Delivering and displaying content feeds on smartwatch devices

• US 9,621,678 B1
• Filed: 01/13/2016
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Guastaferro, Douglas J., Boone, Amy M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thu Ha
• Application Number:
  US14/995,000
• Time in Patent Office: 454 Days
• Field of Search: 709205, 709213, 709217, 345156, 345173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments provide a system for displaying a content feed on a smartwatch device. During operation, the system transmits a request for a content feed to a mobile application on a mobile device. When the mobile application responds with the content feed within a pre-specified period after the request, the system stores the content feed on the smartwatch device and displays the content feed on the smartwatch device. When the mobile application does not respond with an update to the content feed within the pre-specified period after a subsequent request for the content feed from the smartwatch device, the system obtains the content feed from storage on the smartwatch device and displays the content feed on the smartwatch device in lieu of the update.

Claims

1. A method for delivering and displaying content feeds on smartwatch devices, comprising:

transmitting, from a first smartwatch device, a request for a first content feed to a mobile application on a mobile device;

when the mobile application responds with the first content feed within a pre-specified period after the request;

storing the first content feed on the first smartwatch device; and

displaying the first content feed on the first smartwatch device;

when the mobile application does not respond with an update to the first content feed within the pre-specified period after a subsequent request for the first content feed from the first smartwatch device;

obtaining the first content feed from storage on the first smartwatch device; and

displaying the first content feed on the first smartwatch device in lieu of the update to the first content feed; and

in response to the mobile application on the mobile device receiving a request for a second content feed from a second smartwatch device, wherein the second smartwatch device is different from the first smartwatch device,

when the mobile application responds with the second content feed, storing the second content feed on the second smartwatch device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining, by the first smartwatch device, a user action associated with a content item in the first content feed; and

transmitting, from the first smartwatch device, an identifier for the content item to the mobile application for subsequent use of the content item by the mobile application.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user action comprises at least one of:

a like; and

a save.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the subsequent use of the content item by the mobile application comprises:

displaying an entirety of the content item.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the subsequent use of the content item by the mobile application comprises:

associating the user action with a user profile in an online professional network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the content feed on the first smartwatch device comprises:

displaying a first content item in the first content feed; and

replacing the first content item with a second content item in the first content feed upon detecting user input for scrolling through the first content feed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a recency of the first content feed is associated with at least one of:

a most recent use of the mobile application; and

a background refresh on the mobile application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first content feed comprises an ordered list of content items.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein each content item in the ordered list of content items comprises:

a title;

an author;

a photo; and

a summary.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the ordered list is generated based on a relevance of the content items to a member of an online professional network.

11. A smartwatch device, comprising:

a processor; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the smartwatch device to;

transmit a request for a first content feed to a mobile application on a mobile device;

when the mobile application responds with the first content feed within a pre-specified period after the request;

store the first content feed on the smartwatch device; and

display the first content feed on the smartwatch device;

when the mobile application does not respond with an update to the first content feed within the pre-specified period after a subsequent request for the first content feed from the smartwatch device;

obtain the first content feed from storage on the smartwatch device; and

display the first content feed on the smartwatch device in lieu of the update; and

in response to the mobile application on the mobile device receiving a request for a second content feed from a different smartwatch device,

when the mobile application responds with the second content feed, storing the second content feed on the different smartwatch device.

12. The smartwatch device of claim 11, wherein the memory further stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the smartwatch device to:

obtain a user action associated with a content item in the first content feed; and

transmit an identifier for the content item to the mobile application for subsequent use of the content item by the mobile application.

13. The smartwatch device of claim 12, wherein the subsequent use of the content item by the mobile application comprises:

displaying an entirety of the content item.

14. The smartwatch device of claim 12, wherein the subsequent use of the content item by the mobile application comprises:

associating the user action with a user profile in an online professional network.

15. The smartwatch device of claim 11, wherein a recency of the first content feed is associated with at least one of:

a most recent use of the mobile application; and

a background refresh on the mobile application.

16. The smartwatch device of claim 11, wherein the first content feed comprises an ordered list of content items.

17. The smartwatch device of claim 16, wherein each content item in the ordered list of content items comprises:

a title;

an author;

a photo; and

a summary.

18. The smartwatch device of claim 16, wherein the ordered list is generated based on a relevance of the content items to member of an online professional network.

19. A system for delivering and displaying content feeds on smartwatch devices, comprising:

a communication module comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the system to;

transmit a request from a first smartwatch device for a first content feed to a mobile application on a mobile device;

when the mobile application responds with the first content feed within a pre-specified period after the request, store the content feed on the first smartwatch device;

when the mobile application does not respond with an update to the first content feed within the pre-specified period after a subsequent request for the first content feed from the first smartwatch device, obtain the first content feed from storage on the first smartwatch device; and

in response to the mobile application on the mobile device receiving a request for a second content feed from a second smartwatch device, wherein the second smartwatch device is different from the first smartwatch device,

when the mobile application responds with the second content feed, store the second content feed on the second smartwatch device; and

a presentation module comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to display the first content feed on the first smartwatch device.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium of the communication module further comprises instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:

obtain a user action associated with a content item in the first content feed; and

transmit an identifier for the content item to the mobile application for subsequent use of the content item by the mobile application.