Aggregating RSS ticker for display devices

• US 8,997,014 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2009
• Issued: 03/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Inada, Hajime
• Primary Examiner(s): Bycer, Eric J
• Application Number:
  US12/570,208
• Publication Number:
  US 20100083126A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,008 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/219, 715/739, 715/774, 715/786
• US Class Current: 715/774
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A communication apparatus comprises a data receiving unit, a display, a selection receiving unit and a controller. The controller is configured to acquire the content summary information via the data receiving unit and to control the display to display a plurality of titles included in the acquired content summary information with scrolling in a single line. The controller is further configured to accept a first selection and to determine a first selected title which is displayed when the first selection is inputted. The controller is still further configured to control the display to display a list of a plurality of titles of content summary information acquired from the external server. Moreover, the controller is configured to accept a second selection received via the selection receiving unit and determine a second selected title among the plurality of titles displayed in the list. The controller is further configured to acquire a content corresponding to the second selected title via the data receiving unit.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

a data receiving unit configured to receive content summary information from an external server;

a display configured to display information;

a selection receiving unit configured to receive a selection input; and

a controller configured to;

acquire the content summary information via the data receiving unit;

control the display to display a plurality of titles, which are included in the acquired content summary information, in a predetermined order by scrolling the plurality of titles in a single line across the display;

accept a first selection received via the selection receiving unit and determine a first selected title which is displayed and is scrolling across the display when the first selection is input;

control the display to display a list of a plurality of titles of content summary information acquired from the external server which is a source of the content summary information of the determined first selected title;

accept a second selection received via the selection receiving unit and determine a second selected title among the plurality of titles displayed in the list;

acquire a content corresponding to the second selected title via the data receiving unit;

accept a third selection received via the selection receiving unit, such that the third selection is accepted while the plurality of titles are displayed in the predetermined order scrolling in the single line;

control, in response to the third selection, the display to display a list of a plurality of website names corresponding to the plurality of titles displayed in the predetermined order scrolling in the single line;

accept a fourth selection received via the selection receiving unit, to select one of the plurality of website names as a selected website name;

determine an external server corresponding to the selected website name among the plurality of website names; and

display the list of the plurality of titles based on the content summary information acquired from the determined external server.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to display the list of the plurality of titles such that the list includes the first selected title.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a memory which stores priority data of the plurality of content summary information,

wherein the controller is configured to control the display to display the list of the plurality of titles of content summary information based on the priority data stored in the memory.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

the data receiving unit is configured to receive a plurality of content summary information from a plurality of external servers; and

the controller is further configured to;

control the display to display a plurality of titles which are included in the plurality of content summary information in the predetermined order scrolling in the single line;

accept a fifth selection received via the selection receiving unit and determine a third selected title which is displayed when the fifth selection is input;

determine a selected external server corresponding to the third selected title which is displayed when the fifth selection is input; and

control the display to display a list of a plurality of website names including a website name corresponding to the determined selected external server.

5. A control method for a communication apparatus comprising a data receiving unit, a display and a selection receiving unit, the method comprising steps of:

(a) acquiring content summary information via the data receiving unit;

(b) controlling the display to display a plurality of titles, which are included in the acquired content summary information, in a predetermined order by scrolling the plurality of titles in a single line across the display;

(c) accepting a first selection received via the selection receiving unit;

(d) determining a first selected title which is displayed and is scrolling across the display when the first selection is input;

(e) controlling the display to display a list of a plurality of titles of content summary information acquired from the external server which is a source of the content summary information of the determined first selected title;

(f) accepting a second selection received via the selection receiving unit;

(g) determining a second selected title among the plurality of titles displayed in the list when the second selection is input;

(h) acquiring a content corresponding to the second selected title via the data receiving unit;

(i) accepting a third selection received via the selection receiving unit, such that the third selection is accepted while the plurality of titles are displayed in the predetermined order scrolling in the single line;

(j) controlling, in response to the third selection, the display to display a list of a plurality of website names corresponding to the plurality of titles displayed in the predetermined order scrolling in the single line;

(k) accepting a fourth selection received via the selection receiving unit, to select one of the plurality of website names as a selected website name;

(l) determining an external server corresponding to the selected website name among the plurality of website names; and

(m) displaying the list of the plurality of titles based on the content summary information acquired from the determined external server.

6. A non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium bearing instructions for controlling a communication apparatus comprising a data receiving unit, a display and a selection receiving unit, the instructions, when executed, being arranged to cause a processor to perform steps of:

(a) acquiring content summary information via the data receiving unit;

(b) controlling the display to display a plurality of titles, which are included in the acquired content summary information, in a predetermined order by scrolling the plurality of titles in a single line across the display;

(c) accepting a first selection received via the selection receiving unit;

(d) determining a first selected title which is displayed and is scrolling across the display when the first selection is input;

(e) controlling the display to display a list of a plurality of titles of content summary information acquired from the external server which is a source of the content summary information of the determined first selected title;

(f) accepting a second selection received via the selection receiving unit;

(g) determining a second selected title among the plurality of titles displayed in the list when the second selection is input;

(h) acquiring a content corresponding to the second selected title via the data receiving unit;

(i) accepting a third selection received via the selection receiving unit, such that the third selection is accepted while the plurality of titles are displayed in the predetermined order scrolling in the single line;

(j) controlling, in response to the third selection, the display to display a list of a plurality of website names corresponding to the plurality of titles displayed in the predetermined order scrolling in the single line;

(k) accepting a fourth selection received via the selection receiving unit, to select one of the plurality of website names as a selected website name;

(l) determining an external server corresponding to the selected website name among the plurality of website names; and

(m) displaying the list of the plurality of titles based on the content summary information acquired from the determined external server.