System And Method For Conveying Content Changes Over A Network

• US 20080228574A1
• Filed: 10/11/2007
• Published: 09/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Monitor110, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Monitor110, Inc.
• Inventors: Stewart, Jeffrey A., Ahmad, Shera
• Application Number:
  US11/870,859
• Publication Number:
  US 20080228574A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A system and method that includes receiving data representative of a change in volume of network content related to a ticker from a reference volume; and displaying in a user interface a visual element associated with the ticker, wherein the appearance of the visual element depends upon the change in volume.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

receiving data representative of a change in volume of network content related to a ticker from a reference volume; and

displaying in a user interface a visual element associated with the ticker, wherein the appearance of the visual element depends upon the change in volume.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the visual element comprises one or more characters representing the ticker.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein

the one or more characters is displayed having a first indication that the change in volume is less than a threshold volume;

the one or more characters is displayed having a second indication that the change in volume is an increase greater than or equal to the threshold volume; and

the one or more characters is displayed having a third indication that the change in volume is a decrease greater than or equal to the threshold volume.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the visual element further comprises

a first symbol displayed in conjunction with the one or more characters if the change in volume is an increase greater than or equal to twice the threshold volume;

and

a second symbol displayed in conjunction with the one or more characters if the change in volume is a decrease greater than or equal to twice the threshold volume.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the visual element further comprises

a first symbol displayed in conjunction with the one or more characters if the change in volume is an increase greater than or equal to a threshold volume;

and

a second symbol displayed conjunction with the one or more characters if the change in volume is a decrease greater than or equal to the threshold volume.

8. The method of claim 2 further comprising

displaying an indicator in conjunction with the visual element to indicate a source of network content, the source being attributed to the to at least a portion of the change in volume.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising

distinguishing the visual element and the indicator from other aspects of the user interface if the network content attributed to the change in volume is detected within a predefined period of time.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the visual element and indicator is distinguished from other aspects of the user interface.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein the indicator is adapted to change in appearance as time passes from when the network content attributed to the change in volume was first detected.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the change in appearance includes the indicator blinking intermittently.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the change in appearance includes the indicator gradually fading away as time passes.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the indicator disappears after a period of time passes from when the network content attributed to the change in volume was first detected.

5. The method of claim 5 wherein the visual element further comprises

an additional first symbol displayed in conjunction with the one or more characters if the change in volume is an increase greater than or equal to three times the threshold volume;

and

an additional second symbol displayed in conjunction with the one or more characters if the change in volume is a decrease greater than or equal to three times the threshold volume.

7. The method of claim 7 wherein the visual element further comprises

an additional first symbol displayed in conjunction with the one or more characters if the change in volume is an increase greater than or equal to two times the threshold volume;

and

an additional second symbol displayed in conjunction with the one or more characters if the change in volume is a decrease greater than or equal to two times the threshold volume.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a processor;

a display screen coupled to the processor; and

memory coupled to the processor, wherein

the memory includes logic that has access to data representative of a change in volume of network content related to a ticker from a reference volume and operable to display in a user interface on the display screen a visual element associated with the ticker, wherein the appearance of the visual element depends upon the change in volume.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the visual element comprises one or more characters representing the ticker.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein

the logic is further operable to display in the user interface the one or more characters having a first indication that the change in volume is less than a threshold volume;

the logic is further operable to display in the user interface the one or more characters in a second indication that the change in volume is an increase greater than or equal to the threshold volume; and

the logic is further operable to display in the user interface the one or more characters in a third indication that the change in volume is an increase greater than or equal to the threshold volume.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein

the logic is further operable to display in the user interface a first symbol in conjunction with the of the one or more characters if the change in volume is an increase greater than or equal to twice the threshold volume;

and

the logic is further operable to display in the user interface a second symbol in conjunction with the one or more characters if the change in volume is a decrease greater than or equal to twice the threshold volume.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein

the logic is further operable to display in the user interface a first symbol in conjunction with the one or more characters if the change in volume is an increase greater than or equal to a threshold volume;

and

the logic is further operable to display in the user interface a second symbol in conjunction with the one or more characters if the change in volume is a decrease greater than or equal to the threshold volume.

20. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the logic is further operable to display an indicator in conjunction with the visual element to indicate a source of network content attributed to the change in volume.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the logic is further operable to distinguish the visual element and the indicator from other aspects of the user interface if network content attributed to the change in volume is detected within a predefined period of time.

22. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the logic is further operable to change the appearance of the indicator in the user interface as time passes from when the network content attributed to the change in volume was first detected.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 wherein the logic is further operable to remove the indicator from the user interface after a predetermined period of time passes from when the network content attributed to the change in volume was first detected.