Setting and displaying a read status for items in content feeds
First Claim
1. A method of providing content, performed by a client system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the method comprising:
- detecting execution of a mark-all-read command associated with a specified stream to which a user of the client system has subscribed, wherein the specified stream comprises two or more content feeds including a first content feed for a first publication source with a first depth limit and a second content feed for a second publication source with a second depth limit, and wherein each respective content feed comprises a respective set of content items published by a respective publication source;
displaying content items from each respective set of content items, including from the first content feed and the second content feed, in a single merged list of content items that includes content items from the first publication source up to the first depth limit and content items from the second publication source up to the second depth limit, wherein the single merged list of contents items is sorted by content item timestamps and displays, for each respective content item, a title and wherein user selection of a respective content item toggles between expanded and compact modes of the respective content item;
recording a time of execution of the mark-all-read command;
for each respective content item associated with the specified stream, comparing a corresponding timestamp associated with the respective content item to the recorded time of execution of the mark-all-read command; and
individually displaying the title of each respective content item in the single merged list in a first format or a second format based on the comparisons, wherein the second format is visually distinct from the first format, content items that are determined to have associated timestamps prior to the recorded time of execution of the mark-all-read command are displayed in the first format, and content items that are determined to have associated timestamps after the recorded time of execution are displayed in the second format.
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Abstract
A method of providing content includes detecting execution of a mark-all-read command associated with a specified stream. The specified stream includes two or more content feeds, wherein each content feed includes a set of content items published by a respective publication source. The method also includes recording a time of execution of the mark-all-read command and displaying content items associated with the specified stream. The displayed content items have associated timestamps, and content items having associated timestamps dated prior to the recorded time of execution are displayed in a visually distinctive format from content items having associated timestamps dated after the recorded time of execution.
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1. A method of providing content, performed by a client system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the method comprising:
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detecting execution of a mark-all-read command associated with a specified stream to which a user of the client system has subscribed, wherein the specified stream comprises two or more content feeds including a first content feed for a first publication source with a first depth limit and a second content feed for a second publication source with a second depth limit, and wherein each respective content feed comprises a respective set of content items published by a respective publication source; displaying content items from each respective set of content items, including from the first content feed and the second content feed, in a single merged list of content items that includes content items from the first publication source up to the first depth limit and content items from the second publication source up to the second depth limit, wherein the single merged list of contents items is sorted by content item timestamps and displays, for each respective content item, a title and wherein user selection of a respective content item toggles between expanded and compact modes of the respective content item; recording a time of execution of the mark-all-read command; for each respective content item associated with the specified stream, comparing a corresponding timestamp associated with the respective content item to the recorded time of execution of the mark-all-read command; and individually displaying the title of each respective content item in the single merged list in a first format or a second format based on the comparisons, wherein the second format is visually distinct from the first format, content items that are determined to have associated timestamps prior to the recorded time of execution of the mark-all-read command are displayed in the first format, and content items that are determined to have associated timestamps after the recorded time of execution are displayed in the second format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A client system for providing content, comprising:
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a memory; a display; one or more processors; one or more programs stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for; detecting execution of a mark-all-read command associated with a specified stream to which a user of the client system has subscribed, wherein the specified stream comprises two or more content feeds including a first content feed for a first publication source with a first depth limit and a second content feed for a second publication source with a second depth limit, and wherein each respective content feed comprises a respective set of content items published by a respective publication source; displaying content items from each respective set of content items, including from the first content feed and the second content feed, in a single merged list of content items that includes content items from the first publication source up to the first depth limit and content items from the second publication source up to the second depth limit, wherein the single merged list of contents items is sorted by content item timestamps and displays, for each respective content item, a title and wherein user selection of a respective content item toggles between expanded and compact modes of the respective content item; recording a time of execution of the mark-all-read command; for each respective content item associated with the specified stream, comparing a corresponding timestamp associated with the respective content item to the recorded time of execution for of the mark-all-read command; and individually displaying the title of each respective content item in the single merged list in a first format or a second format based on the comparisons, wherein the second format is visually distinct from the first format, content items that are determined to have associated timestamps prior to the recorded time of execution of the mark-all-read command are displayed in a first format, and content items that are determined to have associated timestamps after the recorded time of execution of the mark-all-read command are displayed in the second format. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by a client system for providing content, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
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detecting execution of a mark-all-read command associated with a specified stream to which a user of the client system has subscribed, wherein the specified stream comprises two or more content feeds including a first content feed for a first publication source with a first depth limit and a second content feed for a second publication source with a second depth limit, and wherein each respective content feed comprises a respective set of content items published by a respective publication source; displaying content items from each respective set of content items, including from the first content feed and the second content feed, in a single merged list of content items that includes content items from the first publication source up to the first depth limit and content items from the second publication source up to the second depth limit, wherein the single merged list of contents items is sorted by content item timestamps and displays, for each respective content item, a title and wherein user selection of a respective content item toggles between expanded and compact modes of the respective content item; recording a time of execution of the mark-all-read command; for each respective content item associated with the specified stream, comparing a corresponding timestamp associated with the respective content item to the recorded time of execution for of the mark-all-read command; and individually displaying the title of each respective content item in the single merged list in a first format or a second format based on the comparisons, wherein the second format is visually distinct from the first format, content items that are determined to have associated timestamps prior to the recorded time of execution of the mark-all-read command are displayed in the first format, and content items that are determined to have associated timestamps after the recorded time of execution of the mark-all-read command are displayed in the second format. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of providing content, performed by a client system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the method comprising:
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detecting execution of a mark-all-read command associated with a specified stream to which a user of the client system has subscribed, wherein the specified stream comprises two or more content feeds including a first content feed for a first publication source with a first depth limit and a second content feed for a second publication source with a second depth limit, and wherein each respective content feed comprises a respective set of content items published by a respective publication source; displaying content items from each respective set of content items, including from the first content feed and the second content feed, in a single merged list of content items that includes content items from the first publication source up to the first depth limit and content items from the second publication source up to the second depth limit, wherein the single merged list of contents items is sorted by content item timestamps and displays, for each respective content item, a title and wherein user selection of a respective content item toggles between expanded and compact modes of the respective content item; recording a time of execution of the mark-all-read command; for each respective content item associated with the specified stream, comparing a corresponding timestamp associated with the respective content item that is prior to the recorded time of execution for of the mark-all-read command; and displaying content items associated with the specified stream based on the comparisons so that no content items that are determined to have associated timestamps prior to the recorded time of execution of the mark-all-read command are displayed and so that the titles of content items that are determined to have associated timestamps after the recorded time of execution of the mark-all-read command are displayed. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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