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• US 10,664,148 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2015
• Issued: 05/26/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Matas, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Ipakchi, Maryam M
• Application Number:
  US14/739,938
• Publication Number:
  US 20150277691A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,807 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/00 Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

In one embodiment, as a user is scrolling through a first series of content items and reaches the nth content items from the first series of content items, display a visual indication that there are additional content items from the first series of content items existing after the nth content item. Upon receiving a first user input, enable the user to scroll through the additional content items existing after the nth content item. Upon receiving a second user input, enable the user to scroll through a second series of content items.

Claims

1. A method comprising, by a client computing device:

downloading, from a plurality of content items associated with a plurality of content categories, a first set of content items associated with a first content category;

displaying the first set of content items on a respective first set of pages on a user interface of the client computing device, wherein each page of the first set of pages is connected at an edge to another page in the first set of pages, and wherein each page substantially fills the user interface;

receiving a first user input to scroll in a forward direction through the first set of pages;

displaying, responsive to reaching a last page of the first set of pages, a graphical interactive element that indicates that additional content items associated with the first content category are available to be downloaded and displayed, the graphical interactive element overlaying a portion of a visual indication illustrating a stack of folded paper comprising a second set of pages, wherein each page of the second set of pages is connected at an edge to another page of the second set of pages;

receiving a second user input selecting the graphical interactive element;

downloading, responsive to the second user input selecting the graphical interactive element, from the plurality of content items, a second set of content items associated with the first content category; and

displaying the second set of content items on the second set of pages on the user interface, respectively, wherein displaying the second set of content items comprises displaying an animation of the stack of folded paper expanding into view until a first page of the second set of pages substantially fills the user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the downloading of the first set of content items associated with the first content category further comprises downloading a set of other content items associated with a second content category.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the last page of the first set of pages is connected at an edge to the visual indication representing the stack of folded paper.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the last page of the first set of pages is reached after the user scrolls in the forward direction for a threshold distance greater than a predetermined distance.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a third user input to scroll in a forward direction through the second set of pages; and

displaying, responsive to reaching a last page of the second set of pages, the graphical interactive element that indicates that additional content items associated with the first content category are available to be downloaded and displayed.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical interactive element comprises a user-interactive button.

7. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

download, at a client computing device, from a plurality of content items associated with a plurality of content categories, a first set of content items associated with a first content category;

display the first set of content items on a respective first set of pages on a user interface of the client computing device, wherein each page of the first set of pages is connected at an edge to another page in the first set of pages, and wherein each page substantially fills the user interface;

receive a first user input to scroll in a forward direction through the first set of pages;

display, responsive to reaching a last page of the first set of pages, a graphical interactive element that indicates that additional content items associated with the first content category are available to be downloaded and displayed, the graphical interactive element overlaying a portion of a visual indication illustrating a stack of folded paper comprising a second set of pages, wherein each page of the second set of pages is connected at an edge to another page of the second set of pages;

receive a second user input selecting the graphical interactive element;

download, responsive to the second user input selecting the graphical interactive element, from the plurality of content items, a second set of content items associated with the first content category; and

display the second set of content items on the second set of pages on the user interface, respectively, wherein displaying the second set of content items comprises displaying an animation of the stack of folded paper expanding into view until a first page of the second set of pages substantially fills the user interface.

8. The media of claim 7, wherein the downloading of the first set of content items associated with the first content category further comprises downloading a set of other content items associated with a second content category.

9. The media of claim 7, wherein the last page of the first set of pages is connected at an edge to the visual indication representing the stack of folded paper.

10. The media of claim 7, wherein the last page of the first set of pages is reached after the user scrolls in the forward direction for a threshold distance greater than a predetermined distance.

11. The media of claim 7, wherein the software is further operable when executed to:

receive a third user input to scroll in a forward direction through the second set of pages; and

display, responsive to reaching a last page of the second set of pages, graphical interactive element that indicates that additional content items associated with the first content category are available to be downloaded and displayed.

12. The media of claim 7, wherein the graphical interactive element comprises a user-interactive button.

13. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to;

download, at a client computing device, from a plurality of content items associated with a plurality of content categories, a first set of content items associated with a first content category;

display the first set of content items on a respective first set of pages on a user interface of the client computing device, wherein each page of the first set of pages is connected at an edge to another page in the first set of pages, and wherein each page substantially fills the user interface;

receive a first user input to scroll in a forward direction through the first set of pages;

display, responsive to reaching a last page of the first set of pages, a graphical interactive element that indicates that additional content items associated with the first content category are available to be downloaded and displayed, the graphical interactive element overlaying a portion of a visual indication illustrating a stack of folded paper comprising a second set of pages, wherein each page of the second set of pages is connected at an edge to another page of the second set of pages;

receive a second user input selecting the graphical interactive element;

download, responsive to the second user input selecting the graphical interactive element, from the plurality of content items, a second set of content items associated with the first content category; and

display the second set of content items on the second set of pages on the user interface, respectively, wherein displaying the second set of content items comprises displaying an animation of the stack of folded paper expanding into view until a first page of the second set of pages substantially fills the user interface.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the downloading of the first set of content items associated with the first content category further comprises downloading a set of other content items associated with a second content category.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the last page of the first set of pages is connected at an edge to the visual indication representing the stack of folded paper.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the last page of the first set of pages is reached after the user scrolls in the forward direction for a threshold distance greater than a predetermined distance.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the processors are further operable when executing the instructions to:

receive a third user input to scroll in a forward direction through the second set of pages, and

display, responsive to reaching a last page of the second set of pages, the graphical interactive element that indicates that additional content items associated with the first content category are available to be downloaded and displayed.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the graphical interactive element comprises a user-interactive button.