Embedding user-selected content feed items in a webpage

• US 8,255,812 B1
• Filed: 03/17/2008
• Issued: 08/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Parparita, Mihai, Wetherell, Christopher Jason, Shellen, Jason H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Cao “Kevin”
• Application Number:
  US12/050,081
• Time in Patent Office: 1,625 Days
• Field of Search: 715760-765, 715851-853, 715741-780, 715744-749, 715/826
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of serving content includes receiving information identifying one or more content items in a content feed. The one or more content items have been individually selected by a first user at a first client. Code is provided that, when incorporated into a webpage, instructs the webpage to display or list the selected one or more content items.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of serving content, comprising:

at a server;

providing to a first client a plurality of content items from a content feed for display in a first webpage at the first client;

receiving information identifying one or more content items of the plurality of content items, wherein the one or more content items have been individually selected by a first user at the first client; and

providing an executable script to the first client for display in the first webpage, the executable script being configured for copying and pasting into a second webpage distinct from the first webpage and for causing a respective client, when rendering the second webpage, to display or list the selected one or more content items.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second webpage is downloaded from a host and displayed at a second client associated with a second user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the executable script is written in the JAVASCRIPT®

scripting language, ECMASCRIPT, or the VBSCRIPT™

scripting language.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first webpage is a clip creation webpage, the method further comprising:

receiving a request corresponding to selection by the first user of a link corresponding to the clip creation webpage; and

transmitting the clip creation webpage to the first client.

5. A computer-implemented method of displaying content, comprising:

at a first client;

receiving, from a server, a plurality of content items from a content feed for display in a first webpage at the first client;

detecting individual selection of one or more content items of the plurality of content items;

requesting an executable script containing instructions for displaying or listing the one or more content items;

receiving the requested executable script;

displaying the requested executable script in the first webpage; and

in accordance with copy and paste instructions from a user, incorporating the requested executable script into a second webpage distinct from the first webpage, wherein the requested executable script is configured to instruct the second webpage to display or list the selected one or more content items.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further including:

uploading the second webpage to a host, for serving to clients, including clients other than the first client.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein, when the second webpage is served from the host to the respective clients, the second webpage displays or lists the selected one or more content items.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein the executable script is written in the JAVASCRIPT®

scripting language, ECMASCRIPT, or the VBSCRIPT™

scripting language.

9. A system for serving content, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising;

instructions for providing to a first client a plurality of content items from a content feed for display in a first webpage at the first client;

instructions for receiving information identifying one or more content items of the plurality of content items, wherein the one or more content items have been individually selected by a first user at the first client; and

instructions for providing an executable script to the first client for display in the first webpage, the executable script being configured for copying and pasting into a second webpage distinct from the first webpage and for causing a respective client, when rendering the second webpage, to display or list the selected one or more content items.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the first webpage is a clip creation webpage, the one or more programs further comprising:

instructions for receiving a request corresponding to selection by the first user of a link corresponding to the clip creation webpage; and

instructions for transmitting the clip creation webpage to the first client.

11. A first client system for displaying content, the first client system comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising;

instructions for receiving, from a server, a plurality of content items from a content feed for display in a first webpage;

instructions for detecting individual selection of one or more content items of the plurality of content items;

instructions for requesting an executable script containing instructions for displaying or listing the one or more content items;

instructions for receiving the requested executable script; and

instructions for displaying the requested executable script in the first webpage;

wherein the requested executable script, when incorporated into a second webpage distinct from the first webpage in accordance with copy and paste instructions from a user, is configured to instruct the second webpage to display or list the selected one or more content items.

12. The system of claim 11, the one or more programs further including:

instructions for uploading the second webpage to a host, for serving to clients, including clients other than the first client.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by a computer system, the one or more programs comprising:

instructions for providing to a first client a plurality of content items from a content feed for display in a first webpage at the first client;

instructions for receiving information identifying one or more content items of the plurality of content items, wherein the one or more content items have been individually selected by a first user at the first client; and

instructions for providing an executable script to the first client for display in the first webpage, the executable script being configured for copying and pasting into a second webpage distinct from the first webpage and for causing a respective client, when rendering the second webpage, to display or list the selected one or more content items.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the first webpage is a clip creation webpage, the one or more programs further comprising:

instructions for receiving a request corresponding to selection by the first user of a link corresponding to the clip creation webpage; and

instructions for transmitting the clip creation webpage to the first client.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by a computer system, the one or more programs comprising:

instructions for receiving, from a server, a plurality of content items from a content feed for display in a first webpage;

instructions for detecting individual selection of one or more content items of the plurality of content items;

instructions for requesting an executable script containing instructions for displaying or listing the one or more content items;

instructions for receiving the requested executable script; and

instructions for displaying the requested executable script in the first webpage;

wherein the requested executable script, when incorporated into a second webpage distinct from the first webpage in accordance with copy and paste instructions from a user, is configured to instruct a respective client, when displaying the second webpage, to display or list the selected one or more content items.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, the one or more programs further including:

instructions for uploading the second webpage to a host, for serving to clients, including clients other than the first client.