Integrating web services with a content item

• US 9,160,800 B1
• Filed: 07/15/2013
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Lunt, Eric M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazaro, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): HENRY, MARIEGEORGES A
• Application Number:
  US13/942,497
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/229, 709/231, 725/47
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for integrating web services into a content item are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving a request for web services from a publisher, retrieving the web services file that corresponds to the web services requested from the location provided, identifying the web services contained in the web services file, retrieving a content item from the publisher, integrating the content item and the web services defined by the web services file to create augmented content, receiving a request for augmented content, and providing the augmented content. Other implementations of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by one or more computing devices, a request for a web service from a publisher, the request specifying a location of a web service file for the web service;

retrieving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the web service file that corresponds to the web service from the location specified in the request by the publisher;

receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a web feed that includes a feed item;

integrating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the web feed and the web service defined by the web service file to create an augmented web feed, the augmented web feed including dynamic content that is determined based on current information associated with the feed item; and

providing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the augmented web feed in response to a user request for the web feed.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a comment on the feed item from a first user;

updating, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the augmented web feed by modifying the dynamic content based on the comment; and

providing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the updated web feed to a second user that requests for the web feed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the web service file comprises retrieving a file that includes instructions for generating the web service.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the instructions define whether the web service is a static web service or a dynamic web service.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the augmented web feed includes static content that remains constant over time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the web service defines an action that a user takes on the feed item, and wherein the dynamic content is updated based on the action taken by the user.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, a delay in a rendering of the web service; and

providing, by at least one of the one or more computing devices, the feed item and the web service asynchronously in response to the user request.

8. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the system to;

receive a request for a web service from a publisher, the request specifying a location of a web service file for the web service;

retrieve the web service file that corresponds to the web service from the location specified in the request by the publisher;

receive a web feed that includes a feed item;

integrate the web feed and the web service defined by the web service file to create an augmented web feed, the augmented web feed including dynamic content that is determined based on current information associated with the feed item; and

provide the augmented web feed in response to a user request for the web feed.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the system to also:

receive a comment on the feed item from a first user;

update the augmented web feed by modifying the dynamic content based on the comment; and

provide the updated web feed to a second user that requests for the web feed.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the system to retrieve the web service file by retrieving a file that includes instructions for generating the web service.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the instructions for generating the web service define whether the web service is a static web service or a dynamic web service.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the augmented web feed includes static content that remains constant over time.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the web service defines an action that a user takes on the feed item, and wherein the dynamic content is updated based on the action taken by the user.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions cause the system to also:

detect a delay in a rendering of the web service; and

provide the feed item and the web service asynchronously in response to the user request.

15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

receive a request for a web service from a publisher, the request specifying a location of a web service file for the web service;

retrieve the web service file that corresponds to the web service from the location specified in the request by the publisher;

receive a web feed that includes a feed item;

integrate the web feed and the web service defined by the web service file to create an augmented web feed, the augmented web feed including dynamic content that is determined based on current information associated with the feed item; and

provide the augmented web feed in response to a user request for the web feed.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer readable program when executed on the computer causes the computer to also:

receive a comment on the feed item from a first user;

update the augmented web feed by modifying the dynamic content based on the comment; and

provide the updated web feed to a second user that requests for the web feed.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein retrieving the web service file comprises retrieving a file that includes instructions for generating the web service.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the instructions define whether the web service is a static web service or a dynamic web service.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the augmented web feed includes static content that remains constant over time.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the web service defines an action that a user takes on the feed item, and wherein the dynamic content is updated based on the action taken by the user.