DISPLAYING PLURALITY OF CONTENT ITEMS IN WINDOW

• US 20130086482A1
• Filed: 09/30/2011
• Published: 04/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc. (ViacomCBS Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc. (ViacomCBS Incorporated)
• Inventors: Parsons, Scott
• Application Number:
  US13/251,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20130086482A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• 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 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

A web server computer comprises a memory configured to store a plurality of content items, each content item having tags representing the subject matter of the content items. A processing circuit is configured to receive a request from a user for a resource locator associated with a first content item, transmit the first content item to the user for display in a window containing the first content item, identify at least one tag associated with the first content item, search the database using the at least one tag to identify a second content item, and transmit the second content item to the user for display within the same window as the first content item.

Claims

1. A web server computer, comprising:

a memory configured to store a plurality of content items, each content item having tags representing the subject matter of the content items;

a processing circuit configured to;

receive a request from a user for a resource locator associated with a first content item;

transmit the first content item to the user for display in a window containing the first content item;

identify at least one tag associated with the first content item;

search the database using the at least one tag to identify a second content item; and

transmit the second content item to the user for display within the same window as the first content item.

2. The web server computer of claim 1, wherein the second content item appears below the first content item when a user scrolls down in the window.

3. The web server computer of claim 2, wherein the second content item appears below the first content item without substantial content therebetween.

4. The web server computer of claim 1, wherein the second content item is retrieved from a second resource locator different than the resource locator.

5. The web server computer of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:

receive a user identifier from the user;

retrieve a user profile for the user; and

select the second content item based further on data from the user profile.

6. The web server computer of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is configured to search for and transmit the second content item without requiring a user request for content.

7. The web server computer of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is configured to search for and transmit the second content item in response to a signal indicating the user has scrolled to the bottom of one of the first and second content items.

8. The web server computer of claim 7, wherein the processing circuit is configured to search for and transmit a plurality of content items in response to the signal indicating the user has scrolled to the bottom of one of the first and second content items.

9. The web server computer of claim 1, wherein the first and second content items are unabridged textual documents.

10. The web server computer of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:

transmit to the user a user input element for each content item, the user input elements viewable on a same portion of the window and selectable to display a respective content item in a viewable portion of the window, the user input elements disposed outside the content items in the window.

11. The web server computer of claim 10, the first content item containing a selectable input device to direct a user to the second content item, the processing circuit further configured to:

receive from the user a request for the second content item, the request being in response to a selection of the selectable input device within the first content item, wherein a second selectable input device is displayed in response to user selection of the selectable input device, the request further being in response to a selection of the second selectable input device;

retrieve the second content item; and

transmit the second content item to the user

12. A web server computer, comprising:

a memory configured to store a plurality of content items, a first content item containing a selectable input device to direct a user to a second content item;

a processing circuit configured to;

receive a request from a user for a resource locator associated with the first content item;

transmit the first content item to the user for display in a window containing the first content item;

receive from the user a request for the second content item, the request being in response to a selection of the selectable input device within the first content item, wherein a second selectable input device is displayed in response to user selection of the selectable input device, the request further being in response to a selection of the second selectable input device;

retrieve the second content item; and

transmit the second content item to the user.

13. The web server computer of claim 12, wherein the second content item is displayed beneath the first content item.

14. The web server computer of claim 12, wherein the second content item is retrieved from server-side memory and transmitted to the user in response to selection of the second selectable input device.

15. A web server computer, comprising:

a memory configured to store a plurality of content items;

a processing circuit configured to;

transmit a plurality of the content items to a client device for display in a window, one adjacent the other; and

transmit to the client device a user input element for each content item, the user input elements viewable on a same portion of the window and selectable to display a respective content item in the same portion of the window, the user input elements disposed outside the content items in the window.

16. The web server computer of claim 15, wherein the user input elements are disposed leftward of the displayed content item.

17. The web server computer of claim 16, wherein the user input elements comprise tabs extending from the displayed content item.

18. The web server computer of claim 15, wherein the plurality of content items are displayed in unabridged format.

19. The web server computer of claim 18, wherein the unabridged content items are disposed in the window one beneath the other.

20. The web server computer of claim 17, wherein, in response to user input at one of the user input elements, metadata relating to the article is displayed in a field extending from a corresponding tab.