US 2019/0163543 A1 · RESUMPTION OF ACTIVITIES USING ACTIVITY DATA COLLECTED BY AN OPERATING SYSTEM

Abstract

Technologies are described for resuming activities using activity data collected by an operating system. An operating system provides an application programming interface (“API”) through which applications can submit activity data. The activity data identifies an application and an activity previously performed using the application. The activity data can be presented to users in a UI that includes UI controls corresponding to the reported activities. The UI controls can identify the activity and the application used to perform the activity. The UI controls can be presented in an order determined based upon the time at which the corresponding activity was performed. The UI controls can be selected to resume the corresponding activity. Functionality can also be provided for scrolling through the UI controls, searching the activity data, filtering the represented activities, deleting the activity data corresponding to an activity, and performing other functions.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

exposing an application programming interface (API) by way of an operating system executing on a computing device, the API configured to receive activity data from an application, the activity data identifying the application and an activity previously performed using the application;
receiving a request to view the activity data;
responsive to receiving the request to view the activity data, presenting a user interface (UI) comprising a first UI control corresponding to the activity, the first UI control configured to present the activity data identifying the application and the activity previously performed using the application;
receiving a selection of the first UI control in the UI;
and
responsive to receiving the selection of the first UI control, causing the computing device to resume the activity previously performed using the application.

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A computing device, comprising:

one or more processors;
a display;
and
at least one computer storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to
expose an application programming interface (API) by way of an operating system executing on the computing device, the API configured to receive activity data from an application executing on the computing device, the activity data identifying the application and an activity previously performed using the application;
receive a request to view the activity data;
responsive to receiving the request to view the activity data, present a user interface (UI) comprising a first UI control corresponding to the activity on the display, the first UI control configured to present the activity data identifying the application and the activity previously performed using the application;
receive a selection of the first UI control in the UI;
and
responsive to receiving the selection of the first UI control, cause the computing device to resume the activity previously performed using the application.

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At least one computer storage medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

expose an application programming interface (API) by way of an operating system executing on the computing device, the API configured to receive activity data from an application executing on the computing device, the activity data identifying the application and an activity previously performed using the application;
receive a request to view the activity data;
responsive to receiving the request to view the activity data, present a user interface (UI) comprising a first UI control corresponding to the activity on a display of the computing device, the first UI control configured to present the activity data identifying the application and the activity previously performed using the application;
receive a selection of the first UI control in the UI;
and
responsive to receiving the selection of the first UI control, cause the computing device to resume the activity previously performed using the application.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Resumption of activities using activity data collected by an operating system

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