Dynamic RSS services

• US 8,150,840 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2006
• Issued: 04/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Nachman, George
• Primary Examiner(s): Cottingham, John R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Richardson, James E
• Application Number:
  US11/407,487
• Publication Number:
  US 20070250510A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,176 Days
• Field of Search: 707/781, 707/782, 707971-974, 707/722, 707/758, 709/217, 709/219, 715/205
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

An Internet browser application is arranged to automatically display an RSS feed. When a web page is requested, if the Internet browser is selected to be in an RSS feed mode, the Internet browser detects for an RSS feed for the requested web page. If the RSS feed is detected, the RSS feed is loaded in parallel with loading the requested web page. Thereafter, the loaded RSS feed is displayed. A user may switch from the RSS feed mode to a normal mode for displaying the already loaded requested web page.

Claims

1. A method of displaying information with a browser application executed on a mobile computing device communicating over a wireless network, comprising:

accessing a network for a requested web page via a wireless network interface connection;

transmitting, via the network, selection of a first mode or a second mode to a server computer caching the requested web page from another computer;

in response to receiving selection of the first mode;

detecting presence of a feed corresponding to the requested web page from the server computer;

in response to detecting the feed, automatically terminating loading of the requested web page and initializing loading of the feed by the browser application program without a user input;

receiving the feed corresponding to the requested web page from the server computer; and

in response to receiving the feed, displaying the feed;

in response to receiving selection of the second mode;

receiving the requested web page without the feed corresponding to the requested web page from the server computer; and

in response to receiving the requested web page, displaying the requested web page;

wherein transmitting the selection of the first mode or the second mode comprises transmitting information about the selection of the first mode or the second mode in a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) packet.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising rendering a user interface mechanism for switching between the first mode and the second mode.

3. A mobile computer system including a processor and a memory, comprising:

a first module arranged to initialize communication via a wireless network interface connection with a server computer, the server computer caching the requested web page from another computer;

a second module arranged to receive selection of a first mode or a second mode and to respond to selection of the first mode or second mode by transmitting information about the selection of the first mode or the second mode to the server computer in a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) packet;

a third module arranged to, in response to receiving selection of the first mode;

detect presence of a feed corresponding to the requested web page from the server computer in the first mode; and

receive the feed corresponding to the requested web page from the server computer in the first mode;

a fourth module arranged to;

in response to detecting the feed in the first mode, automatically terminate loading of the requested web page and initializing loading of the feed without a user input; and

in response to receiving selection of the second mode, receive the requested web page from the server computer without the feed corresponding to the requested web page in the second mode; and

a fifth module arranged to display the feed or the requested web page in response to receiving the feed or the requested web page.

4. A system, comprising:

a mobile client computer communicating over a wireless network and having a browser application installed thereon, the browser application configured to;

request a web page from a network via a wireless network interface connection,

transmit, via the network, selection of a first mode or a second mode to a server computer caching the requested web page from another computer,

in response to receiving selection of the first mode;

detecting presence of a feed corresponding to the requested web page from the server computer;

in response to detecting the feed, automatically terminating loading of the requested web page and initializing loading of the feed without a user input;

receive the feed corresponding to the requested web page from the server computer; and

responsive to receiving the feed, display the received feed;

in response to receiving selection of the second mode;

receive the requested web page from the server computer without the feed corresponding to the requested web page; and

in response to receiving the requested web page, display the requested web page; and

the server computer operatively connected to the network and arranged to cache at least one of the requested web page and the feed from another computer;

wherein transmitting the selection of the first mode or the second mode comprises transmitting information about the selection of the first mode or the second mode in a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP).

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the server computer is further arranged to cache a location of the feed.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the server computer is configured to:

determine whether a location of the feed is cached in the server computer; and

retrieve and send the feed to the client computer responsive to the feed being cached in the server computer.

7. A computer-readable medium storing instructions adapted to display a feed on a mobile computer communicating over a wireless network, the instructions when executed by a processor in the computer cause the processor to:

access a network for a requested web page via a wireless network interface connection;

transmit, via the network, selection of a first mode or a second mode to a server computer, the server computer caching the requested web page from another computer;

in response to receiving selection of the first mode;

detect presence of a feed corresponding to the requested web page from the server computer;

in response to detecting the feed, automatically terminate loading of the requested web page and initializing loading of the feed without a user input;

receive the feed corresponding to the requested web page from the server computer; and

in response to receiving the feed, display the feed;

in response to receiving selection of the second mode;

receive the requested web page from the server computer without the feed corresponding to the requested web page from the server computer, and

in response to receiving the requested web page, display the requested web page;

wherein the instructions to transmit the selection of the first mode or the second mode includes instructions for causing the processor to transmit information about the selection of the first mode or the second mode in a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) packet.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 7, further comprising instructions to render a user interface mechanism for selecting the first mode or the second mode.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the feed is a RSS feed.