Dynamic RSS services

• US 20070250510A1
• Filed: 04/19/2006
• Published: 10/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Nachman, George
• Granted Patent: US 8,150,840 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

An Internet browser application is arranged to automatically display an RSS feed. When a web page is requested, if the Internet browser is selected to be in an RSS feed mode, the Internet browser detects for an RSS feed for the requested web page. If the RSS feed is detected, the RSS feed is loaded in parallel with loading the requested web page. Thereafter, the loaded RSS feed is displayed. A user may switch from the RSS feed mode to a normal mode for displaying the already loaded requested web page.

Claims

1. A method of displaying information with an Internet browser application, comprising:

accessing the Internet for a requested web page;

initializing loading of the requested web page;

detecting presence of an RSS feed corresponding to the requested web page during the initializing;

in response to detecting the RSS feed, loading the RSS feed; and

displaying one of the RSS feed and the requested web page.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising terminating loading of the requested web page in response to detecting the RSS feed.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising completing loading of the requested web page independent of detecting the RSS feed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying further comprises displaying one of the RSS feed and the requested web page in response receiving a selection of one of at least a first mode and a second mode, the first mode corresponding to displaying the requested web page, and the second mode corresponding to displaying the RSS feed.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising rendering a user interface mechanism for switching between the first mode and the second mode.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the detecting is dependent on the selection, the detecting comprising halting detection of the presence of the RSS feed in response to selecting the first mode.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the detecting is dependent on the selection, the detecting comprising detecting for only a presence of the RSS feed if the second mode is selected.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising transmitting the selection to a server via the Internet.

9. A computer system, comprising:

a first module arranged to initialize loading of a requested web page;

a second module arranged to detect presence of an RSS feed corresponding to the web page during the initializing;

a third module arranged to load the RSS feed in response to detecting the RSS feed; and

a fourth module arranged to display one of the RSS feed and the requested web page.

10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the second module is dependent on a selection of one of a first mode and a second mode, the first mode for displaying the requested web page, and the second mode for displaying the RSS feed.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the second module is further arranged to not detect for the presence of the RSS feed if the first mode is selected.

12. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the second module is further arranged to detect for only a presence of the RSS feed if the second mode is selected.

13. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the fourth module is further arranged to initially display the requested web page if the first mode is selected.

14. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the fourth module arranged to initially display the RSS feed if the second mode is selected.

15. The computer system of claim 10, further comprising a fifth module for detecting the selection, wherein the second module is dependent on the fifth module.

16. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the computer system is one of a handheld computing device, a cellular phone, and a portable e-mail device.

17. A system, comprising:

a client computer having an Internet browser application installed thereon, the Internet browser application arranged to;

request loading a web page from the Internet,

during the loading, detect an availability of an RSS feed for the requested web page if a first mode for displaying the RSS feed is selected,

load the RSS feed dependent on the detecting,

display the loaded RSS feed if the first mode is selected, and

display the loaded requested web page if a second mode for displaying the requested web page is selected; and

a server computer operatively connected to the Internet and arranged to store at least one of the requested web page and the RSS feed.

18. The system of claim 17, the server computer further arranged to cache a location of the RSS feed.

19. The system of claim 17, the server computer further arranged to return a location of the RSS feed in response to the loading request by the client computer.

20. A computer-readable medium having instructions executable by a processor stored therein, the instructions when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

access the Internet for a requested web page;

initialize a load of the requested web page;

detect presence of an RSS feed during the initializing;

load the RSS feed in response to the RSS feed being detected; and

display one of the RSS feed and the requested web page.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, further comprising instructions to terminate the load of the requested web page in response to detecting the RSS feed.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, further comprising instructions to complete the load of the requested web page independent of detecting the RSS feed.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the instructions to display are dependent on a selection of one of at least a first mode and a second mode, the first mode for displaying the requested web page, and the second mode for displaying the RSS feed.

24. The computer-readable of claim 23, further comprising instructions to switch between the first mode and the second mode.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the instructions to detect are dependent on the selection, the computer-readable medium further comprising instructions to not detect for the presence of the RSS feed if the first mode is selected.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the instructions to detect are dependent on the selection, the computer-readable medium further comprising instructions to detect for the presence of the RSS feed if the second mode is selected.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 23, further comprising instructions to indicate the selection to a server via the Internet.