Authorized Syndicated Descriptions of Linked Web Content Displayed With Links in User-Generated Content

• US 20130219255A1
• Filed: 03/25/2013
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Flipboard Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Flipboard Incorporated
• Inventors: van Hoff, Arthur Anthonie, Creemer, David Zachary
• Granted Patent: US 9,304,979 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking

Abstract

Syndicated descriptions of web content are obtained from feeds. For each item of each feed, a link is followed to a content page, and it is determined whether the content page directly or indirectly points back to the feed. If so, the description of the item from the feed is stored as an authorized description with a canonical form of the link to the item. Subsequently, when an item of user-generated content that includes a link to web content is received, the link to the web content is canonicalized. Based on the canonicalized link, any stored authorized syndicated descriptions of the linked content is obtained. If more than one authorized syndicated description of an item of linked content is available, one is selected. Then, the item of user-generated content containing a link can be published with an authorized syndicated description of the linked content.

Claims

1. A method of building pages including an authorized syndicated description of linked web content, the method comprising:

receiving user-generated content that includes a link to linked web content;

canonicalizing the link;

obtaining at least one feed item from a database based on the canonicalized link, the database storing feed items, each feed item comprising a link to a content page and an authorized syndicated description of the content of the content page;

obtaining an authorized syndicated description of the content of the content page from the obtained feed item; and

building a page including the user-generated content that includes a link to linked web content and an authorized syndicated description of the content.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-generated content comprises a post on a social networking website or a blog entry.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the linked web content comprises an item of news media.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a plurality of authorized syndicated descriptions; and

selecting one of the plurality of authorized syndicated descriptions based on length of the description.

5. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for building pages including an authorized syndicated description of linked web content, the code for:

receiving user-generated content that includes a link to linked web content;

canonicalizing the link;

obtaining at least one feed item from a database based on the canonicalized link, the database storing feed items, each feed item comprising a link to a content page and an authorized syndicated description of the content of the content page;

obtaining an authorized syndicated description of the content of the content page from the obtained feed item; and

building a page including the user-generated content that includes a link to linked web content and an authorized syndicated description of the content.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the user-generated content comprises a post on a social networking website or a blog entry.

7. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the linked web content comprises an item of news media.

8. The computer program product of claim 5, further containing code for:

obtaining a plurality of authorized syndicated descriptions; and

selecting one of the plurality of authorized syndicated descriptions based on length of the description.