An example embodiment of the present invention relates generally to user interface technology and, more particularly, relates to methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for modification of a webpage based on device data.
The modern communications era has brought about a tremendous expansion of wireline and wireless networks, thereby providing more flexibility and immediacy of information transfer. Moreover, an expansion in computing power has resulted in development of affordable mobile computing devices capable of taking advantage of services made possible by modern networking technologies. Indeed, mobile computing devices can be used to perform a variety of functions, including, for example, presentation of webpages to users for browsing.
Often, however, content of webpages may be generic and aimed at attracting a wide range of people. Indeed, a particular user may not find all of the content of the webpage relevant or interesting, forcing the user to sift through the webpage for the desired content.
As such, some example embodiments of the present invention seek to provide tailored webpages for a particular user through modification of the webpages. In some embodiments, data from the device may be used to tailor the webpage to emphasize or rearrange certain content for a particular user. Said differently, devices can store many different types of data that may provide information about a user (e.g., the songs a user listens to, the contacts of a user, etc.). Moreover, in some cases, a device may be configured to determine a current geographic location of the device. Such data may be useful in tailoring the content of a webpage for a user so as to allow for quick and easy recognition of the relevant information by the user. In such a regard, some example embodiments of the present invention provide for modification of a webpage based on device data.
In one example embodiment, a method includes receiving user input directed to a device indicating a desire of a user to present a webpage on a display of the device. The method further includes determining data from the device. The method further includes causing modification of the webpage based on the data obtained from the device.
In some embodiments, the method may include determining content of the webpage associated with the data obtained from the device. Additionally, the method may include causing modification of the webpage by causing modification of the content of the webpage associated with the data obtained from the device. In some embodiments, the method may include causing presentation of the modified webpage on the display of the device.
In some embodiments, the method may include determining data from the device by determining at least one of a geographic location of the device, a contact stored on the device, a song stored on the device, a video stored on the device, a picture stored on the device, or an application stored on the device.
In some embodiments, the method may include causing modification of the webpage by causing content of the webpage associated with the data obtained from the device to be emphasized. Additionally, in some embodiments, the method may include determining data from the device by determining the current geographic location of the device. Further, the method may include causing content of the webpage associated with the data obtained from the device to be emphasized by causing an address on the webpage closest to the geographic location of the device to be emphasized.
In some embodiments, the method may include causing modification of the webpage by causing content of the webpage associated with the data obtained from the device to be rearranged on the webpage. Additionally, in some embodiments, the method may include determining data from the device by determining the current geographic location of the device. Additionally, the method may include causing content of the webpage associated with the data obtained from the device to be rearranged on the webpage by causing an address on the webpage closest to the geographic location of the device to be rearranged on the webpage.
In some embodiments, the method may include causing presentation of the unmodified webpage. Additionally, the method may include receiving user input indicating a desire of the user to scroll through the webpage. Moreover, the method may include causing presentation of the modified webpage concurrently with causing scrolling of the webpage. Further, in some embodiments, the method may include causing presentation of the modified webpage to cease in an instance in which the scrolling of the webpage ceases.
In another example embodiment, an apparatus comprises at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer program code with the at least one memory and stored computer program code being configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to receive user input directed to a device indicating a desire of a user to present a webpage on a display of the device. The at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to further cause the apparatus to determine data from the device. The at least one memory and stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to further cause the apparatus to cause modification of the webpage based on the data obtained from the device.
In another example embodiment, a computer program product is provided. The computer program product of this example embodiment includes at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions stored therein. The program instructions of this example embodiment comprise program instructions configured to cause an apparatus to perform a method including receiving user input directed to a device indicating a desire of a user to present a webpage on a display of the device. The method further includes determining data from the device. The method further includes causing modification of the webpage based on the data obtained from the device
In another example embodiment, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises means for receiving user input directed to a device indicating a desire of a user to present a webpage on a display of the device. The apparatus further comprises means for determining data from the device. The apparatus further comprises means for causing modification of the webpage based on the data obtained from the device.
Having thus described some embodiments of the invention in general terms, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, and wherein:
Some embodiments of the present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all embodiments of the invention are shown. Indeed, the invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.
As used herein, the terms “data,” “content,” “information” and similar terms may be used interchangeably to refer to singular or plural data capable of being transmitted, received, displayed and/or stored in accordance with various example embodiments. Thus, use of any such terms should not be taken to limit the spirit and scope of the disclosure.
The term “computer-readable medium” as used herein refers to any medium configured to participate in providing information to a processor, including instructions for execution. Such a medium may take many forms, including, but not limited to a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium (e.g., non-volatile media, volatile media), and transmission media. Transmission media include, for example, coaxial cables, copper wire, fiber optic cables, and carrier waves that travel through space without wires or cables, such as acoustic waves and electromagnetic waves, including radio, optical and infrared waves. Signals include man-made transient variations in amplitude, frequency, phase, polarization or other physical properties transmitted through the transmission media. Examples of non-transitory computer-readable media include a magnetic computer readable medium (e.g., a floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, any other magnetic medium), an optical computer readable medium (e.g., a compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), a digital versatile disc (DVD), a Blu-Ray disc, or the like), a random access memory (RAM), a programmable read only memory (PROM), an erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), a FLASH-EPROM, or any other non-transitory medium from which a computer can read. The term computer-readable storage medium is used herein to refer to any computer-readable medium except transmission media. However, it will be appreciated that where embodiments are described to use a computer-readable storage medium, other types of computer-readable mediums may be substituted for or used in addition to the computer-readable storage medium in alternative embodiments.
Additionally, as used herein, the term ‘circuitry’ refers to (a) hardware-only circuit implementations (e.g., implementations in analog circuitry and/or digital circuitry); (b) combinations of circuits and computer program product(s) comprising software and/or firmware instructions stored on one or more computer readable memories that work together to cause an apparatus to perform one or more functions described herein; and (c) circuits, such as, for example, a microprocessor(s) or a portion of a microprocessor(s), that require software or firmware for operation even if the software or firmware is not physically present. This definition of ‘circuitry’ applies to all uses of this term herein, including in any claims. As a further example, as used herein, the term ‘circuitry’ also includes an implementation comprising one or more processors and/or portion(s) thereof and accompanying software and/or firmware. As another example, the term ‘circuitry’ as used herein also includes, for example, a baseband integrated circuit or applications processor integrated circuit for a mobile phone or a similar integrated circuit in a server, a cellular network device, other network device, and/or other computing device.
The apparatus 102 may be embodied as either a fixed device or a mobile device such as a desktop computer, laptop computer, mobile terminal, mobile computer, mobile phone, mobile communication device, game device, digital camera/camcorder, audio/video player, television device, radio receiver, digital video recorder, positioning device, a chipset, a computing device comprising a chipset, any combination thereof, and/or the like. In this regard, the apparatus 102 may comprise any computing device that comprises or is in operative communication with a user interface (e.g., a touch display capable of displaying a graphical user interface). In some example embodiments, the apparatus 102 is embodied as a mobile computing device, such as the mobile terminal illustrated in
In this regard,
As shown, the mobile terminal 10 may include an antenna 12 (or multiple antennas 12) in communication with a transmitter 14 and a receiver 16. The mobile terminal 10 may also include a processor 20 configured to provide signals to and receive signals from the transmitter and receiver, respectively. The processor 20 may, for example, be embodied as various means including circuitry, one or more microprocessors with accompanying digital signal processor(s), one or more processor(s) without an accompanying digital signal processor, one or more coprocessors, one or more multi-core processors, one or more controllers, processing circuitry, one or more computers, various other processing elements including integrated circuits such as, for example, an ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) or FPGA (field programmable gate array), or some combination thereof. Accordingly, although illustrated in
Some Narrow-band Advanced Mobile Phone System (NAMPS), as well as Total Access Communication System (TACS), mobile terminals may also benefit from embodiments of this invention, as should dual or higher mode phones (e.g., digital/analog or TDMA/CDMA/analog phones). Additionally, the mobile terminal 10 may be capable of communicating according to Wi-Fi, Near Field Communications (NFC), BlueTooth, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) or other proximity-based communications protocols.
It is understood that the processor 20 may comprise circuitry for implementing audio/video and logic functions of the mobile terminal 10. For example, the processor 20 may comprise a digital signal processor device, a microprocessor device, an analog-to-digital converter, a digital-to-analog converter, and/or the like. Control and signal processing functions of the mobile terminal may be allocated between these devices according to their respective capabilities. The processor may additionally comprise an internal voice coder (VC) 20a, an internal data modem (DM) 20b, and/or the like. Further, the processor may comprise functionality to operate one or more software programs, which may be stored in memory. For example, the processor 20 may be capable of operating a connectivity program, such as a web browser. The connectivity program may allow the mobile terminal 10 to transmit and receive web content, such as location-based content, according to a protocol, such as Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), and/or the like. The mobile terminal 10 may be capable of using a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) to transmit and receive web content across the internet or other networks.
The mobile terminal 10 may also comprise a user interface including, for example, an earphone or speaker 24, a ringer 22, a microphone 26, a display 28, a user input interface, and/or the like, which may be operationally coupled to the processor 20. In this regard, the processor 20 may comprise user interface circuitry configured to control at least some functions of one or more elements of the user interface, such as, for example, the speaker 24, the ringer 22, the microphone 26, the display 28, and/or the like. The processor 20 and/or user interface circuitry comprising the processor 20 may be configured to control one or more functions of one or more elements of the user interface through computer program instructions (e.g., software and/or firmware) stored on a memory accessible to the processor 20 (e.g., volatile memory 40, non-volatile memory 42, and/or the like). Although not shown, the mobile terminal may comprise a battery for powering various circuits related to the mobile terminal, for example, a circuit to provide mechanical vibration as a detectable output. The display 28 of the mobile terminal may be of any type appropriate for the electronic device in question with some examples including a plasma display panel (PDP), a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light-emitting diode (LED), an organic light-emitting diode display (OLED), a projector, a holographic display or the like. The display 28 may, for example, comprise a three-dimensional touch display, examples of which will be described further herein below. The user input interface may comprise devices allowing the mobile terminal to receive data, such as a keypad 30, a touch display (e.g., some example embodiments wherein the display 28 is configured as a touch display), a joystick (not shown), and/or other input device. In embodiments including a keypad, the keypad may comprise numeric (0-9) and related keys (#, *), and/or other keys for operating the mobile terminal 10. Alternatively or additionally, the keypad 30 may include a conventional QWERTY keypad arrangement.
The mobile terminal 10 may comprise memory, such as a subscriber identity module (SIM) 38, a removable user identity module (R-UIM), and/or the like, which may store information elements related to a mobile subscriber. In addition to the SIM, the mobile terminal may comprise other removable and/or fixed memory. The mobile terminal 10 may include volatile memory 40 and/or non-volatile memory 42. For example, volatile memory 40 may include Random Access Memory (RAM) including dynamic and/or static RAM, on-chip or off-chip cache memory, and/or the like. Non-volatile memory 42, which may be embedded and/or removable, may include, for example, read-only memory, flash memory, magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disks, floppy disk drives, magnetic tape, etc.), optical disc drives and/or media, non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM), and/or the like. Like volatile memory 40 non-volatile memory 42 may include a cache area for temporary storage of data. The memories may store one or more software programs, instructions, pieces of information, data, and/or the like which may be used by the mobile terminal for performing functions of the mobile terminal. For example, the memories may comprise an identifier, such as an international mobile equipment identification (IMEI) code, capable of uniquely identifying the mobile terminal 10.
Returning to
In some example embodiments, one or more of the means illustrated in
The processor 110 may, for example, be embodied as various means including one or more microprocessors with accompanying digital signal processor(s), one or more processor(s) without an accompanying digital signal processor, one or more coprocessors, one or more multi-core processors, one or more controllers, processing circuitry, one or more computers, various other processing elements including integrated circuits such as, for example, an ASIC or FPGA, one or more other types of hardware processors, or some combination thereof. Accordingly, although illustrated in
The memory 112 may comprise, for example, volatile memory, non-volatile memory, or some combination thereof. In this regard, the memory 112 may comprise a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. Although illustrated in
The communication interface 114 may be embodied as any device or means embodied in circuitry, hardware, a computer program product comprising computer readable program instructions stored on a computer readable medium (e.g., the memory 112) and executed by a processing device (e.g., the processor 110), or a combination thereof that is configured to receive and/or transmit data from/to another computing device. In some example embodiments, the communication interface 114 is at least partially embodied as or otherwise controlled by the processor 110. In this regard, the communication interface 114 may be in communication with the processor 110, such as via a bus. The communication interface 114 may include, for example, an antenna, a transmitter, a receiver, a transceiver and/or supporting hardware or software for enabling communications with one or more remote computing devices. In embodiments wherein the apparatus 102 is embodied as a mobile terminal 10, the communication interface 114 may be embodied as or comprise the transmitter 14 and receiver 16 (shown in
The user interface 116 may be in communication with the processor 110 to receive an indication of a user input and/or to provide an audible, visual, mechanical, or other output to a user. As such, the user interface 116 may include, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a joystick, a display, a touchscreen display, a microphone, a speaker, and/or other input/output mechanisms. In some embodiments, a display may refer to display on a screen, on a wall, on glasses (e.g., near-eye-display), in the air, etc. In embodiments wherein the apparatus 102 is embodied as a mobile terminal 10, the user interface 116 may be embodied as or comprise the display 28 and keypad 30 (shown in
The UI control circuitry 122 may be embodied as various means, such as circuitry, hardware, a computer program product comprising computer readable program instructions stored on a computer readable medium (e.g., the memory 112) and executed by a processing device (e.g., the processor 110), or some combination thereof and, in some embodiments, is embodied as or otherwise controlled by the processor 110. In some example embodiments wherein the UI control circuitry 122 is embodied separately from the processor 110, the UI control circuitry 122 may be in communication with the processor 110. The UI control circuitry 122 may further be in communication with one or more of the memory 112, communication interface 114, or user interface 116, such as via a bus.
The UI control circuitry 122 may be configured to receive user input from a user interface 116, such as a touch display (e.g., touchscreen). The user input or signal may carry positional information indicative of the user input. In this regard, the position may comprise a position of the user input in a two-dimensional space, which may be relative to the surface of the touch display user interface. For example, the position may comprise a coordinate position relative to a two-dimensional coordinate system (e.g., an X and Y axis), such that the position may be determined. Accordingly, the UI control circuitry 122 may determine a position of the user input such as for determining a portion of the display to which the user input correlates.
The touch display may also be configured to enable the detection of a hovering gesture input. A hovering gesture input may comprise a gesture input to the touch display without making physical contact with a surface of the touch display, such as a gesture made in a space some distance above/in front of the surface of the touch display. As an example, the touch display may comprise a capacitive touch display, which may be configured to enable detection of capacitance of a finger or other input object by which a gesture may be made without physically contacting a display surface. As another example, the touch display may be configured to enable detection of a hovering gesture input through use of acoustic wave touch sensor technology, electromagnetic touch sensing technology, near field imaging technology, optical sensing technology, infrared proximity sensing technology, some combination thereof, or the like.
As noted above, the apparatus 102 (shown in
Moreover, in some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the memory 112, may be configured to store data associated with one or more operations. For example, the apparatus 102 may be configured to store its current geographic location. Similarly, the apparatus 102 may be configured to store a contact, a song, a video, a picture, or an application. In some embodiments, such data stored on the device may be referred to herein as “device data” or “data from the device.” In some embodiments, the device data may be specific to the particular device such that it may provide unique information about the device or the user of the device.
In some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the user interface 116 and/or UI control circuitry 122, may be configured to receive user input directed to a device indicating a desire of a user to present a webpage on a display of the device. For example, a user may be browsing the internet and may perform user input (e.g., a “touch” gesture or input to a keyboard) indicating a desire to view a webpage. In response, in some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the user interface 116 and/or UI control circuitry 122, may be configured to cause presentation of the webpage (e.g., an unmodified webpage).
In some cases, content of webpages may be generic (e.g., aimed at attracting a wide range of people). Indeed, some content on webpages may be less important to a particular viewer. For example, with reference to
As such, some example embodiments of the present invention provide for modification of a webpage based on device data. Indeed, some embodiments of the present invention enable emphasizing and/or rearranging of content of a webpage such that the webpage is tailored for the particular user. In some embodiments, data from the device may be used to determine which content of the webpage to modify for emphasis to the user. In such a regard, a tailored webpage is presented to the user that is based on data specific to each device. This allows for quick and easy recognition of the relevant information by the user. The same concept may also be used in other operations of the device, such as during execution of an application by the device.
In some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the processor 110, may be configured to determine data from the device (e.g., the memory 112, etc.). Such data may be associated with or, in some cases, stored on the device. For example, in some embodiments, the apparatus 102 may be configured to determine a geographic location of the device (e.g., the current geographic location of the device). Other possible data that the apparatus 102 may be configured to determine includes a contact stored on the device, a song stored on the device, a video stored on the device, a picture stored on the device, an application stored on the device, etc. Though the above description details some examples of data from a device to be determined, any type of data from the device may be determined. For example, in some cases, prior conversations or previously-used search terms may be stored on the device and may be determined as data from the device.
For example, the device 200 shown in
In some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the processor 110, may be configured to cause modification of the webpage based on the data obtained from the device. Such a modification may be to any aspect of the presentation of the webpage (e.g., layout, data, etc.). Further, the modification may be any type of change to the aspect of the presentation of the webpage. In some embodiments, the modification may occur at the browser level and not at the server level.
In some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the processor 110, may be configured to determine content of the webpage associated with data obtained from the device. Further, in some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the processor 110, may be configured to cause modification of the content of the webpage associated with data obtained from the device.
In some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the user interface 116 and/or UI control circuitry 122, may be configured to cause presentation of the modified webpage on the display of the device. For example, with reference to
In some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the processor 110, may be configured to cause content of the webpage associated with the data obtained from the device to be emphasized (e.g., highlighted, underlined, encircled, italicized, bolded, etc.). Along these lines, in some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the processor 110, may determine the current geographic location of the device and cause the content associated with that geographic location (e.g., the contact address closest to the geographic location) to be emphasized. For example, with reference to
Additionally or alternatively, in some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the processor 110, may be configured to cause content of the webpage associated with the data obtained from the device to be rearranged on the webpage. Along these lines, in some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the processor 110, may determine the current geographic location of the device and cause content associated with the geographic location (e.g., the contact address closest to the geographic location) to be rearranged on the webpage. For example, with reference to
As noted above, in some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the processor 110, may be configured to determine any type of data from the device. Indeed, such data, in some embodiments, may be related to personal information of the user (e.g., contacts, keywords of previous conversations, favorite websites, applications, etc.). For example, with reference to
Another example modification is illustrated in
As noted above, in some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the processor 110, may be configured to cause a modification to other operations besides a webpage, such as an application. In such a regard, in some embodiments, the apparatus 102 may be configured to cause modification to the application based on data obtained from the device. For example, in some embodiments, the apparatus 102 may be configured to determine content of the application that may be associated with data obtained from the device and cause modification to that content. For example, with reference to
In some embodiments, the modification of the webpage may occur or be presented while the webpage is being scrolled through. In such a regard, in some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the processor 110, may be configured to cause modification of the webpage and cause presentation of the modified webpage only while the user is scrolling through the webpage. Such an embodiment provides for quick recognition of relevant information while the information is being scrolled through (e.g., moving across the screen). For example, with reference to
Along these lines, in some embodiments, the apparatus 102, such as through the user interface 116 and/or UI control circuitry 122, may be configured to cause presentation of an unmodified webpage. The apparatus 102, however, such as through the user interface 116 and/or UI control circuitry 122, may be configured to receive user input indicating a desire of the user to scroll through the webpage. Then, in response to receiving the user input, the apparatus 102 may be configured to cause presentation of the modified webpage concurrently with causing scrolling of the webpage. Further, in some embodiments, the apparatus 102 may be configured to cause presentation of the modified webpage to cease in an instance in which the scrolling of the webpage ceases.
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatus and computer program products for modification of a webpage based on device data. Various examples of the operations performed in accordance with embodiments of the present invention will now be provided with reference to
Accordingly, blocks of the flowcharts support combinations of means for performing the specified functions. It will also be understood that one or more blocks of the flowcharts, and combinations of blocks in the flowcharts, may be implemented by special purpose hardware-based computer systems which perform the specified functions, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer program product(s).
The above described functions may be carried out in many ways. For example, any suitable means for carrying out each of the functions described above may be employed to carry out embodiments of the invention. In one embodiment, a suitably configured processor (for example, the processor 110) may provide all or a portion of the elements. In another embodiment, all or a portion of the elements may be configured by and operate under control of a computer program product. The computer program product for performing the methods of an example embodiment of the invention includes a computer-readable storage medium (for example, the memory 112), such as the non-volatile storage medium, and computer-readable program code portions, such as a series of computer instructions, embodied in the computer-readable storage medium.
Many modifications and other embodiments of the inventions set forth herein will come to mind to one skilled in the art to which these inventions pertain having the benefit of the teachings presented in the foregoing descriptions and the associated drawings. Therefore, it is to be understood that the embodiments of the invention are not to be limited to the specific embodiments disclosed and that modifications and other embodiments are intended to be included within the scope of the invention. Moreover, although the foregoing descriptions and the associated drawings describe example embodiments in the context of certain example combinations of elements and/or functions, it should be appreciated that different combinations of elements and/or functions may be provided by alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention. In this regard, for example, different combinations of elements and/or functions than those explicitly described above are also contemplated within the scope of the invention. Although specific terms are employed herein, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.
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