System and methods thereof for dynamically updating the contents of a folder on a device

• US 9,846,699 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2016
• Issued: 12/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyperquery LLC (Jeffrey M. Gross)
• Original Assignee: DoAT Media Ltd.
• Inventors: Simhon, Joey Joseph, Ben-David, Amihay, Kasterstein, Rami
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, THU NGUYET T
• Application Number:
  US15/096,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20160224586A1
• Time in Patent Office: 616 Days
• Field of Search: 707767
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/148 File search processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/16 File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A system and method for dynamically updating contents of a folder on a user device. The method includes: identifying a folder on the user device as a dynamic folder; determining at least one context parameter related to the dynamic folder; searching, based on the at least one context parameter, a plurality of resources of information to identify content items that that can be pushed to the dynamic folder; and causing, for each identified content item, a display of an icon in the dynamic folder, thereby dynamically updating contents of the dynamic folder with content items found through the search.

Claims

1. A method for dynamically updating contents of a folder on a user device, comprising:

identifying a folder on the user device as a dynamic folder;

determining a category of each of at least one content item already existing in the dynamic folder;

determining at least one context parameter related to the dynamic folder, wherein the at least one context parameter is determined based on the determined categories;

searching, based on the at least one context parameter, a plurality of resources of information to identify content items that can be pushed to the dynamic folder; and

causing, for each identified content item, a display of an icon in the dynamic folder, thereby dynamically updating contents of the dynamic folder with content items found through the search.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving at least one external parameter; and

filtering the identified content items based on the at least one external parameter.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the external parameter characterizes at least one of:

a user of the user device, and the user device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one context parameter is determined based further on a name of the dynamic folder.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each identified content item is at least any of:

a native mobile application, a virtual application, and a web application.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein each icon is any of:

a graphical symbol, a widget, and a gadget that causes either activation of the respective application or installation of the respective application on the user device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of resources of information are at least one of:

remotely connected to the user device, and locally included in the user device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification of the context parameter is performed offline when the user device is not connected to a network.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing one or more processing units to execute the method according to claim 1.

10. A system for dynamically updating contents of a folder on a user device, comprising:

a processing system; and

a memory, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processing system, configure the system to;

identify a folder on the user device as a dynamic folder;

determine a category of each of at least one content item already existing in the dynamic folder;

determine at least one context parameter related to the dynamic folder, wherein the at least one context parameter is determined based on the determined categories;

search, based on the at least one context parameter, a plurality of resources of information to identify content items that can be pushed to the dynamic folder; and

cause, for each identified content item, a display of an icon in the dynamic folder, thereby dynamically updating contents of the dynamic folder with content items found through the search.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the system is further configured to:

receive at least one external parameter; and

filter the identified content items based on the at least one external parameter.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein each external parameter characterizes at least one of:

a user of the user device, and the user device.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one context parameter is determined based further on a name of the dynamic folder.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein each identified content item is any of:

a native application, a virtual application, and a web application.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein each icon is any of:

a graphical symbol, a widget, and a gadget that causes either activation of the respective application or installation of the respective application on the user device.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of resources of information are at least one of:

remotely connected to the user device, and locally included in the user device.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the identification of the context parameter is performed offline when the user device is not connected to a network.

18. A user device, comprising:

a display;

a processing system; and

a memory, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processing system, configure the user device to;

identify a folder on the user device as a dynamic folder;

determine a category of each of at least one content item already exiting in the dynamic folder;

determine at least one context parameter related to the dynamic folder, wherein the at least one context parameter is determined based on the determined categories;

search, based on the at least one context parameter, a plurality of local resources of information to identify content items that can be pushed to the dynamic folder; and

cause a display, over the display, of an icon for each identified content item in the dynamic folder, thereby dynamically updating contents of the dynamic folder with content items found through the search.