Computer-Implemented Method for Automated Operating-System-Specific Access to Software Functionality

• US 20170220700A1
• Filed: 04/10/2017
• Published: 08/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Quixey, Inc.
• Inventors: SHAPIRA, Liron, GLOVER, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 10,353,977 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90339 by using parallel associative memories or content-addressable memories
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0259 based on store location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/022 : with dynamic range variability
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 : Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A method includes receiving a search query from a user device and identifying function records using the search query. Each function record includes an application access mechanism (AAM) and application state information (ASI). The AAM includes a reference to a native application and indicates one or more operations for the application to perform. The ASI describes a state of the application after the application has performed the operations. Identifying the function records may be based on matches between terms of the search query and terms of the ASI included in the function records. The techniques further include selecting AAMs from the identified function records and identifying one or more AAMs of the selected AAMs that are compatible with the user device. The techniques also include transmitting the identified AAMs to the user device and refraining from transmitting any of the selected AAMs that are not compatible with the user device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, a search query from a user device;

identifying, by the computing device, one or more function records using the search query, wherein each function record includes an application access mechanism (AAM) and application state information (ASI), wherein;

the AAM includes a reference to a native application executable on the user device and indicates one or more operations for the native application to perform, and

the ASI describes a state of the native application after the native application has performed the one or more operations indicated by the AAM, and

wherein each of at least one of the identified one or more function records further includes a web address in addition to the AAM, wherein the web address is configured to direct a web browser of the user device to a web version of the native application referenced by the AAM;

selecting, by the computing device, one or more AAMs from the identified one or more function records;

identifying, by the computing device, one or more AAMs of the selected one or more AAMs that are each compatible with the user device, wherein the identifying includes;

receiving an indication of an operating system of the user device; and

for each function record of the identified one or more function records;

determining whether the AAM associated with the function record is compatible with the operating system using the indication of the operating system;

in response to determining that the AAM is compatible with the operating system, including the AAM in the identified one or more AAMs; and

in response to determining that (i) the AAM is not compatible with the operating system and (ii) the web address is present, transmitting the web address to the user device;

transmitting the identified one or more AAMs from the computing device to the user device.