Automatic download of contact-related web data feeds

• US 9,336,325 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2008
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Bamford, Drew
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Quoc A
• Application Number:
  US12/098,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20080276164A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,956 Days
• Field of Search: 715/273, 715/730, 715/719, 715762-764, 715/777, 715/783, 715/739, 715/234, 709/200, 709/203, 709/223, 707/10
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1774 Locking methods, e.g. locking methods for file systems allowing shared and concurrent access to files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/178 Techniques for file synchronisation in file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/295 Named entity recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A method for processing data feeds within a entity management application of a mobile device includes configuring a data feed for an entity in the entity management application of the mobile device, retrieving contents of the data feed for the entity, formatting the contents of the data feed to thereby generate formatted contents for displaying on the mobile device, and displaying the formatted contents within the entity management application. A related mobile device includes a processor and a display, where the processor is for configuring a data feed for an entity in the entity management application of the mobile device, for retrieving contents of the data feed for the entity, and for formatting the contents of the data feed to thereby generate formatted contents for displaying on the mobile device, and the display is for displaying the formatted contents within the entity management application.

Claims

1. A method for processing media feeds within a contact management application of a mobile device, the method comprising:

configuring a media feed for a contact in the contact management application of the mobile device;

retrieving contents of the media feed for the contact;

formatting the contents of the media feed to thereby generate formatted contents for displaying on the mobile device;

forming an user interface for the contact management application to present the information of the contact and a visual menu bar, wherein the visual menu bar comprises a plurality of graphic icons for switching to different pages each displaying formatted contents of one of a plurality of media feeds;

displaying the formatted contents within the contact management application simultaneously with information of the contact and the visual menu bar through the user interface;

selecting the contact from at least one contact in the contact management application;

selecting a media feed type by selecting one of the graphic icons; and

automatically retrieving the contents of the media feed corresponding to the selected media feed type without user intervention;

wherein the information of the contact comprises an online status of the contact.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a notification of updated contents of the media feed.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising displaying an indication for indicating that updated contents are available.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving the contents of the media feed from a network.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring at least one media feed for the contact in the entity management application of the mobile device;

retrieving contents of each media feed for the contact;

formatting the contents of each media feed to thereby generate at least one formatted content for displaying on the mobile device; and

displaying at least one of the formatted contents within the contact management application.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the formatted content is in the visual menu bar display on the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is one of a mobile phone, a portable digital assistant (PDA), a PDA phone, a smart phone, and a touch screen phone.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the media feed is one of an RDF Site Summary (RSS) feed, blog entry, social network update, image or photo feed, and video feed.

9. A mobile device having a contact management application for processing media feeds, the mobile device comprising:

a processor, for configuring a media feed for a contact in the contact management application of the mobile device, for retrieving contents of the media feed for the contact, for formatting the contents of the media feed to thereby generate formatted contents for displaying on the mobile device, for forming an user interface for the contact management application to present the information of the contact and a visual menu bar, wherein the visual menu bar comprises a plurality of graphic icons for switching to different pages each displaying formatted contents of one of a plurality of media feeds; and

for automatically retrieving the contents of the media feed corresponding to a selected media feed type without user intervention; and

a display, for displaying the formatted contents within the contact management application simultaneously with information of the contact and the visual menu bar;

wherein the processor is further for selecting the contact from at least one contact in the contact management application, selecting a media feed type to be the selected media feed type, and the information of the contact comprises an online status of the contact.

10. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the display is further for displaying a notification of updated contents of the media feed.

11. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the display is further for displaying an indication for indicating that updated contents are available.

12. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the processor is further for retrieving the contents of the media feed from a network.

13. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the processor is further for configuring at least one media feed for the contact in the contact management application of the mobile device, for retrieving contents of each media feed for the contact, and for formatting the contents of each media feed to thereby generate at least one formatted content for displaying on the mobile device;

and the display is further for displaying at least one of the formatted contents within the contact management application.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the formatted content is in the visual menu bar display on the mobile device.

15. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the mobile device is one of a mobile phone, a portable digital assistant (PDA), a PDA phone, a smart phone, and a touch screen phone.

16. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the media feed is one of an RDF Site Summary (RSS) feed, blog entry, social network update, image or photo feed, and video feed.

17. A method for navigating through information of at least one contact within a contact management application of a mobile device, the method comprising:

displaying the at least one contact;

navigating to and selecting one of the contacts for display;

selecting at least one media feed type for the contact;

retrieving contents of the at least media feed corresponding to the selected media type for the contact;

formatting the contents of each media feed to thereby generate at least one formatted content for displaying on the mobile device;

forming an user interface for the contact management application to present the information of the contact and a visual menu bar, wherein the visual menu bar comprises a plurality of graphic icons for switching to different pages each displaying formatted contents of one of a plurality of media feeds;

displaying at least one of the formatted contents simultaneously with information of the contact and the visual menu bar through the user interface;

and

automatically retrieving the contents of each media feed without user intervention;

wherein the information of the contact comprises an online status of the contact.

18. A mobile device having a contact management application for navigating through at least one media feed, the mobile device comprising:

a processor, for retrieving contents of the at least one media feed corresponding to a selected media type for the contact, for formatting the contents of each media feed to thereby generate at least one formatted content for displaying on the mobile device, for forming an user interface for the contact management application to present the information of the contact and a visual menu bar, wherein the visual menu bar comprises a plurality of graphic icons for switching to different pages each displaying formatted contents of one of a plurality of media feeds; and

for automatically retrieving the contents of the at least one media feed without user intervention;

an input module, for navigating to and selecting one of the contacts for display, and selecting at least one media feed type as the selected media feed type by selecting one of the graphic icons; and

a display, for displaying the at least one contact and for displaying the formatted contents within the contact management application simultaneously with information of the contact and the visual menu bar;

wherein the information of the contact comprises an online status of the contact.