Serving signals
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1. A method of serving data to a browsing device over a network, including the steps of:
- maintaining user preferences indicating topics of interest;
receiving a request for specified data via said network, wherein said request includes a user identifier;
identifying a topic of interest based on said user identifier;
selecting information appropriate for said user in response to said topic of interest and said specified data; and
returning output data to said browsing device, wherein said output data includes said selected information.
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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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1. A method of serving data to a browsing device over a network, including the steps of:
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maintaining user preferences indicating topics of interest;
receiving a request for specified data via said network, wherein said request includes a user identifier;
identifying a topic of interest based on said user identifier;
selecting information appropriate for said user in response to said topic of interest and said specified data; and
returning output data to said browsing device, wherein said output data includes said selected information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of serving data to a browsing device over a network, including the steps of:
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maintaining user preferences indicating topics of interest;
receiving a request for specified data via said network, wherein said request includes a user identifier;
identifying a topic of interest based on said user identifier;
selecting information appropriate for said user in response to said topic of interest and said specified data; and
returning a plurality of web pages to said browsing device, wherein said web pages include said selected information, and wherein the order in which said web pages are supplied is dependent upon said topic of interest.
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12. Apparatus for serving data over a network, comprising a processor, storage and a network connection, wherein said processor is configured to:
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maintain user preferences indicating topics of interest;
receive a request for specified data from a browsing device via said network connection, wherein said request includes a user identifier;
identify a user preference based on said user identifier;
select information appropriate for said user in response to said user preference and said specified data; and
return output data to said browsing device, wherein said output data includes said selected information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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