Dynamic Content Presentation

• US 20110137948A1
• Filed: 12/03/2009
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Davis, Bryan, Musgrove, Dan, Raftelis, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 9,098,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/792
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/36 Combined merging and sorting

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computing device, a request from a user device to access requested data. Based on the request, a reader object is selected that specifies data access information associated with accessing data from a particular data source. Computer-implementable access code is dynamically instantiated to access the requested data from a data source based on the reader object and the request. A data access request is sent to the data source based on the computer-implementable access code. The requested data is received from the data source and a presentation object is selected that specifies data output information associated with the reader object. Computer-implementable output code is dynamically instantiated to output the requested data based on the presentation object. Output data, including the requested data, is sent to the user device in a presentation format specified by the computer-implementable output code.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, a first request from a first user device to access requested data;

selecting, from a database of reader objects, a first reader object based on the first request, wherein each of the reader objects specifies data access information associated with accessing data from a particular data source;

dynamically instantiating computer-implementable access code to access the requested data from a first data source based on the first reader object and the first request;

sending a data access request to the first data source based on the computer-implementable access code;

receiving the requested data from the first data source;

selecting a first presentation object from a database of presentation objects, wherein each of the presentation objects specifies data output information associated with one or more of the reader objects;

dynamically instantiating computer-implementable output code to output the requested data based on the first presentation object; and

sending output data including the requested data in a presentation format specified by the computer-implementable output code to the first user device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing the computer-implementable access code;

selecting, from the database of reader objects, a second reader object in response to the computer-implementable access code;

instantiating second computer-implementable access code based on the second reader object; and

executing the second computer-implementable access code to access second data distinct from the requested data, wherein the output data further includes the second data.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the second reader object specifies data access information associated with accessing data from a second data source that is different from the first data source.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the computer-implementable access code selects the second reader object in response to detecting an event related to the requested data.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the requested data has particular characteristics or content.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising modifying the requested data before sending the output data to the first user device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein modifying the requested data includes at least one of truncating, filtering, verifying, and sorting the requested data based on a generic object.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the generic object includes a filter object that filters the requested data for profanity.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing at least a portion of the requested data at a data cache;

receiving, at the computing device, a subsequent request to access the portion of the requested data from a second user device that is different from the first user device; and

sending second output data including the portion of the requested data from the data cache to second user device.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the portion of the requested data is retrieved from the data cache without a second instantiation of the computer-implementable access code.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the computer-implementable output code includes one or more display objects that are not included in the received data.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the one or more display objects that are not included in the received data include at least one of a display element and a button that are not provided by the first data source.

13. A system, comprising:

a reader object selector configured to;

receive a first request from a first user device to access requested data; and

select, from a database of reader objects, a first reader object based on the first request, wherein each of the reader objects specifies data access information associated with accessing data from a particular data source;

an access code instantiator configured to;

dynamically instantiate computer-implementable access code to access the requested data from a first data source based on the first reader object and the first request; and

send a data access request to the first data source based on the computer-implementable access code;

a presentation object selector configured to;

receive the requested data from the first data source;

select a first presentation object from a database of presentation objects, wherein each of the presentation objects specifies data output information associated with one or more of the reader objects;

an output code instantiator configured to;

dynamically instantiate computer-implementable output code to output the requested data based on the first presentation object; and

send output data including the requested data in a presentation format specified by the computer-implementable output code to the first user device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the access code instantiator is further configured to:

execute the computer-implementable access code;

select, from the database of reader objects, a second reader object in response to the computer-implementable access code, wherein the second reader object specifies data access information associated with accessing data from a second data source that is different from the first data source;

instantiate second computer-implementable access code based on the second reader object; and

execute the second computer-implementable access code to access second data distinct from the requested data, wherein the output data further includes the second data.

15. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium configured to store at least a portion of the requested data,

wherein the reader object selector is further configured to receive a subsequent request to access the portion of the requested data from a second user device that is different from the first user device, and

wherein the output code instantiator is further configure to send second output data including the portion of the requested data from the data cache to second user device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the first user device includes a first set-top box device and wherein the second user device includes a second set-top box device that is different from the first set-top box device.

17. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive a request from a user device to access requested data;

select, from a database of reader objects, a reader object based on the request, wherein each of the reader objects specifies data access information associated with accessing data from a particular data source;

dynamically instantiate computer-implementable access code to access the requested data from a data source based on the selected reader object and the request;

send a data access request to the data source based on the computer-implementable access code;

receive the requested data from the data source;

select a presentation object from a database of presentation objects, wherein each of the presentation objects specifies data output information associated with one or more of the reader objects;

dynamically instantiate computer-implementable output code to output the requested data based on the presentation object; and

send output data including the requested data in a presentation format specified by the computer-implementable output code to the user device.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the first data source includes extensible markup language (XML) data.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the XML data includes at least one of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) data, Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) data, and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) data.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the data source includes one of a file transfer protocol (FTP) data source, a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) data source, and a flat file data source.