System and method for providing a community service to users of the internet
First Claim
1. A server computer, interconnected with a plurality of user computers via the Internet, comprising:
- a database for storing user information of the plurality of users respectively;
a storing means for temporarily storing a web page requested by the plurality of users respectively;
a first processing means for updating the database upon receipt of the web page from the plurality of users, and extracting a list of current users of the requested web page from the user information stored in the database; and
a second processing means for receiving the extracted user list, and providing it to the corresponding users by adding at a predefined position on a corresponding web page respectively, the web page stored temporarily.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for obtaining wanted information that a complicated registration procedure may be omissible and a temporary community may be created on the basis of IP addresses of the users by the unit of web page, thereby allowing users to exchange information for more effective search. A server computer according to the present invention, interconnected with a plurality of user computers via the Internet, includes: a database for storing user information of the plurality of users respectively; a memory for temporarily storing a web page requested by the plurality of users respectively; a user community server for updating the database upon receipt of the web page from the plurality of users, and extracting a list of current users of the requested web page from the user information stored in the database; and a web server for receiving the extracted user list, and providing the list to the corresponding users by adding at a predefined position on a corresponding web page respectively, the web page stored temporarily.
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1. A server computer, interconnected with a plurality of user computers via the Internet, comprising:
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a database for storing user information of the plurality of users respectively;
a storing means for temporarily storing a web page requested by the plurality of users respectively;
a first processing means for updating the database upon receipt of the web page from the plurality of users, and extracting a list of current users of the requested web page from the user information stored in the database; and
a second processing means for receiving the extracted user list, and providing it to the corresponding users by adding at a predefined position on a corresponding web page respectively, the web page stored temporarily. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for providing a list of current users of a particular web page in a server computer, the server computer interconnected with a plurality of user computers via the Internet, comprising the steps of:
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a) temporarily storing a web page requested by the plurality of users upon receipt of requests from the users;
b) storing user information of the plurality of the respective users;
c) extracting the list of current users of the requested web page from the information stored at the step (b); and
d) providing the list to corresponding users by adding at a predefined position on the corresponding web page respectively, the web page stored temporarily. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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