Adaptive Content Service

• US 20070220421A1
• Filed: 03/16/2006
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Sharpe, Timothy, Romatka, Rainer, Wong, Milton, Colbert, Oliver, Litovkin, Melody
• Application Number:
  US11/276,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20070220421A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/210
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

Adaptive content techniques are described. In an implementation, content for display on a client device is adapted by forming a plurality of panels from a page of the content and forming an identifier for each of the panels. At least one of the panels is configured for output by the client device such that each other panel is accessible via a respective identifier that is displayable concurrently with the at least one panel.

Claims

1. A method comprising adapting content for display by a client device by:

forming a plurality of panels from a page of the content;

forming an identifier for each said panel; and

configuring at least one said panel for output by the client device such that each other said panel is accessible via a respective said identifier that is displayable concurrently with the at least one said panel.

2. A method as described in claim 1, wherein:

the content is obtained from a content provider by an adaptive content service;

the client device requested the content from the adaptive content service;

the client device and the content provider are communicatively coupled to the adaptive content service via a network; and

the adaptive content service performs the adapting.

3. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the page is a web page.

4. A method as described in claim 1, wherein each said identifier, when displayed, is selectable to cause a respective said panel to be output for display.

5. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the adapting includes aggregating at least two said panels to form an aggregated panel that is configured for display on the client device.

6. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the adapting includes:

determining that a particular said panel includes an advertisement; and

configuring the content for output on the client device such that the particular said panel is initially output.

7. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the identifiers are formed from content associated with a respective said panel.

8. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the identifiers are formed from metadata associated with a respective said panel.

9. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the adapting includes removing functionality from the content that is not supported by the client device before the content is communicated to the client device.

10. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the adapting includes categorizing the panels.

11. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the adapting includes optimizing the content by varying a number of panels formed from the page of content based on memory resources of the client device.

12. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the adapting includes optimizing the content by varying a number of panels formed from the page of content based on display resources of the client device.

13. A method comprising:

obtaining a page of content formed as a plurality of panels;

determining which of the plurality of panels has a greater likelihood of being relevant to a user; and

outputting the determined relevant said panel for concurrent display with one or more identifiers of one or more of the other said panels.

14. A method as described in claim 13, wherein:

the determining is performed based on text included in a search query input by the user; and

the outputting is performed such that the determined relevant said panel is output before the other said panels.

15. A method as described in claim 13, wherein two said panels are not displayable at a single point in time.

16. A method as described in claim 13, wherein each said identifier is selectable to cause a respective said panel to be output for display.

17. One or more computer-readable media comprising executable instruction that, when executed, direct a computer to:

form a plurality of panels from a page of the content; and

form an identifier for each said panel from at least a portion of the content associated with a respective said panel.

18. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein at least one said panel includes an image and the identifier is formed from metadata associated with the image.

19. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein at least one said identifier is formed from a tag included in the content associated with the respective said panel.

20. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 17, wherein at least said panel is configured for output such that each other said panel is accessible via a respective said identifier that is displayable concurrently with the at least one said panel