Serving signals
First Claim
1. A method of transmitting pages of information over a network to a browsing device, wherein said pages are categorised as low priced or high priced, 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 price category for each of a plurality of users;
reading said user preferences to identify a specific price category in response to said user identifier;
returning a page of information to said browsing device, wherein said returned page is of said specified price category; and
recording charges based on the price of said page.
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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 transmitting pages of information over a network to a browsing device, wherein said pages are categorised as low priced or high priced, 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 price category for each of a plurality of users;
reading said user preferences to identify a specific price category in response to said user identifier;
returning a page of information to said browsing device, wherein said returned page is of said specified price category; and
recording charges based on the price of said page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of transmitting pages of information over a network to a browsing device, wherein said pages are categorised as low priced or high priced, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for information from a browsing device, wherein said request is an HTTP request and includes a user identifier;
maintaining user preferences indicating a preferred price category for each of a plurality of users;
reading said user preferences to identify a specific price category in response to said user identifier;
returning a page of information to said browsing device, wherein said returned page is of said specified price category; and
recording charges based on the price of said page.
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10. Apparatus for transmitting pages of information over a network, comprising a processor, storage and a network connection, wherein
said pages are categorised as low priced or high priced, 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 price category for each of a plurality of users;
read said user preferences to identify a specific price category in response to said user identifier;
return a page of information to said browsing device, wherein said returned page is of said specified price category; and
record charges based on the price of said page. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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