Patent ID: 8762875

Claim:
A method of displaying posting volumes, the method comprising: receiving, on a device, an activity package data item comprising posting characterizations for at least one data feed source, the posting characterizations for each data feed source comprising: a respective first data item reflecting a volume of postings received for a user associated with the device from a respective data feed source within the at least one data feed source, and a respective second data item reflecting a number of occurrences of keywords specified by the user for the respective data feed source within the at least one data feed source during a time duration, the device comprising a user interface changeably configurable between one of a locked mode and an unlocked mode, the locked mode comprising reduced user input capability; extracting the first data item and the second data item from the activity pack data item; and displaying, in response to the receiving the activity package data item and extracting the first data item and the second data item and when the user interface is configured into the locked mode, a respective displayed curve for each of the at least one feed source, the respective displayed curve for each of the at least one data source feed having respective amplitude positions based upon the respective first data item extracted from the activity package data item and thicknesses based upon the respective second data item extracted from the activity package data item.