Serving signals
First Claim
1. A method of transmitting information over a network to a browsing device, wherein said information is divided into information types and for some of said information types a higher charge is made, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request for information from said browsing device, wherein said request includes a user identifier;
maintaining user preferences indicating a preferred information type for each of a plurality of users;
reading said user preferences to identify a specific information type in response to said user identifier;
returning information to said browsing device, wherein said returned information is of said specific information type; and
submitting charges based on said specific information type.
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Abstract
Output signals are served from a serving device to a plurality of browsing devices connected to a network. The output signals represent commands executable by each browsable device so as to display viewable data in accordance with specified page formatting. Requests from browsing clients are identified which contain information relating to the data itself and the display format for the data. The data is read and processed so as to combine a representation of the viewable data with executable instructions. The signals are then supplied to requesting browsing devices, after effectively being assembled as a real time o-line process.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of transmitting information over a network to a browsing device, wherein said information is divided into information types and for some of said information types a higher charge is made, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for information from said browsing device, wherein said request includes a user identifier;
maintaining user preferences indicating a preferred information type for each of a plurality of users;
reading said user preferences to identify a specific information type in response to said user identifier;
returning information to said browsing device, wherein said returned information is of said specific information type; and
submitting charges based on said specific information type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of transmitting information over a network to a browsing device, wherein said information is divided into information types and for some of said information types a higher charge is made, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for information from a browsing device, wherein said request is in the form of an HTTP request and includes a user identifier and a format identifier;
maintaining user preferences indicating a preferred information type for each of a plurality of users;
reading said user preferences to identify a specific information type in response to said user identifier;
returning information to said browsing device, wherein said returned information is of said specific information type; and
submitting charges based on said specific information type.
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10. Apparatus for transmitting information over a network, comprising a processor, storage and a network connection, wherein
said information is divided into information types and for some of said information types a higher charge is made, and said processor is configured to: -
receive a request for information from a browsing device via said network connection, wherein said request includes a user identifier;
maintain user preferences indicating a preferred information type for each of a plurality of users;
read said user preferences to identify a specific information type in response to said user identifier;
return information to said browsing device, wherein said returned information is of said specific information type; and
submit charges based on said specific information type. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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