System and method of presenting media content
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorKurt Trauth
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Abstract
A method of presenting media content includes receiving a command to present multiple image cells to a first device of a first user after an alert is sent to a second device associated with the first user. The method also includes sending a first view including multiple image cells to the first device of the first user, where at least one cell of the multiple image cells includes an image. The method further includes automatically collecting a second image from a third party website and sending a second view to the first device. The second view includes the multiple image cells having the image and includes the second image.
Claims20
A method of presenting media content, the method comprising:
- receiving a command to present multiple image cells to a destination device of a first user after an alert is sent to a device associated with the first user, wherein the alert includes a notification of available updated content, and wherein the command is based on user input responsive to the alert;
- sending a first view including multiple image cells to the destination device of the first user in response to the command, wherein the first view does not include one or more images that correspond to the available updated content;
- automatically collecting at least one image corresponding to the available updated content, wherein a particular image of the at least one image is collected from a particular website associated with a second user;
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- sending a second view to the destination device after the first view, the second view including the multiple image cells with the at least one image that corresponds to the available updated content.
A method of presenting media content, the method comprising:
- sending, from a server, a first graphical user interface to a destination device associated with a first user, the first graphical user interface including an element to receive one or more identifiers of one or more other users forming a social network, each identifier within the social network associated with one or more websites accessible to the one or more other users;
- automatically collecting, at the server, data related to available media content for the destination device from a selected website of the one or more websites;
- sending an alert from the server to a device associated with the first user when the data indicates updated media content is available for the destination device;
- receiving, at the server, a command to present updated media content to the destination device, wherein the command is based on user input responsive to the alert;
- sending, from the server, a second graphical user interface to the destination device in response to the command, wherein the second graphical user interface includes multiple image cells, and wherein the multiple image cells do not correspond to the updated media content;
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- updating the second graphical user interface to change at least one cell of the multiple image cells to include an image that corresponds to the updated media content.
A processor-readable storage device including instructions executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:
- sending an alert to a device associated with a first user when collected data indicates updated media content is available;
- receiving a command to present updated media content to a destination device, wherein the command is based on user input responsive to the alert;
- generating a first graphical user interface to present media content to a display device coupled to the destination device in response to the command, the first graphical user interface comprising multiple selectable cells arranged in at least two rows, wherein a first row includes images related to media content from the first user, wherein each additional row includes images related to media content from a source other than the first user, and wherein content of the multiple selectable cells does not correspond to the updated media content;
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- after sending the first graphical user interface, changing at least one of the multiple selectable cells to include an image that correspond to the updated media content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.