SHARE WEB FEEDS THROUGH MESSAGING

• US 20090164585A1
• Filed: 12/20/2007
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Marcus, Erica Kato, Ahlin, Eskil Gunnar
• Granted Patent: US 8,799,370 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A method may include creating a message having a web feed uniform resource locator (URL), providing an indicator in the message that the web feed URL is included in the message, the indicator being in addition to the web feed URL, identifying that the message includes the web feed URL based on the indicator, and associating the web feed URL to a contact entry.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

creating a message having a web feed uniform resource locator (URL); and

providing an indicator in the message that the web feed URL is included in the message, the indicator being in addition to the web feed URL.

2. The method of claim 1, where the providing comprises:

adding an extension header to the message, the extension header including a character string to indicate that the web feed URL is included in the message.

3. The method of claim 2, where the adding comprises:

adding the extension header having the web feed URL.

4. The method of claim 1, where the providing comprises:

adding a property statement relating to the web feed URL to indicate that the web feed URL is included in the message.

5. The method of claim 1, where the providing comprises:

adding a type property to the web feed URL to indicate that the web feed URL is included in the message.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying that the web feed URL is included in the message based on a character string in the web feed URL.

7. The method of claim 6, where the identifying comprises:

recognizing at least one of rss, atom, feed, videofeed, or feeds.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending the message;

receiving the message by a device;

identifying that the message includes the web feed URL based on the indicator; and

associating the web feed URL to a contact entry in the device, where the contact entry is an existing contract entry or a new contact entry.

9. The method of claim 8, where the associating comprises:

recognizing sender information associated with the message; and

linking the web feed URL to the contact entry that corresponds to the sender information.

10. A device comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to;

create a message having a web feed uniform resource locator (URL) link; and

provide an indication in the message that the web feed URL link is included with the message.

11. The device of claim 10, where the instructions to provide an indication comprise instructions to:

add an extension header to the message to provide the indication.

12. The device of claim 10, where the instructions to provide an indication comprise instructions to:

add a type property to the message to provide the indication.

13. A device comprising:

a memory to store instructions; and

a processor to execute the instructions to;

receive a message;

identify whether the message includes a web feed uniform resource locator (URL) link; and

associate the web feed URL link to a contact entry if the message includes the web feed URL link.

14. The device of claim 13, where the instructions to identify comprise instructions to:

inspect the message for an extension header that includes an indication that the message includes the web feed URL link.

15. The device of claim 13, where the instructions to identify comprise instructions to:

recognize a character string in the message that provides an indication that the message includes the web feed URL link.

16. The device of claim 13, where the instructions to associate comprise instructions to:

match sender information of the message to the contact entry, where the contact entry is an existing contact entry or a new contact entry.

17. The device of claim 13, where the instructions to associate comprise instructions to:

prompt a user of the device to associate the web feed URL link to the contact entry; and

associate the web feed URL link with the contact entry based on input from the user, where the contact entry is an existing contact entry or a new contact entry.

18. The device of claim 13, where the instructions to identify comprise instructions to:

connect to a document that a URL points; and

inspect the document for one or more character strings that indicate that the document is a web feed document.

19. A computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by at least one processor of a device, the computer-readable medium comprising:

one or more instructions for receiving a user'"'"'s input to generate a message;

one or more instructions for providing an indication in the message that a web feed uniform resource locator (URL) is included in the message; and

one or more instructions for transmitting the message.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, where the message is one of an electronic mail (e-mail) message, an instant messaging service (IMS IM) message, a short messaging service (SMS) message, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, an instant messaging and presence service (IMPS) message, or an attachment thereto.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising:

one or more instructions for recognizing that the message contains the web feed URL.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, where the one or more instructions for providing comprises:

one or more instructions for adding an extension header to the message.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, further comprising:

one or more instructions for receiving a message including a second web feed URL; and

one or more instructions for identifying that the received message includes the second web feed URL.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 23, further comprising:

one or more instructions for associating the second web feed URL of the received message with a contact entry.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 24, where the one or more instructions for associating comprises:

one or more instructions for identifying information associated with the sender of the received message that corresponds to the contact entry.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 24, where the instructions for associating comprises:

one or more instructions for providing a user interface to allow a user to select the contact entry to be associated with the web feed URL, where the contact entry is an existing contact entry or a new contact entry to be created.