Serving signals
First Claim
1. A method of serving data over a network from a server to a plurality of users, comprising the steps of:
- maintaining a store of user accounts;
receiving a request for data from a user via said network, wherein a user account is required to give the user access to said data;
identifying a no-account condition wherein the user cannot be identified from the store of user accounts; and
calling routines at said server to create a new account for said user while said user is online.
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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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21 Claims
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1. A method of serving data over a network from a server to a plurality of users, comprising the steps of:
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maintaining a store of user accounts;
receiving a request for data from a user via said network, wherein a user account is required to give the user access to said data;
identifying a no-account condition wherein the user cannot be identified from the store of user accounts; and
calling routines at said server to create a new account for said user while said user is online. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of serving data over a network from a server to a plurality of users, comprising the steps of:
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maintaining a store of user accounts;
receiving a request for data via said network, wherein a user account is required to give the user access to said data, said request comprising a user identifier;
identifying a no-account condition wherein the user identifier is not available from the store; and
calling routines at said server to create a new account for said user while said user is online, comprising requesting credit card details from said user.
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12. Apparatus for serving data over a network to a plurality of browsing users, comprising a processor, storage, memory and a network connection, wherein said processor is configured to:
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maintain a store of user accounts in said storage;
receive a request for data from a user via said network connection, wherein a user account is required to give the user access to said data;
identify a no-account condition wherein the user cannot be identified from the store of user accounts; and
create a new account for said user while said user is online. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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