Dynamic content change notification

• US 20060095397A1
• Filed: 11/01/2004
• Published: 05/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Rosato, Stephen P., Fluegel, Jason C., Torres, Michael I., Day, DeEtte M., Axelrod, Eyal Z., Gil, German A., Jeyaseelan, Thomas A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,090,776 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]

Abstract

A content page is configured by a user and located on a network. Changes made to the content page are automatically communicated with notifications to a group of contacts for the user. Only contacts with permission to view the content page, or the changed content, will receive the notification and have permission to view the changes. A visual indicator notifies contacts that a content page of one of their contacts has been changed. When the visual indicator or some other contact indicator is selected by the user, a summary module can be provided. The summary module is a portal to network content, including the content page.

Claims

1. A method for providing a notification over a network, comprising:

determining a content change has occurred in a content page having an owner;

determining one or more contacts to receive a notification of the content change, the one or more contacts having an authorization by the owner to receive the notification; and

transmitting the notification to the one or more contacts.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

determining a content change includes;

receiving content page version request data from user; and

comparing content page data to the content page version request data, said transmitting the notification includes transmitting the notification to the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein:

determining a content change includes;

determining if the content page data is more recent than the content page version request data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

determining a content change includes;

detecting new content being saved to a data storage device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

transmitting the notification to the one or more contacts includes;

transmitting the notification to an alert server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

determining one or more contacts includes;

accessing a permission list, the permission list including the one or more contacts.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the content page includes one or more components, the one or more components including content page data and a filter parameter, the filter parameter determining if a notification should be generated for a content change in a content page component.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving the notification of a user interference;

providing a visual indicator at the user interface in response to notification.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

determining one or more contacts includes;

determining the contacts common to a permission list configured by an owner and a reverse messaging list derived from a contact list of each of the one or more contacts.

10. A method for providing a notification, comprising:

providing an interface for a user, the user associated with one or more contacts;

receiving a notification for the user that a content page having an owner has changed, the one or more contacts including the owner, the user included on an authorization list associated with the owner; and

providing a visual indicator on the interface indicating the content change for the contact page;

11. The method of claim 10, wherein:

said receiving a notification includes;

sending a content page version request for a list of content pages associated with the one or more contacts; and

receiving version information for the list of content pages in response to the content page version request.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein:

said providing a visual indicator includes;

determining if the received version information for the list of content pages is more recent than the cached version information of the list of content pages.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein:

said receiving a notification includes;

receiving an alert package.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein:

said providing a visual indicator includes;

determining if the notification is for one of the one or more contacts associated with the user.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the content page includes one or more components, each of the one or more components including content page data and a filter parameter, the notification indicating the components having changed content page content.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein:

providing a visual indicator includes;

determining that one or more of the components having changed content indicated in the notification match a cached list of components; and

providing a visual indicator representing the matched components.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the interface is provided by a network browser.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein:

the interface is a messaging interface.

19. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the interface is provided by a stand-alone client

20. A system for providing a notification over a network, comprising:

a content page having content;

a data storage device having a list of authorized viewers associated with the content page; and

a server with access to the content page content, the server configured to determine a change in content of the content page, and send the notification to the list of authorized viewers.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein:

the content page including one or more components, each component having content page content, the notification indicating which component includes changed content.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein:

the server having access to a content page version information, the notification including the content page version information.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein:

the content page includes one or more components having content page data, the notification providing content page version information for each component having changed content.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein:

the storage list includes a list of contacts for each authorized viewer, the server sending the notification to each authorized viewer for which the owner is listed in the authorized viewer'"'"'s contact list.

25. The system of claim 20, wherein:

the notification includes a new content indicator, the new content indicator indicating a content change for the content page.

26. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

a client providing a user interface, the client configured to receive the alert and display a visual indicator on the user interface indicating the changed content of the content page.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein:

said server is configured to send the alert to the client at initialization of a communication session by the client.

28. The system of claim 26, wherein:

said server is configured to send the alert to the client when a content change occurs in content page.

29. One or more processor readable storage devices having processor readable code embodied on said processor readable storage devices, said processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

determining a content change has occurred in a content page having an owner;

accessing a permission list indicating one or more contacts with authorization to view a notification of the content change; and

transmitting the notification to the one or more authorized contacts.

30. One or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 29, wherein:

each of the authorized contacts are associated with a contact list that include the owner.

31. One or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 29, wherein:

the notification indicates when the content change occurred.

32. One or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 29, wherein:

the notification indicates the content page has changed.

33. One or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 29, wherein:

the content page includes one or more components, the one or more components including content page data and a filter parameter, the filter parameter determining if a notification should be generated for a content change in a content page component.

34. One or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 33, wherein:

the one or more filter parameters are configured by the owner.

35. One or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 29, wherein:

determining one or more contacts includes;

determining the contacts common to a permission list configured by an owner and a reverse messaging list derived from a contact list of each of the one or more contacts.

36. One or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 30, wherein:

the notification is sent to a messenger server.