Content volume throttling in feed aggregators

US9055115B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9055115-B2
Application numberUS-201213356867-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJan 24, 2012
Priority dateJan 24, 2012
Publication dateJun 9, 2015
Grant dateJun 9, 2015

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Methods and systems of managing feed items may involve receiving a feed item and determining an estimate of an amount of time to read the feed item. In addition, the feed item can be prioritized in a feed aggregator based at least in part on the estimate of the amount of time to read the feed item.

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We claim: 1. A computer implemented method comprising: receiving a feed item; determining a number of words in the feed item; determining a content attribute associated with the feed item, wherein the content attribute includes at least one of a topic and a source of the feed item; determining a feed usage pattern; determining an estimate of an amount of time to read the feed item based on at least one of the number of words, the content attribute and the feed usage patter…

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What does patent US9055115B2 cover?
Methods and systems of managing feed items may involve receiving a feed item and determining an estimate of an amount of time to read the feed item. In addition, the feed item can be prioritized in a feed aggregator based at least in part on the estimate of the amount of time to read the feed item.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Bell Denise A, Grigsby Travis M, Jenkins Jana H, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04L67/22. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 09 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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