PROVIDING CONTENT IN A TIMESLOT ON A CLIENT COMPUTING DEVICE

摘要

In particular embodiments, a client computing device identifies an available timeslot for displaying content on a screen. The client computing device notifies one or more applications of the available timeslot and receives from each of one or more applications a bid to fill the available timeslot with content associated with the application. Each bid indicates the application, indicates a format of the content associated with the application, and provides at least a portion of the content associated with the application. The client computing device selects one of the bids and displays in the available timeslot on the screen the content associated with the selected bid with the format indicated by the selected bid.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
by a client computing device, identifying an available timeslot for displaying content on a screen of the client computing device; by the client computing device, notifying one or more applications on the client computing device of the available timeslot; by the client computing device, receiving from each of one or more of the applications a bid to fill the available timeslot with content associated with the application, wherein the bid:
indicates the application;indicates a format of the content associated with the application; andprovides at least a portion of the content associated with the application; by the client computing device, selecting one of the bids; and by the client computing device, displaying in the available timeslot on the screen of the client computing device the content associated with the selected bid with the format indicated by the selected bid.