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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2011
Eran Belinsky, Haifa, IL;
Ido Guy, Haifa, IL;
Michal Jacovi, Rakefet, IL;
Elad Shahar, Rehovot, IL;
Eyal Sonsino, Haifa, IL;
Eran Belinsky, Haifa, IL;
Ido Guy, Haifa, IL;
Michal Jacovi, Rakefet, IL;
Elad Shahar, Rehovot, IL;
Eyal Sonsino, Haifa, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A shared feed reader for multiple users and a method for sharing feed reading are provided which provide group collaboration features. The shared feed reader includes a server including a processor hosting the shared feed reader for remote access by multiple users, and a user interface for each of the multiple users including an aggregator of web feeds subscribed to by the user. The shared feed reader includes: a mechanism for defining a group of users, wherein web feeds subscribed to by users in the group are exposed to the other users in the group; and a mechanism for sharing a read status of a web feed post across the group, wherein the read status indicates which users have read the post. The shared feed reader may also include a mechanism for receiving a meta-feed of meta-posts, wherein meta-feeds and meta-posts relate to activities of users in the group on shared feeds and posts.