Recommending applications for mobile devices based on installation histories
US8819025B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/60
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving installation data, the installation data corresponding to one or more applications that can be installed and executed on mobile computing devices, receiving metadata corresponding to each of the one or more applications, for each application: generating a time series based on a number of installs, processing the time series and the metadata, calculating a score, determining that the score is greater than or equal to a threshold score, and in response to the determining, adding the respective application to an index of trending applications, storing the index of trending applications in computer-readable memory, retrieving the index of trending applications, and transmitting indications of one or more applications for display based upon the index of trending applications.
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