US 9,426,629 B2 · Autonomous pull and display of location based service applications by a mobile device based on context of the mobile device

Abstract

A user's experience is enhanced with respect to location based services (LBS) applications that can be employed by a user via a mobile device using techniques described herein. In an aspect, a device is provided that includes a memory to store instructions and a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the instructions to perform various operations. The operations can include determining a context of the device comprising determining a current location of the device, identifying an application of the device that enables a function related to the current location of the device, determining that the application is relevant to a user identity associated with the device based on the context of the device, adapting a set of graphical images for display by the device to comprise a graphical image associated with the application.

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Dependent claims

A mobile device, comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
determining a first location of the mobile device;
identifying a first application located on the mobile device, or at a remote data store, that provides a service related to the first location in response to the determining;
downloading the first application to the mobile device based on the identifying and in response to a determination that the first application is not located on the mobile device;
and
adapting graphical elements of a home graphical user interface displayed at the mobile device to comprise a first shortcut icon for the first application based on the identifying, comprising displaying the first shortcut icon at a specified position in the home graphical user interface determined to facilitate ease of access based on dimensions of a display screen of the mobile device and a degree of relevancy of the first application to the first location of the mobile device.

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A method, comprising:

determining, by a device comprising a processor, a first location of the device;
identifying, by the device and in response to the determining, a location based services application located on the device or at an external data store, associated with the first location of the device;
receiving, by the device via a network device, the location based services application from the external data store in response to the identifying and based on a determination that the location based services application is not located on the device;
and
adapting graphical elements of a home graphical user interface displayed at the mobile device to comprise a shortcut icon for the location based services application based on the identifying, comprising displaying the shortcut icon at a specified position in the home graphical user interface based on dimensions of a display screen of the mobile device and a degree of relevancy of the first application to the first location of the mobile device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Autonomous pull and display of location based service applications by a mobile device based on context of the mobile device

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Autonomous pull and display of location based service applications by a mobile device based on context of the mobile device

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Abstract

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