Interactive ticker

摘要

Ticker functionality provides filtering and displaying information relevant to a user. The ticker can be employed to parse information from a broadcast stream and insert the information into a ticker display area. The information presented in the display area can be animated in order to maximize and control the amount of information available to the user. The information offered in the ticker is interactive so that it allows the user to customize this abbreviated data and how the data is presented.

主权项

1. A method for rendering information from a micro-channel on a wireless device, comprising:
receiving a wirelessly-transmitted multicast stream of data comprising a plurality of micro-channels, wherein each micro-channel is associated with a different respective event, and wherein each micro-channel comprises related content within the multicast stream of data and further wherein the related content is associated with the respective event; individually parsing a plurality of markers from the received multicast stream of data; respectively assigning each marker to one of the plurality of micro-channels of the received multicast stream of data by inferring an association with the respective one of the plurality of micro-channels based at least in part on historical usage data of the wireless device; rendering the markers parsed from the multicast stream of data in a predetermined area of a display; receiving a user selection for a first marker associated with a first micro-channel; employing the selected first marker to access the first micro-channel from the multicast stream of data; and displaying content of the first micro-channel in a dedicated display area.