Dynamic content presentation

• US 9,098,507 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2009
• Issued: 08/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Davis, Bryan, Musgrove, Dan, Raftelis, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Rostami, Mohammad S
• Application Number:
  US12/630,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20110137948A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,070 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/438 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/36 Combined merging and sorting

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computing device, a request from a user device to access requested data. Based on the request, a reader object is selected that specifies data access information associated with accessing data from a particular data source. Computer-implementable access code is dynamically instantiated to access the requested data from a data source based on the reader object and the request. A data access request is sent to the data source based on the computer-implementable access code. The requested data is received from the data source and a presentation object is selected that specifies data output information associated with the reader object. Computer-implementable output code is dynamically instantiated to output the requested data based on the presentation object. Output data, including the requested data, is sent to the user device in a presentation format specified by the computer-implementable output code.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device via a network, a first request from a first user device for first data, wherein the first request identifies a device type of the first user device and identifies a first data source associated with the first data;

selecting a first reader object from a first database that includes a plurality of reader objects, wherein the first reader object is selected based on the first data source;

instantiating, at runtime, first access code based on the first reader object;

executing the first access code to generate a first data access request, the first data access request formatted for the first data source based on the first reader object;

sending the first data access request to the first data source;

receiving, at the computing device, received data from the first data source, wherein the received data has a first format;

transforming the received data in the first format to normalized data in a normalized format based on the first reader object;

selecting, at the computing device, a particular presentation object from a second database based on the device type of the first user device, wherein the second database includes a plurality of presentation objects;

instantiating, at runtime at the computing device, output code based on the particular presentation object;

executing the output code, at the computing device, to transform the normalized data in the normalized format to output data in an output format based on the particular presentation object; and

sending the output data in the output format to the first user device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

after receiving the received data, selecting a second reader object from the plurality of reader objects, wherein the second reader object is selected based on a reference included in the received data;

instantiating, at runtime, second access code based on the second reader object;

executing the second access code to generate a second data access request, the second data access request formatted for a second data source associated with the reference; and

sending the second data access request to the second data source wherein the second data source is not identified by the first request.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the second reader object is selected in response to detecting an event associated with the received data.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein transforming the received data in the first format to the normalized data in the normalized format comprises truncating a portion of the received data, filtering the received data, verifying the first portion of the received data, sorting the received data, or any combination thereof.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing a portion of the received data at a data cache;

receiving, at the computing device, a second request, the second request associated with providing second data to a second user device, wherein the second data includes the portion of the received data; and

outputting the second data to the second user device from the data cache.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein each presentation object of the plurality of presentation objects specifies a data presentation format associated with a particular device type.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein instantiating the output code includes:

processing an extensible markup language data pointer to generate processed data, wherein the particular presentation object is associated with the extensible markup language data pointer; and

mapping the processed data to output fields associated with a particular application being executed at the first user device.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first user device is a set-top box device, a mobile device, or a second computing device, and wherein the first user device is distinct from the computing device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the received data in a data cache for a first length of time associated with the first reader object; and

storing second data in the data cache for a second length of time associated with a second reader object.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein transforming the received data to normalized data includes filtering the received data to remove offensive content.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein transforming the received data to normalized data includes truncating a particular data field of the received data.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein transforming the normalized data to output data includes mapping data fields of the normalized format to corresponding data fields in the output format.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising caching the output data based on the reader object.

14. A system comprising:

a processor;

a reader object selector executable by the processor to select a particular reader object from a first database that includes a plurality of reader objects, wherein the particular reader object is selected based on a data source identified in a request received from a user device, wherein the request indicates a device type of the user device;

an access code instantiator executable by the processor to instantiate access code based on the particular reader object, wherein the access code, upon execution by the processor, causes the processor to send a data access request to the data source;

a generic object executable by the processor to transform data received in a first format from the data source in response to the data access request to normalized data in a normalized format based on the particular reader object;

a presentation object selector executable by the processor to select a particular presentation object from a second database based on the device type of the user device; and

an output code instantiator executable by the processor to instantiate output code, wherein the output code, upon execution by the processor, causes the processor to transform the normalized data in the normalized format to output data in an output format based on the particular presentation object, and to send the output data to the user device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the particular reader object includes information associated with a process of accessing and retrieving data from the data source.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein transforming the data received in the first format to the normalized data in the normalized format includes filtering the data to remove offensive content, truncating a particular data field of the data, or both.

17. A computer-readable storage device comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:

receiving, via a network, a request from a user device for data, wherein the request identifies a device type of the user device and identifies a data source associated with the data;

selecting a reader object from a first database that includes a plurality of reader objects, wherein the reader object is selected based on the data source;

instantiating, at runtime, access code based on the reader object;

executing the access code to generate a data access request, the data access request formatted for the data source based on the reader object;

sending the data access request to the data source;

receiving received data from the data source, wherein the received data has a first format;

transforming the received data in the first format to normalized data in a normalized format based on the reader object;

selecting a particular presentation object from a second database based on the device type of the user device, wherein the second database includes a plurality of presentation objects;

instantiating, at runtime, output code based on the particular presentation object;

executing the output code, at the computing device, to transform the normalized data in the normalized format to output data in an output format based on the particular presentation object; and

sending the output data in the output format to the user device.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the reader object includes information associated with retrieving extensible markup language data from the data source, and wherein the extensible markup language data includes really simple syndication data, extensible hypertext markup language data, simple object access protocol data, or a combination thereof.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the reader object includes information associated with retrieving data from one of a file transfer protocol data source, a hypertext markup language data source, or a flat file data source.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the operations further include:

storing the received data in a data cache for a first length of time indicated by the reader object; and

storing second data associated with a second reader object in the data cache for a second length of time indicated by the second reader object.