Navigation server for use with, for example, a wireless web access device having a navigation control unit
First Claim
1. A method for controlling navigation within the Internet by a user on a wireless web access device, the method comprising:
- receiving a user request from the wireless web access device, wherein the user request includes information identifying a navigation control unit coupled to the wireless web access device and information about a selected user control on the navigation control unit actuated by the user;
parsing the user request to extract information identifying the navigation control unit and information about the selected user control actuated by the user from the user request;
retrieving a personalization table from a personalization database based on the information identifying the navigation control unit;
obtaining a redirection address based on the retrieved personalization table and the selected user control actuated by the user, wherein the redirection address is associated with a web page accessible from the Internet, wherein the web page is associated with a third party partner;
generating a redirect command based on the redirection address; and
providing the redirect command to the wireless web access device to permit the wireless web access device to automatically access the web page based on user actuation of the selected user control.
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Abstract
A system for providing redirection addresses for a wireless web access device is disclosed. The wireless web access device is coupled to a navigation control unit that includes user controls, such as buttons. A navigation server coupled to the wireless web access device via a network (e.g., the Internet), receives signals identifying the navigation control unit and one of the user controls actuated by a user. In response thereto, the navigation server accesses a database to identify a redirect address, and provides such address to the wireless web access device. Also disclosed are methods, data structures, and display descriptions associated with the navigation server.
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43 Claims
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1. A method for controlling navigation within the Internet by a user on a wireless web access device, the method comprising:
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receiving a user request from the wireless web access device, wherein the user request includes information identifying a navigation control unit coupled to the wireless web access device and information about a selected user control on the navigation control unit actuated by the user;
parsing the user request to extract information identifying the navigation control unit and information about the selected user control actuated by the user from the user request;
retrieving a personalization table from a personalization database based on the information identifying the navigation control unit;
obtaining a redirection address based on the retrieved personalization table and the selected user control actuated by the user, wherein the redirection address is associated with a web page accessible from the Internet, wherein the web page is associated with a third party partner;
generating a redirect command based on the redirection address; and
providing the redirect command to the wireless web access device to permit the wireless web access device to automatically access the web page based on user actuation of the selected user control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for controlling navigation within the Internet by a user on a wireless web access device, the method comprising:
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receiving a user request from the wireless web access device, wherein the user request includes information identifig a navigation control unit coupled to the wireless web access device and information about the user control actuated by the user;
parsing the user request to extract from the user request information identifying the navigation control unit and information about the user control actuated by the user;
querying a personalization database to determine a redirection address, wherein the redirection address is associated with a web page accessible from the Internet;
receiving the redirection address from the personalization database;
generating a redirect command based on the redirection address; and
transmitting the redirect command to the wireless web access device. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for configuring addresses stored in a database, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving information identifying navigation control units to be modified, wherein each of a plurality of navigation control are units coupled with associated wireless web access devices;
means for receiving information regarding configuration of user controls, wherein at least one of the user controls is associated with an updated redirection address; and
means for modifying a personalization database for each identified navigation control unit by changing a redirection address associated with the at least one of the user controls to the updated redirection address. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a server computer to provide network addresses regarding location of a computer resource coupled to a network, comprising:
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receiving a user request from a portable wireless computer resource access device, wherein the user request includes information identifying a navigation control unit coupled to the wireless access device and information about one of two or more the user controls actuated by the user;
obtaining a redirection address from a database based on the information identifying the navigation control unit and the one user control actuated by the user, wherein the redirection address is associated with a computer resource accessible from the network; and
providing the redirection address to the wireless access device to permit the wireless access device to automatically access the computer resource via the network. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method, comprising:
providing a computing system configured for;
querying a personalization database containing information about redirection addresses associated with individual navigation control units; and
receiving revenue under at least one of the following acts (a) through (e);
(a) receiving advertising revenue for providing advertising on web pages that users of the navigation control units are redirected to;
(b) receiving revenue for selling usage information collected from users of navigation control units;
(c) receiving revenue for licensing the system to a third party;
(d) receiving fees from retailers based on products purchased by users of navigation control devices from web pages associated with retailers; and
(e) receiving revenue for directing network traffic to a particular redirection address.
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24. A computer-readable medium containing a data structure for use by a navigation server, the data structure comprising:
a plurality of user records for storage in a personalization database, wherein each record comprises;
an identification value corresponding to one of a group of navigation control units, wherein the navigation control unit is associated with a wireless computer resource access device;
two or more URLs associated with redirection addresses for accessing web pages on the Internet;
data field indications of two or more the user operable controls associated with the navigation control unit, wherein each data field indication is associated with one of the two or more URLs; and
fields associated with each of the two or more URLs that indicate whether a user may alter the URL. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. An apparatus coupled to a wireless web content access computer via a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:
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a database, wherein the database stores at least one record storing information corresponding to a navigation control component associated with the wireless web content access computer;
a server computer coupled to the database and to the wireless network, wherein the server computer is configured to;
receive a user request from the wireless web content access computer, wherein the user request includes information corresponding to the navigation control component associated with the wireless web content access computer and information about one of two or more the user controls actuated by the user;
query the database based on the information identifying the navigation control unit associated with the wireless web content access computer and the one user control actuated by the user; and
provide web content to the wireless web content access computer to permit the wireless web content access computer to automatically display the web content. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer-readable medium containing a data structure having information for displaying information regarding personalization record associated with a wireless computer resource access device representing a client under a client-server system, wherein the client-server system includes a network coupling the wireless computer resource access device with a server computer, the information comprising:
a display description defining;
at least first and second user control display portions corresponding to user operable controls associated with a group of navigation control components, wherein the group of navigation control components are associated with a corresponding group of wireless computer resource access devices;
at least first and second URL fields for redirection addresses for accessing web pages on the Internet, wherein the first and second URL fields are associated with the first and second user control display portions; and
fields associated with each of the first and second URL fields that indicate whether a user may alter the URL. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. A method at least partially implemented by a computer for permitting wireless web content access devices to automatically access web content, comprising:
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obtaining a group of identifications associated with a group of the wireless web content access devices or a group of navigation control components associated with the group of wireless web content access devices, and wherein a predefined market segment is associated with users of the group of the wireless web content access devices;
associating at least two different links for each identification in the group of identifications, wherein the two different links are associated with the predefined market segment;
receiving a request for web content from one of the wireless web content access devices in the group of wireless web content access devices, and an identification associated with the one wireless web content access device; and
based on the identification associated with the one wireless web content access device, providing the wireless web content access device with access to predetermined web content. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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