System to customize and view permissions, features, notifications, and updates from a cluster of applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019220542-A1
Application number	US-201816130906-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 13, 2018
Priority date	Jan 12, 2018
Publication date	Jul 18, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method, an electronic device, and computer readable medium is provided. The method includes generating a cluster that includes at least one application. The method also includes identifying a set of features (i.e., a set of one or more features) associated with each of the at least one application included within the generated cluster. The method further includes receiving a request to modify a subset of features (i.e., a subset of one or more features) of the identified set of features. The method additionally includes modifying the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster based on the received request to modify.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprises:
generating a cluster that includes at least one application; identifying a set of features associated with each of the at least one application included within the generated cluster; receiving a request to modify a subset of features of the identified set of features; and modifying the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster based on the received request to modify.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprises:
receiving data about a state of the electronic device from one or more sensors of the electronic device; determining whether to modify the subset of features temporarily based on the received state data; and in response to determining to modify, modifying the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster temporarily.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:
the received state data includes location data from a location sensor of the electronic device; determining whether to modify the subset of features temporarily based on the received state data comprises, matching a predetermined location to a particular location indicated by the location data; and modifying the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster temporarily comprises, modifying the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster while the particular location indicated by the location data matches the predetermined location.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:
the received state data includes timer data from a timer of the electronic device; determining whether to modify the subset of features temporarily based on the received state data comprises, determining whether the timer data indicates that the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster are to be modified; and modifying the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster temporarily comprises, modifying the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster until the timer data indicates that a specified time threshold is reached, in response to determining that the timer data indicates that the subset of features are to be modified.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprises:
determining that one of the identified set of features is a critical feature; analyzing previous requests to modify one or more of the identified set of features; selecting a portion of the identified set of features to include the critical feature and one or more analyzed features that correspond to the previous requests to modify; and displaying, on a display of the electronic device, the portion of the identified set of features.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprises receiving application data about applications stored on the electronic device, and
wherein generating the cluster comprises:
when the received application data includes at least one selected application, creating the cluster to include each of the at least one selected application,
when the received application data includes an application type associated with each of the applications, creating a first set of clusters that include each of the at least one application of a similar type, and
when the received application data includes a quantity of times that each of the applications are accessed within a predetermined period, creating a second cluster that includes each of the at least one application that is accessed over a predetermined quantity of times.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identified set of features comprises at least one of:
a permission to access a component of the electronic device; a setting of the electronic device; or information that is received and is associated with one of the at least one application.

8 . An electronic device comprising:
at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
generate a cluster that includes at least one application,
identify a set of features associated with each of the at least one application included within the generated cluster,
receive a request to modify a subset of features of the identified set of features, and
modify the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster based on the received request to modify.

9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , further comprises:
one or more sensors; and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive data about a state of the electronic device from the one or more sensors of the electronic device,
determine whether to modify the subset of features temporarily based on the received state data, and
in response to determining to modify, modify the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster temporarily.

10 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein:
the received state data includes location data from a location sensor of the electronic device; to determine whether to modify the subset of features temporarily based on the received state data, the at least one processor is further configured to match a predetermined location to a particular location indicated by the location data; and to modify the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster temporarily, the at least one processor is further configured to modify the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster while the particular location indicated by the location data matches the predetermined location.

11 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein:
the received state data includes timer data from a timer of the electronic device; to determine whether to modify the subset of features temporarily based on the received state data, the at least one processor is further configured to determine whether the timer data indicates that the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster are to be modified; and to modify the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster temporarily, the at least one processor is further configured to modify the subset of features associated with each of the at least one application within the generated cluster until the timer data indicates that a specified time threshold is reached, in response to determining that the timer data indicates that the subset of features are to be modified.

12 . The electronic device of claim 8 , further comprises:
a display; and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine that one of the identified set of features is a critical feature,
analyze previous requests to modify one or more of the identified set of features,
select a portion of the identified set of features to include the critical feature and one or more analyzed features that correspond to the previous requests to modify, and
display, on the display of the electronic device, the portion of the identified set of features.

13 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein:
the at least one processor is further configured to receive application data about applications stored on the electronic device; and to generate the cluster the at least one pro

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Estruch Tena Marc
• Yeh Jason

Classifications

• G06F16/173

  Customisation support for file systems, e.g. localisation, multi-language support, personalisation · CPC title

• G06F16/35 Primary

  Clustering; Classification · CPC title

• G06F16/168

  Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs (query results presentation G06F16/156) · CPC title

• G06F21/604 Primary

  Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems · CPC title

• G06F17/30141

  Physics · mapped topic