Intelligent internet website with hierarchical menu
First Claim
1. An internet website which presents a hierarchical menu structure to users, the site having a default menu structure and means to automatically modify the default menu structure for each user over time according to at least that user'"'"'s previous browsing history at the site.
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Abstract
An internet website which presents a hierarchical menu structure to users includes a personalization engine 14 to automatically modify the menu structure for each user at least according to that user'"'"'s previous browsing history at the site. In one embodiment the engine 14 provides, as menu options for a selected menu page of the hierarchical menu, a plurality of the most probable links which the user may wish to reach from the selected menu page. In another embodiment there are provided, as additional menu options for a particular menu page, a plurality of links which are similar, as determined by meeting a predetermined similarity metric, to menu options present on the particular menu page other than through meeting the similarity metric.
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14 Claims
- 1. An internet website which presents a hierarchical menu structure to users, the site having a default menu structure and means to automatically modify the default menu structure for each user over time according to at least that user'"'"'s previous browsing history at the site.
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13. A method of operating an internet website which presents a hierarchical menu structure to users, the method including automatically modifying a default menu structure for each user over time according to at least that user'"'"'s previous browsing history at the site.
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14. A computer program for use at an internet website which presents a hierarchical menu structure to users, the program having code for automatically modifying a default menu structure for each user over time according to at least that user'"'"'s previous browsing history at the site.
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