Method and user interface controlling communications and content from sources
AssigneeInterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
InventorsMatthew Jacob Wardenaar, Basil Badawiyeh, Roger Yeh
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed towards managing communications from different sources is described where such a management operation can be controlled using a user interface. Sources are selected using the user interface such that communications concerning a specified subject are received from such sources. The user interface can also be used to specific the amount of context/communications that come from different sources concerning the specified subject.
Claims20
A method for managing communications comprising the steps of:
- receiving via a user interface user profile data concerning a context;
- and
- managing a communication of said context based on the user profile data.
An apparatus comprising:
- a display processor that generates a first graphic element that corresponds to a context;
- said display processor generates a second graphic element that corresponds to a source;
- and
- a controller that generates user profile information that associates said context with said source in response to user input that uses said first and second graphic element.
A computer readable medium tangibly embodying computer instructions that is used for managing communications comprising the steps of:
- a first computer instruction for receiving via a user interface user profile data concerning a context;
- and
- a second computer instruction for managing a communication of said context based on the user profile data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.