Collecting web pages/links from communications and documents for later reading

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9075884-B2
Application number	US-201213550537-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2012
Priority date	Jun 8, 2012
Publication date	Jul 7, 2015
Grant date	Jul 7, 2015

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer program products for collecting webpages/links from communications and documents for later reading is disclosed. User interface elements allow a user to select multiple webpages or links at once for addition to a reading list or other data structure for later reading. The selection mode may be entered using a variety of inputs. Animated user interface elements indicate the progress of adding the webpages or links to the data structure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
displaying a first user interface element on a display of a device, the first user interface element representing a first data structure;
receiving first input to initiate adding a webpage or link to a second data structure;
initiating the adding of the webpage or link to the second data structure; and
during the adding, transitioning the first user interface element into a second user interface element representing the second data structure, the second user interface element including a first representative graphical object representing the second data structure, where the method is performed by one or more hardware processors.

2. The method of claim 1 , where the first representative graphical object is visually augmented to represent progress of the adding information related to the webpage or link into the second data structure.

3. The method of claim 1 , where the second user interface element includes a second representative graphical object representing progress of adding information related to the webpage or link into the second data structure.

4. The method of claim 1 , where the first data structure is a bookmark list and the second data structure is a reading list.

5. The method of claim 4 , where the reading list includes descriptions of webpages or links that have been added and an animated graphical object indicating that adding a webpage or link is in progress.

6. The method of claim 4 , where the reading list includes user interface elements for selecting one of the bookmark list or a history list.

7. The method of claim 4 , where the reading list includes user interface elements for selecting for display all content in the reading list or only unread content in the reading list.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving second input directed to the second user interface element; and
responsive to the second input, displaying the second data structure on the display of the device.

9. The method of claim 8 , where the second data structure is a reading list and displaying the reading list includes animating the reading list so that it appears to slide into position on the display of the device.

10. The method of claim 1 , where the second graphical element is a bar that fills to indicate progress of the adding.

11. A system comprising:
one or more processors;
memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured for storing instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
displaying a first user interface element on a display of a device, the first user interface element representing a first data structure;
receiving first input to add a webpage or link to a second data structure; and
during the adding, transitioning the first user interface element into a second user interface element representing the second data structure, the second user interface element including a first representative graphical object representing the second data structure.

12. The system of claim 11 , where the first representative graphical object is visually augmented to represent progress of the adding information related to the webpage or link into the second data structure.

13. The system of claim 11 , where the second user interface element includes a second representative graphical object representing progress of adding information related to the webpage or link into the second data structure.

14. The system of claim 11 , where the first data structure is a bookmark list and the second data structure is a reading list.

15. The system of claim 14 , where the reading list includes descriptions of webpages or links that have been added and an animated graphical object indicating that adding a webpage or link is in progress.

16. The system of claim 14 , where the reading list includes user interface elements for selecting one of the bookmark list or a history list.

17. The system of claim 14 , where the reading list includes user interface elements for selecting for display all content in the reading list or only unread content in the reading list.

18. The system of claim 11 , where the instructions include instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving second input directed to the second user interface element; and
responsive to the second input, displaying the second data structure on the display of the device.

19. The system of claim 18 , where the second data structure is a reading list and displaying the reading list includes animating the reading list so that it appears to slide into position on the display of the device.

20. The system of claim 11 , where the second graphical element is a bar that fills to indicate progress of the adding.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display cause the device to perform operations comprising:
displaying a first user interface element on a display of a device, the first user interface element representing a first data structure;
receiving first input to add a webpage or link to a second data structure; and
during the adding, transitioning the first user interface element into a second user interface element representing the second data structure, the second user interface element including a first representative graphical object representing the second data structure.

22. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21 , where the first representative graphical object is visually augmented to represent progress of the adding information related to the webpage or link into the second data structure.

23. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21 , where the second user interface element includes a second representative graphical object representing progress of adding information related to the webpage or link into the second data structure.

24. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21 , where the first data structure is a bookmark list and the second data structure is a reading list.

25. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24 , where the reading list includes descriptions of webpages or links that have been added and an animated graphical object indicating that adding a webpage or link is in progress.

26. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24 , where the reading list includes user interface elements for selecting one of the bookmark list or a history list.

27. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24 , where the reading list includes user interface elements for selecting for display all content in the reading list or only unread content in the reading list.

28. The computer readable storage medium of claim 21 , where the instructions include instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving second input directed to the second user interface element; and
responsive to the second input, displaying the second data structure on the display of the device.

29. The computer readable storage medium of claim 28 , where the second data structure is a reading list and di

Assignees

• Forstall Scott
• Coffman Patrick L
• Sepulveda Raymond S
• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Forstall Scott
• Coffman Patrick L
• Sepulveda Raymond S

Classifications

• G06F16/9562 Primary

  Bookmark management · CPC title

• G06F16/9535

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title

• G06F17/30867

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30884 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic