Method of providing a web user with additional context-specific information
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a response to a user'"'"'s request from a client;
determining from the content of the response whether additional context-specific information is needed;
if it is determined that additional context-specific information is needed, obtaining the additional context-specific information; and
providing to the client the response to the user'"'"'s request without transforming its contents together with an indication that the additional context-specific information is available.
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Abstract
Additional context-specific information is made available to a user at a client machine as the user at a client makes a request and retrieves information from a content provider on the Web. Such additional information is either generated or separately retrieved based on an analysis of the content of the response from a content provider to a request from the client and, optionally, the original request from the client. If this analysis indicates that additional context-specific information is needed, the original response from the content provider is provided to the client with an indication that such additional context-specific information is available. While the original requested information is being delivered to the client and viewed by the user, the additional information is either being generated or retrieved in the background and stored in a Web cache or at a Web server so that if and when the user requests that additional information after reviewing the original response, it is immediately available from a nearby repository. The additional context-specific information is made available to the user by, for example, modifying the original response provided to the user to include a hyperlink to the additional context-specific information, opening a new window or frame that includes the context-specific information, or adding the additional information directly to the untransformed content in the original response.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a response to a user'"'"'s request from a client;
determining from the content of the response whether additional context-specific information is needed;
if it is determined that additional context-specific information is needed, obtaining the additional context-specific information; and
providing to the client the response to the user'"'"'s request without transforming its contents together with an indication that the additional context-specific information is available. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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receiving a request from a user'"'"'s client;
fetching a response to the request from a content provider'"'"'s Web server;
analyzing the content of the response to determine whether additional context-specific information is needed;
if additional context-specific information is determined to be needed, generating or retrieving the additional context-specific information;
modifying the response to the request without transforming its contents to indicate the availability of the additional context-specific information; and
sending the modified response to the user'"'"'s client. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer readable media tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
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receiving a response to a user'"'"'s request from a client;
determining from the content of the response whether additional context-specific information is needed;
if it is determined that additional context-specific information is needed, obtaining the additional context-specific information; and
providing to the client the response to the user'"'"'s request without transforming its contents together with an indication that the additional context-specific information is available.
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