Method and system for user control of secondary content displayed on a computing device
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1. A method of managing online content comprising the steps of:
- a user viewing a display device associated with a user computing device interconnected to a computer network;
a content server computer interconnected to the computer network providing content to the user computing device, said content comprising secondary content for display on the display device;
the user computing device receiving the secondary content provided by the content server computer;
the user computing device displaying primary content on the display device, and performing a function with respect to the secondary content to control the disposition of the secondary content while maintaining display of the primary content on the display device.
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Abstract
A method of and system for managing online content wherein a user views primary content on a display device associated with a user computing device interconnected to a computer network. A content server computer interconnected to the computer network provides secondary content to the user computing device for display on the display device. The user computing device receives the secondary content provided by the content server computer and performs a function with respect to the secondary content that controls the disposition of the secondary content while maintaining display of the primary content on the display device.
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69 Claims
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1. A method of managing online content comprising the steps of:
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a user viewing a display device associated with a user computing device interconnected to a computer network;
a content server computer interconnected to the computer network providing content to the user computing device, said content comprising secondary content for display on the display device;
the user computing device receiving the secondary content provided by the content server computer;
the user computing device displaying primary content on the display device, and performing a function with respect to the secondary content to control the disposition of the secondary content while maintaining display of the primary content on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 48)
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39. A system for managing online content comprising:
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a) a computer network;
b) a user computing device comprising;
network means for interconnecting with the computer network, a display device, and an input device;
c) a content server computer interconnected to the computer network, comprising means for providing content to the user computing device, said content comprising secondary content for display on the display device;
wherein the user computing device further comprises processing means operably connected to said network means, said display device, and said input device, and adapted to receive the secondary content provided by the content server computer and perform a function with respect to the secondary content to control the disposition of the secondary content while maintaining display of the primary content on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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