Anchoring for content synchronization

• US 8,875,038 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2011
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Collarity Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Collarity Incorporated
• Inventors: Ismalon, Emil
• Primary Examiner(s): ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D
• Application Number:
  US13/009,305
• Publication Number:
  US 20110202848A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes receiving from a web browser, by a server system via a network, an indication of dragging, by a user of the web browser, of an element displayed on a webpage displayed by the web browser, and dropping, by the user, of the element into a content area displayed on the webpage, the element selected from the group consisting of: a first content item displayed at a location on the webpage other than in the content area, and a graphical element displayed in association with the first content item. Responsively to the indication, the server system causes the web browser to display, in the content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more second content items related to the first content item. Other embodiments are also described.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

causing, by a server system via a network, a web browser to display (a) at least first and second content areas separately from each other on a webpage, and (b) at least a first content item at a location on the webpage other than in the first and the second content areas;

receiving from the web browser, by the server system via the network, an indication of dragging, by a user of the web browser, of an element displayed on the webpage, and dropping, by the user, of the element into one of the first and the second content areas, the element selected from the group consisting of;

the first content item, and a graphical element displayed in association with the first content item;

if the indication is of dropping the element into the first content area, causing, by the server system, the web browser to display, in the first content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more second content items related to the first content item; and

if the indication is of dropping the element into the second content area, causing, by the server system, the web browser to display, in the second content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more third content items related to the first content item.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein causing the web browser to display in the first content area comprises serving, to the web browser, the at least a portion of the set of second content items for display in the first content area.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein causing the web browser to display in the first content area comprises sending an instruction to the web browser to request and receive, from one or more online content sources, the set of the one or more second content items, and to display the at least a portion of the set of second content items in the first content area.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the element is the first content item, and wherein receiving the indication comprises receiving the indication of dragging of the first content item, and dropping of the first content item into the first content area.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the element is the graphical element displayed in association with the first content item, and wherein receiving the indication comprises receiving the indication of dragging of the graphical element, and dropping of the graphical element into the first content area.

6. The method according to claim 1,

wherein a third content area is displayed on the webpage separately from the first and the second content areas, which third content area includes the first content item, and

wherein the method further comprises, if the server system receives, from the web browser, an indication of dragging, by the user, of a second element displayed in the first content area, and dropping, by the user, of the second element into the third content area, the second element selected from the group consisting of:

one of the second content items, and a second graphical element displayed in association with the one of the second content items;

causing, by the server system, the web browser to display, in the third content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more fourth content items related to the one of the second content items.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first content item is of a first content category, and wherein the second content items are of a second content category different from the first content category, and wherein each of the first and second content categories is selected from the group of categories consisting of:

a video content category, a news content category, a search content category, a social updates content category, a chat content category, an advertisement content category, a blog content category, an encyclopedia content category, a map content category, a finance content category, a forum content category, and an association content category.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the set of second content items comprises advertising content.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises, before receiving the indication of dragging and dropping, causing, by the server system, the web browser to display, in the first and the second content areas, respective content items requested from respective one or more online content sources.

10. The method according to claim 1,

wherein the first and the second content areas display content of different first and second content categories, respectively, and

wherein:

if the indication is of dropping the element into the first content area, the second content items are of the first content category of the first content area, and

if the indication is of dropping the element into the second content area, the third content items are of the second content category of the second content area.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the method further comprises, before receiving the indication of dragging and dropping, causing, by the server system, the web browser to display (a) in the first and the second content areas, respective content items requested from respective one or more online content sources, and (b) respective names of the online content sources in association with the respective first and second content areas.

12. The method according to claim 1,

wherein a third content area is displayed on the webpage separately from the first and the second content areas, which third content area includes the first content item, and

wherein the third content area displays content of a content category selected from the group of categories consisting of:

a news content category, a social updates content category, a chat content category, and a blog content category.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the third content area displays content of the social updates content category.

14. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying, by a web browser running in a device, (a) at least first and second content areas separately from each other on a webpage, and (b) at least a first content item at a location on the webpage other than in the first and the second content areas;

receiving an indication of dragging, by a user of the web browser, of an element displayed on the webpage, and dropping, by the user, of the element into one of the first and the second content areas, the element selected from the group consisting of;

the first content item, and a graphical element displayed in association with the first content item;

if the indication is of dropping the element into the first content area, displaying in the first content area, by the web browser, at least a portion of a set of one or more second content items related to the first content item; and

if the indication is of dropping the element into the second content area, displaying in the second content area, by the web browser, at least a portion of a set of one or more third content items related to the first content item.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein receiving the indication comprises receiving the indication by the web browser.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein receiving the indication comprises receiving, by a server system via a network, the indication from the web browser.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein displaying in the first content area comprises:

responsively to the indication, serving, by the server system to the web browser, the at least a portion of the set of second content items for display in the first content area; and

displaying in the first content area, by the web browser, the served at least a portion of the set of second content items.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein displaying in the first content area comprises:

sending, by the server system, an instruction to the web browser to request and receive, from one or more online content sources, the set of the one or more second content items;

requesting and receiving, by the web browser, from the one or more online content sources, the set of the one or more second content items; and

displaying the at least a portion of the requested and received set of second content items in the first content area.

19. The method according to claim 14,

wherein the method further comprises receiving, by the web browser, from at least one web server via a network, the first and the second content areas for display on the webpage, and the first content item, and

wherein displaying in the first content area comprises receiving, by the web browser, via the network, the set of one or more second content items related to the first content item.

20. The method according to claim 14, further comprising, displaying, by the web browser, a third content area on the webpage separately from the first and the second content areas, which third content area includes the first content item, wherein the third content area displays content of a content category selected from the group of categories consisting of:

a news content category, a social updates content category, a chat content category, and a blog content category.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the third content area displays content of the social updates content category.

22. The method according to claim 14, wherein the method further comprises, before receiving the indication of dragging and dropping, displaying, by the web browser, in the first and the second content areas, respective content items requested from respective one or more online content sources.

23. The method according to claim 14,

wherein the first and the second content areas display content of different first and second content categories, respectively, and

wherein:

if the indication is of dropping the element into the first content area, the second content items are of the first content category of the first content area, and

if the indication is of dropping the element into the second content area, the third content items are of the second content category of the second content area.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the method further comprises, before receiving the indication of dragging and dropping, displaying, by the web browser, (a) in the first and the second content areas, respective content items requested from respective one or more online content sources, and (b) respective names of the online content sources in association with the respective first and second content areas.

25. Apparatus for use with a network, the apparatus comprising:

an interface; and

a processor, which is configured to cause a web browser to display (a) at least first and second content areas separately from each other on a webpage, and (b) at least a first content item at a location on the webpage other than in the first and the second content areas;

receive, via the interface over the network, from the web browser, an indication of dragging, by a user of the web browser, of an element displayed on the webpage, and dropping, by the user, of the element into one of the first and the second content areas, the element selected from the group consisting of;

the first content item, and a graphical element displayed in association with the first content item;

if the indication is of dropping the element into the first content area, cause the web browser to display, in the first content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more second content items related to the first content item; and

, if the indication is of dropping the element into the second content area, cause the web browser to display, in the second content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more third content items related to the first content item.

26. The apparatus according to claim 25,

wherein the first and the second content areas display content of different first and second content categories, respectively, and

wherein:

if the indication is of dropping the element into the first content area, the second content items are of the first content category of the first content area, and

if the indication is of dropping the element into the second content area, the third content items are of the second content category of the second content area.

27. The apparatus according to claim 25,

wherein a third content area is displayed on the webpage separately from the first and the second content areas, which third content area includes the first content item, and

wherein the third content area displays content of a content category selected from the group of categories consisting of:

a news content category, a social updates content category, a chat content category, and a blog content category.

28. Apparatus that communicates with at least one web server via a network, the apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a processor, which is configured to run a web browser that is configured to receive (a) a webpage, (b) from the at least one web server via the network, first and second content areas for display separately from each other on the webpage, and (c) a first content item for display at a location on the webpage other than in the first and the second content areas;

display the webpage on the display;

receive an indication of dragging, by a user of the device, of an element displayed on the webpage, and dropping, by the user, of the element into one of the first and the second content areas, the element selected from the group consisting of;

the first content item, and a graphical element displayed in association with the first content item;

if the indication is of dropping the element into the first content area, (a) receive, via the network, a set of one or more second content items related to the first content item, and (b) display at least a portion of the set of second content items in the first content area; and

, if the indication is of dropping the element into the second content area, (a) receive, via the network, a set of one or more third content items related to the first content item, and (b) display at least a portion of the set of third content items in the second content area.

29. The apparatus according to claim 28,

wherein the first and the second content areas display content of different first and second content categories, respectively, and

wherein:

if the indication is of dropping the element into the first content area, the second content items are of the first content category of the first content area, and

if the indication is of dropping the element into the second content area, the third content items are of the second content category of the second content area.

30. The apparatus according to claim 28,

wherein a third content area is displayed on the webpage separately from the first and the second content areas, which third content area includes the first content item, and

wherein the third content area displays content of a content category selected from the group of categories consisting of:

a news content category, a social updates content category, a chat content category, and a blog content category.

31. A computer-implemented method comprising:

causing, by a server system via a network, a web browser to display (a) first content in a content area on a webpage, and (b) at least a second content item at a location on the webpage other than in the content area;

thereafter, receiving from the web browser, by the server system via the network, an indication of dragging, by a user of the web browser, of an element displayed on the webpage, and dropping, by the user, of the element into the content area, the element selected from the group consisting of;

the second content item, and a graphical element displayed in association with the second content item; and

responsively to the indication, causing, by the server system, the web browser to display, in the content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more third content items related to the second content item, including taking into account, by the server system, the first content displayed in the content area.

32. The method according to claim 31, wherein causing the web browser to display the first content comprises causing the web browser to display a plurality of first content items in the content area, and wherein taking into account the first content comprises taking into account, by the server system, the plurality of first content items displayed in the content area.

33. The method according to claim 31, wherein causing, by the server system, the web browser to display, in the content area, the at least a portion of the set of third content items comprises causing, by the server system, the web browser to display, in the content area, the at least a portion of the set of third content items related to a combination of (a) a term based on the second content item and (b) one or more terms representative of the first content.

34. The method according to claim 31,

wherein the content area is a first content area, and wherein a second content area is displayed on the webpage separately from the first content area, which second content area includes the second content item, and

wherein the second content area displays content of a content category selected from the group of categories consisting of:

a news content category, a social updates content category, a chat content category, and a blog content category.

35. The method according to claim 34, wherein the second content area displays content of the social updates content category.

36. The method according to claim 31, wherein the first content is of a first content category, and wherein the second content items are of a second content category different from the first content category.

37. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying, by a web browser running in a device, (a) first content in a content area on a webpage, and (b) at least a second content item at a location on the webpage other than in the content area;

thereafter, receiving an indication of dragging, by a user of the web browser, of an element displayed on the webpage, and dropping, by the user, of the element into the content area, the element selected from the group consisting of;

the second content item, and a graphical element displayed in association with the second content item; and

responsively to the indication, displaying in the content area, by the web browser, at least a portion of a set of one or more third content items related to the second content item, the third content items generated by taking into account the first content displayed in the content area.

38. The method according to claim 37, wherein displaying the at least a portion of the set of third content items in the content area comprises displaying, by the web browser, in the content area, the at least a portion of the set of third content items related to a combination of (a) a term based on the second content item and (b) one or more terms representative of the first content.

39. A computer-implemented method comprising:

causing, by a server system via a network, a web browser to display (a) a first content item in a first content area displayed on a webpage, and (b) a second content item in a second content area displayed separately from the first content area on the webpage;

causing, by the server system, the web browser to display, in the second content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more third content items related to the first content item, if the server system receives, from the web browser via the network, an indication of dragging, by a user of the web browser, of a first element displayed in the first content area, and dropping, by the user, of the first element into the second content area; and

causing, by the server system, the web browser to display, in the first content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more fourth content items related to the second content item, if the server system receives, from the web browser via the network, an indication of dragging, by the user, of a second element displayed in the second content area, and dropping, by the user, of the second element into the first content area,

wherein the first element is selected from the group consisting of;

the first content item, and a first graphical element displayed in association with the first content item, and

wherein the second element is selected from the group consisting of;

the second content item, and a second graphical element displayed in association with the second content item.

40. The method according to claim 39, wherein causing the web browser to display (a) the first content item in the first content area and (b) the second content item in the second content area comprises serving, to the web browser, (a) the first content item for display in the first content area, and (b) the second content item for display in the second content area.

41. The method according to claim 39, wherein the first content item is of a first content category, and wherein the second content item is of a second content category different from the first content category.

42. The method according to claim 39,

wherein the first and the second content areas display content of different first and second content categories, respectively, and

wherein:

if the indication is of dropping the first element into the second content area, the third content items are of the second content category of the second content area, and

if the indication is of dropping the second element into the first content area, the fourth content items are of the first content category of the first content area.

43. The method according to claim 42, wherein the method further comprises, before receiving the indication of dragging and dropping of the first element or the second element, causing, by the server system, the web browser to display (a) in the first and the second content areas, the respective first and second content items requested from respective one or more online content sources, and (b) respective names of the online content sources in association with the respective first and second content areas.

44. The method according to claim 39, wherein the first content area displays content of a content category selected from the group of categories consisting of:

a news content category, a social updates content category, a chat content category, and a blog content category.

45. The method according to claim 44, wherein the first content area displays content of the social updates content category.

46. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying, by a web browser running in a device, (a) a first content item in a first content area displayed on a webpage, and (b) a second content item in a second content area displayed separately from the first content area on the webpage;

displaying, by the web browser, in the second content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more third content items related to the first content item, if the web browser receives an indication of dragging, by a user of the web browser, of a first element displayed in the first content area, and dropping, by the user, of the first element into the second content area; and

displaying, by the web browser, in the first content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more fourth content items related to the second content item, if the web browser receives an indication of dragging, by the user, of a second element displayed in the second content area, and dropping, by the user, of the second element into the first content area,

wherein the first element is selected from the group consisting of;

the first content item, and a first graphical element displayed in association with the first content item, and

wherein the second element is selected from the group consisting of;

the second content item, and a second graphical element displayed in association with the second content item.

47. The method according to claim 46, wherein the first content item is of a first content category, and wherein the second content item is of a second content category different from the first content category.

48. The method according to claim 46,

wherein the first and the second content areas display content of different first and second content categories, respectively, and

wherein:

if the indication is of dropping the first element into the second content area, the third content items are of the second content category of the second content area, and

if the indication is of dropping the second element into the first content area, the fourth content items are of the first content category of the first content area.

49. The method according to claim 46, wherein the first content area displays content of a content category selected from the group of categories consisting of:

a news content category, a social updates content category, a chat content category, and a blog content category.

50. The method according to claim 49, wherein the first content area displays content of the social updates content category.

51. Apparatus for use with a network, the apparatus comprising:

an interface; and

a processor, which is configured to cause a web browser to display (a) first content in a content area on a webpage, and (b) at least a second content item at a location on the webpage other than in the content area;

receive, via the interface over the network, from the web browser, an indication of dragging, by a user of the web browser, of an element displayed on the webpage, and dropping, by the user, of the element into the content area, the element selected from the group consisting of;

the second content item, and a graphical element displayed in association with the second content item; and

responsively to the indication, cause the web browser to display, in the content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more third content items related to the second content item, including taking into account, by the processor, the first content displayed in the content area.

52. The apparatus according to claim 51, wherein the processor is configured to cause the web browser to display, in the content area, the at least a portion of the set of third content items related to a combination of (a) a term based on the second content item and (b) one or more terms representative of the first content.

53. Apparatus that communicates with at least one web server via a network, the apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a processor, which is configured to run a web browser that is configured to display (a) first content in a content area on a webpage on the display, and (b) at least a second content item at a location on the webpage other than in the content area;

thereafter, receive an indication of dragging, by a user of the device, of an element displayed on the webpage, and dropping, by the user, of the element into the content area, the element selected from the group consisting of;

the second content item, and a graphical element displayed in association with the second content item; and

responsively to the indication, display in the content area at least a portion of a set of one or more third content items related to the second content item, the third content items generated by taking into account the first content displayed in the content area.

54. Apparatus for use with a network, the apparatus comprising:

an interface; and

a processor, which is configured to cause a web browser to display (a) a first content item in a first content area displayed on a webpage, and (b) a second content item in a second content area displayed separately from the first content area on the webpage;

cause the web browser to display, in the second content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more third content items related to the first content item, if the processor receives, from the web browser via the interface over the network, an indication of dragging, by a user of the web browser, of a first element displayed in the first content area, and dropping, by the user, of the first element into the second content area; and

cause the web browser to display, in the first content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more fourth content items related to the second content item, if the processor receives, from the web browser via the interface over the network, an indication of dragging, by the user, of a second element displayed in the second content area, and dropping, by the user, of the second element into the first content area, wherein the first element is selected from the group consisting of;

the first content item, and a first graphical element displayed in association with the first content item, and wherein the second element is selected from the group consisting of;

the second content item, and a second graphical element displayed in association with the second content item.

55. The apparatus according to claim 54, wherein the first content item is of a first content category, and wherein the second content item is of a second content category different from the first content category.

56. The apparatus according to claim 54,

wherein the first and the second content areas display content of different first and second content categories, respectively, and

wherein:

if the indication is of dropping the first element into the second content area, the third content items are of the second content category of the second content area, and

if the indication is of dropping the second element into the first content area, the fourth content items are of the first content category of the first content area.

57. Apparatus that communicates with at least one web server via a network, the apparatus comprising:

a display; and

a processor, which is configured to run a web browser that is configured to display (a) a first content item in a first content area on a webpage on the display, and (b) a second content item in a second content area displayed separately from the first content area on the webpage;

display, in the second content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more third content items related to the first content item, if the processor receives an indication of dragging, by a user of the web browser, of a first element displayed in the first content area, and dropping, by the user, of the first element into the second content area; and

display in the first content area, at least a portion of a set of one or more fourth content items related to the second content item, if the processor receives an indication of dragging, by the user, of a second element displayed in the second content area, and dropping, by the user, of the second element into the first content area, wherein the first element is selected from the group consisting of;

the first content item, and a first graphical element displayed in association with the first content item, and wherein the second element is selected from the group consisting of;

the second content item, and a second graphical element displayed in association with the second content item.

58. The apparatus according to claim 57, wherein the first content item is of a first content category, and wherein the second content item is of a second content category different from the first content category.

59. The apparatus according to claim 57,

wherein the first and the second content areas display content of different first and second content categories, respectively, and

wherein:

if the indication is of dropping the first element into the second content area, the third content items are of the second content category of the second content area, and

if the indication is of dropping the second element into the first content area, the fourth content items are of the first content category of the first content area.