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`c12) United States Patent
`Kembel et al.
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`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
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`US 8,510,407 Bl
`* Aug. 13, 2013
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`(54) DISPLAYING TIME-VARYING INTERNET
`BASED DATA USING APPLICATION MEDIA
`PACKAGES
`
`(75)
`
`Inventors: John Albert Kembel, Palo Alto, CA
`(US); George Andrew Kembel, Menlo
`Park, CA (US); Daniel S. Kim, Palo
`Alto, CA (US); John Russell, Palo Alto,
`CA (US); Jake Wobbrock, Palo Alto,
`CA (US); Geoffrey S. Kembel, Menlo
`Park, CA (US); Jeremy L. Kembel, Palo
`Alto, CA (US); Lynn D. Gabbay,
`Sunnyvale, CA (US)
`
`(73) Assignee: Mainstream Scientific, LLC, Mountain
`View, CA (US)
`
`( *) Notice:
`
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 928 days.
`
`This patent is subject to a terminal dis(cid:173)
`claimer.
`
`(21) Appl. No.: 11/932,553
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`(22) Filed:
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`Oct. 31, 2007
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`(63) Continuation of application No. 09/558,925, filed on
`Apr. 26, 2000, now Pat. No. 7,660,868.
`
`(60) Provisional application No. 60/176,699, filed on Jan.
`18, 2000, provisional application No. 60/176,687,
`filed on Jan. 18, 2000, provisional application No.
`60/131,115, filed on Apr. 26, 1999, provisional
`application No. 60/131,114, filed on Apr. 26, 1999,
`provisional application No. 60/131,083, filed on Apr.
`26, 1999.
`
`(51)
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`Int. Cl.
`G06F 15116
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`(2006.01)
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`(52) U.S. Cl.
`........................................... 709/217; 709/219
`USPC
`(58) Field of Classification Search
`USPC
`.................................................. 709/217, 219
`See application file for complete search history.
`
`(56)
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`(Continued)
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`Primary Examiner - Kenny Lin
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm -Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw
`Pittman, LLP
`
`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`A software component for accessing and displaying time(cid:173)
`varying Internet content includes a definition for rendering a
`graphical user interface and a URL pointing to the time(cid:173)
`varying Internet content to be downloaded and presented
`within said user interface. A component provider may create
`displays of Internet content which vary as a function of the
`varying of the time-varying Internet content. In one example,
`the graphical user interface includes an image, and the image
`varies in order to illustrate the varying of the time-varying
`data.
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