System and method for selecting and displaying webpages

• US 20080263135A1
• Filed: 04/19/2007
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hugh Olliphant
• Original Assignee: Hugh Olliphant
• Inventors: Olliphant, Hugh
• Granted Patent: US 8,065,391 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of dynamically selecting and presenting a webpage includes: receiving a request, at a server, from a client device to display a webpage; determining, at the server, a homepage defined by a user of the client device; accessing, at the server, a list of one or more webpages associated with the user; selecting a chosen webpage from the homepage and the list of one or more webpages; and facilitating the display of the chosen webpage on the client device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of dynamically selecting and presenting a webpage, comprising:

receiving a request, at a server, from a client device to display a webpage;

determining, at the server, a homepage defined by a user of the client device;

accessing, at the server, a list of one or more webpages associated with the user;

selecting a chosen webpage from a combination of the homepage and the list of one or more webpages; and

facilitating the display of the chosen webpage on the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to said selecting, sending the homepage and the list of webpages to the client device, wherein the client device performs the selecting, and wherein the facilitating comprises requesting and displaying the chosen webpage by the client device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting occurs on the server, and the method further comprises sending the chosen webpage to the client device for display.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting occurs on the server, and wherein the facilitating comprises sending instructions to the client device to obtain the chosen webpage.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the current homepage of the user is determined by the server without input by the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the current homepage of the user is provided by the user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of one or more webpages includes the bookmarks of the user.

8. The method of claim 7, further including:

automatically selecting a subsequent webpage from a combination of the homepage and the list of one or more bookmarks; and

facilitating the display of the subsequent webpage in accordance with predefined criteria.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the predefined criteria is determined by the user

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the predefined criteria is a predetermined amount of time.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein a sequence of subsequently displayed webpages is predetermined.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of one or more webpages includes webpages associated with the interests of other users.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising, before the receiving step, receiving from the client device the desired frequency for displaying the homepage, wherein the display of the chosen webpage includes displaying the homepage in accordance with the frequency.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of one or more webpages includes receiving a list of one or more webpages provided by the user.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising, before the receiving step, receiving from the client device the desired frequency for displaying each of the one or more webpages, wherein the display of each of the one or more webpages includes displaying each of the one or more webpages in accordance with the frequency

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically displaying subsequent webpages from the homepage and the list of one or more webpages in accordance with predefined criteria.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the predefined criteria is a predetermined amount of time.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the predefined criteria is a predefined order.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the request from the client device to display a webpage is initiated by the user opening a web browser on the client device.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the request from the client device to display a webpage includes selecting a web browser button.

21. A computer-implemented method of dynamically selecting and presenting a webpage, comprising:

receiving, at the client device, a selection signal from a user of a web browser;

accessing, at the client device, a list of one or more bookmarks associated with the user;

selecting, at the client device, a random one of the bookmarks as a selected bookmark;

fetching, at the client device, a webpage associated with the selected bookmark; and

displaying, at the client device, the webpage associated with the selected bookmark.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the selected bookmark is chosen based on predefined user preferences.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the selection signal is a user clicking on a button within the web browser.

24. The method of claim 21, further including automatically selecting a subsequent selected bookmark after a predetermined amount of time.

25. A system for dynamically selecting and presenting a webpage, comprising:

memory;

one or more processors; and

one or more programs stored in memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising;

instructions for receiving a request, at a server, from a client device to display a webpage;

instructions for determining, at the server, a homepage defined by a user of the client device;

instructions for accessing, at the server, a list of one or more webpages associated with the user;

instructions for selecting a chosen webpage from the homepage and the list of one or more webpages; and

instructions for facilitating the display of the chosen webpage on the client device.

26. A computer readable storage medium for use in conjunction with a computer system having a processor, the computer readable storage medium comprising one or more programs executable by the processor, the one or more programs comprising:

instructions for receiving a request, at a server, from a client device to display a webpage;

instructions for determining, at the server, a homepage defined by a user of the client device;

instructions for accessing, at the server, a list of one or more webpages associated with the user;

instructions for selecting a chosen webpage from the homepage and the list of one or more webpages; and

instructions for facilitating the display of the chosen webpage on the client device.

27. A system for dynamically selecting and presenting a webpage, comprising:

memory;

one or more processors; and

one or more programs stored in memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising;

instructions for receiving a request, at a server, from a client device to display a webpage;

instructions for determining, at the server, a homepage defined by a user of the client device;

instructions for accessing a list of one or more bookmarks associated with the user;

instructions for selecting a chosen webpage from a combination of the homepage and the list of one or more bookmarks; and

instructions for facilitating the display of the chosen webpage on the client device.

28. A computer readable storage medium for use in conjunction with a computer system having a processor, the computer readable storage medium comprising one or more programs executable by the processor, the one or more programs comprising:

instructions for receiving a request, at a server, from a client device to display a webpage;

instructions for determining, at the server, a homepage defined by a user of the client device;

instructions for accessing a list of one or more bookmarks associated with the user;

instructions for selecting a chosen webpage from a combination of the homepage and the list of one or more bookmarks; and

instructions for facilitating the display of the chosen webpage on the client device.