Personalized web page on a home network for viewing on a television
First Claim
1. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for a media server on a home network to perform steps of:
- presenting a user interface for a user to enter configuration information for a personalized web page, the configuration information including specified types of information to be included in the personalized web page;
retrieving information of the specified types from the Internet;
constructing the personalized web page using the information retrieved from the Internet;
receiving a request from a television client on the home network for viewing the personalized web page, the television client being connected to a television;
transmitting the personalized web page over the home network to the television client for display on the television for viewing.
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Abstract
A home network integrates a television to enable a user to use the television to view a personalized web page composed by a media server of the home network. The media server includes components for collecting various types of information requested by the user, and composing/updating the personalized web page according to configuration information specified by the user. The television is connected to the home network via a TV client module, which presents on the television a user-selectable option of viewing the user'"'"'s personalized web page. In response to the user'"'"'s selecting that option, the TV client retrieves the cached personalized web page from the media server and displays it on the television for viewing by the user.
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22 Claims
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1. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for a media server on a home network to perform steps of:
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presenting a user interface for a user to enter configuration information for a personalized web page, the configuration information including specified types of information to be included in the personalized web page;
retrieving information of the specified types from the Internet;
constructing the personalized web page using the information retrieved from the Internet;
receiving a request from a television client on the home network for viewing the personalized web page, the television client being connected to a television;
transmitting the personalized web page over the home network to the television client for display on the television for viewing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A media server on a home network, comprising:
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a personalized web page service having a configuration user interface component for presenting a user interface for a user to enter configuration information for a personalized web page, an information gathering component for obtaining from the Internet specified types of information identified by the configuration information for inclusion in the personalized web page, and a web page composer component for constructing a personalized web page using the information obtained from the Internet according to the configuration information, the personalized web page service being further programmed for receiving a request from a television client on the home network for viewing the personalized web page, and in response to said request transmitting the personalized web page over the home network to the television client for display on a television connected to the television client; and
a cache for storing the personalized web page. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for a television client connected to a home network to perform steps of:
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discovering a personalized web page service of a media server on the home network;
presenting on a television connected to the television client a user interface having a user-selectable option to view a personalized web page;
receiving an input signal selecting the option to view the personalized web page;
sending a request to the personalized web page service to retrieve the personalized web page;
receiving the personalized web page over the home network from the personalized web page service; and
displaying the personalized web page on the television.
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15. A home network comprising:
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a local area network;
a media server connected to the local area network, the media server having a personalized web page service that has a configuration user interface component for presenting a user interface for a user to enter configuration information for a personalized web page, an information gathering component for obtaining from the Internet specified types of information identified by the configuration information for inclusion in the personalized web page, and a web page composer component for constructing a personalized web page using the information obtained from the Internet according to the configuration information, the media server further including a cache for storing the personalized web page;
a television; and
a television client connected to the local area network and connected to the television for transmitting images for display on the television, the television client being programmed to present on the television a user selectable option to view the personalized web page, send a request to the media server to retrieve the personalized web page upon receiving an input signal selecting the option to view the personalized web page, receive the personalized web page from the media server, and display the personalized web page on the television for viewing, the personalized web page service being programmed to transmit the personalized web page over the local area network to the television client in response to the request by the television client. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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