Message board aggregator
First Claim
1. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:
- computer code for causing display of content in association with a plurality of messages, the plurality of messages including a first message and a second message, the first message being one of the plurality of messages that is associated with a first online forum, and the second message being one of the plurality of messages that is associated with a second online forum that is different from the first online forum; and
computer code for causing, utilizing a window of a web page, contemporaneous display of a plurality of message summaries, the plurality of message summaries comprising first information derived from the one of the plurality of messages that is associated with the first online forum, the plurality of message summaries further comprising second information derived from the one of the plurality of messages that is associated with the second online forum that is different from the first online forum;
wherein the computer program product is operable such that third information derived from a third message is displayed, utilizing the window of the web page, the third message including an email;
wherein the computer program product is operable such that, in response to a selection of one of the plurality of message summaries comprising the first information derived from the one of the plurality of messages that is associated with the first online forum, fourth information derived from the first message is displayed, wherein the fourth information contains further information not contained in the first information;
wherein the computer program product is further operable such that first preloaded information derived from one of the plurality of messages is preloaded and initially hidden, and later displayed in response to a first user interaction; and
second preloaded information derived from another one of the plurality of messages is preloaded and initially hidden, and later displayed in response to a second user interaction;
wherein the computer program product is further operable such that the third information derived from the third message is displayed, utilizing the window of the web page, without having to leave the web page including the window displaying the plurality of message summaries, by not requiring a cessation of a display of the web page due to a replacement, in its entirety, with another web page.
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Abstract
Web content representing a first message is displayed in a window of a computer program. The first message is one of a plurality of messages posted to an online forum. A plurality of message summaries are displayed in the same window of the computer program, contemporaneously with the first message. The plurality of message summaries include first information derived from the first message and second information derived from a second message in the plurality of messages. The web content representing the first message may, for example, be displayed in a first frame of the window and the information derived from the first message may be displayed in a second frame of the same window. The online forum may, for example, be a web-based financial message board.
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235 Claims
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1. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:
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computer code for causing display of content in association with a plurality of messages, the plurality of messages including a first message and a second message, the first message being one of the plurality of messages that is associated with a first online forum, and the second message being one of the plurality of messages that is associated with a second online forum that is different from the first online forum; and computer code for causing, utilizing a window of a web page, contemporaneous display of a plurality of message summaries, the plurality of message summaries comprising first information derived from the one of the plurality of messages that is associated with the first online forum, the plurality of message summaries further comprising second information derived from the one of the plurality of messages that is associated with the second online forum that is different from the first online forum; wherein the computer program product is operable such that third information derived from a third message is displayed, utilizing the window of the web page, the third message including an email; wherein the computer program product is operable such that, in response to a selection of one of the plurality of message summaries comprising the first information derived from the one of the plurality of messages that is associated with the first online forum, fourth information derived from the first message is displayed, wherein the fourth information contains further information not contained in the first information; wherein the computer program product is further operable such that first preloaded information derived from one of the plurality of messages is preloaded and initially hidden, and later displayed in response to a first user interaction; and
second preloaded information derived from another one of the plurality of messages is preloaded and initially hidden, and later displayed in response to a second user interaction;wherein the computer program product is further operable such that the third information derived from the third message is displayed, utilizing the window of the web page, without having to leave the web page including the window displaying the plurality of message summaries, by not requiring a cessation of a display of the web page due to a replacement, in its entirety, with another web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117)
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118. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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causing display of content in association with a plurality of messages, the plurality of messages including a first message and a second message, the first message being one of the plurality of messages that is associated with a first online forum, and the second message being one of the plurality of messages that is associated with a second online forum that is different from the first online forum; and causing, utilizing a window of a web page, contemporaneously display of a plurality of message summaries, the plurality of message summaries comprising first information derived from the one of the plurality of messages that is associated with the first online forum, the plurality of message summaries further comprising second information derived from the one of the plurality of messages that is associated with the second online forum that is different from the first online forum; wherein third information derived from a third message is displayed, utilizing the window of the web page and contemporaneously with the display of the plurality of message summaries, the third message including an email; wherein, in response to a selection of one of the plurality of message summaries comprising the first information derived from the one of the plurality of messages that is associated with the first online forum, fourth information derived from the first message is displayed, wherein the fourth information contains information not contained in the first information; wherein first preloaded information derived from one of the plurality of messages is preloaded and initially hidden, and later displayed in response to a first user interaction; and
second preloaded information derived from another one of the plurality of messages is preloaded and initially hidden, and later displayed in response to a second user interaction. - View Dependent Claims (119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227)
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228. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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(1) displaying, utilizing a window of a web page, web content representing at least a portion of a first message, the first message comprising one of a plurality of messages posted to a first online forum; (2) displaying, utilizing the window of the web page and contemporaneously with the web content, a message summary, the message summary comprising first information derived from the first message and second information derived from a second message, the second message comprising one of a plurality of messages posted to a second online forum that is different from the first online forum; (3) receiving, initiated by a user, input selecting the message summary; and (4) displaying third information derived from the first message, in response to receiving the user input; wherein fourth information derived from a third message is displayed, utilizing the window of the web page, the third message including an email; wherein first additional information derived from the first message is preloaded and initially hidden, and later displayed in response to a first user interaction; and
second additional information derived from the second message is preloaded and initially hidden, and later displayed in response to a second user interaction;wherein the third information contains further information not contained in the first information; wherein the fourth information derived from the third message is displayed, utilizing the window of the web page, without having to leave the web page including the window displaying the plurality of message summaries, by not requiring a cessation of a display of the web page due to a replacement, in its entirety, with another web page. - View Dependent Claims (229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235)
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