Shareable favorites sets

• US 9,537,802 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2013
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Priceline.com LLC (Booking Holdings, Inc., fka Priceline Group Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Priceline.com LLC (Booking Holdings, Inc., fka Priceline Group Inc.)
• Inventors: Caine, John, Taylor, Jonathan P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin, Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yi, Rinna
• Application Number:
  US13/765,581
• Publication Number:
  US 20140229854A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,421 Days
• Field of Search: 715/723, 715/738, 715/752, 715/764, 715/810, 715/863, 705/5, 705/7.29, 705/26.1, 705/26.2, 705/26.81, 705/27.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments

Abstract

In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises generating and displaying, on a computing device, a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of item summary tiles and a set of favorites buckets, wherein each of the item summary tiles graphically displays a plurality of attributes of a different items, wherein the set of favorites buckets is displayed in a fixed position adjacent to the item summary tiles; receiving first input specifying adding a particular item among the different items to the set of favorites buckets and, in response thereto, storing data identifying the particular item in storage associated with the set of favorites buckets and displaying a graphical representation of the particular item in an available one of the favorites buckets; receiving second input specifying sharing the set of favorites buckets and, in response thereto, automatically creating an electronic mail message having a message body that comprises a plurality of hyperlinks, wherein each of the hyperlinks identifies an online description of a different one of the items of one of the favorites buckets.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating and displaying, on a computing device, a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of item summary tiles and a set of favorites buckets, wherein each of the item summary tiles graphically displays a plurality of attributes of a different item, wherein the set of favorites buckets is displayed in a fixed position adjacent to the item summary tiles;

wherein the set of favorites buckets contains a finite set of two or more separate, spaced apart rectangles where no more than one item summary tile of the item summary tiles can be dragged into each rectangle of the two or more rectangles;

receiving first input specifying adding a particular item among the different items to one of the rectangles of the set of favorites buckets and, in response thereto, storing data identifying the particular item in storage associated with the set of favorites buckets and displaying a graphical representation of the particular item comprising a graphical image thumbnail of an image included in the item summary tile corresponding to the particular item in an available one of the set of favorites buckets;

receiving second input specifying sharing the set of favorites buckets and, in response thereto, automatically creating an electronic mail message having a message body that comprises a plurality of hyperlinks, wherein each of the plurality of hyperlinks identifies a uniform resource locator (URL) of an online description of a different one of the items of one of the set of favorites buckets;

wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in response to the second input, automatically attaching, to the electronic mail message, an electronic document that comprises descriptions of the items that are in any of the set of favorites buckets.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in response to the second input:

receiving user input specifying a method of sharing;

automatically creating and sending, to a printer that is coupled to the computing device, a printable electronic document that comprises descriptions of the items that are in any of the set of favorites buckets.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the items are descriptions of physical properties.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the items are descriptions of hotels.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising scrolling the plurality of item summary tiles, in response to an input gesture specifying linearly moving one of the item summary tiles, without changing a display of the set of favorites buckets.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular item is associated with a plurality of stored images relating to the item, and further comprising:

displaying a first image relating to the particular item within a particular item summary tile for that particular item;

linearly scrolling the first image and displaying one or more other images among the plurality of stored images relating to the item in response to an input gesture without changing a remainder of the particular item summary tile or the set of favorites buckets.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising not responding to the first input when none of the set of favorites buckets is available.

9. One or more non-transitory storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performing:

generating and displaying, on a computing device, a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of item summary tiles and a set of favorites buckets, wherein each of the item summary tiles graphically displays a plurality of attributes of a different item, wherein the set of favorites buckets is displayed in a fixed position adjacent to the item summary tiles;

wherein the set of favorites buckets contains a finite set of two or more separate, spaced apart rectangles where no more than one item summary tile of the item summary tiles can be dragged into each rectangle of the two or more rectangles;

receiving first input specifying adding a particular item among the different items to one of the rectangles of the set of favorites buckets and, in response thereto, storing data identifying the particular item in storage associated with the set of favorites buckets and displaying a graphical representation of the particular item comprising a graphical image thumbnail of an image included in the item summary tile corresponding to the particular item in an available one of the set of favorites buckets;

receiving second input specifying sharing the set of favorites buckets and, in response thereto, automatically creating an electronic mail message having a message body that comprises a plurality of hyperlinks, wherein each of the plurality of hyperlinks identifies an online description of a different one of the items of one of the set of favorites buckets.

10. The storage media of claim 9, further comprising, instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause in response to the second input, automatically attaching, to the electronic mail message, an electronic document that comprises descriptions of the items that are in any of the set of favorites buckets.

11. The storage media of claim 9, further comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause in response to the second input:

receiving user input specifying a method of sharing;

automatically creating and sending, to a printer that is coupled to the computing device, a printable electronic document that comprises descriptions of the items that are in any of the set of favorites buckets.

12. The storage media of claim 9 wherein the items are descriptions of physical properties.

13. The storage media of claim 9 wherein the items are descriptions of hotels.

14. The storage media of claim 9, further comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause scrolling the plurality of item summary tiles, in response to an input gesture specifying linearly moving one of the item summary tiles, without changing a display of the set of favorites buckets.

15. The storage media of claim 9, wherein the particular item is associated with a plurality of stored images relating to the item, and further comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause:

displaying a first image relating to the particular item within a particular item summary tile for that particular item;

linearly scrolling the first image and displaying one or more other images among the plurality of stored images relating to the item in response to an input gesture without changing a remainder of the particular item summary tile or the set of favorites buckets.

16. The storage media of claim 9 further comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause not responding to the first input when none of the set of favorites buckets is available.