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US 8,799,370 B2Granted
Share web feeds through messaging
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorsEskil Gunnar Ahlin, Erica Kato Marcus
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Abstract
A method may include creating a message having a web feed uniform resource locator (URL), providing an indicator in the message that the web feed URL is included in the message, the indicator being in addition to the web feed URL, identifying that the message includes the web feed URL based on the indicator, and associating the web feed URL to a contact entry.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a mobile device, an electronic message that includes a web feed uniform resource locator (URL), where the electronic message corresponds to one of an e-mail message, a short message service message, a multimedia messaging service message, an instant messaging and presence service message, an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem instant messaging service message, or an attachment to an e-mail message;
- determining, by the mobile device, whether the web feed URL includes a character string that identifies the web feed URL as a web feed URL;
- recognizing, by the mobile device, sender information associated with the electronic message;
- and
- associating, by the mobile device, the web feed URL with a contact entry in the mobile device in response to determining that the web feed URL includes the character string that identifies the web feed URL as a web feed URL, where the contact entry is an existing contact entry or a new contact entry, where the associating includes linking the web feed URL to the contact entry that corresponds to the sender information.
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A device comprising:
- a memory to store instructions;
- and
- a processor to execute the instructions to:
- receive an electronic message that includes a web feed uniform resource locator (URL) link, where the electronic message corresponds to one of an e-mail message, a short message service message, a multimedia messaging service message, an instant messaging and presence service message, an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem instant messaging service message, or an attachment to an e-mail message,
- identify that the electronic message includes the web feed URL link based on a character string of the web feed URL link or an indicator that indicates that the electronic message includes the web feed URL link, and
- associate the web feed URL link to a contact entry associated with a sender of the electronic message in response to determining that the electronic message includes the web feed URL link.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by at least one processor of a device, the instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions for receiving an electronic message that includes a web feed uniform resource locator (URL), where the electronic message corresponds to one of an e-mail message, a short message service message, a multimedia messaging service message, an instant messaging and presence service message, an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem instant messaging service message, or an attachment to an e-mail message;
- one or more instructions for determining whether the web feed URL includes a character string that identifies the web feed URL as a web feed URL;
- one or more instructions for recognizing sender information associated with the electronic message;
- and
- one or more instructions for associating the web feed URL to a contact entry of the device when it is determined that the web feed URL includes the character string that identifies the web feed URL as a web feed URL, where the one or more instructions for associating includes one or more instructions for linking the web feed URL to the contact entry that corresponds to the sender information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.