SITE CONTENT CLIPPING CONTROL

• US 20120060098A1
• Filed: 09/08/2011
• Published: 03/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bending Spoons SpA
• Original Assignee: Evernote Corp. (Bending Spoons SpA)
• Inventors: Constantinou, Phil, Stavisky, Dmitry, Pachikov, Alex, Skaldin, Pavel, Sinkov, Andrew, LIBIN, Phil
• Granted Patent: US 9,519,725 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management

Abstract

A system is provided for presenting users with relevant personalized and/or customized information whenever a visitor visits a website or performs an internet search. The described system described herein advantageously provides for the saving (clipping) of website information as an integrated part of a visitor'"'"'s browsing experience. The content of the website information that is clipped may be advantageously controlled by a website owner/publisher. Using website clips, identified as “notes,” previously stored by a visitor, currently displayed website content may be accordingly modified in connection with identified relevant notes and/or a notification may be displayed on the current website for a particular visitor identifying stored relevant notes of the visitor.

Claims

1. A method for controlling information stored in response to a content clipping process on a website, the method comprising:

configuring a button for the website that activates the content clipping process;

configuring at least one parameter associated with the button, wherein the at least one parameter includes a content parameter for identifying content on the website in response to activation of the content clipping process, the content being stored in a presentable form in a database; and

embedding the button on the website.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentable form of the content on the website that is identified in response to activation of the content clipping process is controlled by a site owner of the website by controlling the at least one parameter.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the database is maintained by a service to which a visitor to the website subscribes.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the visitor activates the embedded button on the website to activate the content clipping process and store the presentable form of the content in the database.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the presentable form of the stored content in the database is subsequently accessible by the visitor.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one parameter further includes a parameter for organizing the content in the presentable form that is stored in the database.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the button includes configuring visual characteristics of the button.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentable form of the content is the same as a printable view of the content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one parameter includes the content parameter and at least one other parameter for organizing the content.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one other parameter is controllable by a visitor to the website, and wherein the content parameter is exclusively controlled by a site owner of the website.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing software for controlling information stored in response to a content clipping process on a website, the software comprising:

executable code that configures a button for the website that activates the content clipping process;

executable code that configures at least one parameter associated with the button, wherein the at least one parameter includes a content parameter for identifying content on the website in response to activation of the content clipping process, the content being stored in a presentable form in a database; and

executable code that embeds the button on the website.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the presentable form of the content on the website that is identified in response to activation of the content clipping process is controlled by a site owner of the website by controlling the at least one parameter.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the database is maintained by a service to which a visitor to the website subscribes.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the visitor activates the embedded button on the website to activate the content clipping process and store the presentable form of the content in the database.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the presentable form of the stored content in the database is subsequently accessible by the visitor.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the at least one parameter further includes a parameter for organizing the content in the presentable form that is stored in the database.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein configuring the button includes configuring visual characteristics of the button.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the presentable form of the content is the same as a printable view of the content.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the at least one parameter includes the content parameter and at least one other parameter for organizing the content.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the at least one other parameter is controllable by a visitor to the website, and wherein the content parameter is exclusively controlled by a site owner of the website.