Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090164287 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING PRESENTATION OF MEDIA CONTENT ON A WIRELESS DEVICE BASED ON USER BEHAVIOR - Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products are presented for optimizing the presentation of media content, such as advertising content, on a wireless device. The present aspects provide for determining, at the wireless device, which media content to present based on historical user usage behavior stored locally on the wireless device. In this regard, the described methods, apparatus, and systems are completely wireless device-based and, as such, do not require for back-end servers or other network devices to intervene in deciding what media content should be communicated to the wireless device and/or presented on the wireless device. Therefore, the present aspects provide for a simple and cost effective approach to targeted media content presentation that additionally affords the wireless device user a level of privacy. | 06-25-2009 |
20090164602 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RETRIEVING/ DOWNLOADING CONTENT ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Apparatus, methods, processors, and computer readable media for receiving or transmitting content based on a presentation area size of a communication device are provided. In one aspect, the method includes obtaining a presentation area size of a display on a first communication device, and obtaining a first portion of content from a second communication device located across a communications network. The first portion of content is based on the presentation area size. The method further includes storing the first portion of content in a memory of the first communication device. | 06-25-2009 |
20100281156 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECORDING AND SHARING MOBILE APPLICATION ACTIVITIES - A method of recording activity at a wireless device is provided. The method includes receiving a record command, determining a user activity at the wireless device, and determining available memory at the wireless device. The method further includes recording the user activity to create a device recording at least partially based on the user activity and the available memory. | 11-04-2010 |
20120075264 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING INTERACTION INFORMATION - Methods and apparatus for presenting interactable item information include receiving interaction information relating to one or more interactable items. The methods and apparatus may further include calculating a display rate for displaying the interaction information. The display rate is based upon a number of the interaction information occurring during a time period. The methods and apparatus may also include sending a feed with the interaction information and the display rate for generation on an output mechanism. | 03-29-2012 |
20120136998 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCESSING LICENSABLE ITEMS IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA - Methods and apparatus for accessing licensable items unique to a geographic area via a wireless device are provided. The method and apparatus may include obtaining access to licensable items available in a first location of the wireless device. The methods and apparatus may further include downloading a licensable item. The licensable item is associated with a license providing the wireless device with a right to distribute the licensable item. The methods and apparatus may also include leaving a virtual copy of the licensable item in a second location of the wireless device different from the first location using the right to distribute. | 05-31-2012 |
20120191844 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING DEVICE SPECIFIC CONTENT - Methods and apparatus for managing content may include receiving feedback information for content associated with a device having a set of device characteristics. The methods and apparatus may further include determining a compatibility rating of the content based on the feedback information. The methods and apparatus may also include providing a message based on a portion of the compatibility rating of the content for an other device having a portion of the set of device characteristics. | 07-26-2012 |
20120272156 | LEVERAGING CONTEXT TO PRESENT CONTENT ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device or handset presents a contextual catalog of content items to enhance mobile shopping user experience, mitigating display limitations for generally large content catalogs. Contextual information available on the handset, such as Global Positioning System (GPS) location or other readable parameters, can be used to determine unique, relevant categories, content or offers, for displaying through a user interface. Categories such as ‘local’ can be generated on-the-fly using GPS for a personalized content browsing experience. Additional context such as knowing that the user and device are rarely in a location (e.g., specific neighborhood, particular city, or country) can be used to generate unique price plans (such as day passes) that the user can use when travelling. | 10-25-2012 |
20130030915 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED IN-STORE SHOPPING SERVICES USING MOBILE DEVICE - Apparatus and methods are provided for offering shopping assistance tools. The tools may be used by developers to create enhanced in-store customer shopping applications. The shopping assistance tools provide in-store navigation, customer assistance, and inventory management services. | 01-31-2013 |
20130115928 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECORDING AND SHARING MOBILE APPLICATION ACTIVITIES - A method of recording activity at a wireless device is provided. The method includes receiving a record command, determining a user activity at the wireless device, and determining available memory at the wireless device. The method further includes recording the user activity to create a device recording at least partially based on the user activity and the available memory. | 05-09-2013 |
20140150002 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING USER ENGAGEMENT TO PROVIDE CONTENT PRESENTATION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for communication are provided. A content providing device is operable to use engagement level information to modify presentation of content. In one aspect, the content providing device may determine that an engagement level at a first time is less than an engagement threshold at the first time. The engagement level may be based at least on one or more contextual items associated with presentation of content by the content providing device. Further, the content providing device may store a marker associated with the content at the first time in storage. Moreover, the content providing device may determine whether the engagement level at a second time is greater than or equal to the engagement threshold. | 05-29-2014 |
20140235278 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITION BASED SERVICES IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A method of constructing a position sensitive screensaver on a mobile device comprises acquiring a position for the mobile device, reporting the position, receiving information for selected information categories based on the reported position, and displaying the received information on the mobile device, when the mobile device is idle. The subscriber can preferably control where and how the information is displayed so that the user has relevant information based on where the subscriber is located. | 08-21-2014 |
20140282272 | Interactive Inputs for a Background Task - Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure provide improved multitasking on user devices. In an embodiment, a method for multitasking comprises detecting a non-touch gesture input received by a user device. The method also comprises associating the non-touch gesture input with an application running in a background, wherein a different focused application is running in a foreground. And the method also comprises controlling the background application with the associated non-touch gesture input without affecting the foreground application. | 09-18-2014 |