Mobile device and method of operating same to interface content provider website

• US 9,450,994 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2015
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Wheeler, Maxon R., Camp, William N., Mamitsuka, Lien T., Mitra, Christopher A., Putterman, Scott I., Wei, Kai
• Primary Examiner(s): Mejia, Anthony
• Application Number:
  US14/692,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20150256573A1
• Time in Patent Office: 518 Days
• Field of Search: 709/200, 709/203
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

In a mobile device, a method of interacting with a first social networking website by way of a network includes communicating indirectly with the first social networking website by interacting with an intermediate web server by way of the network, the intermediate web server in turn being in communication with the first social networking website. The method further includes determining, based at least in part upon a user input received at the mobile device, that the mobile device should communicate directly with the first social networking website in a manner not involving the intermediate web server. The method also includes communicating with the first social networking website directly in the manner not involving the intermediate web server. In another embodiment, the method relates to interacting with a plurality of social networking sites including a first social networking website and a second social networking site.

Claims

1. In a mobile device, a method of communicating with a first social networking site by way of a network and an intermediate web server, the method comprising:

establishing a push channel over the network by which the mobile device is capable of receiving communications from the intermediate web server;

receiving first information off of the network arriving from the intermediate web server, the first information being communicated over the network over the push channel at a first time determined by the intermediate web server;

receiving second information off of the network arriving from the intermediate web server, the second information being communicated at a second time, wherein at least some of each of the first information and the second information has originated from the first social networking site; and

establishing an additional communication link over the network by which the mobile device is capable of directly communicating with the first social networking site without communicating with the intermediate web server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second information is received in response to a polling signal provided by the mobile device onto the network.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying at least some of the first and the second information on an output device of the mobile device, wherein the displayed information lacks characteristic formatting information associated with the first social networking site.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a message onto the network including content for receipt by the intermediate web server, wherein the content includes at least one of a text document, an image file, an application file, a sound file, and a data file, the message further including a command for receipt by the intermediate web server, where the command is configured to cause the intermediate web server to upload the content to the first social networking site.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device additionally receives information originating from a second social networking site, and wherein the mobile device is further capable of conducting communications directly via the network or via another network with the first social networking site and the second social networking sites.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying at least a first portion of the first and a second portion of the second information on an output device of the mobile device, wherein the displayed information includes information representative of one or more changes that have occurred between original information provided from the first social networking site at an initial time and subsequent information provided from the first social networking site at a subsequent time.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user request for additional information from the first social networking site;

and wherein establishing an additional communication link over the network by which the mobile device is capable of directly communicating with the first social networking site without communicating with the intermediate web server is performed in response to the user request.

8. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a user request to view the first information with the characteristic formatting information; and

wherein establishing an additional communication link over the network by which the mobile device is capable of directly communicating with the first social networking site without communicating with the intermediate web server is performed in response to a user request.

9. A system comprising a network interface and a machine-readable medium including instructions that when operated upon by a machine cause the machine to:

establish a push channel over a network via the network interface by which a mobile device is capable of receiving communications from an intermediate web server;

receive first information off of the network arriving from the intermediate web server, the first information communicated over the network over the push channel at a first time determined by the intermediate web server;

receive second information off of the network arriving from the intermediate web server, the second information communicated at a second time, wherein at least some of each of the first information and the second information has originated from a first social networking site; and

establish an additional communication link over the network, wherein the additional communication link enables the mobile device to directly communicate with the first social networking site without communicating with the intermediate web server.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the second information is received in response to a polling signal provided by the mobile device onto the network.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions that when operated upon by a machine further cause the machine to:

display at least some of the first and the second information on an output device of the mobile device, wherein the displayed information lacks characteristic formatting information associated with the first social networking site.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions to establish an additional communication link over the network by which the mobile device is capable of directly communicating with the first social networking site without communicating with the intermediate web server are performed by the machine in response to a user request to view the first information with the characteristic formatting information.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions that when operated upon by a machine further cause the machine to:

transmit a message onto the network including content for receipt by the intermediate web server, wherein the content includes at least one of a text document, an image file, an application file, a sound file, and a data file, the message further including a command for receipt by the intermediate web server, where the command is configured to cause the intermediate web server to upload the content to the first social networking site.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the mobile device additionally receives information originating from a second social networking site, and wherein the mobile device is further capable of conducting communications directly via the network or via another network with the first social network site and the second social networking site.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions that when operated upon by a machine further cause the machine to:

display at least some of the first and the second information on an output device of the mobile device, wherein the displayed information includes information representative of one or more changes that have occurred between original information provided from the first social networking site at an initial time and subsequent information provided from the first social networking site at a subsequent time.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the instructions to establish an additional communication link over the network by which the mobile device is capable of directly communicating with the first social networking site without communicating with the intermediate web server are performed in response to a user request for additional information from the first social networking site.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program that is executable by at least one processor, the computer program including instructions that cause the at least one processor to:

establish a push channel over a network by which a mobile device is capable of receiving communications from an intermediate web server;

receive first information off of the network arriving from the intermediate web server, the first information being communicated over the network over the push channel at a first time determined by the intermediate web server;

receive second information off of the network arriving from the intermediate web server, the second information being communicated at a second time, wherein at least some of each of the first information and the second information has originated from a first social networking site; and

establish an additional communication link over the network by which the mobile device is capable of directly communicating with the first social networking site without communicating with the intermediate web server.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

display at least some of the first and the second information on an output device of the mobile device, wherein the displayed information lacks characteristic formatting information associated with the first social networking site.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive a user request to view the first information with the characteristic formatting information; and

establish an additional communication link over the network by which the mobile device is capable of directly communicating with the first social networking site without communicating with the intermediate web server are performed by the processor in response to the request.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

receive a user request for additional information from the first social networking site; and

establish an additional communication link over the network by which the mobile device is capable of directly communicating with the first social networking site without communicating with the intermediate web server are performed by the processor in response to the request.