Presentation of the media content on mobile devices

• US 9,536,012 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2011
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Shore, Maurice Bennett, Schneider, Thomas William, Kiefer, William Frederick III, Doll, Cassandra Lynn
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu, Tadeese
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHAUDHURI, ANITA
• Application Number:
  US13/311,234
• Publication Number:
  US 20130145306A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,856 Days
• Field of Search: 715/760, 715/762, 715/763, 715/765, 715/830, 715/831, 715/833, 715/834, 715/835, 715/836, 715/838, 715/863, 715/865, 715/864
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/38 with means for controlling the display position

Abstract

A system, computer-implemented method and computer-readable medium for generating a magazine edition menu, is provided. Dimensions of a display screen on a mobile device are determined. Based on the dimensions, the size of an edition preview pane is determined, where the edition preview pane displays multiple images from the magazine editions. Based on the dimensions the size of a thumbnail section is determined, the thumbnail section displays a plurality of thumbnail editions associated with each magazine edition. Based on the size of the thumbnail section and a number of magazine editions, a layout of the plurality of thumbnail editions on a display screen is determined.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for generating a magazine edition menu to display information of a plurality of magazine editions on a single display screen of a mobile device, comprising:

querying an operating system on a mobile device to determine dimensions of the single display screen;

based on the dimensions, determining the size of an edition preview pane, the edition preview pane displaying a plurality of images from each magazine edition of the plurality of the magazine editions;

based on the dimensions and the size of the edition preview pane, determining the size of a thumbnail section, the thumbnail section displaying a plurality of thumbnail editions, each thumbnail edition associated with each magazine edition of the plurality of the magazine editions, wherein the thumbnail editions display images representing corresponding associated magazine editions of the plurality of the magazine editions and the thumbnail editions are selectable by a user to launch a corresponding associated magazine edition;

based on the size of the thumbnail section and a number of the plurality of magazine editions, determining a layout of the plurality of thumbnail editions on the single display screen, wherein the plurality of thumbnail editions are placed in the layout in an order based on a user preference; and

displaying the thumbnail section showing the plurality of thumbnail editions associated with the plurality of magazine editions and the preview pane showing an image from one of the plurality of magazine editions on the single display screen of the mobile device, whereby the magazine edition menu allows the user to view information of the plurality of magazine editions in the single display screen.

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

receiving an indication that an orientation of the mobile device is changing;

recalculating the size of the edition preview pane based on the new orientation;

recalculating the size of the thumbnail section based on the new orientation; and

recalculating the layout of the plurality of thumbnail editions on the display screen based on the orientation.

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

determining whether the size of the thumbnail section is below a predefined threshold; and

in response to determining the size of the thumbnail section is below the predefined threshold, reallocating the size of the thumbnail section to include a predetermined number of rows that include the plurality of thumbnail editions.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising:

eliminating a display of the edition preview pane in response to determining the size of the thumbnail section is below the predefined threshold.

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

selecting the plurality of images for display in the edition preview pane based on credentials of the corresponding magazine editions, each image in the plurality of images included in a particular magazine edition; and

displaying each image in the plurality of images on the edition preview pane for a preconfigured amount of time.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein a selected image is a newest image in the magazine edition.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, wherein a selected image is a largest image in the magazine edition.

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

determining whether a post associated with a selected image within the magazine edition was accessed on the mobile device; and

in response to determining the post was accessed, selecting another image from the magazine edition for display on the edition preview pane.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein a post is one of:

a news article, a video clip, or a blog, within a magazine edition.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein each image in the edition preview pane is selected form a post of the each corresponding magazine edition, and the method further comprises:

detecting a user selection of an image in the edition preview pane; and

retrieving the post that includes the selected image of the corresponding magazine edition for display.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the order of the thumbnail editions is further based on popularity of the corresponding magazine editions, wherein the popularity of a corresponding magazine is based on the number of subscriptions of the corresponding magazine edition.

12. A system for generating a magazine edition menu to display information of a plurality of magazine editions on a single display screen of a mobile device, comprising:

a memory;

a processor coupled to the memory; and

an edition player, implemented on the processor, the edition player configured to;

querying an operating system on the mobile device to determine dimensions of the single display screen;

based on the dimensions, determine the size of an edition preview pane, the edition preview pane displaying a plurality of images from each magazine edition of the plurality of the magazine editions;

based on the dimensions and the size of the edition preview pane, determine the size of a thumbnail section, the thumbnail section displaying a plurality of thumbnail editions, each thumbnail edition associated with each magazine edition of the plurality of the magazine editions, wherein each thumbnail edition displays an image representing a corresponding associated magazine edition of the plurality of the magazine editions and selectable by a user to launch the corresponding associated magazine edition;

based on the size of the thumbnail section and a number of the plurality of magazine editions, determine a layout of the plurality of thumbnail editions on the single display screen, wherein the plurality of thumbnail editions are placed in the layout in an order based on a user preference; and

display the thumbnail section showing the plurality of thumbnail editions associated with the plurality of magazine editions and the preview pane showing an image from one of the plurality of magazine editions on the single display screen of the mobile device, whereby the magazine edition menu allows the user to view information of the plurality of magazine editions in the single display screen.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the edition player is further configured to:

receive an indication that an orientation of the mobile device is changing;

recalculate the size of the edition preview pane based on the new orientation;

recalculate the size of the thumbnail section based on the new orientation; and

recalculate the layout of the plurality of thumbnail editions on the display screen based on the orientation.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the edition player is further configured to:

select the plurality of images for display on the edition preview pane based on credentials of the corresponding magazine editions, each image included in each magazine edition; and

cause the display screen to display each image in the plurality of images on the edition preview pane for a preconfigured amount of time.