System and Method for Evaluating Network Content
First Claim
1. A method for evaluating network content over a communications network, said method including the steps of:
- providing at least one network server which stores and/or maintains a plurality of forum facilities, each of said forum facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content;
providing at least one user operable terminal with controlled access to said at least one network server and said forum facilities stored thereon;
receiving and processing at said at least one network server a request sent from said at least one user operable terminal, via said communications network, to view and/or acquire network content from a selected one of said network locations; and
, displaying and/or providing said network content on and/or to said at least one user operable terminal whilst simultaneously displaying said forum facility independently associated with said selected network location.
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Abstract
A system and method for evaluating network content over a communications network include at least one storage unit operable to store and/or maintain a plurality of forum facilities that are each independently associated with a network location containing network content, a processor operable to execute software maintaining and controlling access to the forum facilities for plural users, and a an input/output device to provide an interface for users to operate the software for retrieving and viewing the forum facilities from the storage unit while simultaneously retrieving and viewing network content from selected network locations via the communications network. Forum facilities include user generated content received from at least one user regarding network content available at selected network locations.
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1. A method for evaluating network content over a communications network, said method including the steps of:
- providing at least one network server which stores and/or maintains a plurality of forum facilities, each of said forum facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content;
providing at least one user operable terminal with controlled access to said at least one network server and said forum facilities stored thereon;
receiving and processing at said at least one network server a request sent from said at least one user operable terminal, via said communications network, to view and/or acquire network content from a selected one of said network locations; and
, displaying and/or providing said network content on and/or to said at least one user operable terminal whilst simultaneously displaying said forum facility independently associated with said selected network location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30)
- providing at least one network server which stores and/or maintains a plurality of forum facilities, each of said forum facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content;
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28. A machine readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to execute a method for evaluating network content over a communications network, said method including the steps of:
- providing a central repository for storing and/or maintaining a plurality of forum facilities, each of said forum facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content;
providing at least one user operable terminal with controlled access to said central repository and said forum facilities stored therein;
receiving and processing a request sent from said at least one user operable terminal, via said communications network, to view and/or acquire network content from a selected one of said network locations; and
, displaying and/or providing said network content on and/or to said at least one user operable terminal whilst simultaneously displaying said forum facility independently associated with said selected network location.
- providing a central repository for storing and/or maintaining a plurality of forum facilities, each of said forum facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content;
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31. A system for evaluating network content said system being operable over a communications network, said system including:
- at least one memory or storage unit operable to store and/or maintain a plurality of forum facilities, each of said forum facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content;
at least one processor operable to execute software that maintains and controls access to said forum facilities for a plurality of users; and
, at least one input/output device operable to provide an interface for said plurality of users to operate said software in order to retrieve and view said forum facilities from said at least one memory or storage unit whilst simultaneously retrieving and viewing said network content from selected ones of said network locations via said communications network;
wherein said forum facilities stored and/or maintained on said at least one memory or storage unit include user generated content received from at least one of said plurality of users regarding network content available at selected ones of said network locations. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
- at least one memory or storage unit operable to store and/or maintain a plurality of forum facilities, each of said forum facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content;
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58. A system for evaluating network content, said system being operable over a communications network, said system including:
- at least one network server connected to said communications network, said at least one network server acting as a central repository for storing and/or maintaining a plurality of forum facilities, each of said forum facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content; and
, at least one user operable terminal which can be selectively connected to said communications network for retrieving and displaying said forum facilities from said at least one network server whilst simultaneously retrieving and displaying said network content from selected ones of said network locations available via said communications network;
wherein said forum facilities stored and/or maintained on said at least one network server include user generated content received from at least one user of said at least one user operable terminal regarding network content available at selected ones of said network locations. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60)
- at least one network server connected to said communications network, said at least one network server acting as a central repository for storing and/or maintaining a plurality of forum facilities, each of said forum facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content; and
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61. A method for evaluating WWW content over the Internet, said method including the steps of:
- querying the Internet at predetermined intervals to locate available registered domain names;
acquiring details pertaining to at least selected ones of said available registered domain names;
generating a forum facility for all of said available registered domain names for which details were acquired; and
, selectively making said forum facilities available to WWW users for the purpose of evaluating WWW content available at associated registered domain names. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63)
- querying the Internet at predetermined intervals to locate available registered domain names;
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64. A method for evaluating WWW content over the Internet, said method including the steps of:
- providing a central repository for storing and/or sharing user generated hyper-links, each of said user generated hyper-links being related to a network location that contains WWW content;
providing at least one user operable terminal with controlled access to said central repository and said user generated hyper-links stored therein;
receiving and processing a request sent from said at least one user operable terminal, via said Internet, to view and/or acquire WWW content from a selected one of said network locations; and
, displaying and/or providing said network content on and/or to said at least one user operable terminal whilst simultaneously displaying said user generated hyper-links associated with said selected network location
- providing a central repository for storing and/or sharing user generated hyper-links, each of said user generated hyper-links being related to a network location that contains WWW content;
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