Method and system to provide web site schedules
First Claim
1. A method of transmitting at least one web site update schedule, comprising:
- receiving said update schedule from a plurality of web sites; and
providing the update schedule of selected sites to at least one consumers.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing web site update schedules to consumers. A consumer requests the web sites for which they would like to receive update schedules and the invention provides the update schedules to the consumer along with advertisements, promotions and recommendations for other web sites to visit. In one embodiment, these advertisements and recommendations are targeted to the consumers based on their interests. The update schedules for the various web sites can be obtained through several means. In one embodiment, the update schedules may be obtained by itself by crawling the web sites periodically or by receiving the update schedules directly from web sites that register with the system.
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1. A method of transmitting at least one web site update schedule, comprising:
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receiving said update schedule from a plurality of web sites; and
providing the update schedule of selected sites to at least one consumers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system of transmitting at least one web site update schedule, comprising:
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means for receiving the update schedule from a plurality of web sites; and
means for providing the update schedule of selected sites to at least one consumer. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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39. A system of transmitting web site update schedule, comprising:
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a database for receiving update schedule from a plurality of web sites; and
a central processor configured for providing the update schedule of selected sites to at least one consumer.
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58. Computer executable software code stored on a computer readable medium, the code for transmitting at least one web site update schedule, comprising:
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code to receiving update schedule from a plurality of web sites; and
code to providing the update schedule of selected sites to at least one consumer.
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59. A programmed computer for transmitting web site update schedule, comprising:
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memory having at least one region for storing executable program code; and
a processor for executing program code stored in memory, wherein program code includes;
code to receive update schedule from a plurality of web sites; and
code to provide the update schedules of selected sites to at least one consumer.
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60. A computer readable medium having computer executable software code stored thereon, the code for transmitting web sites update at least one schedule, comprising:
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code to receive update schedule from a plurality of web sites; and
code to provide the update schedule of selected sites to at least one consumer.
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