Method and system for presenting published information in a browser

• US 7,512,880 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2005
• Issued: 03/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Scenera Technologies LLC (Scenera Research LLC)
• Original Assignee: Swift Creek Systems LLC
• Inventors: Morris, Robert P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu; Tadesse
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ulrich; Nicholas S
• Application Number:
  US11/306,346
• Publication Number:
  US 20070150814A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,194 Days
• Field of Search: 715/777, 715/744, 715/730
• US Class Current: 715/700
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

A computer-implemented method and system is provided for presenting published information in a browser. Aspects of the preferred embodiment include providing a user control via a browser that allows for controlling a pacing of presentation of published information in the browser; receiving a pace setting from the user control; associating the pace setting with a subscription; and queuing published information corresponding to the subscription for presentation in the browser based on the pace setting.

Claims

1. A method for presenting published information in a browser, comprising:

providing a user control via a browser that allows for controlling a pacing of presentation of published information in the browser, the user control comprising at least one of;

a first control for allowing a delaying of the presentation of the published information;

a second control for allowing a presentation of a next instance of published information;

a third control for allowing a specifying of a minimum time interval between presentation of successive instances of published information;

and a fourth control for allowing a specifying of a number of instances of published information that are presented in a batch, each of the first control, the second control, the third control, and the fourth control being at least one of a browser widget and a control included in a received resource from a remote provider;

receiving a pace setting from the user control;

associating the pace setting with a subscription; and

queuing published information corresponding to the subscription for presentation in the browser based on the pace setting.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first control for allowing the delaying of the presentation of published information comprises a combination hold/go control.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the second control for allowing the presentation of the next instance of published information comprises an acknowledgement control.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the third control for allowing the specifying of a minimum time interval comprises at least one of a fast control and a slow control.

5. The method of claim 1 further including allowing for configuring pace setting preferences such that when multiple browser windows are opened on a client device, the pace setting is associated with one or more of the opened browsers windows based on the pace setting preferences.

6. The method of claim 1 further including allowing for configuring pace setting preferences, wherein the pace setting is associated with a region of the browser providing the presentation of published information based on the pace setting preferences.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the browser includes a plurality of browser tabs for presenting information and the region associated with the pace setting includes one or more of the browser tabs.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the user control via the browser comprises displaying the user control in a user interface portion of the browser.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein queuing published information for presentation in the browser further comprises queuing the published information on a client device on which the browser is executing.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein queuing published information for presentation in the browser further comprises maintaining a queue of the instances of published information for the subscription, and presenting the instances of published information from the queue in an order that the instances are received.

11. The method of claim 10 further including maintaining a plurality of queues corresponding to respective subscriptions that contain published information corresponding to the respective subscriptions.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the user control via the browser further comprises displaying the user control in a user interface portion of browser content provided by a subscription service and displayed in the browser.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein receiving the pace setting from the user control further comprises receiving by the subscription service the pace setting from the browser via at least one of a publish command, a subscribe command, and a notify response.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein queuing published information for presentation in the browser further comprises queuing the published information by the subscription service that sends the published information.

15. A computer-readable medium containing program instructions for presenting published information in a browser, the program instructions for:

providing a user control via a browser that allows for controlling a pacing of presentation of published information in the browser, the user control comprising at least one of;

a first control for allowing a delaying of the presentation of the published information;

a second control for allowing a presentation of a next instance of published information;

a third control for allowing a specifying of a minimum time interval between presentation of successive instances of published information;

and a fourth control for allowing a specifying of a number of instances of published information that are presented in a batch, each of the first control, the second control, the third control, and the fourth control being at least one of a browser widget and a control included in a received resource from a remote provider;

receiving a pace setting from the user control;

associating the pace setting with a subscription; and

queuing published information corresponding to the subscription for presentation in the browser based on the pace setting.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 wherein the first control for allowing the delaying of the presentation of published comprises a combination hold/go control.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 wherein the second control for allowing the presentation of the next instance of published information comprises an acknowledgement control.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 wherein the third control for allowing the specifying of a minimum time interval comprises at least one of a fast control and a slow control.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 further including allowing for configuring pace setting preferences such that when multiple browser windows are opened on a client device, the pace setting is associated with one or more of the opened browsers windows based on the pace setting preferences.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 further including allowing for configuring pace setting preferences, wherein the pace setting is associated with a region of the browser providing the presentation of published information based on the pace setting preferences.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the browser includes a plurality of browser tabs for presenting information and the region associated with the pace setting includes one or more of the browser tabs.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 wherein providing the user control via the browser comprises displaying the user control in a user interface portion of the browser.

23. The computer-readable medium of claim 22 wherein queuing the published information for presentation in the browser further comprises queuing published information on a client device on which the browser is executing.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 23 wherein queuing the published information for presentation in the browser further comprises maintaining a queue of published information for the subscription, and presenting the published information from the queue in an order that the published information is received.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 24 further including maintaining a plurality of published information queues corresponding to respective subscriptions that contain published information associated with the respective subscriptions.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 wherein providing the user control via the browser further comprises displaying the user control in a user interface portion of browser content provided by a subscription service and displayed in the browser.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 26 wherein receiving the pace setting from the user control further comprises receiving by the subscription service the pace setting from the browser via at least one of a publish command, a subscribe command, and a notify response.

28. The computer-readable medium of claim 26 wherein queuing published information for presentation in the browser further comprises queuing the published information by the subscription service that sends the published information.

29. A subscription web browser, comprising:

a user interface component configured to display a user control that allows for controlling a pacing of presentation of published information and to receiving a pace setting from the user control, the user interface component presented in at least one of a web page and a resource received from a remote content provider, the user control comprising at least one of;

a first control for allowing a delaying of the presentation of the published information;

a second control for allowing a presentation of a next instance of published information;

a third control for allowing a specifying of a minimum time interval between presentation of successive instances of published information;

and a fourth control for allowing a specifying of a number of instances of published information that are presented in a batch, each of the first control, the second control, the third control, and the fourth control being at least one of a browser widget and a control included in a received resource from a remote provider;

a subscription component coupled to the user interface component for associating the pace setting with a subscription; and

a queue for queuing published information corresponding to the subscription for presentation in the subscription web browser based on the pace setting.

30. A method for allowing a user to control the pace at which published information is presented in a browser with a user control, the method comprising:

receiving a pacing setting via a browser;

associating the pacing setting with a current subscription;

receiving published information associated with the current subscription;

and delaying the presentation of the published information based on the pacing setting,

wherein the user control comprises at least one of;

a first control for allowing a delaying of the presentation of the published information;

a second control for allowing a presentation of a next instance of published information;

a third control for allowing a specifying of a minimum time interval between presentation of successive instances of published information;

and a fourth control for allowing a specifying of a number of instances of published information that are presented in a batch, each of the first control, the second control, the third control, and the fourth control being at least one of a browser widget and a control included in a received resource from a remote provider.

31. A system for controlling a rate of presentation of published information, comprising:

a subscription service for allowing senders of information to publish information and for sending notifications regarding the information to subscribers;

and a browser executing in a client device, the browser adapted to communicate with the subscription service via a publication/subscription (pub/sub) protocol, the browser including;

a user interface component configured to display a user control that allows for controlling a pacing of presentation of published information and to receive a pace setting from the user control, the user control comprising at least one of;

a first control for allowing a delaying of the presentation of the published information;

a second control for allowing a presentation of a next instance of published information;

a third control for allowing a specifying of a minimum time interval between presentation of successive instances of published information;

and a fourth control for allowing a specifying of a number of instances of published information that are presented in a batch, each of the first control, the second control, the third control, and the fourth control being at least one of a browser widget and a control included in a received resource from a remote provider;

a subscription component coupled to the user interface component for associating the pace setting with a subscription; and

a queue for queuing published information associated with the notifications corresponding to the subscription for presentation in the browser based on the pace setting.