Server-specified end-of-list actions
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsNaoki Iwasaki, Satoshi Niwa, Takahiro Kosakai, David Robert Gordon
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Abstract
A method includes generating a description of a specific geographic context, and providing the description of the specific geographic context to a network server. The method also includes receiving, from the network server: (i) an ordered list of items, each including respective geographic data related to the specific geographic context, and (ii) an indication of an action to be executed at the client device when a user accesses an end of the list of items via the user interface. The list of items is presented to a user via a user interface, and, in response to an indication that the end of the list of items is reached by the user, the indicated action is executed.
Claims20
A method implemented in a client device for providing geographic content via a user interface of the client device, the method comprising:
- generating, by one or more processors, a description of a geographic context of the client device;
- providing, by the one or more processors, the description of the geographic context to a network server;
- receiving, from the network server, in response to the provided description of the geographic context:
- (i) an ordered list of items, each item including respective geographic data selected at the network server in accordance with the geographic context, and
- (ii) an indication of an action to be automatically executed by a software application at the client device when a user reaches an end of the ordered list of items via the user interface;
- presenting, by the software application, the ordered list of items to be presented to a user via the user interface of the client device;
- and
- in response to an indication that the end of the ordered list of items is reached by the user, automatically executing, by the software application, the indicated action.
A method in a network server for generating and communicating server-specified actions to client devices, the method comprising:
- receiving a description of a geographic context of a client device;
- in response to receiving the description of the geographic context, generating, by one or more processors, an ordered list of selectable items, each selectable item in the ordered list including interactive digital content selected based on the description of the geographic context;
- selecting, by the one or more processors, an action to be automatically executed by a software application on the client device when a user of the client device reaches an end of the ordered list of selectable items;
- and
- providing, by the one or more processors, the ordered list of selectable items and an indication of the action to the client device.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
- receive a description of a geographic context of a client device,
- in response to receiving the description of the geographic context, generate an ordered list of items, each item in the ordered list including interactive digital content selected based on the description of the geographic context,
- select an action to be automatically executed by a software application on the client device when a user of the client device reaches an end of the ordered list of items, and
- provide the ordered list of items and an indication of the action to the client device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.