Providing trending information to users

• US 9,952,742 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Plesur, Greg Harris, Levin, Noah, Blume, Arthur Edmond, Gast, Pete Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Augustine, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US13/826,703
• Publication Number:
  US 20150160793A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,867 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A system may provide, via a user interface, information identifying two or more of trending search-related information, trending video-related information, trending image-related information, or trending news-related information. The two or more of the trending search-related information, the trending video-related information, the trending image-related information, or the trending news-related information are visually presented as graphical items. Each graphical item, of the graphical items, is visually identified as corresponding to the trending search-related information, the trending video-related information, the trending image-related information, or the trending news-related information. The user interface presents multiple graphical items simultaneously. The system may further receive information identifying a topic, and provide, based on receiving the information identifying the topic, a subsequent group of graphical items, on the user interface. The subsequent group of graphical items relates to the topic.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing, for display on a user device of a first user, a user interface that includes information identifying multiple trending content items that are associated with a first region of the user interface;

receiving, by the user device, data indicating that the user of the user device has moved information identifying a particular trending content item of the multiple trending content items into a second region of the user interface or a third region of the user interface;

in response to receiving data indicating that the user of the user device has moved the information identifying a particular trending content item into the second region of the user interface;

determining that the information identifying the particular trending content item is to be available when the first user accesses the user interface from a different user device; and

upon receiving data indicating that the user of the user device has moved the information identifying a particular trending content item into the third region of the user interface;

obtaining information identifying additional trending content items that are related to the particular trending content item, and

providing the additional trending content items for display in the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information identifying multiple trending content items includes a plurality of graphical icons, wherein each graphical icon corresponds to a respective trending content item of the multiple trending content items.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the trending content items include trending search queries, trending images, trending videos, trending news documents, or a combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining information identifying additional trending content items that are related to the particular trending content item includes:

transmitting a request to a trending content system for additional trending information that is related to the particular trending content item, wherein the request includes information identifying the particular trending content item.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the additional trending content items for display in the user interface includes:

providing the additional trending content items for display in the first region of the user interface.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the additional trending content items for display in the user interface includes:

providing the additional trending content items for display in the third region of the user interface.

7. A system comprising:

one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising;

providing, for display on a user device of a first user, a user interface that includes information identifying multiple trending content items that are associated with a first region of the user interface;

receiving, by the user device, data indicating that the user of the user device has moved information identifying a particular trending content item of the multiple trending content items into a second region of the user interface or a third region of the user interface;

in response to receiving data indicating that the user of the user device has moved the information identifying a particular trending content item into the second region of the user interface;

determining that the information identifying the particular trending content item is to be available when the first user accesses the user interface from a different user device; and

upon receiving data indicating that the user of the user device has moved that the information identifying a particular trending content item into the third region of the user interface;

obtaining information identifying additional trending content items that are related to the particular trending content item, and

providing the additional trending content items for display in the user interface.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein obtaining information identifying additional trending content items that are related to the particular trending content item includes:

transmitting a request to a trending content system for additional trending information that is related to the particular trending content item, wherein the request includes information identifying the particular trending content item.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein providing the additional trending content items for display in the user interface includes:

providing the additional trending content items for display in the first region of the user interface.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein providing the additional trending content items for display in the user interface includes:

providing the additional trending content items for display in the third region of the user interface.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

providing, for display on a user device of a first user, a user interface that includes information identifying multiple trending content items that are associated with a first region of the user interface;

receiving, by the user device, data indicating that the user of the user device has moved information identifying a particular trending content item of the multiple trending content items into a second region of the user interface or a third region of the user interface;

in response to receiving data indicating that the user of the user device has moved the information identifying a particular trending content item into the second region of the user interface;

determining that the information identifying the particular trending content item is to be available when the first user accesses the user interface from a different user device; and

upon receiving data indicating that the user of the user device has moved the information identifying a particular trending content item into the third region of the user interface;

obtaining information identifying additional trending content items that are related to the particular trending content item, and

providing the additional trending content items for display in the user interface.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein obtaining information identifying additional trending content items that are related to the particular trending content item includes:

transmitting a request to a trending content system for additional trending information that is related to the particular trending content item, wherein the request includes information identifying the particular trending content item.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein providing the additional trending content items for display in the user interface includes:

providing the additional trending content items for display in the first region of the user interface.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein providing the additional trending content items for display in the user interface includes:

providing the additional trending content items for display in the third region of the user interface.