Radio station buttons
First Claim
1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
- a. displaying a text box and a plurality of graphical objects on a Web page;
b. allowing a zip code to be manually entered into said box text;
c. identifying, after the zip code has been entered, a plurality of URLs geographical relevant to said zip code; and
d. assigning one of said plurality of URLs to one of said plurality of graphical objects.
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Abstract
Methods and a data structure for assigning URLs (e.g., to radio-station-streaming-media-content sources) to graphical objects (such as buttons) are disclosed. In one aspect of the present invention, zip codes are used to identify and assign geographically relevant URLs to buttons. In a second aspect of the invention, a graphical user interface enables a user to select from a plurality of radio buttons and menu entries in order to identify search results satisfying the user'"'"'s selection criteria. In a third aspect of this invention, search results are displayed in an IFRAME so that the Web page need not be replotted each time the server identifies URLs satisfying the user selection criteria. In a fourth aspect of this invention, information identifying a user'"'"'s button assignments or preferences (such as the user'"'"'s zip code) is stored in various data fields in a cookie data structure. The computer-executable instructions use the information contained in the cookie data structure in order to assign the URL to the button each time the Web page is displayed.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
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a. displaying a text box and a plurality of graphical objects on a Web page;
b. allowing a zip code to be manually entered into said box text;
c. identifying, after the zip code has been entered, a plurality of URLs geographical relevant to said zip code; and
d. assigning one of said plurality of URLs to one of said plurality of graphical objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. In a computer system having a graphical user interface including a display and a user interface selection device, a method of providing and selecting from a menu on the display, comprising the steps of:
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a. displaying a plurality of radio buttons on a Web page, each of said radio buttons associated with a set of menu entries;
b. allowing user selection of one of said radio buttons;
c. retrieving the set of menu entries associated with the selected radio button;
d. displaying the set of menu entries associated with the selected radio button;
e. allowing user selection of one entry out of the set of menu entries;
f. displaying on the Web page, results corresponding to the user selected one entry; and
g. allowing further user selection in association with said results. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
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a. displaying a Web page;
b. identifying at least one user selection criteria made on the Web page, wherein one of said at least one-user selection criteria comprises a zip code;
c. transmitting said user selection criteria to a server;
d. identifying, on the server, at least one URL that satisfies said user selection criteria; and
e. displaying said at least one URL in an IFRAME on said Web page, said at least one URL being displayed in said IFRAME so that said Web page need not be replotted each time said server identifies said at least one URL satisfying said user selection criteria. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
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a. displaying a Web page to a user on a client computer;
b. waiting for a user to make at least one selection on the Web page, wherein one of said at least one selection comprises a zip code;
c. identifying search criteria based on said at least one selection made by the user;
d. transmitting said search criteria to a server;
e. identifying, on the server, at least one URL that satisfies said user search criteria, said at least one URL identifying a radio-station source of streaming-media content;
f. returning said at least one URL from the server to the client computer; and
g. displaying said at least one URL in an IFRAME on said Web page, said at least one URL being displayed in said IFRAME so that said Web page need not be replotted each time said server identifies said at least one URL satisfying said user selection criteria.
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15. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
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a. allowing a user to assign at least one URL to at least one graphical object displayed on a Web page;
b. storing information identifying the user'"'"'s assignment in a first data field of a cookie data structure, the first data field stored in a first region of a range of memory addresses on the computer-readable medium; and
c. using the information contained in the cookie data structure in order to assign said at least one URL to said at least one graphical object each time the Web page is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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