Dynamic summary module

• US 20060095976A1
• 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 7,620,996 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles

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 summary module over a network, comprising:

determining whether a user is included on a permission list associated with a content page having data, the content page associated with a summary module interface;

retrieving a subset of the content page data; and

transmitting the subset of the content page data to the user for presentation to the user in the summary module if the user is on the permission list.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the permission list includes one or more contacts selected by an owner of the content page.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the content page includes one or more components, each component including content page data and a filter parameter;

said retrieving a subset of the content page data includes retrieving content page data within a component based on the value of the filter parameter.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the subset of content page data is configured by an owner of the content page.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the subset of the content page data includes data indicating when the content page was last modified.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the subset of the content page data includes data identifying the permission list;

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the subset of the content page data including one or more data elements, retrieving a subset of the content page data including;

retrieving a link to the network location of one or more of the data elements.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

packaging the subset of content page data in a format having instructions to provide the summary module interface in a network browser.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

packaging the subset of content page data in a SOAP response.

10. A method for viewing network content, comprising:

receiving input from a user selecting a summary module associated with a contact;

sending a summary module data request, the summary module data request include permission data, the permission data associated with a permission list for the contact;

receiving a summary module data response, the summary module data request including summary module data associated with a content page configured by the contact; and

providing the summary module to the user.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the summary module data request includes version information regarding the previous summary module data request associated with the summary module

12. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the content page includes one or more components, each component having content page data, the version information indicating the previous summary module data request associated with each component.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein:

receiving the summary module data response includes;

receiving instructions to provide an interface within a network browser.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein:

sending a summary module data request includes;

generating a list of content page components having content page data; and

sending the list of content page components, the summary module data in the summary module data response corresponding to the content page components.

15. The method of claim 10 wherein:

receiving the summary module data response includes;

receiving the summary module data content in a mark-up language stream.

16. The method of claim 10 wherein:

providing the summary module includes;

populating the summary module with the summary module data.

17. The method of claim 10 wherein:

providing the summary module includes;

providing the summary module in network browser.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein:

receiving input from a user includes;

receiving input selecting a contact from a messenger contact list.

19. The method of claim 10, wherein:

receiving input from a user includes;

receiving an input to view a contact list in an interface provided by a network browser.

20. A system for providing a summary module, comprising:

content page content;

a data storage device containing a permission list; and

a server connected to the content page and the data storage device, the server configured to retrieve a subset of the content page and send the subset to one or more users listed in the permission list.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein:

the content page includes one or more components, each of the one or more components including content page data and a filter indicator, the subset of the content page data determined by each of the one or more filter indicators.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein:

the one or more filter indicators configured by an owner of the content page.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein:

the permission list configured by an owner of the content page.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein:

the server is configured to send the subset of content page data to the user in response to a user request.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein:

the subset of content page data is specified in the user request.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein:

the server is configured to receive the request from a messaging client and send the subset of the content page data to the messaging client

27. The system of claim 20, wherein:

the subset of content page data is formatted to be displayed in a network browser.

28. The system of claim 20, wherein

the subset of content page data is formatted in a mark-up language.

29. The system of claim 20, wherein:

the subset of content page data includes a permission list identifier associated with the permission list.

30. 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:

retrieving a user identifier from a permission list associated with a content page having data, the content page associated with a summary module interface;

determining a subset of the content page data; and

providing the subset of content page data to the user associated with the user identifier.

31. One or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 30, wherein the method further comprising:

formatting the subset of the content page data.

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

the permission list is generated by an owner of the content page.

33. The one or more processor readable storage devices according to claim 30, wherein:

the content page includes one or more filter parameters;

said retrieving a subset of the content page data includes retrieving content page data within a component based on the value of the filter parameters.