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Method and system for facilitating interaction with multiple content provider websites

  • US 9,037,656 B2
  • Filed: 12/20/2010
  • Issued: 05/19/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of facilitating interaction between an electronic device, as a user device, and a plurality of content provider websites, the method comprising:

  • receiving from the electronic device, at a server communicatively coupled between the electronic device and each of the plurality of content provider websites, a plurality of information portions from two or more of the plurality of content provider websites that are external to the server, whereineach of the plurality of information portions is associated with a primary information that is available at each of the content provider websites, and whereinthe primary information is a single file that includes at least one of a photo and a video;

    aggregating, at the server, the respective information portions so that the plurality of information portions are combined into an overall grouping including the primary information, as the single file, and the plurality of information portions from the two or more of the plurality of content provider websites, whereinthe respective information portions describe the primary information and are maintained as distinct subportions indicating a respective content provider website within the overall grouping; and

    sending from the server a primary message for receipt by the electronic device, the primary message including the overall grouping of the information portions, whereinthe overall grouping is sent together with at least one of the primary informationand an indication of the primary information to which the overall grouping relates, the electronic device, upon the primary message is configured to display an image showing both at least a portion of the primary information in conjunction with the overall grouping including the distinct subportions.

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