a natural language processing algorithm.

17. The computer product according to claim 14, wherein determining that the second location corresponds to the first location comprises determining that the second location and the first location are the same location.

18. The computer product according to claim 14, wherein determining that the second location corresponds to the first location comprises determining that the second location and the first location share a common attribute.