Location and time based application management

• US 10,117,047 B1
• Filed: 10/17/2016
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chowdhury, Muhammad Iftekher
• Primary Examiner(s): Cumming, William D
• Application Number:
  US15/295,095
• Time in Patent Office: 743 Days
• Field of Search: 455418, 705 742, 718102
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

An application manager on a user device determines a current time period and determines that the current time period corresponds to a previous time period when the user device has previously been used to access one or more application files. The application manager identifies previous state information for the user device corresponding to a previous state of the user device during the previous time period and restores a current state of the user device to the previous state based at least in part on the previous state information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting an occurrence of a wake-up event on a user device;

determining a first time;

determining that the first time corresponds to one or more previous time periods when the user device has previously been used;

identifying, by a processing device, one or more application files that were previously accessed on the user device during the one or more previous time periods;

presenting an application interface with the one or more application files;

receiving a selection of at least one of the one or more application files; and

launching the at least one of the one or more application files on the user device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring application usage on the user device; and

maintaining a data store with records indicating which of the one or more application files were accessed on the user device and corresponding time periods during which the application files were accessed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein launching the at least one of the one or more application files restores a current state of the user device to a previous state associated with the one or more previous time periods.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying the one or more previous time periods when the user device has previously been used by accessing a data store and identifying time periods having a corresponding entry with application file information in the data store.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting a time interface with the one or more previous time periods comprises presenting a list of the previous time periods.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting a time interface with the one or more previous time periods comprises presenting a timeline displaying the previous time periods.

7. A user device comprising:

a memory to store one or more applications, an operating system comprising an application manager, and an application manager data store; and

a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to;

determine a first time;

determine that the first time corresponds to a first pervious time period when the user device was previously used to access the one or more applications;

identify previous state information for the user device corresponding to a previous state of the user device during the first previous time period, the previous state information comprising an application file that was previously accessed by the one or more applications on the user device during the first previous time period; and

restore a current state of the user device to the previous state as indicated in the previous state information.

8. The user device of claim 7, wherein the application manager data store comprises records indicating one or more accessed application files on the user device and time periods during which the accessed application files were accessed.

9. The user device of claim 8, wherein to determine that the first time corresponds to the first previous time period, the processing device to identify a record in the application manager data store corresponding to the first previous time period.

10. The user device of claim 7, wherein to restore the current state of the user device to the previous state, the processing device to relaunch the application file, as specified in the previous state information.

11. The user device of claim 7, wherein the processing device further to:

determine that the first time does not correspond to a second previous time period; and

create a new record in the application manager data store to record state information for the user device corresponding to the first time.

12. The user device of claim 7, wherein the processing device further to:

present an application interface with one or more application files including the application file;

receive a selection of the application file; and

launch the application file on the user device.

13. A method comprising:

detecting a launch of an application on a user device;

determining a first time;

determining, by a processing device, that the first time corresponds to a first pervious time period when the application has been previously accessed on the user device by identifying a record in an application manager data store corresponding to the first previous time period;

identifying a first application file that was previously accessed by the application during the first previous time period; and

loading the first application file in the application on the user device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the application manager data store comprises records indicating which application files were accessed on the user device and time periods during which the application files were accessed.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein identifying the first application file that was previously accessed by the application during the first previous time period comprises identifying the record in the application manager data store corresponding to the first previous time period.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining that the first time does not correspond to a second previous time period; and

creating a new record in an application manager data store to record state information for the user device corresponding to the first time.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the state information comprises one or more applications that are used on the user device at the first time and one or more application files that are accessed by the one or more applications on the user device at the first time.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein a second application file was accessed by the application during a different time period subsequent to the first application file being previously accessed by the application during the first previous time period.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

loading the first application file in the application on the user device without user intervention.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

presenting an application interface with the first application file; and

receiving a selection of the first application file.