Method for enhancing client side delivery of information from a trusted server

• US 20020107911A1
• Filed: 02/08/2001
• Published: 08/08/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hamilton, Rick Allen II, Lipton, Steven Jay
• Application Number:
  US09/779,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20020107911A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links

Abstract

A system for and a method of enhancing information delivery to a client is disclosed. A operator at a server accesses at least one configuration file comprising instructions for displaying a URL at a given time and date. The server system time and date are verified and a configuration file is transmitted to the client, when the time and date function of the configuration file corresponds to the server system time and date. A document is displayed at the client based on a given system time and date.

Claims

1. A method of enhancing information delivery to a client system, the method comprising:

accessing, at a server, at least one configuration file comprising instructions for displaying a URL at a given time and date;

verifying the server system time and date;

transmitting, from the server, a configuration file to the client;

where the time and date function of the configuration file corresponds to the server system time and date; and

displaying a first document at the client based on a first system time and date.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying a second document at the client based on a second system time and date.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising creating, at the server, an input file containing at least one record wherein each record comprises a URL, a time and a date.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising creating a configuration file for each record.

5. The method of claim 3 further comprising creating a schedule script file for each record in the input file.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising running a schedule script on the server and identifying configuration files having a date and time that corresponds to the system date and time.

7. A system for customizing content delivery to a client comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

a computer readable medium coupled to the processor containing instructions for;

accessing, at a server, at least one configuration file comprising instructions for displaying a URL at a given time and date;

verifying the server system time and date;

transmitting, from the server, a configuration file to the client;

where the time and date function of the configuration file corresponds to the server system time and date; and

displaying a first document at the client based on a first system time and date.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the instructions further comprise displaying a second document at the client based on a second system time and date.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein the instructions further comprise creating, at the server, an input file containing at least one record wherein each record comprises a URL, a time and a date.

10. The system of claim 7 wherein the instructions further comprise creating a configuration file for each record and

copying the configuration file to a preferences file associated with a browser on the client upon the occurrence of a given system time and date.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the instructions further comprise creating a schedule script file for each record in the input file.

12. The system of claim 11 further comprising running a schedule script on the server;

and identifying configuration files having a date and time that corresponds to the current system date and time.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13 further comprising displaying a second document, at the client, based on a second system time and date.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13 further comprising creating, at the client, the input file containing at least one record wherein each record comprises a URL, a time and a date.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 further comprising creating a configuration file for each record;

and

copying the configuration file to a preferences file associated with a browser on the client upon the occurrence of a given system time and date.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15 further comprising creating a schedule script file for each record in the input file.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17 further comprising running a schedule script periodically;

and identifying custom preferences files having a date and time that corresponds to the current system date and time.

13. A computer readable medium on a client system containing executable program instructions for performing a method comprising:

accessing, at a server, at least one configuration file comprising instructions for displaying a URL at a given time and date;

verifying the server system time and date;

transmitting, from the server, a configuration file to the client;

where the time and date function of the configuration file corresponds to the server system time and date; and

displaying a first document at the client based on a first system time and date.