System and method thereof for generation of widgets based on applications

• US 9,851,875 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2014
• Issued: 12/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DoAT Media Ltd.
• Original Assignee: DoAT Media Ltd.
• Inventors: Simhon, Joey Joseph, Taichman, Amir, Charkam, Avi, Volk, Dvir
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US14/556,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20150186000A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,121 Days
• Field of Search: 715739, 715751, 715764, 715719-722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range

Abstract

A method and system for generation of widgets based on mobile applications are provided. The method includes receiving from a user device a request to analyze at least one application on the user device; analyzing the at least one application to identify at a plurality of functions in the at least one application; analyzing each of the identified plurality of functions to identify contextual content items; generating at least one widget respective of at least one preferred function and preferred contextual content item of the identified functions and contextual content items; and displaying the widget on a display of the user device.

Claims

1. A method for generation of widgets on a user device based on at least one mobile application within the user device, comprising:

receiving from the user device a request in digital format to analyze the at least one application of the user device;

analyzing, automatically and directly in response to the digital format request, the at least one application to identify at a plurality of functions in the at least one application;

analyzing each of the identified plurality of functions to identify contextual content items;

generating at least one widget for at least one preferred function and preferred contextual content item based on the identified functions and contextual content items; and

displaying an icon representing the widget on a display of the user device, wherein activation of the icon invokes the widget.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request to analyze at least one application is initiated by an interaction with the application by a user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the request to analyze at least one application is initiated at a predetermined time interval.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one contextual content item comprises a content item within one of the plurality of functions that is identifiable as relating to a particular context.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the least one widget comprises a stand-alone application with limited functionality, wherein the least one widget is installed and executed on at least one of:

the user device and a webpage accessed by the user device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one preferred function and contextual content item are selected by the user.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing at least one of;

an API of the application, a metadata of the application, a structure of the application to identify the plurality of functions.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

traversing through links in each of the identified functions to determine the hyperlinks.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing processing circuitry to execute a process for generation of widgets on a user device based on at least one mobile application within the user device, the process comprising:

receiving from the user device a request in digital format to analyze the at least one application of the user device;

analyzing, automatically and directly in response to the digital format request, the at least one application to identify at a plurality of functions in the at least one application;

analyzing each of the identified plurality of functions to identify contextual content items;

generating at least one widget for at least one preferred function and preferred contextual content item based on the identified functions and contextual content items; and

displaying an icon representing the widget on a display of the user device, wherein activation of the icon invokes the widget.

10. A system for generation of widgets on a user device based on at least one mobile application within the user device, comprising:

processing circuitry; and

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

receive from the user device a request in digital format to analyze the at least one application of the user device;

analyze, automatically and directly in response to the digital format request, the at least one application to identify at a plurality of functions in the at least one application;

analyze each of the identified plurality of functions to identify contextual content items;

generate at least one widget respective for at least one preferred function and contextual content item based on the identified functions and contextual content items; and

display an icon representing the widget on a display of the user device, wherein activation of the icon invokes the widget.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the request to analyze at least one application is initiated by an interaction with the application by a user.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the request to analyze at least one application is initiated at a predetermined time interval.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one contextual content item comprises a content item within one of the plurality of functions that is identifiable as relating to a particular context.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the least one widget comprises a stand-alone application with limited functionality, wherein the least one widget is installed and executed on at least one of:

the user device and a web page accessed by the user device.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one preferred function and contextual content item are selected by the user.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the system if further configured to:

analyze at least one of;

an API of the application, a metadata of the application, a structure of the application to identify the plurality of functions.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the system if further configured to:

traverse through links in each of the identified functions to determine the hyperlinks.