USER INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR HANDHELD DEVICES

• US 20140129952A1
• Filed: 01/10/2014
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AOL Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AOL Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: VAN VALEN, Joseph R. III
• Application Number:
  US14/152,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20140129952A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

One or more handheld devices may be configured to receive and display content. A server may be configured to help the handheld devices display content. For example, by using at least some of the contents of one or more of feeds, the server may generate user interface data, which the handheld devices may use to display user interfaces that are configured to request content associated with the feeds.

Claims

1-17. -17. (canceled)

18. A system for providing content from a plurality of feeds, comprising:

a memory device that stores a set of instructions; and

at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to;

send data identifying the plurality of feeds to a device of a user for display;

receive a first set of selections from the user indicating a first set of feeds of the plurality of feeds and a first identifier for the first set of feed;

receive a second set of selections from the user indicating a second set of feeds of the plurality of feeds and a second identifier for the second set of feeds;

in response to receiving a request for content from feeds associated with the first identified send to the device of the user data determined, at least in part, based on content obtained from each feed of the first set of feeds.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the at least one processor further executes the set of instructions to:

identify, based on the first identifier, each feed of the first set of feeds;

obtain content from the identified feeds;

modify the content obtained from the identified feeds; and

aggregate the modified content obtained from the identified feeds.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the at least one processor further executes the set of instructions to:

obtain content from the identified feeds by analyzing the identified feeds to obtain up to a defined limit of feed entries.

21. The system of claim 18, wherein the at least one processor further executes the set of instructions to:

identify, based on the first identifier, each feed of the first set of feeds;

obtain headlines from the identified feeds;

modify the obtained headlines; and

aggregate the modified headlines obtained from the identified feeds.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the modified headlines are truncated headlines.

23. A system for providing content from a plurality of feeds, the system comprising:

a memory device that stores a set of instructions; and

at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to;

provide a display of data identifying the plurality of feeds;

send, to a server, a first set of selections indicating a first set of feeds of the plurality of feeds and a first identifier for the first set of feeds;

send, to the server, a second set of selections indicating a second set of feeds of the plurality of feeds and a second identifier for the second set of feeds;

send, to the server, a request for information from feeds associated with the first identifier;

receive, from the server, data determined, at least in part, based on content obtained from each feed of the first set of feeds.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the server s configured to determine the data by:

identifying, based on the first identifier, each feed of the first set of feeds;

obtaining content from the identified feeds;

modifying the content obtained from the identified feeds; and

aggregating the modified content obtained from the identified feeds.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the server is further configured to obtain content from the identified feeds by analyzing the identified feeds to obtain up to a defined limit of feed entries.

26. The system of claim 23, wherein the server is configured to determine the data by:

identifying, based on the first identifier, each feed of the first set of feeds;

obtaining headlines from the identified feeds;

modifying the obtained headlines; and

aggregating the modified headlines obtained from the identified feeds.

27. The system of claim 26, wherein the modified headlines are truncated headlines.

28. A method for providing content from a plurality of feeds, the method comprising the following operation performed by at least one processor:

sending data identifying the plurality of feeds to a device of a user for display;

receiving a first set of selections from the user indicating a first set of feeds of the plurality of feeds and a first identifier for the first set of feeds;

receiving a second set of selections from the user indicating a second set of feeds of the plurality of feeds and a second identifier for the second set of feeds;

in response to receiving a request for content from feeds associated with the first identifier, sending to the device of the user data determined, at least in part, based on content obtained from each feed of the first set of feeds.

29. The method of claim 28 further comprising:

identifying, based on the first identifier, each feed of the first set of feeds;

obtaining content from the identified feeds;

modifying the content obtained from the identified feeds; and

aggregating the modified content obtained from the identified feeds.

30. The method of claim 29, further comprising:

obtaining content from the identified feeds by analyzing the identified feeds to obtain up to a defined limit of feed entries.

31. The method of claim 28, further comprising:

identifying, based on the first identifier, each feed of the first et of feeds;

obtaining headlines from the identified feeds;

modifying the obtained headlines; and

aggregating the modified headlines obtained from the identified feeds.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the modified headlines are truncated headlines.