US 2012/0072835 A1 · Microblog Client

Abstract

Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for providing user interfaces, determining screen layouts, and displaying microblog posts are presented. A microblog client may receive a set of microblog posts and provide a user interface for displaying the received microblog posts. The microblog client also may parse the received posts and identify one or more content elements within the posts. The microblog client may then download additional information based on the content elements, and may determine a screen layout for displaying the posts based on the content elements and the additional downloaded information. In certain examples, microblog posts may be parsed and the additional related information may be downloaded prior to the selection of the posts in the user interface. The determination of a screen layout for displaying the microblog posts may also depend on the display characteristics, for example, screen size or orientation of a client device.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;
and
memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
receive a plurality of microblog posts;
provide a user interface configured to display the plurality of microblog posts;
parse a first microblog post in the plurality of microblog posts to identify one or more content elements within the first microblog post;
determine a first layout for displaying the first microblog post in the user interface, wherein the first layout is based on the one or more content elements identified within the first microblog post, and wherein the first layout is selected from a plurality of different layouts;
and
display the first microblog post via the user interface using the determined first layout.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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