System and method for automatic generation of browsing favorites
First Claim
1. A system for automatically generating browsing favorites, comprising:
- an interface to receive user navigation data from browsing activity; and
an implicit favorites engine, the implicit favorites engine communicating with the interface to receive the user navigation data and identify potential additions to a set of favorites based on the user navigation data and a set of implicit favorites factors.
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Abstract
A system and related techniques monitor user navigation behavior to automatically detect candidate sites for addition to a user'"'"'s browser favorites. A client machine, Internet service provider or other resource may host or execute implicit favorites logic which may detect parameters, behavior and variables indicating that a user may wish to add a Web site or other location or content to their set of browser favorites. Thus for example the navigation to a site a certain number of times a day, week or other period may indicate the user has recurring interest in the content of that site. Other factors, such as dwell time on a Web site or page, repeated click-throughs or selections of a Web site from search results over time, or other behavior or parameters may be captured and analyzed. When a candidate site or other content is identified, the user may be prompted to add that site to their set of browser favorites, or in embodiments may be automatically added according to user or default selection. According to embodiments in another regard, implicit favorites logic may likewise periodically or otherwise be applied to the set of favorites themselves, to for example delete obsolete or other entries. Because potential favorites are automatically sensed and offered for inclusion, users may be less likely to lose track or misidentify Web sites or other content they may later wish to access.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for automatically generating browsing favorites, comprising:
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an interface to receive user navigation data from browsing activity; and
an implicit favorites engine, the implicit favorites engine communicating with the interface to receive the user navigation data and identify potential additions to a set of favorites based on the user navigation data and a set of implicit favorites factors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for automatically generating browsing favorites, comprising:
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receiving user navigation data from browsing activity; and
identifying potential additions to a set of favorites based on the user navigation data and a set of implicit favorites factors. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An automatically generated addition to a set of browsing favorites, the automatically generated addition being generated by a method comprising:
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receiving user navigation data from browsing activity; and
identifying potential additions to a set of favorites based on the user navigation data and a set of implicit favorites factors. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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