Selecting between client-side and server-side market detection

• US 10,755,287 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2008
• Issued: 08/25/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Kazan, Wissam S., Penov, Francislav P., Arora, Gaurav
• Primary Examiner(s): Obeid, Mamon
• Application Number:
  US12/277,744
• Publication Number:
  US 20100131351A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,291 Days
• Field of Search: 715703, 715744, 715745, 715747
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0243 Comparative campaigns

Abstract

In accordance with one or more aspects of selecting between client-side and server-side market detection, a determination is made at a device as to which of a client-side detected market and a server-side detected market is to have priority for a service. An application of the device is configured in accordance with a client-side market configuration setting if the client-side detected market has priority, and is configured in accordance with a server-side market configuration setting if the server-side detected market has priority.

Claims

1. A method of controlling services provided by an application on a mobile computing device, the method comprising:

detecting, by the mobile computing device, based at least on a communication received from a remote device, a current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating;

based at least on the detecting, accessing, by the mobile computing device, a market priority table that is stored at the mobile computing device, the market priority table storing client-side configuration information that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating and server-side configuration information that is based on markets other than the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating;

prioritizing, by the mobile computing device based at least on information of the market priority table and the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating, a client-side configuration that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating over a server-side configuration;

based at least on the detected current market and the prioritized client-side configuration, selecting, by the mobile computing device from the accessed market priority table, a client-side configuration that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating; and

based at least on the selected client-side configuration that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating, configuring, by the mobile computing device, an application running on the mobile computing device according to the client-side configuration that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating,

wherein the client-side configuration imposes an increased amount of content restrictions as compared to the server-side configuration.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the server-side configuration comprises one or more user interface settings that are different from the client-side configuration.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the server-side configuration comprises one or more additional remote services as compared to the client-side configuration.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the server-side configuration comprises one or more functionalities that are different from the client-side configuration.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the server-side configuration comprises one or more additional functionalities as compared to the client-side configuration.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining an indication that the configured application running on the mobile computing device according to the client-side configuration of the current market is subject to an override;

obtaining, from a remote service, an override configuration of the configured application running on the mobile computing device; and

based on the obtained override configuration, overriding the client-side configuration of the configured application running on the mobile computing device.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining, by the mobile computing device, that the market priority table include out-of-date information; and

updating the market priority table that is stored at the mobile computing device.

8. A mobile computing device comprising:

one or more processors;

a computer storage medium having stored thereon multiple instructions that, responsive to execution by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising;

detecting, by the mobile computing device, based at least on a communication received from a remote device, a current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating;

based at least on the detecting, accessing, by the mobile computing device, a market priority table that is stored at the mobile computing device, the market priority table storing client-side configuration information that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating and server-side configuration information that is based on markets other than the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating;

prioritizing, by the mobile computing device based at least on information of the market priority table and the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating, a client-side configuration that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating over a server-side configuration;

based at least on the detected current market and the prioritized client-side configuration, selecting, by the mobile computing device from the accessed market priority table, a client-side configuration that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating; and

based at least on the selected client-side configuration that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating, configuring, by the mobile computing device, an application running on the mobile computing device according to the client-side configuration that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating,

wherein the client-side configuration imposes an increased amount of content restrictions as compared to the server-side configuration.

9. The mobile computing device as recited in claim 8, wherein the server-side configuration comprises one or more user interface settings that are different from the client-side configuration.

10. The mobile computing device as recited in claim 8, wherein the server-side configuration comprises one or more additional remote services as compared to the client-side configuration.

11. The mobile computing device as recited in claim 8, wherein the server-side configuration comprises one or more functionalities that are different from the client-side configuration.

12. The mobile computing device as recited in claim 8, wherein the server-side configuration comprises one or more additional functionalities as compared to the client-side configuration.

13. The mobile computing device as recited in claim 8 wherein the multiple instructions cause the one or more processors to perform further acts comprising:

obtaining an indication that the configured application running on the mobile computing device according to the client-side configuration of the current market is subject to an override;

obtaining, from a remote service, an override configuration of the configured application running on the mobile computing device; and

based on the obtained override configuration, overriding the client-side configuration of the configured application running on the mobile computing device.

14. The mobile computing device as recited in claim 8 wherein the multiple instructions cause the one or more processors to perform further acts comprising:

determining, by the mobile computing device, that the market priority table include out-of-date information; and

updating the market priority table that is stored at the mobile computing device.

15. A mobile computing device comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more transceivers;

one or more market priority table, stored in memory, that comprises client-side configuration information and server-side configuration information of a plurality of markets; and

one or more modules configured to;

detect, by the mobile computing device, based at least on a communication received from a remote device, a current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating;

based at least on the detecting, access, by the mobile computing device, a market priority table that is stored at the mobile computing device, the market priority table storing client-side configuration information that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating and server-side configuration information that is based on markets other than the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating;

prioritize, by the mobile computing device based at least on information of the market priority table and the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating, a client-side configuration that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating over a server-side configuration;

based at least on the detected current market and the prioritized client-side configuration, select, by the mobile computing device from the accessed market priority table, a client-side configuration that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating; and

based at least on the selected client-side configuration that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating, configure, by the mobile computing device, an application running on the mobile computing device according to the client-side configuration that is based on the current market within which the mobile computing device is communicating,

wherein the client-side configuration imposes an increased amount of content restrictions as compared to the server-side configuration.

16. The mobile computing device as recited in claim 15, wherein the server-side configuration comprises one or more user interface settings that are different from the client-side configuration.

17. The mobile computing device as recited in claim 15, wherein the server-side configuration comprises one or more functionalities that are different from the client-side configuration.

18. The mobile computing device as recited in claim 15, wherein the server-side configuration comprises one or more additional remote services as compared to the client-side configuration.

19. The mobile computing device as recited in claim 15, wherein the one or more modules are further configured to:

obtain an indication that the configured application running on the mobile computing device according to the client-side configuration of the current market is subject to an override;

obtain, from a remote service, an override configuration of the configured application running on the mobile computing device according to the client-side configuration of the current market; and

based on the obtained override configuration, overriding the client-side configuration of the configured application running on the mobile computing device.

20. The mobile computing device as recited in claim 15, wherein the one or more modules are further configured to:

determine that the market priority table include out-of-date information; and

update the market priority table that is stored at the mobile computing device.