BACKGROUND

[0001] Service providers and device manufacturers (e.g., wireless, cellular, etc.) are continually challenged to deliver value and convenience to consumers by, for example, providing compelling network services. More and more users prefer to view a plurality of sources of web content but are limited by time, device capabilities and resource availability. SOME EXAMPLE EMBODIMENTS

[0002] Therefore, there is a need for an approach for customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources.

[0003] According to one embodiment, a method comprises processing and/or facilitating a processing of one or more web pages to determine a layout defining one or more content portions of the one or more web pages. The method also comprises determining to generate a user interface for selecting from among the one or more content portions based, at least in part, on the layout. The method further comprises processing and/or facilitating a processing of one or more selections of the one or more portions via the user interface to cause, at least in part, one or more subscriptions to the selected one or more portions. The method additionally comprises causing, at least in part, a rendering of at least one personalized web page based, at least in part, on the one or more subscriptions.

[0004] According to another embodiment, an apparatus comprises at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more computer programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause, at least in part, the apparatus to process one or more web pages to determine a layout defining one or more content portions of the one or more web pages. The apparatus is also caused to determine to generate a user interface for selecting from among the one or more content portions based, at least in part, on the layout. The apparatus is further caused to process and/or facilitate a processing of one or more selections of the one or more portions via the user interface to cause, at least in part, one or more subscriptions to the selected one or more portions. The apparatus is additionally caused to cause, at least in part, a rendering of at least one personalized web page based, at least in part, on the one or more subscriptions.

[0005] According to another embodiment, a computer-readable storage medium carries one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause, at least in part, an apparatus to process one or more web pages to determine a layout defining one or more content portions of the one or more web pages. The apparatus is also caused to determine to generate a user interface for selecting from among the one or more content portions based, at least in part, on the layout. The apparatus is further caused to process and/or facilitate a processing of one or more selections of the one or more portions via the user interface to cause, at least in part, one or more subscriptions to the selected one or more portions. The apparatus is additionally caused to cause, at least in part, a rendering of at least one personalized web page based, at least in part, on the one or more subscriptions.

[0006] According to another embodiment, an apparatus comprises means for processing and/or facilitating a processing of one or more web pages to determine a layout defining one or more content portions of the one or more web pages. The apparatus also comprises means for determining to generate a user interface for selecting from among the one or more content portions based, at least in part, on the layout. The apparatus further comprises means for processing and/or facilitating a processing of one or more selections of the one or more portions via the user interface to cause, at least in part, one or more subscriptions to the selected one or more portions. The apparatus additionally comprises means for causing, at least in part, a rendering of at least one personalized web page based, at least in part, on the one or more subscriptions.

[0007] In addition, for various example embodiments of the invention, the following is applicable: a method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on (or derived at least in part from) any one or any combination of methods (or processes) disclosed in this application as relevant to any embodiment of the invention. 10008] For various example embodiments of the invention, the following is also applicable: a method comprising facilitating access to at least one interface configured to allow access to at least one service, the at least one service configured to perform any one or any combination of network or service provider methods (or processes) disclosed in this application.

[0009] For various example embodiments of the invention, the following is also applicable: a method comprising facilitating creating and/or facilitating modifying (1) at least one device user interface element and/or (2) at least one device user interface functionality, the (1) at least one device user interface element and/or (2) at least one device user interface functionality based, at least in part, on data and/or information resulting from one or any combination of methods or processes disclosed in this application as relevant to any embodiment of the invention, and/or at least one signal resulting from one or any combination of methods (or processes) disclosed in this application as relevant to any embodiment of the invention.

[0010] For various example embodiments of the invention, the following is also applicable: a method comprising creating and/or modifying (1) at least one device user interface element and/or (2) at least one device user interface functionality, the (1) at least one device user interface element and/or (2) at least one device user interface functionality based at least in part on data and/or information resulting from one or any combination of methods (or processes) disclosed in this application as relevant to any embodiment of the invention, and/or at least one signal resulting from one or any combination of methods (or processes) disclosed in this application as relevant to any embodiment of the invention.

[0011] In various example embodiments, the methods (or processes) can be accomplished on the service provider side or on the mobile device side or in any shared way between service provider and mobile device with actions being performed on both sides.

[0012] For various example embodiments, the following is applicable: An apparatus comprising means for performing the method of any of originally filed claims 1-10, 21-30, and 36-38.

[0013] Still other aspects, features, and advantages of the invention are readily apparent from the following detailed description, simply by illustrating a number of particular embodiments and implementations, including the best mode contemplated for carrying out the invention. The invention is also capable of other and different embodiments, and its several details can be modified in various obvious respects, all without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the drawings and description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature, and not as restrictive.

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[0014] The embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings:

[0015] FIG. 1 is a diagram of a system capable of customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources, according to one embodiment;

[0016] FIG. 2 is a diagram of the components of a content selection processing platform, according to one embodiment;

[0017] FIGs. 3A and 3B are flowcharts of a processes for customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources, according to various embodiments;

[0018] FIG. 4 is a diagram of a web page that has information that interests a user, according to various embodiments;

[0019] FIG. 5 is a diagram of a web page that has information that interests a user, according to various embodiments;

[0020] FIG. 6 is a diagram of example user interfaces for selecting content, subscribing to the selected content, organizing the selected content, and viewing the selected content, according to one embodiment;

[0021] FIG. 7 is a diagram of hardware that can be used to implement an embodiment of the invention;

[0022] FIG. 8 is a diagram of a chip set that can be used to implement an embodiment of the invention; and

[0023] FIG. 9 is a diagram of a mobile terminal (e.g., handset) that can be used to implement an embodiment of the invention. DESCRIPTION OF SOME EMBODIMENTS

10024] Examples of a method, apparatus, and computer program for customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources are disclosed. In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments of the invention. It is apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details or with an equivalent arrangement. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the embodiments of the invention.

[0025] As used herein, the term content refers to any web content, data content, web page data, newsfeeds, social networking data, blogs, etc.

[0026] FIG. 1 is a diagram of a system capable of customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources, according to one embodiment. More and more users prefer to view a plurality of sources of web content but are limited by time, device capabilities and resource availability. Users spend lots of time frequenting one or more websites to view certain information, check for updates, etc. Examples of such information may be stock prices, newsfeeds, social networking updates, sports scores, travel information, etc.

[0027] Users may traverse a number of individual websites to get all of this information, and each time has to wait for an entire page to load. This loading is a waste of time and resources if the user is not interested in a lot of the material that is present on the web page. For example, the user may not be interested in random videos, advertisements, or sound clips that are available on a web page. A device that the user uses to access the web page may also be limited in its functionality, or the user may have limited memory or bandwidth availability, so the time it takes for an entire web page to load, if possible, is extensive, and expensive if the user is paying for his specific data usage as charged by a service provider.

[0028] Conventional information channel subscriptions offer the opportunity for a user to acquire online information that interests the user. The content, however, is generated by the information providers with predefined channels. Thus the conventional subscriptions cannot provide a fully flexible and personalized form of online information. Further, conventional subscriptions do not provide a direct solution for reducing the traffic cost that the most low-end phone users concern.

[0029] Content mash up can call APIs that content providers offer, similar to newsfeeds, but there are limits to the information an API can offer. Other means for cultivating content such as Internet content crawling, search, index, and web scraping offer automatic offline/backend processing, rather than user-centric interaction.

[0030] To address this problem, a system 100 of FIG. 1 introduces the capability to customize and consolidate viewable web content collected from one or more sources. Such a capability will drive the next billion users to the web by greatly improving a user's personalized internet browsing experience.

[0031] As shown in FIG. 1 , the system 100 comprises a user equipment (UE) 101 having connectivity to a content selection processing platfonn 103, one or more web pages 109 and one or more social networking services 1 1 1 via a communication network 105. A user of the UE 101 uses a content grabber API 107 to develop the user's own customizable user interface for displaying aggregated selected content from the one or more web pages 109 and/or the one or more social networking services 1 1 1.

[0032] For example, Users of the system 100 can clip certain sections of interest from different web pages 109 and aggregate them together into the user's own "newspaper." The user can view what the user wants via the content grabber API 107, meanwhile reducing data costs because only the desired information is downloaded or accessed by a device rather than the extraneous data using content. This removal of extraneous content also increases the response speed of the user's device as well.

[0033] The system 100 offers a personalized internet browsing experience. Users can freely select content in which the user is interested (personalized content) from a web page 109 (i.e. everyone's content) and receive only the information that interests the user thereby reducing data costs and speeding up the user's experienced content rendering of the browsing. In other words, the user can define what the users wants, and then organize the desired content in a viewable format using the content grabber API 107 that the user customizes such as organizing the content by topic, date, time, etc. For example, a user might be very interested for high quality rendering of specific images for selected content such as sports scores, but not interested in rendering other images completely. So the user may use the content grabber API 107 to select a section of a web page that displays updated sports scores and add that information to the user's own customizable interface without any extraneous images. The user may also then grab other content such as stock quotes from another web page and add that content to the user's own customizable interface without other extraneous data that may be present on that website, and so on and so on. The content selection processing platform 103 may be resident on the UE 101 or remote from the UE 101, and facilitates the selection of desired content, processing the aggregation of the selected content, and generates a customized user interface for displaying the aggregated selected content.

[0034] The system 100 enables a user to generate a personalized content subscription by designating that the selected content be tagged to be continually updated for presentation on the UE 101. The user can select the interested content as the personalized subscription, and system can offer/publish the similar content for an upcoming period. The interest is defined fully by users via the content grabber API 107, rather than external content providers in the newsfeed business.

[0035] To accomplish the above-mentioned customizable customizable and consolidated viewable web content collected from one or more sources, the system 100 leverages a user's interaction with content. Conventional web page structures are parsed, however, and this can be a problem for always updating selected content if, for example, the web page 109 format is changed. If the structure/layout is updated or changed, the system 100 will generate an alert for the user or the content selection processing platform 103 that a possible update of the subscription is necessary. This is different from web crawling, searching, indexing, etc. because conventional methods for cultivating content such as these basically just collect information. But, the system 100 learns a user's interests and is capable of offering better services for the user. This offers the opportunity of explicit user interest modeling.

[0036] The system 100 also provides a business opportunity in that targeted ads, suggested content, suggested social networking contacts, etc, may be generated based on the content selected by a user to be aggregated and displayed. [0037] In embodiments, analyzing a web page's layout may be beneficial to confirm a particular content topic. As discussed above, websites often change their layouts, or change the topics that are provided in a section of a web page, for example. The following steps may be followed to collect, aggregate and update a user's selected web content from one or more network sources:

Step 1 : Website layout (HTML structure) extraction - The content selection processing platform 103 uses an extracted website layout as subcontent for content geographies and similarity detection to determine a structure change. A website structure analysis and modeling may be used to statistically understand the semantic meaning of an extracted tag pattern, such as periodic news blocks, ads, headlines, etc. If a change is detected, an alert may be generated by the content selection processing platform 103, as discussed above, to indicate that the user may need to update his settings for his content subscriptions, or select new content that may be relevant. For example, if sports scores used to be in the upper right hand corner of a web page, but have been replaced by political news, the content selection processing platform 103 would detect this change and alert the user. The same would be true if, for example, content were replaced by imagery or advertisements.

Step 2: Subcontent labeling (by user) and retrieval (through the location) - The content selection processing platform 103 gets a content location index from a user's selection and labels it as a subscription. The content selection processing platform 103 then retrieves the subscribed content from the indexed web content location.

Step 3: User Preference - After web content structure modeling, the content selection processing platform 103 creates block-wise JavaScript that is embedded in the each of the indexed blocks to model or monitor a user's interactive selection that is collected via content grabber API 107. The user's selection/preference is observed from JavaScript and feedback is calculated by the content selection processing platform 103 to form a user selection profile (URL, indexed content location).

Optional Step: Training general topic models from web data - The content selection processing platform 103 generates a topic histogram for a user selected subcontent as a seed profile. For the retrieved subcontent, the histogram is compared with the seed profile. [0038] The above mentioned web structure analysis and subcontent location indexing model of the content selection processing platform 103 is a main processing stream that considers content based modeling (e.g. topic model) as a secondary processing stream. This model offers unlimited personalized and affordable online content access, with reduced data cost and fast browsing response (web page rendering) that is based on full user personalization. Content may be generated/gathered by the user and organized by topic instead of source by the user or the content selection processing platform 103 in a graphical user interface.

[0039] By way of example, the UE 101, content selection processing platform 103, web page 109 and social networking service 111 communicate with each other and other components of the communication network 105 using well known, new or still developing protocols. In this context, a protocol includes a set of rules defining how the network nodes within the communication network 105 interact with each other based on information sent over the communication links. The protocols are effective at different layers of operation within each node, from generating and receiving physical signals of various types, to selecting a link for transferring those signals, to the format of information indicated by those signals, to identifying which software application executing on a computer system sends or receives the information. The conceptually different layers of protocols for exchanging information over a network are described in the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model.

[0040] By way of example, the communication network 105 of system 100 includes one or more networks such as a data network, a wireless network, a telephony network, or any combination thereof. It is contemplated that the data network may be any local area network (LAN), metropolitan area network (MAN), wide area network (WAN), a public data network (e.g., the Internet), short range wireless network, or any other suitable packet- switched network, such as a commercially owned, proprietary packet-switched network, e.g., a proprietary cable or fiber-optic network, and the like, or any combination thereof. In addition, the wireless network may be, for example, a cellular network and may employ various technologies including enhanced data rates for global evolution (EDGE), general packet radio service (GPRS), global system for mobile communications (GSM), Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS), universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), etc., as well as any other suitable wireless medium, e.g., worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX), Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, code division multiple access (CDMA), wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA), wireless fidelity (WiFi), wireless LAN (WLAN), Bluetooth®, Internet Protocol (IP) data casting, satellite, mobile ad-hoc network (MANET), and the like, or any combination thereof.

[0041] The UE 101 is any type of mobile terminal, fixed terminal, or portable terminal including a mobile handset, station, unit, device, multimedia computer, multimedia tablet, Internet node, communicator, desktop computer, laptop computer, notebook computer, netbook computer, tablet computer, personal communication system (PCS) device, personal navigation device, personal digital assistants (PDAs), audio/video player, digital camera/camcorder, positioning device, television receiver, radio broadcast receiver, electronic book device, game device, or any combination thereof, including the accessories and peripherals of these devices, or any combination thereof. It is also contemplated that the UE 101 can support any type of interface to the user (such as "wearable" circuitry, etc.).

[0042] Communications between the network nodes are typically effected by exchanging discrete packets of data. Each packet typically comprises (1) header information associated with a particular protocol, and (2) payload information that follows the header information and contains infonnation that may be processed independently of that particular protocol. In some protocols, the packet includes (3) trailer information following the payload and indicating the end of the payload infonnation. The header includes information such as the source of the packet, its destination, the length of the payload, and other properties used by the protocol. Often, the data in the payload for the particular protocol includes a header and payload for a different protocol associated with a different, higher layer of the OSI Reference Model. The header for a particular protocol typically indicates a type for the next protocol contained in its payload. The higher layer protocol is said to be encapsulated in the lower layer protocol. The headers included in a packet traversing multiple heterogeneous networks, such as the Internet, typically include a physical (layer 1) header, a data-link (layer 2) header, an internetwork (layer 3) header and a transport (layer 4) header, and various application (layer 5, layer 6 and layer 7) headers as defined by the OSI Reference Model. [0043] FIG. 2 is a diagram of the components of content selection processing platform 103, according to one embodiment. By way of example, the content selection processing platform 103 includes one or more components for providing customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources. It is contemplated that the functions of these components may be combined in one or more components or performed by other components of equivalent functionality. In this embodiment, the content selection processing platform 103 includes a control logic 201, a communication module 203, a content extraction module 205, an extracted content database 207 and a presentation module 209.

[0044] The control logic 201 interfaces with the communication module 203 that communicates with the content grabber API 107, UE 101, web page 109 and social networking service 1 1 1. The control logic 201 reacts to a selection of content by a user via content grabber API 107. The control logic 201, receives an instruction to extract content selected by a user and instructs the content extraction module 205 to extract the selected content. Preferences such as subscription data or a user profile relating to detected and determined preferences for the extracted content may be stored in the extraction content database 207. The control logic 201 then, in response to user direction by way of the content grabber API 107 instructs the presentation module to generate a presentation of the extracted content in accordance with a user's customized settings and preferences of the extracted content. The control logic 201 then causes the presentation to be displayed by the UE 101 by way of the communication module 203. The control logic 201 also detects any change in the extracted content that may be determined to be out of the ordinary, such as a change in topic, format, etc. that indicates that the selected content has changed and may not be desirable to the user. The control logic 201 then causes an alert to be sent to the UE 101 that indicates that the user's selected content should be updated. Alternatively, or in addition to the alert, an alert may be sent to a service provider to update the selection for the user without the user having to update the selection by way of the content grabber API 107, or the alert may cause the control logic 201 to cause the content extraction module 205 to search for related content and estimate a new location of the selected content and cause the selected content, or location of the selected content, to be updated without user or service interaction so that the user's subscriptions appear to update seamlessly. [0045] FIG. 3 A is a flowchart of a process for customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources, according to one embodiment. In one embodiment, the content selection processing platform 103 performs the process 300 and is implemented in, for instance, a chip set including a processor and a memory as shown in FIG. 8. In step 301, the layout structure modeling and content labeling of one or more content portions of one or more web pages is determined. The process continues to step 303 in which a user interface for selecting one or more content portions is generated. Next, in step 305, one or more subscriptions to the one or more selected portions are created. Then, in step 307, capability information associated with a UE 101 is determined for presenting and rendering the subscriptions. The process continues to step 309 in which it is determined to perform at least one semantic analysis of the one or more web pages. Then, in step 311, a recommendation of one or more other web pages, one or more other content portion and/or one or more other subscriptions or advertising information is made. In step 313, a delivery channel is determined for delivering the personalized web page and/or subscriptions based on the capability information of the UE 101. Then, in step 315, at least one personalized web page is rendered based, at least in part, on the one or more subscriptions.

[0046] FIG. 3B is a flowchart of a process for customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources, according to one embodiment. In one embodiment, the content selection processing platform 103 performs the process 330 and is implemented in, for instance, a chip set including a processor and a memory as shown in FIG. 8. In step 331, the one or more web pages are modeled to determine any changes to the layout and/or the content portions. The process continues to step 333 in which the modeling is processed to determine one or more updates to the one or more subscriptions. For example, a layout changed, or the content of a selection that is subscribed to is different than expected. Then, in step 335, temporal variations of the web pages are determined based, at least in part, on the modeling. The process continues to step 337 in which any updates to the subscriptions that can be performed are determined based on the defined similarity measure. Next, in step 339, one or more topic histograms of the one or more temporal variations. The process continues to step 341 in which one or more alerts are generated with respect to any updates to the one or more subscriptions. That is, if a change is detected, and the subscription cannot be refreshed as expected, the system 100 alerts a user or a service that the subscription needs to be updated or changed. Then, in step 343, scripting components are embedded in the user interface for modeling user interaction information with respect to the content portions. Next, in step 343, a user selection profile is created based, at least in part, on the modeling of the user interaction with the content portions.

[0047] FIG. 4 is a diagram of a web page 401 that has information that interests a user, according to various embodiments. The web page 401 as a top stories section 403 in the upper right hand comer of the web page 401. The user uses the content grabber API 107 to select the top stories section 403 for extraction and generation of the selected content portion 405. The selected content portion 405 is a display of only the information that the user wants from the web page 401 and ignores any of the other rich media 407 that may include pictures, other text, sound clips, movies, advertisements, etc.

[0048] The selected content portion 405 may be presented to the user individually as-is, in a converted format that consumes even less data usage, or in an aggregated format with other selections from other web pages, for example.

[0049] FIG. 5 is a diagram of a web page 501 that has information that interests a user, according to various embodiments. The web page 501 as a travel booking section 503 in the left side of the web page 501. The user uses the content grabber API 107 to select the travel booking section 503 for extraction and generation of the selected content portion 505. The selected content portion 505 is a display of only the information that the user wants from the web page 501 and ignores any of the other rich media 507 that may include pictures, other text, sound clips, movies, advertisements, etc.

[0050] The selected content portion 505 may be presented to the user individually as-is, in a converted format that consumes even less data usage, or in an aggregated format with other selections from other web pages such as the selected content portion 405 discussed above in FIG. 4, for example. In the case of a selected content portion any functionality such as booking a travel may be maintained in the presentation to the user. So, in this example, the user can quickly view and book travel without waiting for other sections of the web page 501 to load. This saves the user both time and data usage. [0051] FIG. 6 is a diagram of example user interfaces of the content grabber API 107 for selecting content, subscribing to the selected content, organizing the selected content, and viewing the selected content, according to one embodiment.

[0052] A user may select content of a web page by way of user interface 601, the content grabber API 107 asks the user if he would like to subscribe to the selected content at user interface 603. This selection, if subscribed to, is then organized by way of a series of topic channels at user interface 605 that a user may access by way of UE 101. A user may then select the assigned channel and view any subscribed selections at user interface 607 or 609, for example. A user may select sports for a sports selection and navigate back to a channel selection user interface to view the sport channel, or any other channel, for example. The user may also scroll through other available subscriptions while within a channel topic using various triggers such as a soft key, a hard key, finger swipe, voice, device orientation change, or other direction to change the display.

[0053] The processes described herein for customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources may be advantageously implemented via software, hardware, firmware or a combination of software and/or firmware and/or hardware. For example, the processes described herein, may be advantageously implemented via processor(s), Digital Signal Processing (DSP) chip, an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), etc. Such exemplary hardware for performing the described functions is detailed below.

[0054] FIG. 7 illustrates a computer system 700 upon which an embodiment of the invention may be implemented. Although computer system 700 is depicted with respect to a particular device or equipment, it is contemplated that other devices or equipment (e.g., network elements, servers, etc.) within FIG. 7 can deploy the illustrated hardware and components of system 700. Computer system 700 is programmed (e.g., via computer program code or instructions) to customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources as described herein and includes a communication mechanism such as a bus 710 for passing information between other internal and external components of the computer system 700. Information (also called data) is represented as a physical expression of a measurable phenomenon, typically electric voltages, but including, in other embodiments, such phenomena as magnetic, electromagnetic, pressure, chemical, biological, molecular, atomic, sub-atomic and quantum interactions. For example, north and south magnetic fields, or a zero and non-zero electric voltage, represent two states (0, 1) of a binary digit (bit). Other phenomena can represent digits of a higher base. A superposition of multiple simultaneous quantum states before measurement represents a quantum bit (qubit). A sequence of one or more digits constitutes digital data that is used to represent a number or code for a character. In some embodiments, information called analog data is represented by a near continuum of measurable values within a particular range. Computer system 700, or a portion thereof, constitutes a means for performing one or more steps of customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources.

[0055] A bus 710 includes one or more parallel conductors of information so that information is transferred quickly among devices coupled to the bus 710. One or more processors 702 for processing information are coupled with the bus 710.

[0056J A processor (or multiple processors) 702 performs a set of operations on information as specified by computer program code related to customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources. The computer program code is a set of instructions or statements providing instructions for the operation of the processor and/or the computer system to perform specified functions. The code, for example, may be written in a computer programming language that is compiled into a native instruction set of the processor. The code may also be written directly using the native instruction set (e.g., machine language). The set of operations include bringing information in from the bus 710 and placing information on the bus 710. The set of operations also typically include comparing two or more units of information, shifting positions of units of information, and combining two or more units of information, such as by addition or multiplication or logical operations like OR, exclusive OR (XOR), and AND. Each operation of the set of operations that can be performed by the processor is represented to the processor by information called instructions, such as an operation code of one or more digits. A sequence of operations to be executed by the processor 702, such as a sequence of operation codes, constitute processor instructions, also called computer system instructions or, simply, computer instructions. Processors may be implemented as mechanical, electrical, magnetic, optical, chemical or quantum components, among others, alone or in combination.

10057] Computer system 700 also includes a memory 704 coupled to bus 710. The memory 704, such as a random access memory (RAM) or any other dynamic storage device, stores information including processor instructions for customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources. Dynamic memory allows information stored therein to be changed by the computer system 700. RAM allows a unit of information stored at a location called a memory address to be stored and retrieved independently of information at neighboring addresses. The memory 704 is also used by the processor 702 to store temporary values during execution of processor instructions. The computer system 700 also includes a read only memory (ROM) 706 or any other static storage device coupled to the bus 710 for storing static information, including instructions, that is not changed by the computer system 700. Some memory is composed of volatile storage that loses the information stored thereon when power is lost. Also coupled to bus 710 is a non-volatile (persistent) storage device 708, such as a magnetic disk, optical disk or flash card, for storing information, including instructions, that persists even when the computer system 700 is turned off or otherwise loses power.

[0058] information, including instructions for customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources, is provided to the bus 710 for use by the processor from an external input device 712, such as a keyboard containing alphanumeric keys operated by a human user, a microphone, an Infrared (IR) remote control, a joystick, a game pad, a stylus pen, a touch screen, or a sensor. A sensor detects conditions in its vicinity and transforms those detections into physical expression compatible with the measurable phenomenon used to represent information in computer system 700. Other external devices coupled to bus 710, used primarily for interacting with humans, include a display device 714, such as a cathode ray tube (CRT), a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, an organic LED (OLED) display, a plasma screen, or a printer for presenting text or images, and a pointing device 716, such as a mouse, a trackball, cursor direction keys, or a motion sensor, for controlling a position of a small cursor image presented on the display 714 and issuing commands associated with graphical elements presented on the display 714. In some embodiments, for example, in embodiments in which the computer system 700 performs all functions automatically without human input, one or more of external input device 712, display device 714 and pointing device 716 is omitted.

[0059] In the illustrated embodiment, special purpose hardware, such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) 720, is coupled to bus 710. The special purpose hardware is configured to perform operations not performed by processor 702 quickly enough for special puiposes. Examples of ASICs include graphics accelerator cards for generating images for display 714, cryptographic boards for encrypting and decrypting messages sent over a network, speech recognition, and interfaces to special external devices, such as robotic arms and medical scanning equipment that repeatedly perform some complex sequence of operations that are more efficiently implemented in hardware,

[0060] Computer system 700 also includes one or more instances of a communications interface 770 coupled to bus 710. Communication interface 770 provides a one-way or two- way communication coupling to a variety of external devices that operate with their own processors, such as printers, scanners and external disks. In general the coupling is with a network link 778 that is connected to a local network 780 to which a variety of external devices with their own processors are connected. For example, communication interface 770 may be a parallel port or a serial port or a universal serial bus (USB) port on a personal computer. In some embodiments, communications interface 770 is an integrated services digital network (ISDN) card or a digital subscriber line (DSL) card or a telephone modem that provides an information communication connection to a corresponding type of telephone line. In some embodiments, a coinmunication interface 770 is a cable modem that converts signals on bus 710 into signals for a communication connection over a coaxial cable or into optical signals for a communication connection over a fiber optic cable. As another example, communications interface 770 may be a local area network (LAN) card to provide a data communication connection to a compatible LAN, such as Ethernet. Wireless links may also be implemented. For wireless links, the communications interface 770 sends or receives or both sends and receives electrical, acoustic or electromagnetic signals, including infrared and optical signals, that cany information streams, such as digital data. For example, in wireless handheld devices, such as mobile telephones like cell phones, the communications interface 770 includes a radio band electromagnetic transmitter and receiver called a radio transceiver. In certain embodiments, the communications interface 770 enables connection to the communication network 105 for customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources to the UE 101.

[0061] The term "computer-readable medium" as used herein refers to any medium that participates in providing information to processor 702, including instructions for execution. Such a medium may take many forms, including, but not limited to computer-readable storage medium (e.g., non-volatile media, volatile media), and transmission media. Non-transitory media, such as non-volatile media, include, for example, optical or magnetic disks, such as storage device 708. Volatile media include, for example, dynamic memory 704. Transmission media include, for example, twisted pair cables, coaxial cables, copper wire, fiber optic cables, and carrier waves that travel through space without wires or cables, such as acoustic waves and electromagnetic waves, including radio, optical and infrared waves. Signals include man-made transient variations in amplitude, frequency, phase, polarization or other physical properties transmitted through the transmission media. Common forms of computer-readable media include, for example, a floppy disk, a flexible disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, any other magnetic medium, a CD-ROM, CDRW, DVD, any other optical medium, punch cards, paper tape, optical mark sheets, any other physical medium with patterns of holes or other optically recognizable indicia, a RAM, a PROM, an EPROM, a FLASH-EPROM, an EEPROM, a flash memory, any other memoiy chip or cartridge, a carrier wave, or any other medium from which a computer can read. The term computer-readable storage medium is used herein to refer to any computer-readable medium except transmission media.

[0062] Logic encoded in one or more tangible media includes one or both of processor instructions on a computer-readable storage media and special purpose hardware, such as ASIC 720.

[0063] Network link 778 typically provides information communication using transmission media through one or more networks to other devices that use or process the information. For example, network link 778 may provide a connection through local network 780 to a host computer 782 or to equipment 784 operated by an Internet Service Provider (ISP). ISP equipment 784 in turn provides data communication services through the public, world-wide packet-switching communication network of networks now commonly referred to as the Internet 790.

[0064] A computer called a server host 792 connected to the Internet hosts a process that provides a service in response to information received over the Internet. For example, server host 792 hosts a process that provides information representing video data for presentation at display 714. It is contemplated that the components of system 700 can be deployed in various configurations within other computer systems, e.g., host 782 and server 792.

[0065] At least some embodiments of the invention are related to the use of computer system 700 for implementing some or all of the techniques described herein. According to one embodiment of the invention, those techniques are performed by computer system 700 in response to processor 702 executing one or more sequences of one or more processor instructions contained in memory 704. Such instructions, also called computer instructions, software and program code, may be read into memory 704 from another computer-readable medium such as storage device 708 or network link 778. Execution of the sequences of instructions contained in memory 704 causes processor 702 to perform one or more of the method steps described herein. In alternative embodiments, hardware, such as ASIC 720, may be used in place of or in combination with software to implement the invention. Thus, embodiments of the invention are not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software, unless otherwise explicitly stated herein.

[0066] The signals transmitted over network link 778 and other networks through communications interface 770, carry information to and from computer system 700. Computer system 700 can send and receive information, including program code, through the networks 780, 790 among others, through network link 778 and communications interface 770. In an example using the internet 790, a server host 792 transmits program code for a particular application, requested by a message sent from computer 700, through Internet 790, ISP equipment 784, local network 780 and communications interface 770. The received code may be executed by processor 702 as it is received, or may be stored in memory 704 or in storage device 708 or any other non-volatile storage for later execution, or both. In this manner, computer system 700 may obtain application program code in the form of signals on a carrier wave. 10067] Various forms of computer readable media may be involved in carrying one or more sequence of instructions or data or both to processor 702 for execution. For example, instructions and data may initially be carried on a magnetic disk of a remote computer such as host 782. The remote computer loads the instructions and data into its dynamic memory and sends the instructions and data over a telephone line using a modem, A modem local to the computer system 700 receives the instructions and data on a telephone line and uses an infra-red transmitter to convert the instructions and data to a signal on an infra-red carrier wave serving as the network link 778. An infrared detector serving as communications interface 770 receives the instructions and data carried in the infrared signal and places information representing the instructions and data onto bus 710. Bus 710 carries the information to memory 704 from which processor 702 retrieves and executes the instructions using some of the data sent with the instructions. The instructions and data received in memory 704 may optionally be stored on storage device 708, either before or after execution by the processor 702.

[0068J FIG. 8 illustrates a chip set or chip 800 upon which an embodiment of the invention may be implemented. Chip set 800 is programmed to customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources as described herein and includes, for instance, the processor and memory components described with respect to FIG. 7 incorporated in one or more physical packages (e.g., chips). By way of example, a physical package includes an arrangement of one or more materials, components, and/or wires on a structural assembly (e.g., a baseboard) to provide one or more characteristics such as physical strength, conservation of size, and/or limitation of electrical interaction. It is contemplated that in certain embodiments the chip set 800 can be implemented in a single chip. It is further contemplated that in certain embodiments the chip set or chip 800 can be implemented as a single "system on a chip." It is further contemplated that in certain embodiments a separate ASIC would not be used, for example, and that all relevant functions as disclosed herein would be performed by a processor or processors. Chip set or chip 800, or a portion thereof, constitutes a means for performing one or more steps of providing user interface navigation information associated with the availability of functions. Chip set or chip 800, or a portion thereof, constitutes a means for performing one or more steps of customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources. [0069] In one embodiment, the chip set or chip 800 includes a communication mechanism such as a bus 801 for passing information among the components of the chip set 800. A processor 803 has connectivity to the bus 801 to execute instructions and process information stored in, for example, a memory 805. The processor 803 may include one or more processing cores with each core configured to perform independently. A multi-core processor enables multiprocessing within a single physical package. Examples of a multi-core processor include two, four, eight, or greater numbers of processing cores. Alternatively or in addition, the processor 803 may include one or more microprocessors configured in tandem via the bus 801 to enable independent execution of instructions, pipelining, and multithreading. The processor 803 may also be accompanied with one or more specialized components to perform certain processing functions and tasks such as one or more digital signal processors (DSP) 807, or one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) 809. A DSP 807 typically is configured to process real-world signals (e.g., sound) in real time independently of the processor 803. Similarly, an ASIC 809 can be configured to performed specialized functions not easily performed by a more general purpose processor. Other specialized components to aid in performing the inventive functions described herein may include one or more field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), one or more controllers, or one or more other special- purpose computer chips.

[0070] In one embodiment, the chip set or chip 800 includes merely one or more processors and some software and/or firmware supporting and/or relating to and/or for the one or more processors.

[0071] The processor 803 and accompanying components have connectivity to the memory 805 via the bus 801. The memory 805 includes both dynamic memory (e.g., RAM, magnetic disk, writable optical disk, etc.) and static memory (e.g., ROM, CD-ROM, etc.) for storing executable instructions that when executed perform the inventive steps described herein to customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources. The memory 805 also stores the data associated with or generated by the execution of the inventive steps. [0072] FIG. 9 is a diagram of exemplary components of a mobile terminal (e.g., handset) for communications, which is capable of operating in the system of FIG. 1, according to one embodiment. In some embodiments, mobile terminal 901, or a portion thereof, constitutes a means for perfoniiing one or more steps of customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources. Generally, a radio receiver is often defined in terms of front-end and back-end characteristics. The front-end of the receiver encompasses all of the Radio Frequency (RF) circuitry whereas the back-end encompasses all of the base-band processing circuitry. As used in this application, the term "circuitry" refers to both: (1) hardware-only implementations (such as implementations in only analog and/or digital circuitry), and (2) to combinations of circuitry and software (and/or firmware) (such as, if applicable to the particular context, to a combination of processor(s), including digital signal processor(s), software, and memory(ies) that work together to cause an apparatus, such as a mobile phone or server, to perform various functions). This definition of "circuitry" applies to all uses of this term in this application, including in any claims. As a further example, as used in this application and if applicable to the particular context, the term "circuitry" would also cover an implementation of merely a processor (or multiple processors) and its (or their) accompanying software/or firmware. The term "circuitry" would also cover if applicable to the particular context, for example, a baseband integrated circuit or applications processor integrated circuit in a mobile phone or a similar integrated circuit in a cellular network device or other network devices.

[0073] Pertinent internal components of the telephone include a Main Control Unit (MCU) 903, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) 905, and a receiver/transmitter unit including a microphone gain control unit and a speaker gain control unit. A main display unit 907 provides a display to the user in support of various applications and mobile terminal functions that perform or support the steps of customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources. The display 907 includes display circuitry configured to display at least a portion of a user interface of the mobile terminal (e.g., mobile telephone). Additionally, the display 907 and display circuitry are configured to facilitate user control of at least some functions of the mobile terminal. An audio function circuitry 909 includes a microphone 911 and microphone amplifier that amplifies the speech signal output from the microphone 911. The amplified speech signal output from the microphone 911 is fed to a coder/decoder (CODEC) 913.

[0074] A radio section 915 amplifies power and converts frequency in order to communicate with a base station, which is included in a mobile communication system, via antenna 917. The power amplifier (PA) 919 and the transmitter/modulation circuitry are operationally responsive to the MCU 903, with an output from the PA 919 coupled to the duplexer 921 or circulator or antenna switch, as known in the art. The PA 919 also couples to a battery interface and power control unit 920.

[0075] In use, a user of mobile terminal 901 speaks into the microphone 911 and his or her voice along with any detected background noise is converted into an analog voltage. The analog voltage is then converted into a digital signal through the Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) 923. The control unit 903 routes the digital signal into the DSP 905 for processing therein, such as speech encoding, channel encoding, encrypting, and interleaving. In one embodiment, the processed voice signals are encoded, by units not separately shown, using a cellular transmission protocol such as enhanced data rates for global evolution (EDGE), general packet radio service (GPRS), global system for mobile communications (GSM), Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS), universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), etc., as well as any other suitable wireless medium, e.g., microwave access (WiMAX), Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, code division multiple access (CDMA), wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA), wireless fidelity (WiFi), satellite, and the like, or any combination thereof.

[0076] The encoded signals are then routed to an equalizer 925 for compensation of any frequency-dependent impairments that occur during transmission though the air such as phase and amplitude distortion. After equalizing the bit stream, the modulator 927 combines the signal with a RF signal generated in the RF interface 929. The modulator 927 generates a sine wave by way of frequency or phase modulation. In order to prepare the signal for transmission, an up-converter 931 combines the sine wave output from the modulator 927 with another sine wave generated by a synthesizer 933 to achieve the desired frequency of transmission. The signal is then sent through a PA 919 to increase the signal to an appropriate power level. In practical systems, the PA 919 acts as a variable gain amplifier whose gain is controlled by the DSP 905 from information received from a network base station. The signal is then filtered within the duplexer 921 and optionally sent to an antenna coupler 935 to match impedances to provide maximum power transfer. Finally, the signal is transmitted via antenna 917 to a local base station. An automatic gain control (AGC) can be supplied to control the gain of the final stages of the receiver. The signals may be forwarded from there to a remote telephone which may be another cellular telephone, any other mobile phone or a land-line connected to a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), or other telephony networks.

[0077] Voice signals transmitted to the mobile terminal 901 are received via antenna 917 and immediately amplified by a low noise amplifier (LNA) 937. A down-converter 939 lowers the carrier frequency while the demodulator 941 strips away the RF leaving only a digital bit stream. The signal then goes through the equalizer 925 and is processed by the DSP 905. A Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) 943 converts the signal and the resulting output is transmitted to the user through the speaker 945, all under control of a Main Control Unit (MCU) 903 which can be implemented as a Central Processing Unit (CPU).

[0078] The MCU 903 receives various signals including input signals from the keyboard 947. The keyboard 947 and/or the MCU 903 in combination with other user input components (e.g., the microphone 911) comprise a user interface circuitry for managing user input. The MCU 903 mns a user interface software to facilitate user control of at least some functions of the mobile terminal 901 to customizing and consolidating viewable web content collected from one or more sources. The MCU 903 also delivers a display command and a switch command to the display 907 and to the speech output switching controller, respectively. Further, the MCU 903 exchanges information with the DSP 905 and can access an optionally incorporated SIM card 949 and a memory 951. In addition, the MCU 903 executes various control functions required of the terminal. The DSP 905 may, depending upon the implementation, perform any of a variety of conventional digital processing functions on the voice signals. Additionally, DSP 905 determines the background noise level of the local environment from the signals detected by microphone 91 1 and sets the gain of microphone 911 to a level selected to compensate for the natural tendency of the user of the mobile terminal 901. [0079] The CODEC 913 includes the ADC 923 and DAC 943. The memory 951 stores various data including call incoming tone data and is capable of storing other data including music data received via, e.g., the global Internet. The software module could reside in RAM memory, flash memory, registers, or any other form of writable storage medium known in the art. The memory device 951 may be, but not limited to, a single memory, CD, DVD, ROM, RAM, EEPROM, optical storage, magnetic disk storage, flash memory storage, or any other nonvolatile storage medium capable of storing digital data.

[0080] An optionally incorporated SIM card 949 carries, for instance, important information, such as the cellular phone number, the carrier supplying service, subscription details, and security information. The SIM card 949 serves primarily to identify the mobile terminal 901 on a radio network. The card 949 also contains a memory for storing a personal telephone number registry, text messages, and user specific mobile terminal settings.

[0081] While the invention has been described in connection with a number of embodiments and implementations, the invention is not so limited but covers various obvious modifications and equivalent arrangements, which fall within the purview of the appended claims. Although features of the invention are expressed in certain combinations among the claims, it is contemplated that these features can be arranged in any combination and order.