US 8,060,830 B2Granted

News feed browser

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsJessica Kahn, Jens Alfke, Steven P. Jobs, Scott James Forstall, Gregory N. Christie, Stephen O. Lemay, Donald Dale Melton

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Abstract

Techniques for detecting, managing, and presenting syndication XML (feeds) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a web browser automatically determines that a web site is publishing feeds and notifies the user, who can then access the feed easily. In another embodiment, a browser determines that a web page or feed is advertising relationship XML, and displays information about the people identified in the relationship XML. In yet another embodiment, a browser determines that a file contains a feed and enables the user to view it in a user-friendly way. In yet another embodiment, feed state information is stored in a repository that is accessible by applications that are used to view the feed. In yet another embodiment, if a feed's state changes, an application notifies the repository, and the state is updated. In yet another embodiment, a feed is parsed and stored in a structured way.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

using a web browser to display a web page and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address bar from a website, wherein the URL address bar includes a first graphic representation of a badge, and wherein the first graphic representation indicates that the website is publishing a feed;
receiving, using one or more processors, a selection of the first graphic representation of the badge, wherein when the first graphic representation of the badge is selected, a display of a feed replaces the display of the web page in the web browser and customizable feed state information corresponding to the feed is received, wherein the feed state information includes whether the feed has been bookmarked, how the feed should be displayed, and whether a content item in the feed has been read, wherein the selection causes the first graphic representation of the badge to change to a second graphic representation of the badge, and wherein the second graphic representation of the badge indicates that the feed is being displayed;
receiving a selection of the second graphic representation of the badge, wherein selecting the second graphic representation of the badge causes a display of the web page to replace the display of the feed;
and
storing the feed state information, wherein the feed state information is accessible on a plurality of devices.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/390,588Filed 27 Mar 2006 · continuation
Priority: 13 Apr 2005
Published: US 2006/0253489 A19 Nov 2006
Granted: 15 Nov 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
G06F 16/957
Retrieval from the web: browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
G06F 16/958
Retrieval from the web: organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
G06Q 30/02
Commerce: marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Family

Application11/105,637Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Apr 2005
US 2006/0253489 A1Pre-grant publication · published 9 Nov 2006
US 7,865,511 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2005/0289468 A1Published application
US 8,060,830 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.