Personalized page modules

• US 8,302,013 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2007
• Issued: 10/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLC
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Garcia, Stephen Gerald, Rehling, Joshua Allen, Faris, Andrew Boath, Amidei, Anthony Dominic
• Primary Examiner(s): Chow, Doon
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, LE V
• Application Number:
  US11/840,146
• Publication Number:
  US 20090046584A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,902 Days
• Field of Search: 715/743, 715/745
• US Class Current: 715/743
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A system, a method, and a user interface for providing content by using several modules for displaying the content within a single page. A first module within the page is for presenting content from a first source and a second module is for presenting content from a second source. The first module is stacked on top of the second module within a window for presenting the page. The content presented by the first module is independent of the content presented by the second module such that a user interacts with the content of each module independently and without the need for navigation to a location external to the single page.

Claims

1. A method for providing content, the method comprising:

receiving, at a computer, content from a first website;

receiving, at a computer, content from a second website;

generating, on a computer, a single webpage comprising a first module with content from the first website and a second module with content from the second website, the first module and the second module being independent such that a user computer may interact with the content in the first module independent of the second module, and the user computer may interact with the content in the second module independent of the first module;

receiving at least one request from the user computer to access content within the single webpage;

downloading to the user computer, in response to the request, content from the first module;

providing, on the single webpage, a means of selecting, from the user computer, display preferences for the content from the first module, wherein the means of selecting display preferences comprises displaying a selection menu for the first module in place of the content from the first module, the display preferences comprise a refresh rate preference that sets a rate to request a response from a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed associated with the content from the first module;

receiving, at a computer, a request to select a display preference for the content of the first module; and

displaying, at a computer, the content in the first module pursuant to the request to select, whereby the selection of the display preference is performed on the single webpage.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the display preference comprises an option to remove the first module from the single webpage.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the display preference comprises a source feed for the content from the first module.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first module further comprises a horizontal scroll bar, wherein the user computer uses the horizontal scroll bar to browse through the content from the first module.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the user computer is presented with an option for more content when the horizontal scroll bar reaches an end of the content from the first module.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the option for more content comprises a search function.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the option for more content comprises a click to reload button.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting, at a computer, the dimensions of the first module within the single webpage pursuant to the selection of the display preference.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first module is stacked on top of the second module on the single webpage.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising a zoom mode for reordering the first module and the second module within the single page, wherein the zoom mode presents a full page view of the single page to the user computer.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the zoom mode further comprises an icon for indicating a direction of motion for reordering the first module and the second module on the single webpage.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein a reordering of the first module and the second module within the single page comprises a drag and drop motion for the user computer.

13. A system for providing content, the system comprising:

a web server computer, for;

receiving content from a first website;

receiving content from a second website;

generating a single webpage comprising a first module with content from the first website and a second module with content from the second website, the first module and the second module being independent such that a user may interact with the content in the first module independent of the second module, and the user may interact with the content in the second module independent of the first module;

receiving at least one request from the user computer to access content within the single webpage;

a user computer, coupled via a network to the web server computer, for;

downloading, in response to the request, content from the first module;

providing, on the single webpage, a means of selecting, from the user computer, display preferences for the content from the first module, wherein the means of selecting display preferences comprises displaying a selection menu for the first module in place of the content from the first module, the display preferences comprise a refresh rate preference that sets a rate to request a response from a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed associated with the content from the first module;

transmitting a request to select a display preference for the content of the first module; and

displaying the content in the first module pursuant to the request to select, whereby the selection of the display preference is performed on the single webpage.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the display preference comprises an option to remove the first module from the single webpage.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the display preference comprises a source feed for the content from the first module.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the first module further comprises a horizontal scroll bar, wherein the user computer uses the horizontal scroll bar to browse through the content from the first module.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the user computer is presented with an option for more content when the horizontal scroll bar reaches an end of the content from the first module.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the option for more content comprises a search function.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the option for more content comprises a click to reload button.

20. The system of claim 13, further comprising adjusting, at the user computer, the dimensions of the first module within the single webpage pursuant to the selection of the display preference.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein the first module is stacked on top of the second module on the single webpage.

22. The system of claim 13, further comprising a zoom mode for reordering the first module and the second module within the single page, wherein the zoom mode presents a full page view of the single page to the user computer.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the zoom mode further comprises an icon for indicating a direction of motion for reordering the first module and the second module on the single webpage.

24. The system of claim 13, wherein a reordering of the first module and the second module within the single page comprises a drag and drop motion for the user computer.