Edition grid layout

• US 9,910,830 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2013
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Kiefer, III, William Frederick, Shore, Maurice Bennett, Doll, Cassandra Lynn
• Primary Examiner(s): HONG, STEPHEN S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ludwig, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US14/081,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20140129911A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,572 Days
• Field of Search: 715204, 715243, 715246, 715253
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A system, computer-implemented method and computer-readable medium for displaying content are provided. In an embodiment, content for display within a tiled interface and a screen size for display of the tiled interface are determined. Grid segments of the tiled interface are determined based on the content and the screen size. The grid segments are grouped into tiles of the tiled interface based on a relative importance of the articles. The content is displayed on the tiled interface within the tiles of the tiled interface.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

determining content for display within a tiled interface, wherein the content is organized into a first article and a second article;

determining a plurality of articles previously viewed by a user;

identifying a relative importance of the first article and the second article based on the plurality of articles previously viewed by the user;

determining a screen size for display of the tiled interface;

determining grid segments of the tiled interface based on the content and the screen size;

grouping the grid segments into tiles of the tiled interface based on a size and a layout of the content;

identifying a prominent tile of the tiled interface for displaying the first article of the content that has a greater relative importance than the second article of the content, wherein a position of the prominent tile in the tiled interface is determined based on how a user is likely to browse the content;

adjusting a size of the prominent tile of the tiled interface to include more or less grid segments grouped into said prominent tile based on a content type of the first article; and

displaying the first article of content within the prominent tile of the tiled interface.

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

determining the relative importance of the first article and the second article based on their association with recent or popular news.

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

determining the relative importance of the first article and the second article based on when the content of the first article and the second article was created.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the position of the prominent tile in the tiled interface is determined based on whether the user is likely to browse the content left-to-right and top-to-bottom.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein at least one article of the content includes a combination of two or more of text, images, video, and multimedia.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the content includes one of social networking data, data from an e-mail account, or a streaming video.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the tiled interface comprises the tiled interface of a mobile device.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the prominent tile displaying the first article is larger than a tile displaying the second article, and wherein the prominent tile displaying the first article is located higher on the tiled interface than the tile displaying the second article.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein at least one tile of the tiled interface includes an advertisement.

10. A system for displaying content comprising:

a layout processor configured to;

determine the content for display within a tiled interface, wherein the content is organized into a first article and a second article;

determine a plurality of articles previously viewed by a user;

identify a relative importance of the first article and the second article based on the plurality of articles previously viewed by the user;

determine a screen size for display of the tiled interface;

determine grid segments of the tiled interface based on the content and the screen size;

group the grid segments into tiles of the tiled interface based on a size and a layout of the content;

identify a prominent tile of the tiled interface for displaying the first article of the content that has a greater relative importance than the second article of the content, wherein a position of the prominent tile in the tiled interface is determined based on how a user is likely to browse the content;

adjusting a size of the prominent tile of the tiled interface to include more or less grid segments grouped into said prominent tile based on a content type of the first article; and

display the first article of content within the prominent tile of the tiled interface.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the layout processor is further configured to:

determine the relative importance of the first article and the second article based on their association with recent or popular news.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the layout processor is further configured to:

determine the relative importance of the first article and the second article based on when the content of the first article and the second article was created.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the position of the prominent tile in the tiled interface is determined based on whether the user is likely to browse the content left-to-right and top-to-bottom.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein at least one article of the content includes a combination of two or more of text, images, video, and multimedia.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the content includes at least one of social networking data, an e-mail account, or a streaming video.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the tiled interface comprises the tiled interface of a mobile device.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the prominent tile displaying the first article is larger than a tile displaying the second article, and wherein the prominent tile displaying the first article is located higher on the tiled interface than the tile displaying the second article.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein at least one tile of the tiled interface includes an advertisement.

19. A computer having at least one tangible memory and one processor operatively coupled to the tangible memory, the tangible memory including instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

determine content for display within a tiled interface, wherein the content is organized into a first article and a second article;

determine a plurality of articles previously viewed by a user;

identify a relative importance of the first article and the second article based on the plurality of articles previously viewed by the user;

determine a screen size for display of the tiled interface;

determine grid segments of the tiled interface based on the content and the screen size;

group the grid segments into tiles of the tiled interface based on a size and a layout of the content;

identify a prominent tile of the tiled interface for displaying the first article of the content that has a greater relative importance than the second article of the content, wherein a position of the prominent tile in the tiled interface is determined based on how a user is likely to browse the content;

adjusting a size of the prominent tile of the tiled interface to include more or less grid segments grouped into said prominent tile based on a content type of the first article; and

display the first article of content within the prominent tile of the tiled interface.

20. The computer of claim 19, wherein the content is stored on a mobile device, and wherein the tiled interface is displayed on the mobile device.