System and method for identifying and displaying application card objects based on contextual data corresponding to application function identifiers

A mobile computing device comprising:

• a touchscreen display;
• a plurality of sensors;
• a transceiver;
• a memory;
• and
• a computing processor that executes computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the computing processor, cause the computing processor to:
• display a first application view representing a first application function on the touchscreen display;
• store contextual data in the memory, the contextual data comprising:
• a first application function identifier (ID) that identifies the first application function;
• sensor measurements measured by the plurality of sensors;
• and
• application function usage data comprising a history of application views displayed on the touchscreen display;
• transmit the contextual data to a server via the transceiver;
• receive a card object from the server in response to transmitting the contextual data to the server, the card object indicating a second application function ID that identifies a second application function;
• determine a rendering of an application card representing the second application function based on the card object;
• and
• display the application card concurrently with the first application view.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• storing, in a storage device of a server, an application function graph that stores application function identifiers (IDs) as graph nodes and user intent IDs that identify user intents corresponding with the application function IDs, the application function IDs identifying application functions;
• storing, in the storage device, a user intent graph that stores the user intent IDs as graph nodes and transitions between the user intent IDs as edges;
• storing, in the storage device, a card data store that stores card objects corresponding with the application function IDs, each card object comprising computer-readable instructions that are executable at client computing devices to perform the application function identified by the application function ID;
• receiving, via a network communication device of the server, contextual data from a client computing device, the contextual data indicating a first application view currently being displayed on the client computing device;
• identifying, by a processing device of the server, a first application function ID that identifies a first application function corresponding with the first application view by comparing the contextual data with the application function IDs stored in an application function data store;
• determining, by the processing device, a first user intent ID that corresponds with the first application function ID, the first user intent ID indicating a current user intent of a user of the client computing device;
• determining, by the processing device, a second user intent ID that transitions from the first user intent ID, the second user intent ID indicating a prediction of a subsequent user intent of the user based on the current user intent;
• identifying, by the processing device, a second application function ID that corresponds with the second user intent ID, the second application function ID identifying a second application function;
• retrieving, by the processing device, a card object corresponding with the second application ID from the card data store;
• and
• transmitting, via the network communication device, the card object to the client computing device.