Rearranging display of mobile applications based on geolocation

• US 9,936,063 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2014
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Barillaud, Franck, Cho, Insoo, Christiani, Daniel, Thill, Mark R., Zhang, David S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ipakchi, Maryam M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chung, Mong-Shune
• Application Number:
  US14/510,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20160103583A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,272 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• 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 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4451 User profiles; Roaming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• 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: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes

Abstract

Rearranging a set of generated application display panels is provided. A set of application display icons corresponding to a set of mobile applications installed on a mobile data processing system having matching keyword tags with a geolocation keyword tag corresponding to a defined geographic area is inserted into a set of generated application display panels. The set of generated application display panels with the inserted set of application display icons corresponding to the set of mobile applications having the matching keyword tags is rearranged based on the geolocation keyword tag corresponding to the defined geographic area. The rearranged set of generated application display panels with the inserted set of application display icons corresponding to the set of mobile applications having the matching keyword tags is displayed.

Claims

1. A mobile data processing device for rearranging display of application icons based on geolocation, the mobile data processing device comprising:

a bus system;

a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device stores program instructions; and

a processor connected to the bus system, wherein the processor executes the program instructions to;

send current geographic location data of the mobile data processing device to a server device via a network, wherein the current geographic location data is provided by a global positioning system transceiver located in the mobile data processing device;

receive from the server device via the network a notification indicating that the mobile data processing device entered a first defined geographic area based on the current geographic location data, wherein the first defined geographic area is one of a plurality of defined geographic areas that are predefined and delineated by geographic coordinates stored on the server device;

send a request to the server device via the network for a set of geolocation keyword tags corresponding to the first defined geographic area in response to receiving the notification, wherein the set of geolocation keyword tags are stored on the server device and contain one or more natural language keywords that identify the first defined geographic area entered by the mobile data processing device;

receive from the server device via the network the set of geolocation keyword tags containing the one or more natural language keywords that identify the first defined geographic area entered by the mobile data processing device;

retrieve from the storage device of the mobile data processing device a set of application keyword tags corresponding to a set of mobile applications installed on the mobile data processing device, wherein each of the set of application keyword tags contain one or more natural language keywords identifying a subject matter of each corresponding mobile application in the set of mobile applications set by a user of the mobile data processing device;

match natural language keywords contained in the set of geolocation keyword tags identifying the first defined geographic area entered by the mobile data processing device with natural language keywords contained in the set of application keyword tags corresponding to the set of mobile applications installed on the mobile data processing device to determine a first subset of applications including each of the mobile applications installed on the mobile data processing device that has at least one application keyword tag that matches at least one of the natural language keywords in the set of geolocation keyword tags identifying the first defined geographic area;

generate at least one front application panel and insert into the generated front application display panel each one of a set of application display icons corresponding to the determined first subset of mobile applications in the set of mobile applications that have matching natural language keywords with the natural language keywords contained in the set of geolocation tags;

rearrange display panels of the mobile data processing device to display the at least one generated front application display panel including each one of the set of application display icons corresponding to the determined first subset of mobile applications having the matching natural language keywords as an uppermost displayed panel, the determined first subset of mobile applications being displayed according to a most recently used order; and

in response to determining that the mobile data processing device has left the first defined geographic area based on the currently received geographic location data corresponding to the current location of the mobile data processing device and determining that the currently received geographic location data is not within one of the plurality of defined geographic areas that are predefined and delineated by geographic coordinates stored on the server device;

switching to a default mobile application icon display mode wherein the default mobile application icon display mode displays a default set of display panels including a front default display panel that includes a predetermined default set of application display icons, the predetermined default set of application icons being different than the set of application display icons corresponding to the determined first subset inserted into the generated front application display panel, the front default display panel being displayed as the uppermost displayed panel in the default mobile application icon display mode.

2. The mobile data processing device of claim 1, wherein the processor further executes the program instructions to:

continue to display the set of application display icons corresponding to the determined first subset of mobile applications having the matching natural language keywords within the generated front application display panel in response to the mobile data processing device not exiting the first defined geographic area based on the currently received geographic location data of the mobile data processing device.

3. The mobile data processing device of claim 2, wherein the processor further executes the program instructions to:

receive from the server device via the network another notification indicating that the mobile data processing device entered a second defined geographic area based on the the currently received geographic location data of the mobile data processing device, wherein the second defined geographic area is another one of the plurality of defined geographic areas that are predefined and delineated by geographic coordinates stored on the server device; and

send a request to the server device via the network for a second set of geolocation keyword tags corresponding to the second defined geographic area in response to receiving the another notification.

4. The mobile data processing device of claim 3, wherein the processor further executes the program instructions to:

request the set of geolocation keyword tags corresponding to the first defined geographic area from the server device via the network in response to the currently received geographic location data of the mobile data processing device matching the geographic coordinates corresponding to the first defined geographic area.

5. The mobile data processing device of claim 2, wherein the processor further executes the program instructions to:

retrieve a user profile that includes display preferences corresponding to the user of the mobile data processing device from the storage device of the mobile data processing device; and

rearrange the set of application display icons in the display panels based on the display preferences corresponding to the user.

6. A computer program product for rearranging display of application icons based on geolocation, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a mobile data processing device to cause the mobile data processing device to perform a method comprising:

sending, by the mobile data processing device, current geographic location data of the mobile data processing device to a server device via a network, wherein the current geographic location data is provided by a global positioning system transceiver located in the mobile data processing device;

receiving, by the mobile data processing device, from the server device via the network a notification indicating that the mobile data processing device entered a first defined geographic area based on the current geographic location data wherein the first defined geographic area is one of a plurality of defined geographic areas that are predefined and delineated by geographic coordinates stored on the server device;

sending, by the mobile data processing device, a request to the server device via the network for a set of geolocation keyword tags corresponding to the first defined geographic area in response to receiving the notification, wherein the set of geolocation keyword tags are stored on the server device and contain one or more natural language keywords that identify the first defined geographic area entered by the mobile data processing device;

receiving, by the mobile data processing device, from the server device via the network the set of geolocation keyword tags containing the one or more natural language keywords that identify the first defined geographic area entered by the mobile data processing device;

retrieving, by the mobile data processing device, a set of application keyword tags corresponding to a set of mobile applications installed on the mobile data processing device from a storage device of the mobile data processing device, wherein each of the set of application keyword tags contain one or more natural language keywords identifying a subject matter of each corresponding mobile application in the set of mobile applications set by a user of the mobile data processing device;

matching, by the mobile data processing device, natural language keywords contained in the set of geolocation keyword tags identifying the first defined geographic area entered by the mobile data processing device with natural language keywords contained in the set of application keyword tags corresponding to the set of mobile applications installed on the mobile data processing device to determine a first subset of applications including each of the mobile applications installed on the mobile data processing device that has at least one application keyword tag that matches at least one of the natural language keywords in the set of geolocation keyword tags identifying the first defined geographic area;

generating at least one front application panel and inserting, by the mobile data processing device, into the generated front application display panel each one of a set of application display icons corresponding to the determined first subset of mobile applications in the set of mobile applications that have matching natural language keywords with the natural language keywords contained in the set of geolocation tags;

rearranging, by the mobile data processing device display panels of the mobile data processing device to display the at least one generated front application display panel including each one of the set of application display icons corresponding to the determined first subset of mobile applications having the matching natural language keywords as an uppermost displayed panel, the determined first subset of mobile applications being displayed according to a most recently used order; and

in response to determining that the mobile data processing device has left the first defined geographic area based on the currently received geographic location data corresponding to the current location of the mobile data processing device and determining that the currently received geographic location data is not within one of the plurality of defined geographic areas that are predefined and delineated by geographic coordinates stored on the server device;

switching to a default mobile application icon display mode wherein the default mobile application icon display mode displays a default set of display panels including a front default display panel that includes a predetermined default set of application display icons, the predetermined default set of icons being different than the set of application display icons corresponding to the determined first subset inserted into the generated front application display panel, the front default display panel being displayed as the uppermost displayed panel in the default mobile application icon display mode.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising:

responsive to the mobile data processing device not exiting the first defined geographic area based on the currently received geographic location data of the mobile data processing device, continuing to display, by the mobile data processing device, the set of application display icons corresponding to the determined first subset of mobile applications having the matching natural language keywords within the generated front application display panel.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, by the mobile data processing device, from the server device via the network another notification indicating that the mobile data processing device entered a second defined geographic area based on the currently received geographic location data of the mobile data processing device, wherein the second defined geographic area is another one of the plurality of defined geographic areas that are predefined and delineated by geographic coordinates stored on the server device; and

responsive to the mobile data processing device receiving the another notification requesting, by the mobile data processing device, from the server device via the network a second set of geolocation keyword tags corresponding to the second defined geographic area.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

responsive to the currently received geographic location data of the mobile data processing device matching the geographic coordinates corresponding to the first defined geographic area, requesting, by the mobile data processing device, the set of geolocation keyword tags corresponding to the first defined geographic area from the server device via the network.

10. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising:

retrieving, by the mobile data processing device, a user profile that includes display preferences corresponding to the user of the mobile data processing device from the storage device of the mobile data processing device; and

rearranging, by the mobile data processing device, the set of application display icons in the display panels based on the display preferences corresponding to the user.