COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTATION OF FEED ITEMS IN AN INFORMATION FEED TO BE DISPLAYED ON A DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20130024788A1
• Filed: 10/11/2012
• Published: 01/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Dunn, Zachary J., Olsen, Joseph M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,443,225 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/543 User-generated data transfer, e.g. clipboards, dynamic data exchange [DDE], object linking and embedding [OLE]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/548 Object oriented; Remote method invocation [RMI] non-remote method invocation G06F9/449
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for displaying a feed item of an information feed in a presentation on a display device. In some implementations, a feed item having one or more attributes is received. A filter including one or more parameters is applied to the one or more feed item attributes. The filter is capable of being stored on one or more storage mediums. When the one or more feed item attributes satisfies the one or more filter parameters, presentation information is generated. The presentation information includes at least one indicator configured to identify, in a user interface on the display device, the feed item as having the one or more attributes satisfying the one or more filter parameters. The presentation information can be stored on one or more storage mediums.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for displaying a feed item of an information feed in a presentation on a display device, the method comprising:

receiving the feed item having one or more attributes;

applying a filter including one or more parameters to the one or more feed item attributes, the filter capable of being stored on one or more storage mediums;

when the one or more feed item attributes satisfies the one or more filter parameters, generating presentation information including at least one indicator configured to identify, in a user interface on the display device, the feed item as having the one or more attributes satisfying the one or more filter parameters; and

storing the presentation information on one or more storage mediums.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the filter parameters include one or more of:

a friend, a user, a user ID, an e-mail address, a group, a subgroup, a role in group, a keyword, a subject, a length of a post, a time of a post, a department, a hashtag, a flag, a character, a word, a phrase, an expression, a command, a symbol, an attachment, a URL address, a hyperlink, a header, a geographic location of the display device, and a user-defined criterion.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the indicator includes one or more of:

a color, a background highlight, an animation, an image, video data, audio data, a removal of a feed item, a graphical distortion, and a graphical opacity.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the indicator includes a security mechanism, the security mechanism including one or more of:

a password entry field, a pin code entry field, a user identification entry field, and a verification of the geographical location of the display device.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the filter and the indicator are selected by one or more of a system, a user, and an administrator.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the indicator is operable to be toggled between a first state and a second state.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 6, wherein the state is determined by user input.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 6, wherein at least one state changes at least one of the filter and the indicator.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 6, wherein the state is determined according to a location in which the feed item is displayed in the user interface on the display device.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 6, wherein the first state does not limit the graphical presentation on the display device of a select feed item, and the second state limits the graphical presentation on the display device of the select feed item.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 10, wherein the select feed item is determined by the filter and the indicator.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 10, wherein the second state limiting the graphical presentation on the display device of the select feed item includes removing the select feed item from the information feed.

13. The computer implemented method of claim 10, wherein the toggle between the states is determined by one or more actions including:

a location of a cursor in the user interface, a location of the cursor on the select feed item, a receipt of a code, a selection of the first state or the second state, a response to an email, a selection of a hyperlink, a verification of the geographic location of the display device, and a user identification confirmation.

14. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the presentation information is identified for display in association with a first user profile and not identified for display in association with a second user profile, the display configured to change to reflect the first user profile or the second user profile as a selected profile.

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

receiving login data;

identifying a user profile associated with the login data;

accessing security data associated with the user profile, wherein the security data includes at least one of the filter and the indicator.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein one more of the attributes of the feed item includes one or more of:

a source designation, an author designation, a user designation, a user profile designation.

17. The computer implemented method of claim 16, wherein the applied filter and indicator are unique to a designated recipient, wherein the designated recipient includes one or more of:

a user, a group, a subgroup, a department, and an organization.

18. The computer implemented method of claim 17, wherein the presentation of the feed item is unique to the designated recipient.

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

preventing the execution of a requested action on the news feed item when at least one feed item attribute satisfies the one or more filter parameters, wherein the action includes reposting, sharing, removing, copying, or forwarding.

20. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the presentation information indicates a spatial relationship of the feed items.

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

transmitting the presentation information to a display device.

22. One or more computing devices for displaying a feed item of an information feed in a presentation on a display device, the one or more computing devices comprising:

one or more processors operable to execute one or more instructions to;

receiving the feed item having one or more attributes;

applying a filter including one or more parameters to the one or more feed item attributes, the filter capable of being stored on one or more storage mediums;

when the one or more feed item attributes satisfies the one or more filter parameters, generating presentation information including at least one indicator configured to identify, in a user interface on the display device, the feed items as having the one or more attributes satisfying the one or more filter parameters; and

storing the presentation information on the one or more storage mediums.

23. The one or more computing devices of claim 22, wherein the indicator includes one or more of:

a color, a background highlight, an animation, an image, video data, audio data, a removal of a feed item, a graphical distortion, and a graphical opacity.

24. The one or more computing devices of claim 22, wherein the indicator is operable to be toggled between a first state and a second state.

25. A non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a computing device to perform a method for displaying a feed item of an information feed in a presentation on a display device, the method comprising:

receiving the feed item having one or more attributes;

applying a filter including one or more parameters to the one or more feed item attributes, the filter capable of being stored on one or more storage mediums;

when the one or more feed item attributes satisfies the one or more filter parameters, generating presentation information including at least one indicator configured to identify, in a user interface on the display device, the feed items as having the one or more attributes satisfying the one or more filter parameters; and

storing the presentation information on the one or more storage mediums.

26. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the indicator includes one or more of:

a color, a background highlight, an animation, an image, video data, audio data, a removal of a feed item, a graphical distortion, and a graphical opacity.