System and method for graphical user interface having a social media multimedia container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9715706-B2
Application number	US-201314019286-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2013
Priority date	Sep 5, 2012
Publication date	Jul 25, 2017
Grant date	Jul 25, 2017

Abstract

A system and method for rendering a graphical user interface. The method includes accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a social media multimedia container. The social media multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects and a first subset of the plurality of objects comprises a first social media application and second social media application and a second subset of the plurality of objects comprises a first social media widget. The social media multimedia container is operable to comprise one or more applications, widgets, pieces of content, and other multimedia containers. The method further includes displaying a first plurality of images each corresponding to the first social media application and the second social media application in a linear configuration and displaying a first image corresponding to the first social media widget. The first image is adjacent to a second image of the plurality of images corresponding to the first social media application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for rendering a graphical user interface, said method comprising:
accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a social media multimedia container, wherein said social media multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects, wherein a first subset of said plurality of objects comprises a first social media application and a second social media application and a second subset of said plurality of objects comprises a first social media widget, wherein said first social media application is configured to provide access within the mobile device to content of a website associated with said first social media application, wherein said first social media widget is configured to provide access within the mobile device to a portion of said content of said website associated with said first social media application, and wherein said social media multimedia container includes one or more applications, widgets, pieces of content, and other multimedia containers;
displaying a first plurality of images each corresponding to said first social media application and said second social media application in a linear configuration within said social media multimedia container; and
displaying a first image that is configured to receive a user input and in response to the user input provide a user of the mobile device with access to content within said first social media widget within said social media multimedia container, wherein said first image is adjacent to a second image of said first plurality of images corresponding to said first social media application and said second social media application,
wherein providing the user with access to the content within said first social media widget includes:
accessing recent content from a website associated with said first social media application;
displaying said recent content in said first social media widget adjacent to said second image of said first plurality of images corresponding to said first social media application and said second social media application; and
enabling user interaction with said recent content via features of said first social media widget.

2. The method as described in claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether a user has an account with one or more social media websites; and
automatically adding a respective widget to said social media multimedia container for each social media application corresponding to said one or more social media websites which said user has an account.

3. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein said linear configuration is a vertical configuration.

4. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein said social media multimedia container comprises a third object, wherein said third object corresponds to a piece of content, and said method further comprises:
displaying a third image corresponding to said piece of content adjacent to said first image.

5. The method as described in claim 4 , wherein said piece of content is a piece of said portion of said content of said website associated with said first social media application, and wherein said piece of content is displayed within said social media multimedia container.

6. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein said first social media application corresponds to a social networking website.

7. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein said second social media application corresponds to a microblogging website.

8. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein said plurality of objects further comprises a third social media application, wherein said third social media application corresponds to a social visual bookmarking website.

9. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein said second image is configured to receive a user input and in response to the user input provide the user of the mobile device with access to content within said first social media application or said second social media application.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions that, if executed by a computer system cause the computer system to perform a method for rendering a graphical user interface, said method comprising:
accessing, within a mobile device, a data store corresponding to a social media multimedia container, wherein said social media multimedia container comprises a plurality of objects, wherein a first subset of said plurality of objects comprises a first social media application and a second social media application and a second subset of said plurality of objects comprises a first social media widget, wherein said first social media application is configured to provide access within the mobile device to content of a website associated with said first social media application, wherein said first social media widget is configured to provide access within the mobile device to a portion of said content of said website associated with said first social media application, and wherein said social media multimedia container includes one or more applications, widgets, pieces of content, and other multimedia containers;
determining whether a user has an account with a social media website;
automatically adding a social media widget to said social media multimedia container for a social media application corresponding to said social media website which said user has an account;
displaying a first plurality of images each corresponding to said first social media application and said second social media application in a vertical configuration at a left portion of a display device within said social media multimedia container; and
displaying a first image that is configured to receive a user input and in response to the user input provide a user of the mobile device with access to content within said first social media widget within said social media multimedia container, wherein said first image is adjacent to a second image of said first plurality of images corresponding to said first social media application and said second social media application,
wherein providing the user with access to the content within said first social media widget includes:
accessing recent content from a website associated with said first social media application;
displaying said recent content in said first social media widget adjacent to said second image of said first plurality of images corresponding to said first social media application and said second social media application; and
enabling user interaction with said recent content via features of said first social media widget.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 10 , wherein said social media multimedia container comprises a third object, wherein said third object corresponds to a piece of content, and said method further comprises:
displaying a third image corresponding to said piece of content adjacent to said first image.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 10 , wherein said first social media application corresponds to a social networking website.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 10 , wherein said second social media application corresponds to a microblogging website.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as described in claim 10 , wherein said plurality of objects further comprises a third social media application, wherein said third social media application corresponds to a social visual bookmarking website.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as descri

Assignees

• Rakuten Kobo Inc

Inventors

• Wu James
• Bennett Robin
• Hill Daniel

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06Q30/0631 Primary

  Recommending goods or services · CPC title

• G06F40/106

  Display of layout of documents; Previewing · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F3/04812

  Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects · CPC title