Electronic magazine which is distributed electronically from a publisher to multiple subscribers
US5819032A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/10
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic magazine is distributed electronically over a network (e.g., Internet) from a publisher to multiple subscribers. In an initial timeline navigation screen depicted on the subscriber's computer display, articles are graphically represented in a graphical user interface as article boxes overlaid on a background. A marker is added to the article boxes to indicate that comments to the underlying article have been published as part of the magazine. To view the various comments for a particular article, the subscriber activates the article box to launch a second screen which includes the selected article box positioned prominently, and one or more graphical comment boxes indicative of the commentaries surrounding the article box. This second screen thereby provides a message thread of articles and related commentaries. An alternative approach to building a message thread is to launch a pop-up graphical list window from activation of the selected article which lists related commentaries. To submit a commentary on an article, the subscriber locates a file containing a previously drafted comment and drags a file icon representing the comment file to a submission target on the m…
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