Patent ID: 8745161

Claim:
A method of quantifying unread content items, comprising: at a computing system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more program for execution by the one or more processors: for a stream subscribed to by a user, wherein the stream comprises a time-ordered set of content items: determining, for display to the user, a numeric count of content items in the stream having an unread status in accordance with read state information stored for the user with respect to the stream, wherein determining the numeric count for display to the user comprises: excluding, from the numeric count, regardless of actual read status, items in the time-ordered set in accordance with a first predefined depth limit and a first subscription timestamp, wherein the first predefined depth limit specifies a threshold total number of content items, included in the content items, provided by a content feed associated with the stream; and wherein the first subscription timestamp specifies a time when the user subscribed to a source providing content items to the stream; and formatting for display to the user the numeric count of content items in the stream having the unread status.