Web content distribution to personal cellular telecommunications devices
First Claim
1. Method for distributing web content to personal cellular telecommunications devices each having feed reader functionality for receiving and processing syndicated information files for displaying syndicated items on a display screen, each syndicated item having an embedded universal resource locator (URL) for accessing a full story, and browser functionality for accessing full stories in web page format, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) executing point-to-point (P2P) syndicated information pull transactions at least one syndication feed for fetching a corresponding number of most recent syndicated information files each containing syndicated information including syndicated items;
(b) compiling a status notification compilation file including a list of at least one syndication feed and status information regarding same; and
(c) point-to-multi-point (P2MP) pushing the compilation file to all available personal cellular telecommunications device in at least one cell selected by a cellular operator for enabling determination at the personal cellular telecommunications devices whether their feed reader functionality has processed the most recent syndicated information files, thereby enabling users to selectively access full stories based on syndicated items of interest to them for rendering the full stories on their personal cellular telecommunication devices.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed toward distribution of web content to personal cellular telecommunications devices. The present invention proposes compiling syndicated items compilation files containing the entire contents of one or more syndicated information files and/or status notification compilation files containing a list of one or more syndication feeds and status information regarding same. Both types of compilation files can be Point-To-MultiPoint (P2MP) pushed to all available personal cellular telecommunications devices in one or more cells selected by a cellular operator using standardized P2MP push technology. Alternatively, status notification compilation files can be P2P pulled by or P2P pushed to particular personal cellular telecommunications devices. The present invention also proposes offering accessing full stories in formats other than conventional web page formats. Such non web page formats include inter alia SMS, MMS, email, and the like.
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1. Method for distributing web content to personal cellular telecommunications devices each having feed reader functionality for receiving and processing syndicated information files for displaying syndicated items on a display screen, each syndicated item having an embedded universal resource locator (URL) for accessing a full story, and browser functionality for accessing full stories in web page format, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) executing point-to-point (P2P) syndicated information pull transactions at least one syndication feed for fetching a corresponding number of most recent syndicated information files each containing syndicated information including syndicated items; (b) compiling a status notification compilation file including a list of at least one syndication feed and status information regarding same; and (c) point-to-multi-point (P2MP) pushing the compilation file to all available personal cellular telecommunications device in at least one cell selected by a cellular operator for enabling determination at the personal cellular telecommunications devices whether their feed reader functionality has processed the most recent syndicated information files, thereby enabling users to selectively access full stories based on syndicated items of interest to them for rendering the full stories on their personal cellular telecommunication devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Method for distributing web content to personal cellular telecommunications devices each having feed reader functionality for receiving and processing syndicated information files for displaying syndicated items on a display screen, the syndicated items each having an embedded universal resource locator (URL) for accessing a full story, and browser functionality for accessing full stories in web page format, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) executing point-to-point (P2P) syndicated information pull transactions at least one syndication feed for fetching a corresponding number of most recent syndicated information files each containing syndicated information including syndicated items; (b) compiling a status notification compilation file including compilation information compiled from syndicated information from step (a) wherein the compilation information includes a list of at least one syndication feed and status information regarding same; and (c) transmitting the status notification compilation file to said personal cellular telecommunications devices for enabling determination at the personal cellular telecommunications devices whether their feed reader functionality has processed the most recent syndicated information files, thereby enabling users to selectively access full stories based on syndicated items of interest to them for rendering the full stories on their personal cellular telecommunication devices. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. Method for distributing web content to personal cellular telecommunications devices each having feed reader functionality for receiving and processing syndicated information files for displaying syndicated items on a display screen, each syndicated item having an embedded universal resource locator (URL) for accessing a full story, and browser functionality for accessing full stories in web page format, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying a syndicated news item with an embedded URL for accessing a full story; and (b) in response to a point-to-point (P2P) full story pull transaction for accessing the full story, displaying a display image displaying at least two different display formats including at least one non web page format for accessing the full story for enabling a user to select a preferred format for accessing the full story. - View Dependent Claims (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)
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