System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Internet Tool

• US 20060253586A1
• Filed: 05/04/2005
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael E. Woods
• Original Assignee: Michael E. Woods
• Inventors: Woods, Michael E.
• Application Number:
  US10/908,264
• Publication Number:
  US 20060253586A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links

Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer program product for an interface for receiving a user input and a user selection signal and for concurrently supporting a set of service templates; and a specification compiling system communicable to a network supporting the network resource for combining the user input with a user-specified service template selected from the set of service templates responsive to the user selection signal to produce the resource access specification.

Claims

1. An apparatus for generating a resource access specification for a network resource, the apparatus comprising:

an interface for receiving a user input and a user selection signal and for concurrently supporting a set of service templates; and

a specification compiling system communicable to a network supporting the network resource for combining said user input with a user-specified service template selected from said set of service templates responsive to said user selection signal to produce the resource access specification.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said interface concurrently supports a plurality of sets of service templates with said interface responsive to a theme selector to activate a particular set of service templates.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the resource access specification is a URL.

4. A resource access method, the method comprising:

a) activating a set of service templates;

b) responding to a signal from a user to compile a resource access specification using at least one of said service templates and any user identified placeholder substitutions; and

c) accessing the resource using said resource access specification.

5. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium carrying program instructions for accessing a resource when executed using a computing system, the executed program instructions executing a method, the method comprising:

a) activating a set of service templates;

b) responding to a signal from a user to compile a resource access specification using at least one of said service templates and any user identified placeholder substitutions; and

c) accessing the resource using said resource access specification.