US 12,143,677 B2
Pull notifications for applications
Josh Stratton, Issaquah, WA (US); Tiffany Jiang, White Plains, NY (US); Elise Wang, Cerritos, CA (US); Ariela Ninka, Santa Monica, CA (US); Mingkui Liu, Playa Vista, CA (US); Zhuofeng Wu, Los Angeles, CA (US); Suneeta Puranik, Los Angeles, CA (US); Andres Montano, Seattle, WA (US); Austin Wignall, Los Angeles, CA (US); Jillian Abeyta, Los Angeles, CA (US); Josh Nelson, Woodland Hills, CA (US); Andrew Salituri, Seattle, WA (US); and Dominic Hopton, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to Hulu, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Hulu, LLC, Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/818,950.
Application 17/818,950 is a continuation of application No. 17/242,029, filed on Apr. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,445,259.
Prior Publication US 2022/0385976 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/431 (2011.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/478 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
selecting, by a computing device, an account associated with an application, wherein the application is displaying content;
retrieving, by the computing device, a plurality of contact options, wherein contact options in the plurality of contact options have been associated with the account to receive pull notifications;
ranking, by the computing device, the plurality of contact options based on information associated with the account to rank the contact options based on a likelihood that the account may select respective contact options to receive a pull notification when displayed by the application as a pull notification option with other pull notification options on a user interface;
generating, by the computing device, a plurality of pull notification options to contact the account using the ranking of the plurality of contact options; and
outputting, by the computing device, the plurality of pull notification options to the application for display on the application, wherein a pull notification option in the plurality of pull notification options is associated with information to cause an associated contact option to be contacted upon selection of the pull notification option.