PAGE NETWORKING SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20080183815A1
• Filed: 01/30/2007
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Assaf Unger
• Original Assignee: Assaf Unger
• Inventors: UNGER, Assaf
• Application Number:
  US11/668,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20080183815A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties

Abstract

A method for enhancing the experience of a plurality of users who view the same resource using the Internet or an IPTV system. The method includes initially installing software by a portion of said plurality of users from a proprietary Web site. The method also includes creating, as a result of the initial installing step, a resource networking group and providing means thereby for the group members to communicate with each other as a community.

Claims

1. A method for enhancing the experience of a plurality of users who view the same resource comprising at least one of a Web site and an IPTV system, said method comprising:

initially installing software on a user-operated device by a portion of said plurality of users from a proprietary Web site;

creating, as a result of the initial installing step, a resource networking group; and

providing means for members of said group to conduct communication activity with each other as a community.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the viewing of a resource is in the form of surfing a Web page and the communication activity occurs seamlessly to the plurality of users.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication activity is in the form of one of:

a chat room;

an audio conference; and

a video conference a passive multiple webcam.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication activity is in the form of sending each other a private message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication activity is in the form of sending each other at least one of files and media segments.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication activity is in the form of tracking user'"'"'s messages.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication activity is in the form of adding a user to a permanent buddy list.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication activity is in the form of inviting users from the buddy list to a Webpage.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication activity is in the form of notification of a user'"'"'s status comprising one of:

present, absent and alias.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein a whiteboard for said communication activity appears on every resource or page of a resource, and wherein said whiteboard for every resource is one of separate from the resource and part of the resource.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the whiteboard communication activity remains permanently.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the communication activity can be rated.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the user'"'"'s communication activity is automatically rated.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising the placing of an advertisement by an advertiser on at least one of said resources to be at least one of seen and heard by said plurality of users.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising selecting by said advertiser of a plurality of resources on which to place said advertisement.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein said advertisement is separate from said resource.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein said selecting is selecting a region.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein said region is one of a geographical region and a URL region.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising creating Webpage indexes for at least one of:

said resources populated with the most communication activity;

the most rated of said resources; and

the most highly rated of said resources.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising selecting by said advertiser of a time period over which said advertisement will follow each of said plurality of users, even after leaving said.

21. A distributed computing system for enhancing the experience of a plurality of users who are viewing the same resource of at least one of a Web site and an IPTV system, wherein said system allows the users to communicate messages to each other in a chat room environment, said system comprising:

at least one plurality of room servers; and

at least one controller to support a plurality of such said chat rooms.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the surfing and the communication activity occur seamlessly.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the communication activity is in the form of one of:

a chat room;

an audio conference; and

a video conference.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the communication activity is in the form of sending each other private messages.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the communication activity is in the form of sending each other at least one of files and media segments.

26. The system of claim 21, wherein the communication activity is in the form of tracking user'"'"'s messages.

27. The system of claim 21, wherein the communication activity is in the form of adding a user to a permanent buddy list.

28. The system of claim 21, wherein the communication activity is in the form of inviting users from the buddy list to a resource.

29. The system of claim 21, wherein the communication activity is in the form of notification of a user'"'"'s status comprising one of:

present, absent and alias.

30. The system of claim 21, wherein a whiteboard for said communication activity appears on every resource, and wherein said whiteboard for every resource is one of separate from the resource and part of the resource.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the whiteboard communication activity remains permanently.

32. The system of claim 21, wherein the communication activity can be rated.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the user'"'"'s communication activity is automatically rated.

34. The system of claim 21, further comprising the placing of an advertisement by an advertiser on at least one of said resources to be at least one of seen and heard by said plurality of users.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein said advertiser selects a plurality of resources on which to place said advertisement.

36. The system of claim 35, wherein said advertisement is separate from said resource.

37. The system of claim 35, wherein said selecting is selecting a region.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein said region is a geographical region.

39. The system of claim 37, wherein said region is one of a URL and a geographical region.

40. The system of claim 34, wherein said advertiser selects a time period over which said advertisement will follow each of said plurality of users, even after leaving said resource.

41. A method for enhancing the experience of a plurality of users who are viewing the same resource comprising a Webpage of at least one of a Website and an IPTV system comprising:

initially installing software on a user-operated device by at least one Website, said software being provided from a proprietary Website;

creating, as a result of the initial installing step, a resource networking group; and

providing means for members of said group to conduct communication activity with each other as a community.