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Finding and consuming web subscriptions in a web browser

  • US 8,751,936 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2008
  • Issued: 06/10/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving a user selection in a reader to launch a web browser to view an item in a feed;

    launching the web browser;

    making the item available for viewing using the web browser;

    using the web browser to make other feed-associated items available for viewing, without requiring a user to return to the reader to make subsequent item selections;

    providing a link associated with the feed to a web content syndication platform;

    causing the web content syndication platform to check a platform feed store for a matching link to enable display of the item in the feed in an application, regardless of whether the application is syndication-aware or not syndication-aware; and

    responsive to a user selection in the application to subscribe to the feed, presenting a user interface instrumentality to enable the user to determine a location for the feed to be included within a hierarchical organization of feeds associated with the user.

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