Method for selecting articles for viewing on continuous web page
First Claim
1. A method for providing a single page compilation of a plurality of user-selected articles from a single information provider to a user across a global computer network comprising the steps of:
- presenting a plurality of selectable items wherein each said selectable item is associated with one or more articles, for each said selectable item, presenting an index of the subject matter of each of said articles associated with said selectable item;
receiving a user'"'"'s selection of items comprising a plurality articles for display;
retrieving each of said plurality of articles from a source;
combining each of said plurality of articles into a single file;
transmitting the contents of said single file to said user for viewing.
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Abstract
Various methods are disclosed for enabling users of a computer system to specify a subset of news articles from a totality of available news articles via a one-page interface (“the Interface”) and display said subset of news articles by concatenating them inside a “personalized news page”. In one embodiment the invention is implemented as a Web-based multi-user system, with the Interface made up of three modules: A) News sections (“Business”, “Politics”, etc), B) News subjects (“Enron”, “Afghanistan”, etc) and C) a list of headlines of the totality of news stories available to the user at that moment, grouped into news categories. Each headline comes with a synopsis
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8 Claims
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1. A method for providing a single page compilation of a plurality of user-selected articles from a single information provider to a user across a global computer network comprising the steps of:
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presenting a plurality of selectable items wherein each said selectable item is associated with one or more articles, for each said selectable item, presenting an index of the subject matter of each of said articles associated with said selectable item;
receiving a user'"'"'s selection of items comprising a plurality articles for display;
retrieving each of said plurality of articles from a source;
combining each of said plurality of articles into a single file;
transmitting the contents of said single file to said user for viewing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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