Systems and methods for syndicating and hosting customized news content

• US 8,832,058 B1
• Filed: 02/13/2012
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Bharat, Krishna, Schmitt, Michael, Curtiss, Mike, Mayer, Marissa, Acharya, Anurag, Mitrovic, Srdjan, Boyapati, Vijay
• Primary Examiner(s): Ahn, Sangwoo
• Application Number:
  US13/371,584
• Time in Patent Office: 939 Days
• Field of Search: 707/706, 707/732, 707/749, 707/770, 707/943
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/10 Text processing natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30; processing or translation of natural language G06F40/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing

Abstract

A system provides client access to customized news content. The system includes a custom news source server and a news search server. The custom news source server periodically sends one or more customized search queries to a news search server. The news search server fetches news content from multiple news source servers and aggregates the news content. The news search server also periodically receives the one or more search queries from the custom news source server, searches the aggregated news content based on the one or more search queries, and periodically provides selected news content to the custom news server based on results of the searches. The custom news source server permits access to clients, from across a network, to the selected news content provided by the news search server.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

one or more computer devices to;

determine, for a particular user, information identifying one or more of a keyword, a phrase, a topic, or a geographic location associated with the particular user;

generate, for the particular user, one or more search queries based on the determined information;

generate, for the particular user, a custom document that includes a plurality of custom sections;

provide, for presentation at a first time, the custom document;

embed, in a first custom section of the plurality of custom sections, query data associated with a first search query from the generated one or more search queries,

the first search query being embedded in an applet or iframe;

periodically execute the query data;

obtain, based on periodically executing the query data, content responsive to the query data;

populate the first custom section of the custom document with the content to form a populated document; and

provide, for presentation at a second time, the populated document,

the second time occurring after the first time.

2. The system of claim 1, where the one or more computer devices, when determining the information for the particular user, are further to:

provide an interface that enables the particular user to provide the information; and

receive the information from the particular user via the interface.

3. The system of claim 1, where the one or more computer devices are further to:

determine preferences associated with the particular user; and

modify the custom document based on the determined preferences.

4. The system of claim 3, where the one or more computer devices, when modifying the custom document, are further to at least one of:

modify a position for the first custom section in the custom document,

modify an appearance of the first custom section in the custom document,

add, in the custom document, an additional section to the plurality of custom sections,

remove, from the custom document, one of the plurality of custom sections,

modify an appearance of the content in the first custom section, or

specify an amount of the content to include in the first custom section.

5. The system of claim 3, where the one or more computer devices, when modifying the custom document, are further to:

modify the query data embedded in the first custom section to specify at least one of;

one or more sources from which to obtain the content,

one or more filtering criteria to specify a portion of the content to include in the first custom section,

a ranking criteria to sort the content within the first custom section,

at least one additional keyword, phrase, topic, or geographic location to add to the query data,

a location from which to obtain the content, or

a time period for the content.

6. The system of claim 1, where the one or more computer devices are further to:

receive data from the particular user, and

populate a second custom section, of the plurality of custom sections, with the data received from the particular user.

7. The system of claim 1, where the content includes an advertisement.

8. The system of claim 7, where the advertisement is selected based on the query data.

9. A method comprising:

determining, by a processor and for a particular user, information identifying one or more of a keyword, a phrase, a topic, or a geographic location associated with the particular user;

generating, by a processor and for the particular user, one or more search queries based on the determined information;

generating, by a processor and for the particular user, a custom document that includes a plurality of custom sections;

providing, by a processor and for presentation at a first time, the custom document;

embedding, by a processor and in a first custom section of the plurality of custom sections, query data associated with a first search query from the generated one or more search queries,

the first search query being embedded in an applet or iframe;

periodically executing, by a processor, the query data;

obtaining, by a processor and based on periodically executing the query data, content responsive to the query data;

populating, by a processor, the first custom section of the custom document with the content to form a populated document; and

providing, by a processor and for presentation at a second time, the populated document,

the second time occurring after the first time.

10. The method of claim 9, where determining the information for the particular user further includes:

providing an interface that enables the particular user to provide the information; and

receiving the information from the particular user via the interface.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining preferences associated with the particular user; and

modifying the custom document based on the determined preferences.

12. The method of claim 11, where modifying the custom document further includes at least one of:

modifying a position for the first custom section in the custom document,

modifying an appearance of the first custom section in the custom document,

adding, in the custom document, an additional section to the plurality of custom sections,

removing, from the custom document, one of the plurality of custom sections,

modifying an appearance of the content in the first custom section, or

specifying an amount of the content to include in the first custom section.

13. The method of claim 11, where modifying the custom document further includes:

modifying the query data embedded in the first custom section to specify at least one of;

one or more sources from which to obtain the content,

one or more filtering criteria to specify a portion of the content to include in the first custom section,

a ranking criteria to sort the content within the first custom section,

at least one additional keyword, phrase, topic, or geographic location to add to the query data,

a location from which to obtain the content, or

a time period for the content.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving data from the particular user, and

populating a second custom section, of the plurality of custom sections, with the data received from the particular user.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving a request from another user to access the custom document, and

where, when obtaining the content, the method includes;

obtaining the content based on receiving the request.

16. The method of claim 9, where the content includes an advertisement.

17. The method of claim 16, where the advertisement is selected based on the query data.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to determine, for a particular user, information identifying one or more of a keyword, a phrase, a topic, or a geographic location associated with the particular user;

one or more instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to generate, for the particular user, one or more search queries based on the determined information;

one or more instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to generate, for the particular user, a custom document that includes a plurality of custom sections;

one or more instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to provide, for presentation at a first time, the custom document;

one or more instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to embed, in a first custom section of the plurality of custom sections, query data associated with a first search query from the generated one or more search queries,

the first search query being embedded in an applet or iframe;

one or more instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to periodically execute the query data;

one or more instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to obtain, based on periodically executing the query data, content responsive to the query data;

one or more instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to populate the first custom section of the custom document with the content to form a populated document; and

one or more instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to provide, for presentation at a second time, the populated document,

the second time occurring after the first time.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, where one or more instructions to determine the information for the particular user further include:

one or more instructions to provide an interface that enables the particular user to provide the information; and

one or more instructions to receive the information from the particular user via the interface.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, where the instructions further include:

one or more instructions to determine preferences associated with the particular user; and

one or more instructions to modify the custom document based on the determined preferences.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20, where the one or more instructions to modify the custom document further include at least one of:

one or more instructions to modify a position for the first custom section in the custom document,

one or more instructions to modify an appearance of the first custom section in the custom document,

one or more instructions to add, in the custom document, an additional section to the plurality of custom sections,

one or more instructions to remove, from the custom document, one of the plurality of custom sections,

one or more instructions to modify an appearance of the content in the first custom section, or

one or more instructions to specify an amount of the content to include in the first custom section.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20, where the one or more instructions to modify the custom document further include:

one or more instructions to modify the query data embedded in the first custom section to specify at least one of;

one or more sources from which to obtain the content,

one or more filtering criteria to specify a portion of the content to include in the first custom section,

a ranking criteria to sort the content within the first custom section,

at least one additional keyword, phrase, topic, or geographic location to add to the query data,

a location from which to obtain the content, or

a time period for the content.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, where the instructions further include:

one or more instructions to receive data from the particular user, and

one or more instructions to populate a second custom section, of the plurality of custom sections, with the data received from the particular user.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, where the instructions further include:

one or more instructions to receive a request from another user to access the custom document,

where the one or more instructions to obtain the content include;

one or more instructions to obtain the content based on receiving the request.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, where the one or more instructions to populate the first custom section include:

one or more instructions to include an advertisement in the custom section.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 25, where the one or more instructions to include an advertisement in the custom section include:

one or more instructions to identify the advertisement based on the query data.