CUSTOMIZED USER INTERFACE BASED ON USER PROFILE INFORMATION

• US 20080184146A1
• Filed: 03/31/2008
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AOL LLC (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dolan, Christina Ann Rank, KIMBALL, Jeffrey David, Wassom, John Thurston
• Granted Patent: US 8,868,542 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99939 Privileged access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

A user interface including one or more references to content is customized. Several user profiles are provided from which a user may be associated. Each user profile includes user profile information. The user profile associated with a user to whom a user interface will be provided is accessed. A user interface is configured for the user, based at least in part upon the user profile accessed as being associated with the user. Access to content is enabled based on user manipulation of the configured user interface.

Claims

1. A method for customizing a browser user interface menu, the method comprising:

accessing first user profile information associated with a first user;

based on the accessed first user profile information, customizing a first browser user interface;

presenting for display to the first user the customized first browser user interface, wherein the customized first browser user interface includes at least one control;

enabling access to content in response to manipulation of the customized first browser user interface by the first user;

accessing second user profile information associated with a second user, wherein the second user profile information is different from the first user profile information;

based on the accessed second user profile information, customizing a second browser user interface, wherein the customized second browser user interface includes at least one toolbar control that is not included among the toolbar controls included in the customized first browser user interface;

presenting for display to the second user the customized second browser user interface; and

enabling access to content in response to manipulation of the customized second browser user interface by the second user.

2. A method for customizing a user interface menu, the method comprising:

providing multiple user groups, each user group being associated with a different toolbar menu presented on a user interface;

receiving, from a user and across a network, a request to connect to a host;

identifying, from among the multiple user groups, a user group associated with the user;

customizing the user interface to include the toolbar menu associated with the identified user group;

displaying the customized user interface; and

enabling the user to interact with the customized user interface.