Automatic Download of Contact-Related Web Data Feeds

• US 20080276164A1
• Filed: 04/06/2008
• Published: 11/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Bamford, Drew
• Granted Patent: US 9,336,325 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/238
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1774 Locking methods, e.g. locking methods for file systems allowing shared and concurrent access to files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/295 Named entity recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A method for processing data feeds within a entity management application of a mobile device includes configuring a data feed for an entity in the entity management application of the mobile device, retrieving contents of the data feed for the entity, formatting the contents of the data feed to thereby generate formatted contents for displaying on the mobile device, and displaying the formatted contents within the entity management application. A related mobile device includes a processor and a display, where the processor is for configuring a data feed for an entity in the entity management application of the mobile device, for retrieving contents of the data feed for the entity, and for formatting the contents of the data feed to thereby generate formatted contents for displaying on the mobile device, and the display is for displaying the formatted contents within the entity management application.

Claims

1. A method for processing data feeds within a entity management application of a mobile device, the method comprising:

configuring a data feed for an entity in the entity management application of the mobile device;

retrieving contents of the data feed for the entity;

formatting the contents of the data feed to thereby generate formatted contents for displaying on the mobile device; and

displaying the formatted contents within the entity management application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting the entity from at least one entity in the entity management application.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying within the entity management application the formatted contents simultaneously with information of the entity.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a notification of updated contents of the data feed.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising displaying an indication for indicating that updated contents are available.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving the contents of the data feed from a network.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising automatically retrieving the contents of the data feed without user intervention.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring at least one data feed for the entity in the entity management application of the mobile device;

retrieving contents of each data feed for the entity;

formatting the contents of each data feed to thereby generate at least one formatted content for displaying on the mobile device; and

displaying at least one of the formatted contents within the entity management application.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the formatted content is in a visual menu bar display on the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is one of a mobile phone, a portable digital assistant (PDA), a PDA phone, a smart phone, and a touch screen phone.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the data feed is one of an RDF Site Summary (RSS) feed, blog entry, social network update, image or photo feed, and video feed.

12. A mobile device having an entity management application for processing data feeds, the mobile device comprising:

a processor, for configuring a data feed for an entity in the entity management application of the mobile device, for retrieving contents of the data feed for the entity, and for formatting the contents of the data feed to thereby generate formatted contents for displaying on the mobile device; and

a display, for displaying the formatted contents within the entity management application.

13. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further for selecting the entity from at least one entity in the entity management application.

14. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the display is further for displaying within the entity management application the formatted contents simultaneously with information of the entity.

15. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the display is further for displaying a notification of updated contents of the data feed.

16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the display is further for displaying an indication for indicating that updated contents are available.

17. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further for retrieving the contents of the data feed from a network.

18. The mobile device of claim 17, wherein the processor is further for automatically retrieving the contents of the data feed without user intervention.

19. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further for configuring at least one data feed for the entity in the entity management application of the mobile device, for retrieving contents of each data feed for the entity, and for formatting the contents of each data feed to thereby generate at least one formatted content for displaying on the mobile device;

and the display is further for displaying at least one of the formatted contents within the entity management application.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the formatted content is in a visual menu bar display on the mobile device.

21. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the mobile device is one of a mobile phone, a portable digital assistant (PDA), a PDA phone, a smart phone, and a touch screen phone.

22. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the data feed is one of an RDF Site Summary (RSS) feed, blog entry, social network update, image or photo feed, and video feed.

23. A method for navigating through information of at least one entity within a entity management application of a mobile device, the method comprising:

displaying the at least one entity;

navigating to and selecting one of the entities for display;

retrieving contents of at least a data feed for the entity;

formatting the contents of each data feed to thereby generate at least one formatted content for displaying on the mobile device; and

displaying at least one of the formatted contents.

24. A mobile device having an entity management application for navigating through at least one data feed, the mobile device comprising:

a processor, for retrieving contents of the at least one data feed for the entity, and for formatting the contents of each data feed to thereby generate at least one formatted content for displaying on the mobile device;

an input module, for navigating to and selecting one of the entities for display; and

a display, for displaying the at least one entity and for displaying the formatted contents within the entity management application.