Dynamic content feed filtering

• US 8,756,500 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2011
• Issued: 06/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Harris, Andrew W., O'Connell, Erin M., Steplyk, Hayley Lynn
• Primary Examiner(s): HUYNH, CONG LAC T
• Application Number:
  US13/237,231
• Publication Number:
  US 20130073989A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,001 Days
• Field of Search: 715/200, 715/205, 715/273
• US Class Current: 715/273
• 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: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Dynamic filtering of content in a content feed may be provided. A user interface may be displayed on a computer for presenting different views of content. The user interface may include a title bar for switching between the different views and for displaying notifications. The different views may include content generated by users of the content feed. Content in the different views may be filtered based on a type and a priority of the content during the presentation of each of the views in the user interface.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for dynamically filtering content in a content feed, comprising:

displaying, by a computer, a user interface for presenting a plurality of views, the user interface comprising a title bar for switching between the plurality of views and for displaying notifications, the title bar displaying a single view name adjacent to a user control for selecting a plurality of currently hidden views, the title bar further displaying at least one of the notifications in the user interface, wherein at least one of the notifications is related to one of the plurality of currently hidden views to alert a user of a new content which can be seen when switching to a view of the at least one of the notifications, the plurality of views comprising content generated by users of the content feed; and

filtering, by the computer, the content in each of the plurality of views based on a type and priority of the content during the presentation of each of the plurality of views in the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying, by a computer, a user interface for presenting a plurality of views, the plurality of views comprising content generated by users of the content feed, comprises displaying a current view in the user interface.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying a current view in the user interface comprises displaying a default view comprising a plurality of posts that a user is following in the content feed upon initiation of the user interface.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying a current view in the user interface comprises displaying at least one of glyphs and text to distinguish among different types of filterable content displayed in the current view.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

receiving an input in the title bar to switch from the current view to another view in the plurality of views; and

displaying the another view in the user interface, wherein new content in the another view is highlighted in the user interface.

6. The method of claim 1, displaying, by a computer, a user interface for presenting a plurality of views, the plurality of views comprising content generated by users of the content feed comprises displaying one or more of the following:

a Following view, a @Me view, an Activity view, a Links view, a Likes view and a Custom view.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein filtering, by the computer, the content in each of the plurality of views based on a type and a priority of the content during the presentation of each of the plurality of views in the user interface comprises filtering the content based on one or more of the following:

one or more posts being followed by a user of the content feed, one or more posts that mention the user of the content feed, one or more posts of activities involving the user of the content feed, one or more links posted by the user of the content feed, and one or more posts identified as being liked by the user of the content feed.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein filtering, by the computer, the content in each of the plurality of views based on a type and a priority of the content during the presentation of each of the plurality of views in the user interface comprises:

sorting posts in the content feed in a chronological order; and

sorting posts in the content feed based on posted content which has been recently changed in the content feed.

9. A computer system for dynamically filtering content in a microblog feed, comprising:

a memory for storing executable program code; and

a processor, functionally coupled to the memory, the processor being responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the program code and operative to;

display a user interface for presenting a plurality of views, the user interface comprising a title bar for switching between the plurality of views and for displaying notifications, the title bar displaying a single view name adjacent to a user control for selecting a plurality of currently hidden views, the title bar further displaying at least one of the notifications in the user interface, wherein at least one of the notifications is related to one of the plurality of currently hidden views to alert a user of a new content which can be seen when switching to a view of the at least one of the notifications, the plurality of views comprising content generated by users of the microblog feed; and

filter the content in each of the plurality of views based on a type and a priority of the content during the presentation of each of the plurality of views in the user interface.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor, in displaying a user interface for presenting a plurality of views, the plurality of views comprising content generated by users of the microblog feed, is further operative to display a current view in the user interface.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor, in displaying a current view in the user interface, is further operative to display a default view comprising a plurality of posts that a user is following in the content feed upon initiation of the user interface.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor, in displaying a current view in the user interface, is further operative to display at least one of glyphs and text to distinguish among different types of filterable content displayed in the current view.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further operative to:

receive an input in the title bar to switch from the current view to another view in the plurality of views; and

display the another view in the user interface, wherein new content in the another view is highlighted in the user interface.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of views comprises:

a Following view, a @Me view, an Activity view, a Links view, a Likes view and a Custom view.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor, in filtering the content in each of the plurality of views based on a type and a priority of the content during the presentation of each of the plurality of views in the user interface, is further operative to filter the content based on one or more of the following:

one or more posts being followed by a user of the content feed, one or more posts that mention the user in the content feed, one or more posts of activities involving the user of the content feed, one or more links posted by the user of the microblog feed, and one or more posts identified as being liked by the user of the microblog feed.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor, in filtering the content in each of the plurality of views based on a type and a priority of the content during the presentation of each of the plurality of views in the user interface, is further operative to:

sort posts in the microblog feed in a chronological order; and

sort posts in the microblog feed based on posted content which has been recently changed in the microblog feed.

17. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, will cause the computer to perform a method for dynamically filtering content in a content feed, comprising:

displaying a user interface for presenting a current view of content generated by users of the microblog feed, the user interface comprising a title bar for switching between the plurality of views and for displaying notifications, the title bar displaying a single view name adjacent to a user control for selecting a plurality of currently hidden views, the title bar further displaying at least one of the notifications in the user interface, wherein at least one of the notifications is related to one of the plurality of currently hidden views to alert a user of a new content which can be seen when switching to a view of the at least one of the notifications, the plurality of views comprising a following view, and @me view, an activity view, a links view, a like view and a custom view;

filtering the content in the current view based on a type and a priority of the content during the presentation of the current view in the user interface, wherein filtering the content based on a type of content comprising filtering the content based at least on one or more of the following;

one or more posts being followed by a user of the microblog feed, one or more posts that mention the user in the content feed, one or more posts of activities involving the user of the microblog feed, one or more links posted by the user of the microblog feed, and one or more posts identified as being liked by the user of the microblog feed, and wherein filtering the content based on a priority of the content comprises at least one of;

sorting posts in the microblog feed in a chronological order

sorting posts in the microblog feed based on posted content which has been recently changed in the microblog feed;

receiving an input in the title bar to switch from the current view to another view in the plurality of views;

displaying the another view in the user interface, wherein new content in the another view is highlighted in the user interface.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein displaying a user interface for presenting a current view of content generated by users of the microblog feed comprises displaying at least one of glyphs and text to distinguish among different types of filterable content displayed in the current view.