METHOD FOR PRESENTING DOCUMENTS USING A READING LIST PANEL

• US 20120311491A1
• Filed: 07/27/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Melton, Donald D., Adler, Darin B., Liu, Alice, Decker, Kevin W., Barraclough, Gavin, Falkenburg, Steven J., Eidson, Brady K.
• Granted Patent: US 8,977,947 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/804
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/345 Summarisation for human users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/197 Version control for software G06F8/71
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players

Abstract

A reading list panel is displayed as a sidebar window with respect to a main window of a content viewing application. In response to a first input, a first article representation of a first article associated with a presentation page displayed in the main window is listed in the reading list panel, where the first article representation includes information identifying the first article. In response to a selection of a second article representation from the reading list panel, content of a second article represented by the second article representation is presented in a reader mode within the main window.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

displaying a reading list panel as a sidebar window with respect to a main window of a content viewing application;

in response to a first input received via a first control, listing in the reading list panel a first article representation of a first article associated with a presentation page displayed in the main window, the first article representation including information identifying the first article; and

in response to a selection of a second article representation from the reading list panel, displaying content of a second article represented by the second article representation in a reader mode within the main window.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the first input, extracting metadata including extracting a title from the first article;

capturing an address from which the first article is retrievable;

generating an abstract based on at least a portion of content of the first article; and

displaying the title, the address, and the abstract as part of the first article representation in the reading list panel without displaying the actual content of the first article.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first article represents at least one of the presentation page and a remotely stored article referenced via a link within the presentation page.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising accessing the first article via the link from the presentation page automatically to capture the information identifying the first article without displaying actual content of the first article, including an address of the link from which the first article can be retrieved.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to a second input received from a second control, displaying the second article in a regular mode within the main window; and

in response to a third input received from the second control, displaying the second article in the reader mode within the main window.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising in response to a selection of a third article representation from the reading list panel, displaying a third article associated with the third article representation in the reader mode within the main window without having to switch back to a regular mode first.

7. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:

displaying a reading list panel as a sidebar window with respect to a main window of a content viewing application;

in response to a first input received via a first control, listing in the reading list panel a first article representation of a first article associated with a presentation page displayed in the main window, the first article representation including information identifying the first article; and

in response to a selection of a second article representation from the reading list panel, displaying content of a second article represented by the second article representation in a reader mode within the main window.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

in response to the first input, extracting metadata including extracting a title from the first article;

capturing an address from which the first article is retrievable;

generating an abstract based on at least a portion of content of the first article; and

displaying the title, the address, and the abstract as part of the first article representation in the reading list panel without displaying the actual content of the first article.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the first article represents at least one of the presentation page and a remotely stored article referenced via a link within the presentation page.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises accessing the first article via the link from the presentation page automatically to capture the information identifying the first article without displaying actual content of the first article, including an address of the link from which the first article can be retrieved.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises:

in response to a second input received from a second control, displaying the second article in a regular mode within the main window; and

in response to a third input received from the second control, displaying the second article in the reader mode within the main window.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises in response to a selection of a third article representation from the reading list panel, displaying a third article associated with the third article representation in the reader mode within the main window without having to switch back to a regular mode first.

13. A data processing system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor for storing instructions, which when executed from the memory, cause the processor to

display a reading list panel as a sidebar window with respect to a main window of a content viewing application,

in response to a first input received via a first control, list in the reading list panel a first article representation of a first article associated with a presentation page displayed in the main window, the first article representation including information identifying the first article, and

in response to a selection of a second article representation from the reading list panel, display content of a second article represented by the second article representation in a reader mode within the main window.

14. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

displaying a reading list panel as an accessory window with respect to a main window of a browser application running within a first device;

retrieving a reading list from a first server over a network, the reading list including a list of one or more article identifiers identifying one or more articles that are capable of being displayed in a reader mode of the browser application, wherein the reading list was compiled and transmitted from a second device to the first server over the network; and

displaying the reading list in the reading list panel of the browser application running within the first device.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

in response to a selection of a first article representation from the reading list panel, retrieving a first article from a second server based on an address provided by the first article representation; and

displaying the first article in a reader mode within the main window of the browser application.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising prior to displaying the first article, rendering the first article into a form suitable to be displayed by the first device based on a display capability of the first device.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein each of the article representations in the reading list comprises a title of the associated article, an abstract of the associated article, and an address from which the associated article can be retrieved.

18. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

displaying a reading list panel as an accessory window with respect to a main window of a browser application running within a first device, the reading list panel including a plurality of article representations representing a plurality of articles that can be displayed in a reader mode or a regular mode of the browser application;

in response to a selection of a first of the article representations, displaying a first article associated with the first article representation in a reader mode within the main window; and

in response to a selection of a second of the article representations, displaying a second article associated with the second article representation in the reader mode within the main window, without having to switch back to the regular mode.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein each of the article representations in the reading list comprises a title of the associated article, an abstract of the associated article, and an address from which the associated article can be retrieved.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising in response to an input received from a control, displaying the second article in the regular mode within the main window.