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Determining and displaying a count of unread items in content feeds

  • US 8,060,634 B1
  • Filed: 09/26/2007
  • Issued: 11/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of quantifying unread content items, comprising:

  • at a server system distinct from a client system;

    for a user-defined stream subscribed to by a user, wherein the user-defined stream comprises a time-ordered list of content items from two or more content feeds, wherein each content feed comprises a set of content items published by a respective publication source;

    determining a count of content items in the user-defined stream having an unread status in accordance with read state information stored for the user with respect to the user-defined stream, wherein determining the count comprises excluding from the count, regardless of actual read status, items in the time-ordered list in accordance with a first predefined depth limit and a first predefined age limit; and

    transmitting the count of content items in the user-defined stream having the unread status to the client system for display.

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