Determining Website Relevancy at the Time of Asset Usage using Location Based Services

• US 20110131203A1
• Filed: 12/02/2009
• Published: 06/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bodin, William K., Thorson, Derral C., Jaramillo, David
• Application Number:
  US12/629,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20110131203A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/724
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/335 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

An embodiment of the invention includes a method for searching for mobile assets in accordance with location. A monitoring module monitors usage of assets in a plurality of mobile devices to identify assets used in different locations. For each usage of an asset, the monitoring module identifies the location of the mobile device utilizing the asset via a global positioning system. A search query for a requested asset is received from a requesting mobile device. The location of the requesting mobile device is identified. Assets that are used in the location of the requesting mobile device are identified based on the monitoring of the usage of assets. Results of the search query are weighed by assigning higher rankings to the assets used in the location of the requesting mobile device. The results of the search query are sent to the requesting mobile device and/or an interface.

Claims

9. A method for searching for assets based on location and device type, said method including:

monitoring usage of assets in a plurality of mobile devices with a monitoring module, said monitoring including identifying assets commonly used in different locations and identifying assets commonly used by different device types;

receiving a search query for a requested asset of the assets from a requesting mobile device;

identifying a location of the requesting mobile device;

identifying assets commonly used in the location of the requesting mobile device based on said monitoring of the usage of assets in the plurality of mobile devices;

identifying a device type of the requesting mobile device;

identifying assets commonly used with the device type of the requesting mobile device based on said monitoring of the usage of assets in the plurality of mobile devices;

weighing results of the search query by assigning higher rankings to the assets commonly used in the location of the requesting mobile device and assigning higher rankings to the assets commonly used with the device type of the requesting mobile device; and

sending the results of the search query to the requesting mobile device.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein said identifying of the assets commonly used in different locations includes, for each usage of an asset of the assets, identifying a location of a mobile device utilizing the asset.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein said identifying of the location of the mobile device utilizing the asset and said identifying of the location of the requesting mobile device include receiving data from a global positioning system.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the usage of the assets includes at least one of downloading of the assets and launching of the assets.

13. The method according to claim 9, further including sending the results of the search query to an interface.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein said monitoring of the usage of assets in the plurality of mobile devices further includes identifying assets commonly used at different time periods,

wherein said method further includes identifying a time period that the search query was received from the requesting mobile device and identifying assets commonly used during the time period that the search query was received from the requesting mobile device based on said monitoring of the usage of assets in the plurality of mobile devices, and

wherein said weighing of the results of the search query further includes assigning higher rankings to the assets commonly used during the time period that the search query was received from the requesting mobile device.

15. The method according to claim 9, wherein said sending of the results of the search query includes only sending at least one of assets that match the location of the requesting mobile device and assets that are compatible with the device type of the requesting mobile device.

16. A system for searching for assets based on location, said system including:

a monitoring module for monitoring usage of assets in a plurality of mobile devices to identify assets used in different locations;

a communication module for receiving a search query for a requested asset of the assets from a requesting mobile device;

a processor operatively connected to said monitoring module and said communication module, said processor identifies a location of the requesting mobile device and identifies assets used in the location of the requesting mobile device based on the monitoring of the usage of assets in the plurality of mobile devices; and

a ranking module in said processor, said ranking module weighs results of the search query by assigning higher rankings to the assets used in the location of the requesting mobile device,

said communication module sends the results of the search query to the requesting mobile device.

1. A method for searching for assets based on location, said method including:

monitoring usage of assets in a plurality of mobile devices with a monitoring module, said monitoring including identifying assets used in different locations;

receiving a search query for a requested asset of the assets from a requesting mobile device;

identifying a location of the requesting mobile device;

identifying assets used in the location of the requesting mobile device based on said monitoring of the usage of assets in the plurality of mobile devices;

weighing results of the search query by assigning higher rankings to the assets used in the location of the requesting mobile device; and

sending the results of the search query to the requesting mobile device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said identifying of the assets used in different locations includes, for each usage of an asset of the assets, identifying a location of a mobile device utilizing the asset.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said identifying of the location of the mobile device utilizing the asset and said identifying of the location of the requesting mobile device include receiving data from a global positioning system.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the usage of the assets includes at least one of downloading of the assets and launching of the assets.

5. The method according to claim 1, further including sending the results of the search query to an interface.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said monitoring of the usage of assets in the plurality of mobile devices further includes identifying assets used at different time periods,

wherein said method further includes identifying a time period that the search query was received from the requesting mobile device and identifying assets used during the time period that the search query was received from the requesting mobile device based on said monitoring of the usage of assets in the plurality of mobile devices, and

wherein said weighing of the results of the search query further includes assigning higher rankings to the assets used during the time period that the search query was received from the requesting mobile device.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said monitoring of the usage of assets in the plurality of mobile devices further includes identifying assets used by different device types,

wherein said method further includes identifying a device type of the requesting mobile device and identifying assets used with the device type of the requesting mobile device based on said monitoring of the usage of assets in the plurality of mobile devices, and

wherein said weighing of the results of the search query further includes assigning higher rankings to the assets used with the device type of the requesting mobile device.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said sending of the results of the search query includes only sending at least one of assets that match the location of the requesting mobile device and assets that are compatible with the device type of the requesting mobile device.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein for each usage of an asset of the assets, said monitoring module identifies a location of a mobile device utilizing the asset.

18. The system according to claim 16, wherein said monitoring module and said processor include a global positioning system.

19. The system according to claim 16, wherein the usage of the assets includes at least one of downloading of the assets and launching of the assets.

20. The system according to claim 16, wherein said monitoring module further identifies assets used at different time periods,

wherein said processor further identifies a time period that the search query was received from the requesting mobile device and identifies assets used during the time period that the search query was received from the requesting mobile device based on the monitoring of the usage of assets in the plurality of mobile devices, and

wherein said ranking module further weighs the results of the search query by assigning higher rankings to the assets used during the time period that the search query was received from the requesting mobile device.

21. (canceled)

22. The system according to claim 21, wherein said communication module only sends at least one of assets that match the location of the requesting mobile device and assets that are compatible with the device type of the requesting mobile device.

21-1. The system according to claim 16, wherein said monitoring module further identifies assets used by different device types,

wherein said processor further identifies a device type of the requesting mobile device and identifies assets used with the device type of the requesting mobile device based on the monitoring of the usage of assets in the plurality of mobile devices, and

wherein said ranking module further weighs the results of the search query by assigning higher rankings to the assets used with the device type of the requesting mobile device.

23. A system for searching for assets based on location, said system including:

means for monitoring usage of assets in a plurality of mobile devices to identify assets used in different locations;

means for receiving a search query for a requested asset of the assets from a requesting mobile device;

means for identifying a location of the requesting mobile device and identifies assets used in the location of the requesting mobile device based on the monitoring of the usage of assets in the plurality of mobile devices;

means for weighing results of the search query by assigning higher rankings to the assets used in the location of the requesting mobile device; and

means for sending the results of the search query to the requesting mobile device.

24. A computer program product, for searching for assets based on location and device type, said computer program product including:

a computer readable storage medium;

first program instructions to monitor usage of assets in a plurality of mobile devices by identifying assets commonly used in different locations and identifying assets commonly used by different device types;

second program instructions to receive a search query for a requested asset of the assets from a requesting mobile device;

third program instructions to identify a location of the requesting mobile device;

fourth program instructions to identify assets commonly used in the location of the requesting mobile device based on the usage of assets monitored by the first program instructions;

fifth program instructions to identify a device type of the requesting mobile device;

sixth program instructions to identify assets commonly used with the device type of the requesting mobile device based on the usage of assets monitored by the first program instructions;

seventh program instructions to weigh results of the search query by assigning higher rankings to the assets commonly used in the location of the requesting mobile device and assigning higher rankings to the assets commonly used with the device type of the requesting mobile device; and

eighth program instructions to send the results of the search query to the requesting mobile device,

wherein said first program instructions, said second program instructions, said third program instructions, said fourth program instructions, said fifth program instructions, said sixth program instructions, said seventh program instructions, and said eighth program instructions are stored on said computer readable storage medium.

25. The computer program product according to claim 24, wherein said first program instructions further identifies assets commonly used at different time periods,

wherein said computer program product further includes ninth program instructions stored on said computer readable medium to identify a time period that the search query was received from the requesting mobile device and identify assets commonly used during the time period that the search query was received from the requesting mobile device based on the usage of assets monitored by the first program instructions, and

wherein said seventh program instructions further assigns higher rankings to the assets commonly used during the time period that the search query was received from the requesting mobile device.