Transferring information over a network related to the content of user's focus

• US 20040205651A1
• Filed: 09/13/2001
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dutta, Rabindranath, Janakiraman, Janani, Kumhyr, David B.
• Application Number:
  US09/951,953
• Publication Number:
  US 20040205651A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/530
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for transferring advertisements and/or specific information over a network. A server may transmit an application that may comprise a Java applet to a client where the application may be configured to track and detect the user of the client focusing on a portion, i.e., a particular area or particular word(s), in a document. The application may determine if there are any components, e.g., terms, in the portion of the document focused by the user in a list of components that have an advertisement and/or specific information associated with the components. If there are any components in the list focused on by the user, then the application may map each of the identified components, e.g., terms, to a particular file storing an advertisement and/or specific information. The application may transmit a request to the server to transmit those particular file(s) identified to the client.

Claims

1. A method for transferring selected information over a network comprising of:

transmitting at least a portion of a document to be displayed to a user;

transmitting an application to the user, wherein said application is configured to track a focus of the user in said document, wherein said application is further configured to detect the user focusing on the portion of the document; and

transmitting selected information associated with the portion focused on by the user.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said application is further configured to search a list of one or more components, wherein the list of one or more components include components in said document associated with the selected information, and wherein said application is further configured to identify in the list one or more components in the portion focused on by the user.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein said application is further configured to map the components in the portion focused on by the user identified in the list with one or more files storing the selected information associated with said one or more components identified in the list.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein said application is further configured to transmit a request to transmit said one or more files over said network to the user.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 further comprising of:

transmitting said one or more files over said network to the user; and

displaying the selected information associated with the one or more components identified in the list.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the selected information associated with the portion comprises advertising.

7. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein audio associated with the selected information associated with said one or more components identified in the list is generated for outputting to the user.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said application comprises a Java applet.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said application is further configured to search a list of one or more components, wherein the list of one or more components include components in said document associated the selected information, wherein said application is further configured to determine whether any components in said portion focused on by the user are in the list.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein said application is further configured, if no components in the portion focused on by the user are in the list, to track said focus of the user in said document.

11. A computer program product embodied in a machine readable medium for transferring selected information comprising the programming steps of:

transmitting at least a portion of a document to be displayed to a user;

transmitting an application to the user, wherein said application is configured to track a focus of the user in said document, wherein said application is further configured to detect the user focusing on the portion of the document; and

transmitting selected information associated with the portion focused on by the user.

12. The computer program product as recited in claim 11, wherein said application is further configured to search a list of one or more components, wherein the list of one or more components include components in said document associated with the context selected information, wherein said application is further configured to identify in the list one or more components in said portion focused on by the user.

13. The computer program product as recited in claim 12, wherein said application is further configured to map the components in the portion focused on by the user identified in the list with one or more files storing the selected information associated with said one or more components identified in the list.

14. The computer program product as recited in claim 13, wherein said application is further configured to transmit a request to transmit said one or more files over said network to the user.

15. The computer program product as recited in claim 14 further comprises the programming steps of:

transmitting said one or more files over said network to the user; and

displaying the selected information associated one or more components identified in the list.

16. The computer program product as recited in claim 11, wherein the selected information associated with the portion comprises advertising.

17. The computer program product as recited in claim 15, wherein audio associated with the selected information associated with said one or more components identified in the list is generated for outputting to the user.

18. The computer program product as recited in claim 11, wherein said application comprises a Java applet.

19. The computer program product as recited in claim 11, wherein said application is further configured to search a list of one or more components, wherein the list of one or more components include components in said document associated the selected information, wherein said application is further configured to determine whether any components in said portion focused on by the user are in the list.

20. The computer program product as recited in claim 19, wherein said application is further configured, if no components in the portion focused on by the user are in the list, to track said focus of the user in said document.

21. A system, comprising:

a memory unit operable for storing a computer program for transferring selected information over a network; and

a processor, responsive to said computer program, including;

circuitry operable for transmitting at least a portion of a document to be displayed to a user;

circuitry operable for transmitting an application to the user, wherein said application is configured to track a focus of the user in said document, wherein said application is further configured to detect the user focusing on the portion in said document; and

circuitry operable for transmitting selected information associated with the portion by the user.

22. The system as recited in claim 21, wherein said application is further configured to search a list of one or more components, wherein the list of one or more components include components in said document associated the selected information, wherein said application is further configured to identify in the list one or more components in said portion focused on by the user.

23. The system as recited in claim 22, wherein said application is further configured to map the one or more components in said portion focused on by the user identified in the list with one or more files storing the selected information associated with the one or more components identified in the list.

24. The system as recited in claim 23, wherein said application is further configured to transmit a request to transmit said one or more files over said network to the user.

25. The system as recited in claim 24, wherein said processor further comprises:

circuitry operable for transmitting said one or more files over said network to the user; and

circuitry operable for displaying the selected information associated with the one or more components identified in the list.

26. The system as recited in claim 25, wherein the selected information comprises advertising.

27. The system as recited in claim 25, wherein audio associated the selected information associated with said one or more components identified in the list is generated for outputting to the user.

28. The system as recited in claim 21, wherein said application comprises a Java applet.

29. The system as recited in claim 21, wherein said application is further configured to search a list of one or more components, wherein the list of one or more components include components in said document associated with the selected information, wherein said application is further configured to determine whether any components in said portion focused on by the user are in the list.

30. The system as recited in claim 29, wherein said application is further configured, if no components in the portion focused on by the user are in the list, to track said focus of the user in said document.