Bookmark-based access to content feeds

• US 8,645,497 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2007
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Dynin, Michael, Williams, Evan, Parparita, Mihai
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Ian N
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZUNIGA ABAD, JACKIE
• Application Number:
  US11/863,212
• Publication Number:
  US 20080082673A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,322 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-219
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking

Abstract

At a client device, upon user selection of a respective bookmark, a document is downloaded from a network location associated with the bookmark, and then displayed at the client device. The bookmark contains a URL or parameter that references one or more content feeds to which the user has subscribed. The client device, in response to the user selection of the respective bookmark, transmits to a server a request specified by the respective bookmark, and receives in response to the request a redirect to a network location associated with the document. The downloaded document corresponds to a content feed to which the user has subscribed.

Claims

1. A method of serving content, comprising:

at a server system having memory storing one or more programs executed by the server system;

receiving a request from a client device associated with a user, wherein the request includes a user identifier;

in response to receiving the request;

selecting a document for transmitting to the client, the selecting comprising;

when a number of unread items in a content feed to which the user has subscribed meets a first predefined threshold, selecting a document corresponding to a home page of the content feed to which the user has subscribed; and

when the number of unread items in the content feed to which the user has subscribed meets a second predefined threshold, selecting a document corresponding to a URL in a most recent unread content item of the content feed to which the user has subscribed; and

when the selected document corresponds to a URL in the most recent unread content item of the respective content feed to which the user has subscribed, marking the content item as read; and

transmitting to the client device a redirect to the selected document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the content item is selected from among a set of unread content items of the content feed to which the user has subscribed, in accordance with predefined selection criteria.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first predefined threshold is met when the number of unread content items in a predefined set of content items meets a first predefined number;

and

wherein the second predefined threshold is met when the number of unread content items in the predefined set of content items meets a second predefined number.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the request from the client device corresponds to a selection of a bookmark by a user of the client device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the bookmark comprises a link to a URL that corresponds to an online content feed aggregator.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the bookmark includes a URL parameter including a token corresponding to the user identifier.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the selected document corresponds to a home page of the content feed to which the user has subscribed, marking the content feed as read,

wherein marking the content feed as read comprises marking all unread items in the content feed as read.

8. A system for presenting content, comprising:

memory;

one or more processors; and

one or more programs stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

receiving a request from a client device associated with a user, wherein the request includes a user identifier; and

in response to receiving the request;

selecting a document for transmitting to the client, the selecting comprising;

when a number of unread items in a content feed to which a user has subscribed meets a first predefined threshold, selecting a document corresponding to a home page of the content feed to which the user has subscribed; and

when the number of unread items in the content feed to which the user has subscribed meets a second predefined threshold, selecting a document corresponding to a URL in a most recent unread content item of the content feed to which the user has subscribed;

when the selected document corresponds to a URL in the most recent unread content item of the content feed to which the user has subscribed, marking the content item as read; and

transmitting to the client device a redirect to the selected document.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the content item is selected from among a set of unread content items of the content feed to which the user has subscribed, in accordance with predefined selection criteria.

10. The system of claim 8,

wherein the first predefined threshold is met when the number of unread content items in a predefined set of content items meets a first predefined number;

and

wherein the second predefined threshold is met when the number of unread content items in the predefined set of content items meets a second predefined number.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the request from the client device corresponds to a selection of a bookmark by a user of the client device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the bookmark comprises a link to a URL that corresponds to an online content feed aggregator.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the bookmark includes a URL parameter including a token corresponding to the user identifier.

14. The system of claim 8, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

when the selected document corresponds to a home page of the content feed to which the user has subscribed, marking the content feed as read,

wherein marking the content feed as read comprises marking all unread items in the content feed as read.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of a computer system, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

receiving a request from a client device associated with a user, wherein the request includes a user identifier; and

in response to receiving the request;

selecting a document for transmitting to the client, the selecting comprising;

when a number of unread items in a content feed to which a user has subscribed meets a first predefined threshold, selecting a document corresponding to a home page of the content feed to which the user has subscribed; and

when the number of unread items in the content feed to which the user has subscribed meets a second predefined threshold, selecting a document corresponding to a URL in a most recent unread content item of the content feed to which the user has subscribed;

when the selected document corresponds to a URL in the most recent unread content item of the content feed to which the user has subscribed, marking the content item as read; and

transmitting to the client device a redirect to the selected document.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the content item is selected from among a set of unread content items of the content feed to which the user has subscribed, in accordance with predefined selection criteria.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15,

wherein the first predefined threshold is met when the number of unread content items in a predefined set of content items meets a first predefined number;

and

wherein the second predefined threshold is met when the number of unread content items in the predefined set of content items meets a second predefined number.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the request from the client device corresponds to a selection of a bookmark by a user of the client device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the bookmark comprises a link to a URL that corresponds to an online content feed aggregator.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the bookmark includes a URL parameter including a token corresponding to the user identifier.

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

when the selected document corresponds to a home page of the content feed to which the user has subscribed, marking the content feed as read,

wherein marking the content feed as read comprises marking all unread items in the content feed as read.