Content reference page

• US 7,908,284 B1
• Filed: 08/20/2010
• Issued: 03/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Vemula, Gopal Venu, Bartelma, Jeffrey, Wang, Xuefu, Mathes, Adam B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Trujillo; James
• Assistant Examiner(s): Spieler; William
• Application Number:
  US12/860,527
• Time in Patent Office: 207 Days
• Field of Search: 707/755, 715/205
• US Class Current: 707/755
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations

Abstract

A user interface (e.g., a browser window) includes a display area for displaying a content reference page. In some implementations, a content reference page is generated that includes information related to content. The content reference page includes sections for presenting keywords found in the content, reviews of the content, portions of content that are of interest to a user (or a class of users) and other useful references, etc.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

aggregating reference materials associated with a content item, the content item including content and reference material related to the content, where aggregating reference materials includes collecting reference materials from a plurality of sources including from the content item and from one or more external network sources; and

generating a content reference page including at least some of the aggregated reference materials, where the content reference page includes reference materials from the content item and links to one or more of the external network sources, where the content reference page is configured to provide a particular resource in response to user selection of a corresponding link of the links, and where the content reference page further includes one or more keywords contained in the content in which each keyword is a link configured to provide corresponding portions of the content item in response to user selection.

2. The method of claim 1 where the reference page includes a thumbnail image of a portion of the content that includes an image.

3. The method of claim 1 where the reference page includes a review associated with the content.

4. The method of claim 1 where one or more of the keywords is each associated with a respective keyword category.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request for reference material associated with the content item; and

providing the content reference page in response to the request.

6. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the processors to perform the operations comprising:

aggregating reference materials associated with a content item, the content item including content and reference material related to the content, where aggregating reference materials includes collecting reference materials from a plurality of sources including from the content item and from one or more external network sources; and

generating a content reference page including at least some of the aggregated reference materials, where the content reference page includes reference materials from the content item and links to one or more of the external network sources, where the content reference page is configured to provide a particular resource in response to user selection of a corresponding link of the links, and where the content reference page further includes one or more keywords contained in the content in which each keyword is a link configured to provide corresponding portions of the content item in response to user selection.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 6 where the reference page includes a thumbnail image of a portion of the content that includes an image.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 6 where the reference page includes a review associated with the content.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 6 where one or more of the keywords is each associated with a respective keyword category.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 6 further comprising instructions which, when executed by the processors, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request for reference material associated with the content item; and

providing the content reference page in response to the request.

11. A system comprising:

a computer-readable medium including instructions;

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions and to perform operations comprising;

aggregating reference materials associated with a content item, the content item including content and reference material related to the content, where aggregating reference materials includes collecting reference materials from a plurality of sources including from the content item and from one or more external network sources; and

generating a content reference page including at least some of the aggregated reference materials, where the content reference page includes reference materials from the content item and links to one or more of the external network sources, where the content reference page is configured to provide a particular resource in response to user selection of a corresponding link of the links, and where the content reference page further includes one or more keywords contained in the content in which each keyword is a link configured to provide corresponding portions of the content item in response to user selection.

12. The system of claim 11 where the reference page includes a thumbnail image of a portion of the content that includes an image.

13. The system of claim 11 where the reference page includes a review associated with the content.

14. The system of claim 11 where one or more of the keywords is each associated with a respective keyword category.

15. The system of claim 11 further comprising instructions which, when executed by the processors, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request for reference material associated with the content item; and

providing the content reference page in response to the request.