CONTENT MAPPING

• US 20130232148A1
• Filed: 03/01/2012
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: MacDonald, Brian Whalen, Lane, Mira, Lew, Phoi Heng, Bhat, Sudin
• Application Number:
  US13/409,740
• Publication Number:
  US 20130232148A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/740
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing

Abstract

One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for mapping content to a carousel interface in a manner that allows a user to more intuitively navigate through and/or interact with such content. The carousel interface may be associated with a domain (e.g., a map directions domain, a news domain, etc.). One or more categories associated with the domain may be identified (e.g., a sports news category, a health news category, etc.). In one example, entities (e.g., a Professional Sports Team and/or other proper nouns) and/or topics (e.g., 2012 Olympics) may be identified for respective categories. In this way, content associated with the one or more categories, entities, and/or topics may be retrieved and/or populated within one or more carousels of the carousel interface in an intuitive manner (e.g., sports articles may be populated within a sports carousel, health articles may be populated within a health carousel, etc.).

Claims

1. A method for mapping content to a carousel interface comprising one or more carousels, comprising:

identifying one or more categories associated with a domain; and

for respective categories;

retrieving a set of contents relating to a category;

mapping the category to a carousel within a carousel interface associated with the domain; and

populating the carousel with content within the set of contents.

2. The method of claim 1, the identifying comprising:

executing a classification technique upon the domain to identify the one or more categories.

3. The method of claim 1, the retrieving comprising:

identifying a topic associated with the category; and

retrieving content associated with the topic for inclusion within the set of contents.

4. The method of claim 3, the topic corresponding to a user defined interest.

5. The method of claim 1, the retrieving comprising:

identifying an entity associated with the category; and

retrieving content associated with the entity for inclusion within the set of contents.

6. The method of claim 5, the identifying an entity comprising:

identifying a keyword based upon executing a trending analysis technique.

7. The method of claim 1, the populating comprising:

ordering the content for inclusion within the carousel based upon at least one of time, user preference, similarity, and relevance.

8. The method of claim 1, the set of contents comprising at least one of social network content, microblog content, and blog content.

9. The method of claim 1, the populating comprising at least one of:

aggregating first content from a first source with second content from a second source to create aggregated content, the first content and the second content within the set of contents; and

populating the carousel with the aggregated content.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising:

facilitating navigation of content associated with the one or more categories of the domain through the carousel interface.

12. The method of claim 1, comprising:

responsive to a reorder input through the carousel interface, vertically ordering a first carousel relative to a second carousel within the carousel interface.

11. The method of claim 10, the facilitating navigation comprising:

responsive to a vertical input through the carousel interface, vertically rotating from a first carousel to a second carousel; and

responsive to a horizontal input of a carousel through the carousel interface, horizontally rotating from first content to second content within the carousel.

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13. A system for mapping content to a carousel interface comprising one or more carousels, comprising:

a mapping component configured to;

identify one or more categories associated with a domain; and

for respective categories;

retrieve a set of contents relating to a category;

map the category to a carousel within a carousel interface associated with the domain; and

populate the carousel with content within the set of contents.

14. The system of claim 13, the mapping component configured to:

identify a topic associated with the category; and

retrieve content associated with the topic for inclusion within the set of contents.

15. The system of claim 13, the mapping component configured to:

identify an entity associated with the category; and

retrieve content associated with the entity for inclusion within the set of contents.

16. The system of claim 15, the mapping component configured to:

identify a keyword when identifying the entity based upon executing a trending analysis technique.

17. The system of claim 13, the mapping component configured to:

order the content for inclusion within the carousel based upon at least one of time, user preference, similarity, and relevance.

18. The system of claim 13, comprising:

a navigation component configured to;

facilitate navigation of content associated with the one or more categories of the domain through the carousel interface.

19. The system of claim 18, the navigation component configured to:

responsive to a vertical input through the carousel interface, vertically rotate from a first carousel to a second carousel; and

responsive to a horizontal input of a carousel through the carousel interface, horizontally rotate from first content to second content within the carousel.

20. A computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed perform a method for mapping content to a carousel interface comprising one or more carousels, comprising:

identifying one or more categories associated with a domain; and

for respective categories;

retrieving a set of contents relating to a category;

mapping the category to a carousel within a carousel interface associated with the domain; and

populating the carousel with content within the set of contents.