Bookmark-Based Access to Content Feeds

• US 20080082673A1
• Filed: 09/27/2007
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Dynin, Michael, Williams, Evan, Parparita, Mihai
• Granted Patent: US 8,645,497 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking

Abstract

At a client device, upon user selection of a respective bookmark, a document is downloaded from a network location associated with the bookmark, and then displayed at the client device. The bookmark contains a URL or parameter that references one or more content feeds to which the user has subscribed. The client device, in response to the user selection of the respective bookmark, transmits to a server a request specified by the respective bookmark, and receives in response to the request a redirect to a network location associated with the document. The downloaded document corresponds to a content feed to which the user has subscribed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of presenting content, comprising:

detecting user selection of a respective bookmark, the bookmark comprising a link to a URL that corresponds to an online content feed aggregator;

downloading a document from a network location associated with the bookmark; and

displaying the downloaded document;

wherein the document corresponds to a content feed to which the user has subscribed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the document corresponds to a content item of the content feed to which the user has subscribed.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the content item is a most recent unread content item of the content feed to which the user has subscribed.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the content item is selected from among a set of unread content items of the content feed to which the user has subscribed, in accordance with predefined selection criteria.

5. The method of claim 2, including marking the content item as read.

6. The method of claim 1,

wherein, when a number of unread content items in a predefined set of content items meets first predefined criteria, the document corresponds to a URL in a content item of a content feed to which the user has subscribed;

and

wherein, when the number of unread content items in the predefined set of content items does not meet the first predefined criteria, the document corresponds to a home page of a content feed to which the user has subscribed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the document corresponds to a URL in a content item of a content feed to which the user has subscribed.

8. The method of claim 1, including

transmitting to a server a request specified by the respective bookmark;

and

receiving in response to the request a redirect to a network location associated with the document.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the document comprises a home page of the content feed to which the user has subscribed.

10. A method of serving content, comprising:

receiving a request from a client device, wherein the request includes a user identifier; and

transmitting to the client device a redirect to a document selected from the group consisting of;

a document that corresponds to a URL in a content item of a respective content feed to which the user has subscribed, and a home page of a respective content feed to which the user has subscribed.

11. A system for presenting content, comprising:

memory;

one or more processors; and

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 user selection of a respective bookmark, the bookmark comprising a link to a URL that corresponds to an online content feed aggregator;

instructions for downloading a document from a network location associated with the bookmark; and

instructions for displaying the downloaded document;

wherein the document corresponds to a content feed to which the user has subscribed.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the document corresponds to a content item of the content feed to which the user has subscribed.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the content item is a most recent unread content item of the content feed to which the user has subscribed.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the content item is selected from among a set of unread content items of the content feed to which the user has subscribed, in accordance with predefined selection criteria.

15. The system of claim 11,

wherein, when the number of unread content items meets the first predefined criteria, the document corresponds to a URL in a content item of a content feed to which the user has subscribed;

and

wherein, when the number of unread content items does not meet the first predefined criteria, the document corresponds to a home page of a content feed to which the user has subscribed.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more programs include:

instructions for transmitting to a server a request specified by the respective bookmark; and

instructions for receiving, in response to the request, a redirect to a network location associated with the document.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the document comprises a home page of the content feed to which the user has subscribed.

18. A computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by a computer system, the one or more programs comprising:

instructions for detecting user selection of a respective bookmark, the bookmark comprising a link to a URL that corresponds to an online content feed aggregator;

instructions for downloading a document from a network location associated with the bookmark; and

instructions for displaying the downloaded document;

wherein the document corresponds to a content feed to which the user has subscribed.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the document corresponds to a content item of the content feed to which the user has subscribed.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the content item is a most recent unread content item of the content feed to which the user has subscribed.

21. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the content item is selected from among a set of unread content items of the content feed to which the user has subscribed, in accordance with predefined selection criteria.

22. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18,

wherein, when the number of unread content items meets the first predefined criteria, the document corresponds to a URL in a content item of a content feed to which the user has subscribed;

and

wherein, when the number of unread content items does not meet the first predefined criteria, the document corresponds to a home page of a content feed to which the user has subscribed.

23. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the one or more programs include:

instructions for transmitting to a server a request specified by the respective bookmark; and

instructions for receiving, in response to the request, a redirect to a network location associated with the document.

24. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the document comprises a home page of the content feed to which the user has subscribed.

25. A system for presenting content, comprising:

means for detecting user selection of a respective bookmark, the bookmark comprising a link to a URL that corresponds to an online content feed aggregator;

means for downloading a document from a network location associated with the bookmark; and

means for displaying the downloaded document;

wherein the document corresponds to a content feed to which the user has subscribed.