Information handling and processing
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the customisation of information viewed by a web user on contacting a site. The invention particularly relates to a method of displaying on a user computer one or more logos, specific to the particular user, on the user computer contacting a website associated with a merchant computer in a communications system connecting the merchant computer and the user computer, the communications system being also connected to such additional systems server and browser computers as may be necessary to carry out the method.
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51 Claims
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32. A method of displaying on a user computer one or more logos, specific to the particular user, on the user computer contacting a website associated with a merchant computer in a communications system connecting the merchant computer and the user computer, the communications system being also connected to such additional systems server and user computers as may be necessary to carry out the method, having had the preparatory steps previously performed of:
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preparing at least one logo for display on the user computer on the user computer contacting the merchant computer;
storing the logo and a logo identifier; and
additionally and separately storing the logo identifier on a user file;
then, on the user computer contacting a merchant computer and requesting the downloading of a merchant page having a call code, the steps are preformed of;
the user file is retrieved;
at least one logo identifier is extracted from the user file;
the logo identifier is used to extract the logo;
the logo is added to the merchant page; and
the logo and merchant page are sent to the user computer. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of displaying on a user computer one or more logos, specific to the particular user, on the user computer contacting a website associated with a merchant computer in a communications system connecting the merchant computer and the user computer, the communications system being also connected to such additional systems server and user computers as may be necessary to carry out the method, having had the preparatory steps previously performed of:
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preparing at least one logo for display on the user computer on the user computer contacting the merchant computer;
storing the logo and a logo identifier; and
additionally storing the logo identifier on a user file;
the method comprising;
receiving notification of a request having been received by a merchant computer for the downloading of a merchant page having a call code;
retrieving the user file;
extracting at least one logo identifier from the user file;
retrieving the logo; and
having the logo sent for addition to the merchant page for display on the user computer.
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46. A method of displaying on a user computer one or more logos, specific to the particular user, on the user computer contacting a website associated with a merchant computer in a communications system connecting the merchant computer and the user computer, the communications system being also connected to such additional systems server and user computers as may be necessary to carry out the method, some or all of the merchant computer and the additional systems server and user computers are outside the jurisdiction and for which method there is available for the user computer having been previously prepared, at least one logo for display on the user computer and a logo identifier stored on a user file, the method comprising:
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the user computer contacts the merchant computer;
the user computer sends a request for the downloading of a merchant page having a call code;
said request comprising additional instructions for;
the retrieval of the user file;
extraction of at least one logo identifier from the user file;
retrieval of the logo;
the sending of the logo to the merchant computer with instructions to attach the logo to the merchant page;
and then, on the logo having been attached to the merchant page, the user computer receives the page and logo for subsequent use.
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47. A method of retrieving via a communications network one or more logos, specific to the particular user and subsequently displaying said retrieved logo on display means associated with a user computer operable by a user, wherein the displayed logo is associated with further electronic data such that when the displayed logo is selected by the user that user is able to communicate with a merchant site in a predetermined manner, the method comprising the steps of:
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(i) requesting a web page from a merchant computer adapted to run a website accessible via said communications network;
(ii) transmitting the requested web page and a request for a logo to the user computer;
(iii) transmitting the request for the logo accompanied by a logo identifier from the user computer to a computing server;
(iv) retrieving the logo identified by the identifier from a database associated with the computer server, and transmitting said retrieved logo to the user computer;
(v) displaying the logo and the web page on the user computer. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51)
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