Newsreader for Mobile Device

• US 20090005087A1
• Filed: 06/28/2007
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Martin, John, Khoe, May-Li, Goto, Ken, Ma, Helen, Lunati, Stephane
• Granted Patent: US 7,921,187 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

Providing information to a mobile device can include receiving a translation request from a mobile device, wherein the translation request includes a resource locator identifying information in a native format; accessing the information identified by the resource locator, wherein the information is retrieved from a local cache if available and otherwise is retrieved from a source associated with the resource locator; translating at least a portion of the information identified by the resource locator to generate a translated file in a supported format; and transmitting the translated file to the mobile device. Further, the information retrieved from a source associated with the resource locator can be stored in the local cache. Additionally, the information identified by the resource locator can be cleared from the local cache after a predetermined amount of time.

Claims

1. A method of providing information to a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a translation request from a mobile device, wherein the translation request includes a resource locator identifying information in a native format;

accessing the information identified by the resource locator, wherein the information is retrieved from a local cache if available and otherwise is retrieved from a source associated with the resource locator;

translating at least a portion of the information identified by the resource locator to generate a translated file in a supported format; and

transmitting the translated file to the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the native format corresponds to an RSS feed.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing in the local cache the information retrieved from a source associated with the resource locator.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

clearing the information identified by the resource locator from the local cache after a predetermined amount of time.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the translated file in the local cache, wherein the translated file is associated with the information identified by the resource locator.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining that the information identified by the resource locator has been updated at the source associated with the resource locator; and

clearing the translated file from the local cache.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically generating the translation request, by the mobile device, in response to receiving information associated with the resource locator in an unsupported format.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the mobile device detects the unsupported format based on a value included in a content-type field.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the translated file comprises a HyperText Markup Language file.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

displaying the translated file as an index including a plurality of links, wherein selecting a link causes a first portion of the translated file to be hidden and a second portion of the translated file to be displayed.

11. A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving a translation request from a mobile device, wherein the translation request includes a resource locator identifying information in a native format;

accessing the information identified by the resource locator, wherein the information is retrieved from a local cache if available and otherwise is retrieved from a source associated with the resource locator;

translating at least a portion of the information identified by the resource locator to generate a translated file in a supported format; and

transmitting the translated file to the mobile device.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the native format corresponds to an RSS feed.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, further operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

storing in the local cache the information retrieved from a source associated with the resource locator.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

clearing the information identified by the resource locator from the local cache after a predetermined amount of time.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, further operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

storing the translated file in the local cache, wherein the translated file is associated with the information identified by the resource locator.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, further operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

determining that the information identified by the resource locator has been updated at the source associated with the resource locator; and

clearing the translated file from the local cache.

17. The computer program product of claim 11, further operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

automatically generating the translation request, by the mobile device, in response to receiving information associated with the resource locator in an unsupported format.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the mobile device detects the unsupported format based on a value included in a content-type field.

19. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the translated file comprises a HyperText Markup Language file.

20. The computer program product of claim 11, further operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

displaying the translated file as an index including a plurality of links, wherein selecting a link causes a first portion of the translated file to be hidden and a second portion of the translated file to be displayed.