Rendering a redeemable document

• US 9,667,700 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2012
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Feldman, Daniel I., Karunamuni, Chanaka G., Wilson, James C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Baderman, Scott
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Sookil
• Application Number:
  US13/674,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20140047331A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,660 Days
• Field of Search: 715273, 709217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/205 Parsing
• 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

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for detecting documents within content received by a computing device. A computing device can receive content through an application. The received content is scanned to determine if it includes a file type indicating that it includes a redeemable document. A notification is presented to the user when a document has been detected within the content including a button enabling rendering of the document on the computing device. The rendered document can include a button to transmit the document to secondary computing devices associated with the user. A user profile associated with the user can include data indicating secondary computing devices associated with the user. The user profile can be accessed to retrieve the data and, if the button is selected, the document can be transmitted to the secondary computing devices from which the user can render the document.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor of a primary computing device, content through a network connected application running on the primary computing device;

determining, by a background process running on the primary computing device, that the content includes metadata, which includes an identifier that identifies the content as including a redeemable document;

retrieving redeemable document information from the content and storing the retrieved redeemable document information in a database on the primary computing device, the redeemable document information including a redeemable document template identifier that identifies a predefined redeemable document template;

detecting the redeemable document template identifier stored in the database on the primary computing device by a redeemable document management application, the redeemable document management application having access to a plurality of predefined redeemable document templates wherein each of the predefined redeemable document templates is associated with a respective redeemable document template identifier; and

rendering a representation of the redeemable document in the redeemable document management application by combining the predefined redeemable document template that is associated with the redeemable document template identifier with the redeemable document information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata is a MIME type unique to redeemable documents.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon determining that the content includes the redeemable document, rendering a notification on the primary computing device that the redeemable document was detected in the content.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

sending a command to a redeemable document management application to render the redeemable document upon receiving an input to render the redeemable document.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the redeemable document to at least one secondary computing device associated with a user account of the primary computing device, wherein the secondary computing device is a mobile computing device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

requesting, from a server in network communication with the primary computing device, data identifying the at least one secondary computing device associated with the user profile of the primary computing device.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining whether the at least one secondary computing device is capable of rendering the redeemable document, wherein the redeemable document is only transmitted to the at least one secondary computing device when the at least one secondary computing device is capable of rendering the redeemable document.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving an input identifying the at least one secondary computing device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing the retrieved redeemable document information in a database on the primary computing device includes storing a reference to network location wherein additional redeemable document information can be retrieved.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the redeemable document information is retrieved from the network connected application.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the redeemable document information can be updated by a source of the redeemable document.

12. The method of claim 1, presenting within the redeemable document management application an automatic update option.

13. The method of claim 1, presenting within the redeemable document management application a show on lock screen option, wherein the show on lock screen option comprises displaying at least a portion of the rendered representation of the redeemable document.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the redeemable document management application presents multiple redeemable documents associated with the user to the user, and the redeemable document management application sorts the multiple redeemable documents based on location and time.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of redeemable document templates include templates for at least two templates selected from:

a boarding pass template, an event ticket template, a store card template, a coupon template, an ID card template, and a key card template.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of redeemable document templates is associated with a different type of redeemable document, and each type of redeemable document having a different appearance.

17. The method of claim 1 comprising:

associating the redeemable document information with a user account; and

transmitting the redeemable document information associated with the user account to at least one secondary computing device also associated with the user account.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the network connected application is an email application that includes email data, wherein the background process is configured to scan the email data to determine whether it contains a redeemable document.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions, that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

receive content through a network connected application running on a primary computing device;

determine, by a background process running on the primary computing device, that the content includes metadata, which includes an identifier that identifies a portion of the content as a redeemable document;

retrieve redeemable document information from the content and storing the retrieved redeemable document information in a database on the primary computing device, the redeemable document information including a redeemable document template identifier that identifies a predefined redeemable document template;

detect the redeemable document template identifier stored in the database on the primary computing device by a redeemable document management application, the redeemable document management application having access to a plurality of predefined redeemable document templates wherein each of the predefined redeemable document templates is associated with a respective redeemable document template identifier; and

render a representation of the redeemable document in the redeemable document management application by combining the predefined redeemable document template that is associated with the redeemable document template identifier with the redeemable document information.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the metadata is a MIME type unique to redeemable documents.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions further cause the computing device to:

upon determining that the content includes the redeemable document, render a notification on the computing device that the redeemable document was detected in the content.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the instructions further cause the computing device to:

send a command to a redeemable document management application to render the redeemable document upon receiving an input to render the redeemable document.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions further cause the computing device to:

transmit the redeemable document to at least one secondary computing device associated with a user account of the computing device, wherein the secondary computing device is a mobile computing device.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the instructions further cause the computing device to:

request, from a server in network communication with the computing device, data identifying the at least one secondary computing device associated with the user profile of the computing device.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the instructions further cause the computing device to:

determine whether the at least one secondary computing device is capable of rendering the redeemable document, wherein the redeemable document is only transmitted to the at least one secondary computing device when the at least one secondary computing device is capable of rendering the redeemable document.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the instructions further cause the computing device to:

receive an input identifying the at least one secondary computing device.

27. A system comprising:

a processor; and

memory containing instruction that, when executed, cause the processor to;

receive content through a network connected application running on a primary computing device;

determine, by a background process running on the primary computing device, that the content includes metadata, which includes an identifier that identifies a portion of the content as a redeemable document;

retrieve redeemable document information from the content and storing the retrieved redeemable document information in a database on the primary computing device, the redeemable document information including a redeemable document template identifier that identifies a predefined redeemable document template;

detect the redeemable document template identifier stored in the database on the primary computing device by a redeemable document management application, the redeemable document management application having access to a plurality of predefined redeemable document templates wherein each of the predefined redeemable document templates is associated with a respective redeemable document template identifier; and

render a representation of the redeemable document in the redeemable document management application by combining the predefined redeemable document template that is associated with the redeemable document template identifier with the redeemable document information.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the metadata is a MIME type unique to redeemable documents.

29. The system of claim 27, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

upon determining that the content includes the redeemable document, render a notification on the primary computing device that the redeemable document was detected in the content.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

send a command to a secondary application to render the redeemable document upon receiving an input to render the redeemable document.

31. The system of claim 27, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

transmit the redeemable document to at least one secondary computing device associated with a user account of the primary computing device, wherein the secondary computing device is a mobile computing device.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

request, from a server in network communication with the primary computing device, data identifying the at least one secondary computing device associated with the user profile of the primary computing device.

33. The system of claim 31, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

determine whether the at least one secondary computing device is capable of rendering the redeemable document, wherein the redeemable document is only transmitted to the at least one secondary computing device when the at least one secondary computing device is capable of rendering the redeemable document.

34. The system of claim 31, further comprising:

receiving an input identifying the at least one secondary computing device.